Recipes for the busy cook!
Easy Lemon Dream Cake starts with a boxed cake mix swirled with lemon pie filling. All topped with a creamy, lemony whipped topping! LEMON DREAM CAKE One of the biggest blessings for me since I started this website has been all the amazing people I’ve had a chance to get to know. Food. It really…
These BBQ Pork Potato Foil Packets are perfect for the campfire or on a grill! Seasoned potatoes topped with pulled pork, cheese and bacon! Disclosure: This post is sponsored by The Little Potato Company. All opinions and text are my own. BBQ PORK POTATO FOIL PACKETS I’m a huge fan of foil packet meals like…
DEVILED EGG MACARONI SALAD Our most popular recipe from the last WEEKEND POTLUCK was this yummy Deviled Egg Macaroni Salad from No Plate Like Home. Our other featured recipes include: Crustless Tomato Pie from Biscuits & Burlap (looks perfect for those summer tomatoes!), Mom’s Classic Meatloaf from Smarty Pants Kitchen and I am sharing one…
Twinkie Cake is a no-bake dessert that is a cross between a banana split and a shortcake. Layers of Twinkies, bananas, pudding and Cool Whip! NO-BAKE TWINKIE CAKE No, it’s not a cake that tastes like a Twinkie. It’s a cake made out of Twinkies! Yes, it sounds perfectly sinful. And it is. But it’s…
This Copycat Orange Julius recipe is just like the frothy orange drink you remember from the 80’s in the mall food court. So good and easy! COPYCAT HOMEMADE ORANGE JULIUS Do you remember Orange Julius? It brings back a lot of memories of the 80’s for me. Oh the hair! Anyway, I suppose some malls…
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…