Recipes for the busy cook!
I started making this No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cheesecake dessert when Gene and I were first married. I wasn’t cooking or baking much back then. My Mom had sent me off with a few cookbooks. And in one of those cookbooks was a recipe for a no-bake cheesecake. Basic, easy and hard for me to mess…
RETRO MACARONI SALAD Our most popular recipe from the last WEEKEND POTLUCK, was this Retro Macaroni Salad from Miz Helen’s Country Cottage. Our other featured recipes include: Easy Orange Breakfast Crescents from Chef Alli, Pennsylvania Dutch Pepper Slaw from My Homemade Roots and Melissa is sharing her delicious Strawberry Margarita Punch! HOW DO I SEE…
This Lemon Lava Cake recipe is pretty cool. The pudding layer starts at the top and ends up on the bottom. I never thought I would love warm pudding this much. It transforms the whole taste of the cake. It doesn’t taste like a boxed cake mix at all when it’s all done. If you…
Homemade Southern Pecan Pound Cake is the most moist and tastiest pound cake ever! It has so much flavor and comes out perfect every time! SOUTHERN PECAN POUND CAKE If there is one classic dessert recipe that I go back to time and time again, it’s pound cake. It has stood the test of time…
These Southern Pecan Pie muffins have only five ingredients and taste just like a pecan pie in muffin form! A dense and sweet treat that everyone absolutely loves! SOUTHERN PECAN PIE MUFFINS What happens you can take the flavors of a pecan pie and put them into a muffin? Magic. Magic happens. I love pecans…
This Frito Corn Salad is a unique appetizer that combines corn kernels, cheese, taco seasoning, Fritos, green peppers and red onion. So good! FRITO CORN SALAD Need a unique side dish to take to your next BBQ or potluck? Sure, we all love our FAVORITE MACARONI SALAD and POTATO SALAD and DEVILED EGGS. A BBQ…
Easy Sausage Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole is the ultimate breakfast casserole. Eggs, cheese, crumbled, cooked sausage and hash browns! SAUSAGE HASH BROWN BREAKFAST CASSEROLE I wouldn’t go so far to say that I was a morning person. I’m not. At all. But I do love mornings once I’m fully awake and getting my day started. So full of possibilities….
BEST EVER BAKED BEANS Our most popular recipe from the LAST WEEKEND POTLUCK were these Best Ever Baked Beans from Dance Around the Kitchen. Our other featured recipes include: Instant Pot Ribs and Gravy from The Bearded Hiker, Easy Chocolate Fudge Anyone Can Make from Southern Home Express and Mary is sharing her super easy…
For me, the key is to a great homemade hot dog chili recipe is that it won’t overtake the taste of the hot dog (cause I wanna taste that too). Also, it can be kept in a slow cooker to keep warm for serving! VIDEO INCLUDED BELOW: SOUTHERN STYLE HOT DOG SAUCE Now, hot dogs work…
The best southern coleslaw tastes just like the one you get at KFC. Actually – it might be better and it only takes a few minutes to make! THE BEST SOUTHERN COLESLAW I think coleslaw is one of those foods that you either love or hate, in my humble opinion. Most folks who love it…
No-Bake Apple Yum Yum is an easy four layer dessert of graham crackers, apple pie filling, sweetened cream cheese and whipped topping! NO BAKE APPLE YUM YUM Summer isn’t over yet! It is still hotter than hades here in Virginia. So I am still loving anything that I can make that doesn’t require turning on…
These creamy, sweet Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles are made with only two ingredients and are a cinch to make! No added sugar! STRAWBERRY YOGURT POPSICLES Looking for a healthy but super tasty summer treat for yourself and for the kiddos? Then look no further! These Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles are a super creamy cold treat that whips…
Graham Cracker Goodies are an easy no-bake treat! Graham crackers with a sweet, creamy filling made with whipped topping and instant pudding. GRAHAM CRACKER GOODIES I have a lot of fond memories of my summers as a kid. I can remember getting on my bike and I would be on it the whole day. The…
It only takes 5 ingredients to make this Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs! A delicious dinner will be ready in 30 minutes! INSTANT POT SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS Ever since I shared my CROCK POT SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS recipe a few years ago, folks immediately started asking for an electric pressure cooker recipe. Instant Pot…
Patriotic Jell-O Marshmallows are the perfect 4th of July (easy!) treat that kids and adults will have a blast making and eating! PATRIOTIC JELL-O MARSHMALLOWS This fun little treat is for all the kiddos in your life. Or, for all the grown-ups who want to feel like a kid again. It’s just a really fun, easy and…