Delicious Non-Sweet Creamy Homemade Coleslaw I’m going to probably surprise a lot of people here. I don’t really like coleslaw. At least I didn’t before this particular non sweet homemade coleslaw happened in my kitchen. You see, I’m really not a huge fan of super sweet coleslaw. In fact, for the longest time I thought…
Side Dishes
Mashed Cauliflower and Broccoli
Today the Secret Recipe Club comes together to remember a wonderful man and pay tribute to his life, by creating a recipe from his wonderful food blog – The Haggis and the Herring. There are sometimes no words to express how deeply something saddens us or effects us. This post is a little different than…
Garlic Bread with Fresh Herbs
Who doesn’t love garlic bread? We love garlic bread at our house and we make it from scratch all the time mostly because those frozen boxes aren’t very good. Plus, the kind that’s pre-made in the bakery department in our grocery store always seems so salty. When I say from scratch, I mean dough and…
Zucchini Tomato Summer Vegetable Salad
When I found out that our theme this week for This Week’s Cravings this week was Summer BBQ & Summer Vegetable Recipes, I was pretty excited since my garden has been doing so well. It seemed like the choices were endless. But then I couldn’t really decide what I felt like pulling out of the garden…
Watermelon Mango Salad with Coconut Lime Cream Dressing
There is something so satisfying in helping others out. This week for the Secret Recipe Club – Group D reveal, April needed an extra hand to make something from an orphaned blog and she asked if I would do it. Usually I get it made super fast, but we were gone all morning and I…
Ranch BLT Sandwich
This Ranch BLT Sandwich is AMAZING! It’s like a Salad in a Sandwich! Who’s hungry? Sometimes you just need an easy recipe for lunch. This Ranch BLT sandwich is a wonderful summer lunch – doesn’t require a ton of heat and is delicious and loaded with great veggies. The other thing I love about this,…
Creamy Cucumber Salad {3+ Ways}
On a hot summer day, make this perfectly easy, cool and refreshing creamy cucumber salad plus get some ideas for ways to extend the recipe and make more food and delicious recipes! Ready to Beat the Heat? Creamy Cucumber Salad – 1 Recipe, 3 Meals/Ways I love Cucumbers. They are the perfect summer veggie. Right…
Summer Berry Recipe: Summer Fruit Salad
This Week’s Cravings theme this week is Summer Berry Recipes. That is not a problem. We love fruit at our house, and most especially berries – strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. Yum! I make tons of fruit recipes all summer long, so why not pull one out of the archives and share it with you. This…
Cheddar and Cauliflower Soup
I love Sundays because they are usually fairly quiet and full of planning for the week ahead. They are also full of cooking, baking and loads of family time. This week for #SundaySupper we get the opportunity to work with Katie Workman, who recently published The Mom 100 Cookbook. When I finally got my hands…
Roasted Salmon and Asparagus with Grilled Garlic Bread
Summer is here and long summer days and hot summer nights are in abundance. It’s also the time I tend to turn to simple meals that are quick to make and don’t make me heat my oven for an hour. It’s hot enough, I need things to go quick. For this week’s #SundaySupper, our team…
Creamy Bacon Avocado Pasta Salad
Creamy Bacon Avocado Pasta Salad is such a fantastic side dish for your summer BBQ event, and is perfect for large crowds. Fairly inexpensive and easy to make, it’s the perfect side dish for a crowd. Just double or triple, as needed. Creamy Bacon Avocado Pasta Salad I’m a little in love with pasta salad….
Curry Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe {TWC}
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and that all the mom’s out there had an enjoyable Mother’s day. I sure did! I enjoyed spending it with my family. I hope you did too. It’s Monday and that means it’s time again for This Week’s Cravings. Our theme this week is Egg Recipes. Why? Because…
Asparagus Souffle
Gardening is not something that I am exactly good at. Several years ago, we planted a whole bunch of vegetables and fruits and three years later, all I have to show for it, is some Asparagus. That’s okay, Asparagus is my favorite anyway. On a side note, we did wind up with some onions the…
Whipped Coconut Milk Fruit Salad
It’s Monday! Hope it’s the beginning of a great week for all of you and that you had a wonderful weekend. It’s time once again, for This Weeks Cravings and our theme this week is Picnic Foods. In other words, what would you take with you on a picnic? We’re looking for new twists on…
Baked Asparagus Fries with Garlic Aioli Sauce
There is nothing better than good food and friends, and this week’s #ProgressiveDinner #SundaySupper includes just that. I’m very excited to be sharing these great foods with you. Mine is all the way down below, but let me share theirs first. Jen from Juanita’s Cocina will have her Portabella and Goat Cheese Tart waiting for us….
Roasted Green Beans with Sea Salt
When my kids were little, I couldn’t get them to eat a fresh vegetable to save my life. I mean, sure they’d eat carrot sticks and celery, but if I cooked up some green beans, they had better be canned or they wouldn’t eat them. Well, not too terribly long ago, I put a stop…
Veggies with a Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce
It’s time for This Week’s Cravings again. I am absolutely loving this. Our theme this week is Thanksgiving Dinners and Desserts. I am very proud to be co-hosting This Week’s Cravings along with Tina over at MOMS CRAZY COOKING, Kristen from From My Tiny Kitchen, Angie from Big Bear’s Wife & Kristi from Veggie Converter….
World's Best Creamiest Mashed Potatoes Recipe
World’s Best Creamiest Mashed Potatoes EVER! I’ve been making these World’s Best Creamiest Mashed Potatoes since I was in my early 20’s. We don’t need to discuss my age, but with 5 pre-teens and teenagers, I’m sure you can figure it out. It’s been awhile. I love this, it’s so easy, so creamy and so flavorful…
Zucchini Mozzarella Medley Recipe
After trying for a year or more, to get my kids to try/eat Zucchini in something other than chocolate cupcakes or muffins, I gave this delicious recipe a try and was surprised to actually see several of them eating it and getting seconds. It’s hard to find recipes for vegetables that aren’t “normal” in a…
Homemade Ranch Macaroni and Cheese
Who doesn’t like a traditional comfort food? Macaroni and Cheese in all it’s cheesy, ooey, gooey goodness! Regular homemade macaroni and cheese is super yummy, but try adding a twist and see what happens. My kids ate the whole pot minus a single scoopful which my son then took to school the next day with…
Vanilla Fruit Salad Recipe
I love fruit. I love summer fruit. I could eat it everyday. I love making a quick fruit salad to serve on the side in the summer and my kids love it too. This is one of our favorites. I will also make a up a huge batch of this over a weekend and I…
Hot Summer Cooking: Crock Pot Baked Potatoes
To some it may seem silly to bother heating up your crock pot to cook baked potatoes, when just as easily they can be added to the microwave, however – having done BOTH, the crock pot baked potatoes turn out PERFECT every time. Microwaves tend to vary in how long it takes to cook each…
Easy Homemade Mashed Potato Recipe
I spent years looking for the perfect recipe for home-made mashed potatoes. We simply love potatoes at our house, and it doesn’t matter how they are served. I just wanted an easy recipe for them, that wouldn’t take a load of time, but would taste like it had. So here ya go…. Our Favorite Easy…
Cobb Salad Recipe
My children actually eat salad. I know. I was amazed too. But they seem to enjoy it. So based on that, I like to play around with ingredients and try different kinds of salads and ingredients to see what they will eat. This one was a big hit, and we’ve made a few modifications to…
