Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Meatballs

slow cooker sweet and sour meatballs

Here’s another slow cooker recipe favorite. This little kitchen appliance is a real life saver during the summer months or busy evenings. If Irving Naxon (inventor of the slow cooker) was still alive I’d probably hunt him down and give him a big, fat smackaroo, on the cheeks of course:)

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Mini Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

mini peanut butter cookie cup

Chocolate is absolutely my most favorite sweet. When you add peanut butter (my second favorite sweet) to it…you have the best sweet ever invented. It just so happens that my daughter, Taylor, loves chocolate too.  When I told her I was making these Mini Peanut Butter Cookie Cups she was right there in the kitchen

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Chocolate Yogurt Popsicles

chocolate yogurt pops

Ok guys, it officially reached 100° today! With 100% humidity!! If you’ve never experienced that kind of heat then let me tell you what it feels like. When you are outside you can literally feel the weight of the air. And it is heavy and oppressive!!  The air is so thick it’s hard to breathe.


Homemade Croutons

homemade croutons

Are you the type of person who throws away the last few pieces of bread in a loaf? If you are then you need to stop that right now and start freezing it until you have enough to make yourself a batch of these crunchy and so amazingly tasty homemade croutons.


Slow Cooker Oriental Chicken

slow cooker oriental chicken

I know I’ve said this more than once and I promise not to say it every time I post a slow cooker recipe but here I go “I LOVE MY SLOW COOKER!!!” The smells that emanate from that little kitchen appliance while your dinner is being cooked are almost unbearable. Not to mention I can


Blueberry Muffins

blueberry muffins

A member of our extended family gave us some delicious blueberries. I have been wanting blueberries since the beginning of summer. I LOVE them! But they are just so darn expensive at the grocery store. Around here the price is around $3.00 for a half pint. WHAT? I’m not paying that. I wanted them but


Baked Jalapeno Poppers

Baked Jalapeno Poppers

Have you ever wanted something so bad you didn’t really research the idea? You just kinda went to the store, bought everything you thought you needed, went back home, cooked it up, took a big ol’ bite out of it and said “HOLY MONKEYS, THOSE THINGS ARE HOT!!!”? Well, that’s what happened to me the


Mushroom, Spinach and Cheese Frittata

mushroom spinach and cheese frittata

Breakfast continues to be my hardest meal to plan for. Other than oatmeal or sausage and grits there are eggs. We don’t eat a lot of cereal here; remember, we’re a meat and potato family. Well, the other morning I was trying to figure out what we could eat, considering we were out of a