Turn up your next backyard cookout with these Hot Dog Toppings 5 Ways. Enjoy them individually, or combine these hot dog toppings in endlessly delicious variations. It only takes about an hour to make all 5 of these, and you can even prep these the day before if you like. Sure, the kids will only want ketchup on theirs, but the adults at the party will appreciate these hot dog ...
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Top 5 soups for Fall
The beginning of Fall begs for soup. Those first cool days and even cooler nights are practically made for curling yourself around a comforting, steaming bowl of goodness. Soups are economical and generally pretty easy to put together. Ever since the kids changed their mind about the goodness of soup a couple of years ago, soup is on the regular Fall/Winter dinner rotation. So ...
Pork and White Bean Chili
Pork and White Bean Chili is a healthy, budget friendly and really delicious way to feed your family a nutritious meal. Start with a bag of dried beans and make yourself a dinner you can be proud of! I feel like there is a huge disconnect between man and the food that they put in their mouths. The general population that surrounds me only thinks of food as a means to an ...
My thoughts on Food Magazines and Baked Chicken Fajitas
Baked Chicken Fajitas are suuuppper easy to whip together for a delicious weeknight meal. And its healthy too! I don't buy food magazines very often. Those things are so expensive. I have a hard time paying $10 for a monthly publication which is mostly ads and recipes I will never cook. I also have a hard time throwing them away. I mean I paid $10 for that thing! I am ...
Cheesy Tuna Corn Chowder
The ultimate pantry meal that also happens to be pretty delicious. Keep this one in your back pocket for those cold winter months when heading to the grocery is impossible and eating out of the pantry is a must. The South is completely frozen. We are all covered in at least a couple inches of ice. School is closed, the mail hasn't run, and we are all beginning to go a little ...
Classic Beef Chili
It's cold and wet and dreary way down here in Georgia. Weather like this just makes me want to put on my sweatpants and curl up on the couch with a good book. And I would if my sweatpants were clean and my kids could entertain themselves for an hour or two. I guess laundry is high on the list of things to do today. At least the dryer will keep the house warm. Cold, wet, and ...
A Blast from the Past – Chili Beef Salads
I am a child of the 80's. When I say "child" I mean I was born in the 80's. You would not find me dancing to hair bands in my basement while combing my bangs into a perfect sphere that would reach the door a good 5 minutes before I did. Although I did have a perm ( briefly) and a t-shirt tie with stirrup pants and some Keds. Oh...and I loved "the Boss". Boorrrn in the ...
Foodbuzz Tastemaker Product Review:Kikkoman Lime Ponzu Seasoned Sauce and Dressing – Mexican Stir Fry
So, a few weeks ago, I got a little email from Foodbuzz asking if I wanted to try out a new product from Kikkoman for free. Being a huge fan of free, I naturally said yes. Now, just to be clear, I probably would not have said yes if it was for free tofu or duck liver, because we don't really eat that stuff. But soy sauce is one of my favorite ingredients and I buy a lot ...
Cowboy Casserole
Post number 98!! Hard to believe it has been almost a year since I started this blog . I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every comment from all of you! I have recently started gaining a few more followers and I am so excited to see some new faces around here. I am planning a giveaway for my 100th post that's coming up. I hope you will all enter and tell your friends to stop by ...
Cookbooks and a Fiesta Chicken Bake
I own a lot of cookbooks. They are a guilty pleasure for me. I love to look at all of the pictures and read all of the recipes and there may be one or two recipes that I will actually cook out of those cookbooks that I buy. But there are two cookbooks that I refer back to time and time again. They are my Good Housekeeping cookbook and my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. I ...
Spicy White Chicken Chili in a Bread Bowl
I don't know where you live, but where I live it is cold! The high today is going to be 45 with wind gusts up to 30 mph! With weather like that all I can think about is soup. And the spicier the better! This white chili is the perfect solution to the cold day. The bread bowl isn't absolutely necessary but you will thank yourself for it.3 cans white beans, rinsed and drained1 ...