It's October, which means it's also Breast Cancer Awareness month. While my family has not experienced this scary cancer, there are certainly plenty of friends and acquaintances of ours that have dealt with this devastating diagnosis. Today, I'm teaming up with a few other … [Read more...]
Cracker Barrel at Home: Fried Apples and Triangle Peg Board Games
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cracker Barrel. All opinions are 100% mine.Until I moved to Oklahoma City to attend college, I had never even seen a Cracker Barrel restaurant. I'd also never tasted fried okra, country fried steak or white gravy. As a … [Read more...]
Crockpot Macaroni and Cheese
I've been using my boys as guinea pigs for so many new recipes, I figured I'd go with one they were bound to like. I got this one in a daily email from Pillsbury.com. The recipe calls for bacon as a topping on the macaroni and cheese, but I'm not a fan, so I left it out. It's … [Read more...]
Creamy Pea Salad
A couple Sundays ago we celebrated our church's 28th anniversary in standard Baptist fashion: with a potluck. Nobody does potlucks like Baptists. We know food. And our divers membership means that we get amazing Mexican, Italian, Cuban, Filipino, and mid-Eastern foods, among … [Read more...]
21 Mouthwatering Mexican Recipes
Mexican food is my favorite. Well, honestly, I should say Mexican-ish food is my favorite. I like anything that would fall under that general category: Tex-Mex, authentic Mexican food, Southwestern food...if you can add cheese and extra guacamole to it, I'm going to like it. … [Read more...]
Bionico: Mexican Fruit Salad
Bionico (or Mexican fruit salad) is all about that creamy sauce poured over the fresh fruit. Street food doesn't get any better than this! A few months ago we had a family breakfast at church and a young man from the church who works as a chef at a local restaurant made breakfast … [Read more...]
Cheesy Stuffed Mushrooms
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TasteTheSeason #CollectiveBias My family has already planned our Thanksgiving menu for a VERY large gathering this year. Turkey, mashed potatoes, yams, corn bread … [Read more...]
Flour Tortillas
Flour tortillas. Or, as we like to call them, fluffy, doughy blankets of love. Wrap up your favorite Mexican food inside one of these and you won't be sorry. I've had tortillas pinned to my Pinterest boards forever. I don't know why I took so long to finally get around … [Read more...]
Vegetable Scarecrow
What do you see in this photo? I see a plate full of colorful vegetables, most of which I think are pretty tasty. My kids, on the other hand, see a plate of poison, designed to torture them and make their life miserable! All three of my boys will eat vegetables, but they each … [Read more...]
50 Fantastic Side Dishes
For me, the hardest part of planning Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner is the sides. There are so many to choose from, but we often get in a rut and just make the same old thing year after year. I was listening to a podcast by Alton Brown and he said that it's just not … [Read more...]
BLT Pasta Salad
I can take absolutely no credit for this ingenious invention. I was searching Pinterest for a new and different pasta salad to take the family BBQ for Labor Day and I found this delicious BLT Pasta Salad over at Baker By Nature. I knew it was exactly what I was looking … [Read more...]
One Dozen Fruit Salad Recipes
Summer season is officially upon us, and these fresh fruit salads make these hot days so much more bearable. I've collected a dozen of unique but easy-to-follow fruit salad recipes. The best thing about it is that you can serve them any time of the day at any occasion! … [Read more...]