Recipes for the busy cook!
This Homemade Southern Fruit Cocktail Cake is so easy to make! Topped with a coconut pecan sauce that is poured straight into the cake! YUM! HOMEMADE SOUTHERN FRUIT COCKTAIL CAKE What comes to mind when you think of fruit cocktail? For me, it takes me back to my school years. Whenever I bought lunch from…
Cherry Pie Fluff is a no-bake dessert that is made with cheesecake pudding, cherry pie filling, whipped topping and pineapple a delicious summer treat! CHERRY PIE FLUFF Dadgum, we are in the heat of summer now! Walking outside is liking walking into a sauna. Well, at least it is here in my part of the…
4-INGREDIENT GOULASH Our most popular recipe from the last WEEKEND POTLUCK was this 4-Ingredient Quick & Easy Goulash from The Kitchen Is My Playground. Pure comfort food! Our other featured recipes today are Delta Cornbread Salad from Chef Alli, Thai Noodle Salad from Everyday Mom’s Meals and I am sharing my super easy and amazingly…
This Crock Pot Lemon Garlic Chicken is made with chicken breasts, lemon juice, garlic, Italian seasonings and chicken broth. It’s also low carb and Keto-friendly! Winner, winner chicken dinner! CROCK POT LEMON GARLIC CHICKEN I don’t know about you but I’m always on the lookout for new chicken recipes. And I’m always trying to think of a…
This Super Simple Copycat Chili’s Salsa whips up in five minutes. Whole tomatoes, special blend of seasonings, onion and jalapeño. The best! COPYCAT CHILI’S SALSA This stuff is easy to make and you can make it year round since it doesn’t rely on expensive supermarket tomatoes or while you wait for your garden to grow. We’re planting…
Pecan Praline Cake with Butter Sauce is so scrumptious that no one will know it’s made with a cake mix! All topped with a sweet butter sauce! SOUTHERN PECAN PRALINE CAKE WITH BUTTER SAUCE I’m gonna start this recipe by saying I am nuts about nuts. Alright now, get your brains outta the gutter! I’m…
These BLT Bites are tomatoes stuffed with bacon, lettuce in a creamy filling. It tastes just like your favorite BLT in a delicious, low carb appetizer! LOW CARB BLT BITES The flavor of these Low Carb BLT Bites are really amazing. Such a great new idea for party food. I just love them. The only…
Cream Puff Dessert has a soft, puffy crust topped with a delicious vanilla pudding and all topped with whipped topping and chocolate syrup. CREAM PUFF DESSERT If you like cream puffs, then you’re gonna love this Cream Puff Dessert. It has all the flavors of a cream puff without all the work! This dessert puts…
Fast and Easy Chicken Teriyaki is a family favorite! A super simple and scrumptious homemade teriyaki sauce tossed with diced chicken and served with rice! FAST AND EASY CHICKEN TERIYAKI Besides crock pot recipes, most folks ask me for more chicken recipes. Seeing as I am always on the lookout for good chicken recipes, I…
Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing is better than the bottle! So creamy with fresh garlic, dijon mustard, mayonnaise, and seasoning! NO anchovies. HOMEMADE CAESAR SALAD DRESSING If you’ve never attempted to make your own salad dressing, I’m telling ya that you gotta try it now. The depth of flavor just cannot be captured in a bottle. Now don’t…
Homemade Banana Pudding Pie is made with a Nilla wafer crust, fresh sliced bananas, homemade pudding and topped with fresh whipped cream. HOMEMADE BANANA PUDDING PIE There aren’t many desserts that I don’t like – but Banana Pudding just does something to me. Especially this Homemade Banana Pudding Pie! Is it the Nilla Wafers? Is…
This Easy No-Churn Peach Ice Cream only has 4 ingredients and can be made in less than 15 minutes. No ice cream maker needed! EASY NO-CHURN PEACH ICE CREAM This Easy No Churn Peach Ice Cream recipe has all of those summer vibes. It’s so creamy and incredibly easy to make! You could certainly use…
This Caesar Basil Pasta Salad is a unique but simple recipe. Made with rotini pasta, a caesar basil pesto dressing, cherry tomatoes and fresh mozzarella! CAESAR BASIL PASTA SALAD Don’t you just love pasta salads? I don’t know what it is about them, but if I see one at a potluck, like this Caesar Basil Pasta…
This cooked Southern Banana Pudding is a delicious homemade pudding custard with layers of sliced banana, Nilla wafers and whipped cream! COOKED SOUTHERN BANANA PUDDING Southern Banana Pudding – or is it? I ask the question “Or is it?”, because this next recipe, well, I guess it isn’t truly Southern. It is and it isn’t. The…
This Banana Cream Pie recipe starts has a homemade Nilla wafer crust, creamy pudding filling, sliced bananas and a delicious whipped topping. Perfection! NEW YORK BANANA CREAM PIE It was at PIES-N-THIGHS restaurant during a trip to New York that we had this delicious little dessert. They called their pie, Banana Cream Pie, but it’s not…