Tomato and White Bean Salad is an easy, healthy dish to keep in your fridge for a quick lunch or light supper. Pair it with a side salad and you are good to go! Originally published January 2010 - updated January 2019 I am not fond of lettuce. I like it on my burgers or sandwiches, or as a garnish to a nice plate of fish, but in general I do not like lettuce. Oh ...
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How to Cook Black Eyed Peas
New Year's Eve was always a big celebration when I was growing up. My set of honorary parents hosted a huge party every year at their house way out in the sticks. There where at least 100 people there with all of their kids and teenagers tagging along. Everyone would come with their signature dish and a 6-pack of beer in their hand. It was always the same group of people. The ...
Low Carb Spinach Feta Greek Pie
Being low-carb while the rest of your family isn't can be...trying. It takes some fortitude to resist the pretty much constant temptation to eat all of the carby things. It also takes planning. As with any "diet", failing to plan = setting yourself up for failure. That's why I try my best to keep easy to eat things stocked in my fridge. Things like this Low Carb Spinach and ...
Old Fashioned Southern Cornbread Dressing Recipe
Old Fashioned Southern Cornbread Dressing is an easy Thanksgiving side dish that the whole family will love! Thanksgiving isn’t Thanksgiving without Old Fashioned Southern Cornbread Dressing. It just isn’t. I've been making the family Thanksgiving dinner and this recipe (my great-grandmother's famous dressing) for nearly 20 years. It’s probably the dish that I look ...
Spicy Pimento Cheese
I was born and raised in the South and I love being southern. It's such a charming culture full of hot summer breezes, screen doors, grandma's cooking and a pitcher of sweet tea. Whenever I start cooking those traditionally southern dishes, I just can't help but think of my childhood that consisted mostly of climbing trees, playing in the creek and hanging out laundry. Now ...
Quick and Easy Creamy Wild Mushroom Soup
My family is really into mushrooms. We hunt wild morels every spring and we get super excited when the chanterelles start coming in in the middle of the summer. We spent a couple of days a few winters ago inoculating over 100 logs with wild mushroom spores of lion's mane, shitake and 2 different types of oyster mushroom. We are big big fans of fungi. Right now (autumn) is ...
17 Apple Recipes to Celebrate Fall
It's apple season and there's no way to ring in the autumn season than with an arsenal of fresh and fun apple recipes. Here are 17 delicious apple recipes to try out this season. 1. Southern Fried Apple Hand Pies These Southern Fried Apple Hand Pies are easy to make using either homemade or store bought pie crust or biscuit dough and the perfect Southern treat! 2. ...
Deep Dish Chicken Bacon Quiche
In the land of make ahead dinners and leftover recreations, the humble quiche reigns supreme. Egg and pie crust can be filled with all manner of ingredients and are especially well suited to bits and bobs of dinners past that may be hanging out in your fridge. This super easy Deep Dish Chicken Bacon Quiche can be altered to fit whatever you have lying around needing to be ...
Old Fashioned Lemon Chess Pie Recipe
“Easy as pie” is something that gets tossed around a lot in conversation. It’s the idea that something is so simple that any average Joe could pull it off. “Pie” is apparently the epitome of something easy and I am here to defend that stance and demand that we all make more pie. Unlike cake, pie is usually a one bowl, one pan, one handed project, at least, after the crust is ...
Italian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
Italian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls are a little time consuming on the front end, but a great meal prep/ freezer meal for busy days in the future. Grownups and kids alike will love the savory, flavorful filling! This post may contain affiliate links Rainy days are the perfect days for cooking projects. When the drizzle starts long before the sun comes up and the whole world ...
Chicken Club Chicken Salad
For parents, the New Year should really start in August. The beginning of a new school year seems to instill in us the need to organize, plan, and get our lives on track to greatness (or at least a less stressful morning routine). We purchase planners and download apps, write out meal plans and buy those little divided meal prep containers that (we hope) will force us to pack a ...
Low Carb Bratwurst & Provolone Stuffed Zucchini Boats
As usual, I have planted too many squash and zucchini plants in our garden. I do this partly because the squash bugs are inevitable and will most certainly come swooping in to kill any plant in the squash family before the season is over,and partly because I really love squash. The summer glut of zucchini and crooknecks is as looked forward to in my house as fresh ...
Easy Black Bean Salad
After nearly 3 years in our “new” house, we are finally getting around to actually doing some home improvement. A few weeks ago, my husband and I, with the help of a family friend who actually knows what they are doing, built a deck off the side of our house. It’s a good size deck coming in at about 200 square feet, enough for a table and a fire pit and visions of parties and ...
Low Carb Zucchini Timbale
Everywhere I go, I end up talking to someone who is practicing a low carb or keto lifestyle. Maybe they just started or maybe they’ve been going for several months, but there is no denying that is has become the “it” weight loss plan of the year. I myself have been following a ketogenic plan since the beginning of December and have lost a satisfying 20 pounds so far. I’ve gone ...
Keto Low Carb Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
Ham can be an intimidating thing for some people. Not the cooking so much, cooking a ham is pretty straight forward. Even if all you do is take it out of the package and heat it up, it’s hard to mess up a ham. No, the intimidating thing is the sheer size of a ham and all of the leftovers that comes with it. The average person, with their one refrigerator takes a look at a 12 ...