Warm Barley Salad with Grilled Veggies is a hearty pantry clean out dish that is delicious for lunch or dinner side dish! These days we all seem to be digging a little deeper in our pantry and I am no exception. Long days at home and no good reason to leave have me going through all of those ingredients that I have bought in the past with good intentions, but never ...
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Easy Chicken Risotto with Zucchini
Easy Chicken Risotto with Zucchini is an elegant and easy weeknight meal for family and friends! Try one of our variations on this dish to use up whatever veggies you've got in your fridge. I feel like risotto gets a bad rap as being something difficult to cook and really....it's not. Does it take some time? Oh sure, but it's not hard work or technically difficult. So ...
Grilled Veggie Sandwich
Impress your vegetarian and vegan friends with this healthy and filling grilled veggie sandwich! Grilled Veggie Sandwiches are something I never thought I would catch myself eating when I was younger. Of course, I also subsisted on fried chicken sandwiches and cheeseburgers, so...what did I know? These days, I actually crave veggies and I'm smart enough to understand ...
Bacon Spinach Quiche with Tomatoes
Bacon Spinach Quiche is a delicious all-purpose family meal great for breakfast, lunch or dinner! This post may contain affiliate links I think quiche may be the most underrated food ever. You can freeze it, make it ahead, serve it cold, serve it hot, serve it at room temperature. Quiche is great for breakfast, lunch or dinner and if you make little ones, they make ...
Sauteed Swiss Chard and Summer Squash
Sauteed Swiss Chard and Summer Squash is a quick and easy healthy side dish with lots of feta cheese and a little bit of spice! Gardening is in my blood. I cannot remember a time when my family didn't grow something. Whether it was the large vegetable garden of my youth or the 10 acre vineyard of today's family winery, I have been surrounded by fresh grown fruits and ...
Southern Style Green Beans Recipe
Southern Style Green Beans is a staple recipe here in the South. No Sunday supper or holiday meal is complete with out a steaming pile of tender, flavorful green beans somewhere in the side dish lineup. A bowl of bacon-covered green beans is usually in between the mashed potatoes and the deviled eggs as the one green vegetable that most people are excited to eat. What are ...
Autumn Chicken and Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner
Autumn Chicken and Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner has chicken, italian sausage, brussels sprouts, red onion and sweet potatoes in a yummy marinade. This sheet pan dinner has something for everyone in it! Savory chicken, hearty sausage and perfectly roasted veggies make for a complete and fuss free family dinner option that works well for busy school nights, or anytime that ...
Oven Roasted Tomato Basil Soup
Oven Roasted Tomato Basil Soup is an easy, comforting soup to put together. Turn the last basket of your garden tomatoes into the best tomato soup to ever cross your lips. The last of the summer tomatoes is always the first sign of fall in my book. The big, bushy plants that brought forth the first orbs of tomatoey goodness are now all but a sad tangle of brown, weary ...
Lemon Asparagus Cheese Spread
This Lemon Asparagus Cheese Spread is dangerously addictive. Full of bright lemon flavor and a delicate asparagus notes, this cheese spread will be gone before you know it! Whip some up for a snack or as a party dip! It will keep in the fridge for a week or so. I love small towns. Don't you? I don't mean "small" as in there is only one Walmart and 20,000 residents. I ...
Blue Cheese Roasted Potatoes
Blue Cheese Roasted Potatoes have a lot going for them. Creamy blue cheese and crispy potatoes come together to form the perfect side dish for steak or pork chops. To top it all off this potato side dish is a cinch to put together. One of the best things about being a grown-up, in my opinion, is the ability to enjoy new foods. No longer do our culinary passions revolve ...
Southern Ham and White Beans
You can't get more southern than Southern Ham and White Beans. Traditionally made with a ham bone or ham hock, this budget friendly meal can feed a family just about all week long. Make a big pan of cornbread to go along with this and you will be in hog heaven! We, like many around here, make a ham for just about every major holiday. It's just what you do. Thanksgiving? ...
Old Fashioned Pot Roast
Old Fashioned Pot Roast takes a little while to make, but the flavor and the tenderness of the beef and vegetables make it all worth the effort. It seems like folks these days are so interested in quick and easy that they forget how delicious slow and steady can be. Don't get me wrong. Quick and easy plays a significant roll in my nightly dinner line up. We often have ...
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Parmesan Sage Croutons
Kick off soup season with this creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Parmesan Sage Croutons. It's perfect for chilly Autumn days. Don't skip the croutons! They give this soup a little extra body and a hit of salty savoriness. It seems that Fall is the only season to arrive on time this year. It's cooler ( finally!!) and kinda rainy and the leaves are just starting to ...
Zucchini Cheddar Hushpuppies
Zucchini Cheddar Hushpuppies are a quick an delicious Summer side dish perfect for barbeques and fish frys. Use up all that zucchini with these puppies! Summer, for us, is just about over. My babies will have their very first day of kindergarten in 3 weeks! Almost all of the school supply shopping is finished. The new Tinkerbell and Cars backpacks are loaded down with ...
Garden Fresh Chow Chow
I love love love to can. If I loved cleaning as much as I love canning, my house would sparkle. It would look like all of those pictures on Pinterest where everything is neat and organized with cute little labels. So far, the only thing in the house with cute little labels is all of m canning projects. My new favorite canning project is this chow-chow. It's ...