When I was making my menu plan a couple of weeks ago, I asked my kids what they’d like me to add to the menu. My 16-year-old daughter didn’t hesitate to ask for homemade chili, and I was happy to oblige. Not only is chili delicious and GREAT for this time of year (hello, comfort…
Cajun Cast Iron Skillet Potatoes
I recently started building my collection of cast iron skillets and pots, and I’ve been searching for recipes to prepare in cast iron. *Some members of my family are calling me slightly obsessed. They may have left off the word “slightly.” So it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that my obsession correlated with…
Mexican Tortellini Salad #PinterestRemakes
Around here, summertime cooking tends to be very different than school year cooking. The kids have swim team practice most days until 6:15 pm, and the time I have to get dinner ready and feed the family is even shorter than when they’re in school. Not to mention the fact that the afternoon and early evening…
Sand Pudding Cups
A few weeks ago, when I was making (and then pinning) my Dirt Pudding recipe, I noticed a bunch of recipes for “sand pudding” kept popping up. I was introduced to dirt pudding in it’s many varieties as a teenager, but I had never heard of sand pudding. My curiosity got the best of…
Crockpot Barbacoa Tacos With Fresh Pico de Gallo
How often do you scroll through Pinterest, finding gorgeous photos of food that you want to make someday….but those recipes end up remaining “stuck” on Pinterest, never to make an appearance in your kitchen? I have so many recipes that I want to make, thanks to Pinterest, but I tend to stick with…
Mason Jar Mini Key Lime Pies
You guys. KEY LIME PIE. That’s pretty much the definition of pie-perfection in my book, and these mini key lime pies are to die for. Love key lime pie like I do? You’ve come to the right place. When a group of my blogging friends and I decided to do a monthly Pinterest Remake challenge,…