Slow Cooker Spicy BBQ Chicken

slow cooker spicy bbq chicken

Have you ever heard of “Pear Jalapeño Pepper Jelly”? If you have, well you’re ahead of the game but if you haven’t, well then, let me tell you, it is sooo delicious! It has pears, jalapenos (duh!), green bell pepper, red bell pepper, etc. I’m not sure what else…see note below. My sweet dad gave


Garlic Mashed Cauliflower-Mock Mashed Potatoes

garlic mashed cauliflower

I’ve seen this recipe all over the web with different variations for quite some time now. As I’m always on the hunt for healthier food that my family will eat or even tolerate, for that matter, I decided to give this one a try. It’s supposed to be a replacement for mashed potatoes. Is it?


Coleslaw With Yogurt Dressing

Coleslaw With Yogurt Dressing

There’s nothing like eating cold food on a hot Florida day. When it’s been as hot as it has been for the past few days (90-95 degrees) all you want to do is eat cold food. Of course having a family that likes their meat and potatoes it’s kinda impossible to eat ONLY cold food


One-Pot Cheeseburger Casserole

One-Pot Cheeseburger Casserole

I love one-pot meals as much as, or maybe more than, slow cooker meals, especially the ones that take around 30 minutes to throw together on a busy weeknight evening. I also love a good juicy cheeseburger. So when a one-pot meal tastes like a cheeseburger? It’s a keeper in my book. I will also


Peanut Butter and Apple Quesadillas

Peanut Butter and Apple Quesadillas

Peanut Butter and apples. On a warm crispy tortilla shell. That’s about all that needs to be said about this recipe. These little quesadillas are a great snack or you can serve them for a quick lunch. Heck, I’ll even serve them for dinner on nights I just can’t bring myself to slave over a


Homemade Ranch Dressing

Homemade Ranch Dressing

The first homemade salad dressing I ever made was ranch. I have loved ranch dressing since forever. Until making it myself I never thought it could get any better than what I bought at the store. But let me tell you guys, IT IS better than store bought!!

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Lemon Pudding Cupcakes with Strawberry Lemon Frosting

lemon cupcake

Making these cupcakes over the weekend with my daughter brought back memories of my childhood. Not necessarily the cooking and spending time together part (my mom and I are both introverts so we would spend time apart rather than together) but the tartness of these wonderfully delicious cupcakes. When I would get my weekly allowance

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Chili Pot Pie

chili pot pie

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got at least a couple bags of leftover chili sitting in the freezer just waiting to be used up.  The only thing is, after eating so much of it over these past winter months I’ve gotten pretty tired of it. So, I could either let it find it’s way


Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken

sweet and sour sauce

I’ve mentioned before how much I love our local Chinese restaurant.  I’ve also mentioned that as much as I love it we can’t always go there when I get the hankering for it.  So, I’ve learned to do what most people do when they want something they can’t have…I learned to make it myself.


Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken

Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken

I love my slow cooker. It’s probably the closest thing I’ll ever have to a personal chef. I just throw everything in her (yes, she’s a her) and by dinner time it’s done. I wish everything else was so simple. Here’s an all-in-one slow cooker meal that is really good. What do I mean by all-in-one


Chicken Stir-Fry

Chicken Stir-Fry

I love our little Chinese restaurant we have here. If I could eat there every night I would. But I can’t, so I cook it at home. This recipe is full of vegetables, taste really good and it takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish.