I hope y’all had a great Easter! I’m still full from all the glorious food we had yesterday – ham, potatoes, salads, you know… the really good stuff. Today, I’m sure I’ll be making egg salad with bacon for lunch and I’ve already scarfed down my fair share plus a little of ham and gruyere Read More
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Pin It One of my husband’s very favorite salads is this Chef Salad. Full of vegetables, different proteins, and wedges of cheddar cheese, it’s really easy to see why he loves it so much. Luckily for me, it’s one of those salads that really is so simple to make, especially if you plan ahead for Read More
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Pin It My husband loves buffalo chicken wings like you wouldn’t believe. However, I have to admit that they are not my favorite thing in the world. I just can’t enjoy myself and eat them. Even though the flavors are out of this world delicious! I just don’t like getting all of the stickiness on Read More
Regardless if you work outside or inside the home, your day is jam packed with activities and appointments that can make supper time a challenge. Getting a warm, homemade supper on the table can be a family’s biggest obstacle of the day and one that we all strive to overcome. How do we do Read More
The other day I was talking with my Mama about some of the dishes that she made when entertaining during the holidays. We talked about the cakes and pies, drinks and main course items and then we started talking about all those delicious appetizers and nibbles. You know, those dishes that you throw together quickly Read More
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Chicken, ham and cheese roll-ups have been a favorite family meal as long as I can remember. Mama would come home from work and start pounding chicken like nobody’s business. Come to think of it, maybe that’s why we have them so much. I can completely destress by pounding the daylights out of a piece Read More
Pin It As the weather starts to get cooler in the evenings and the sun sets a bit earlier, I start craving hearty meals of soups and stews and casseroles. In other words, I turn to comfort foods, my favorite always being those from treasured family recipes. It reminds me of a time when Little Read More
Chicken Nuggets crept into my family’s diet about the time Little Buddy was a little over two years old. We were at a friend’s birthday party and they were serving Chic-fil-a chicken nuggets to all of the children that were there. This was the first time my son had tasted them and with one little Read More
You can just about always find buffalo chicken wings in any tailgate spread on game day, but I thought this classic needed a little bit of a twist. While my husband loves his chicken wings dripping in spicy buffalo sauce, my son prefers them without any, and I only like just the hint of the Read More
Another quick, easy, super simple recipe that my family just loves is Chicken Salad with Apples and Dried Cranberries. It’s the perfect blend of a delicious chicken salad with a little bit of tart from the Granny Smith apples, sweet from the dried cranberries, and pure deliciousness from the tender bites of chicken. A simple Read More
When school starts back each year, it seems like everything else in the world starts back at the same time – regardless if it is school related or not. The long, lazy days of summer screech to a halt regardless of how much I protest that I’m not ready for them to end. My family Read More
Recipes for simple, easy suppers do not get much easier than my recipe for Hot Chicken Salad. It is a recipe that comes together really easily for a quick weeknight supper and can be made ahead for a freezer meal. It’s great to come home from football practice, Scouts, or any other weeknight activity and Read More
When the temperature rises, our suppers start including more cool yet filling main dishes. In other words, we start eating a lot more salads around here. One of our favorites is this grilled chicken and Gorgonzola salad. It’s so simple to make and comes together really quickly. I do want to tell you a few Read More
Y’all know by now how much I love simple recipes. While I enjoy spending the day in the kitchen preparing meals for my family, it’s just not reasonable for me to do that as often as I’d like. On those days, I love to pull out recipes I know I can prepare in a Read More
Roasted chicken thighs make a mighty tasty bar-b-que chicken slider for a simple, quick lunch or dinner. It tastes like you’ve invested a whole lot more time into preparing the meal than you actually have, which is always a good thing in my book. And if you happen to make the spicy honey soy Read More
Chicken thighs have quickly become my favorite part of the chicken to cook with lately. I have always loved to use them in my chicken salad and even in chicken and dumplings if I don’t have a whole chicken on hand, but had always used chicken breasts when roasting chicken to serve my family. But Read More
Fried chicken is hard to beat as a comfort food. The first bite with a big ole crunch followed by the burst of salty flavor that immediately makes my mouth water. It’s a flavor I sometimes just absolutely crave. This week, probably like most every person I know, I’m off of holiday mode. I’m starting Read More
If you asked me my favorite chicken soup recipe, I’d have to say my Grandmother’s Southern Chicken and Dumplings. Without a doubt. But then sometimes I want a basic soup I can have ready for my family in minutes or if someone doesn’t feel well in our house. That’s when I make this simple chicken Read More
Growing up, whenever Grandmother Verdie said she was making Chicken and Dumplings, we begged to be able to eat dinner with her that night. Thick and creamy, full of moist, tender chicken, and dumplings that were light as a feather. Her recipe is a prize. No fiddling necessary with this recipe. As I made her Read More
Grape salad is one dish I could always guarantee would be served at our family reunions when I was growing up. Usually, it … [Read More...]
There is a frozen fruit salad that my aunt always made when I was growing up. It was far from my favorite. Green with pecans and pineapple … [Read More...]
I grew up being the official taste-tester when my Mama made her potato salad. I'd pull the kitchen stool as close to the area of the bar … [Read More...]
Being able to quickly convert measurements of recipes is a fairly important task when you are cooking. In the early days of my marriage and beginning in the kitchen, a phone call to my … [Read More...]
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