Sweet coconut, chewy oats, and salty toasted sunflower seeds pair in these delightful and delicious Coconut Sunflower Seed Cookies! Sunflowers are such happy flowers and it's hard not to feel cheered up just by looking at them. I've always wanted to visit a huge … Continue reading →
Smoky Black Eyed Pea Soup
Smoky Black Eyed Pea and Ham Soup Positively PACKED with incredible flavor and loaded wholesome ingredients, this black eyed pea soup recipe is sure to become a favorite! Black-eyed peas are a staple in Southern cuisine, soul food in particular. Originating in West … Continue reading →
ULTIMATE Green Bean Casserole (from scratch)
ULTIMATE BEAN GREEN CASSEROLE Featured in magazines across the web and consistently rated THE best green bean casserole recipe EVER, this will convert even the most determined green bean haters! Tender green beans, bacon, cheese, cream, mushrooms and more, this deluxe … Continue reading →
BEST Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Consistently rated THE best slow cooker pot roast recipe, we'll show you everything you need to create the most flavorful and mouthwateringly delicious pot roast EVER! I can't think of anything better than coming home to the smell of a roast wafting through the house, … Continue reading →
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
Celebrate the holidays with this Creamy Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream recipe! Luxuriously rich and flavorful, this will have you coming back for seconds...or thirds! Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe Ice cream has always been a personal weakness. And then I married a man with the … Continue reading →
Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
Creamy, smooth, and velvety sausage gravy poured over hot and fluffy buttermilk biscuits....that's what I call pure heaven! Try this phenomenal Sausage Gravy recipe along with our homemade biscuits recipe and you'll be in heaven too! Sausage gravy has been an … Continue reading →
Curried Couscous Salad
Curried Couscous Salad - Packed with nutrients and LOADED with flavor, this delicious curried couscous salad recipe is sure to become a favorite! A healthy and satisfying curried couscous salad with a wonderful flavor and packed full of healthy ingredients. Quick to … Continue reading →
Mongolian Beef
Tender, juicy strips of stir-fried beef in a luxuriously flavorful sauce! Few Chinese dishes are as irresistibly delicious as Mongolian Beef. This Mongolian Beef recipe takes the flavor over the very top, is quick and easy to make, and rivals your favorite Chinese … Continue reading →
Old Fashioned Carrot Cake
Tender, moist and rich with that wonderfully nostalgic flavor of yesteryear! We use a secret method that makes this cake EXTRA moist! This Old Fashioned Carrot Cake recipe is simple to make and is simply perfect! This Old Fashioned Carrot Cake recipe is made … Continue reading →
Orange Beef
Tender beef in a delicious spicy-sweet orange sauce, this Orange Beef recipe is quick and easy to make, is bursting with flavor and aroma, and is sure to be a smash hit! Orange Beef Recipe You don't have to order takeout any more to enjoy Orange Beef. This Orange Beef … Continue reading →
Masoor Dal (Indian Red Lentils)
Wonderfully aromatic and bursting with flavor, this Masoor Dal recipe comes together in 30 minutes and will absolutely "wow" your taste buds! Masoor Dal Recipe (Indian Red Lentils) Masoor Dal is a classic, traditional Indian dish made with red lentils. Lentils are an … Continue reading →
Authentic Hot and Sour Soup
This thoroughly authentic Chinese Hot and Sour Soup recipe is carefully crafted, jam-packed with flavor, rivals your very favorite restaurant version, and is sure to WOW your dinner guests! Good restaurant Chinese hot and sour soup has a very distinct flavor that can … Continue reading →
Beef Barley Soup
This wholesome and nutritious Beef Barley Soup is packed with FLAVOR! Easy to make and great for leftovers, it's sure to become a part of your regular meal rotation! Fork tender beef, plump nutty barley, a vibrant array of vegetables, and a deliciously rich broth … Continue reading →
Authentic Jambalaya
Authentic Jambalaya Recipe. This quintessential dish from New Orleans is a spicy one-pot rice dish featuring chicken, andouille sausage, shrimp, and a whole host of Southern flavors. Let the feast begin! Most of us won't be going down to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, … Continue reading →
Creole Seasoning
This homemade Creole Seasoning tastes WAY better than store-bought, is super quick to make, and contains no preservatives or fillers! Deliciously versatile, use it to season anything that needs a boost in FLAVOR! Absolutely nothing beats homemade spice blends! … Continue reading →
Authentic German Spaetzle
One of Germany's most popular and beloved foods, here is a fool-proof and authentic German Spaetzle recipe for making the BEST homemade Spaetzle! Perfect texture and perfect flavor, these are just like you know and love them from the Swabia region of Southern … Continue reading →
Mashed Potatoes with Parsnips and Horseradish
Mashed Potatoes with Parsnips and Horseradish. Creamy, buttery mashed potatoes are paired with sweet parsnips and spicy horseradish for a positively delicious side dish you're sure to love! Here is a delicious alternative to your standard mashed potatoes. … Continue reading →
Rhubarb Streusel Cake
This delicious rhubarb streusel cake is sweet and tangy, super moist, tender, and flavorful and will have you coming back for seconds! My husband has always claimed he doesn't care much for cake or rhubarb but he really enjoys diving into this Rhubarb Streusel Cake. … Continue reading →
Kung Pao Chicken
Authentic and thoroughly delicious, this Kung Pao Chicken rivals your favorite takeout or restaurant version and is super quick to make! And get ready to brace yourself because this dish packs a PUNCH! Kung Pao Chicken originated in the Szechuan province of China and … Continue reading →
Lemon Garlic Shrimp Scampi
Dinner just doesn't get any faster, simpler or tastier than this shrimp scampi and your dinner guests will think you're a gourmet rockstar! Scandalously delicious and deceptively simple. That's Shrimp Scampi. A long-time favorite of my husband's, when we were … Continue reading →
BEST Teriyaki Sauce
Homemade Teriyaki Sauce Recipe. Look no further: Ready in 10 minutes, no junk ingredients, and crazy delicious - you'll never use store-bought again! It's simply the BEST! It happened one too many times. I needed teriyaki sauce for a recipe and thought I had some … Continue reading →
BEST Sweet and Sour Chicken
Battered and fried chicken pieces are simmered in a delicious sweet and sour sauce with bell peppers, green onions and pineapple. Easy to make and thoroughly delicious! Originating in China and popular throughout many parts of the world, sweet and sour chicken is a … Continue reading →
AMAZING 24-Hour Slow Cooker Apple Butter
An incredibly rich and old-fashioned flavored apple butter that makes itself while you are sleeping. The long, slow cooking process renders a wonderfully deep flavor with notes of caramelized apple. It's absolutely delicious! And if you want to store it long term, this … Continue reading →
Healthy Homemade Granola
This healthy granola is made with healthy oils and without refined sugar. It's also very customizable to your particular likes and needs. Above all, it's DELICIOUS! The more things I can make myself without having to resort to store bought and pre-packaged the … Continue reading →
BEST Homemade Mexican Chorizo
Behold the secret ingredient to giving your Mexican dishes an authentic and incredibly amazing flavor! This homemade Mexican chorizo is easy to make and the flavor is out of this world! SALIVARY GLANDS AND LYMPH NODES. That's what you'll find in the list of … Continue reading →
BEST Authentic Tandoori Chicken
Authentic and thoroughly delicious, this tandoori chicken is a total showstopper, rivaling your favorite Indian restaurant! Look no further for the ultimate authentic Tandoori Chicken recipe! I created this recipe through careful trial and experimentation, both the … Continue reading →
Black Olive & Fig Tapenade with Roquefort
A special thank you to Lindsay® for sponsoring this post. Today's dish features one of the most influential foods in the world's history - olives - and takes us to the Provence region of southern France. Olives were first introduced to Marseilles by the Phoenicians 2500 … Continue reading →
Kusksu (Libyan Couscous with Spicy Beef and Vegetables)
The national dish of Libya is couscous, commonly prepared like this, with stewed beef, sweet potatoes, carrots and garbanzo beans in a spicy hararat tomato sauce. It's a warming, hearty, comfort dish featuring a delicious blend of Middle Eastern spices. Couscous is … Continue reading →
Homemade Dill Pickle Relish
An easy, wonderfully versatile and utterly deeeeelicious homemade dill pickle relish recipe! Canning instructions are included so you can enjoy this relish all year long! It's relish like this that makes eating a sandwich or hot dog just that much better. It also … Continue reading →
Cajun Catfish & Chips with Tartar Sauce
Crispy, crunchy battered and fried catfish mixed with Cajun spices and served with a delicious homemade tartar sauce and fries. Fish & Chips the Southern way! … Continue reading →
Beef Vegetable Stew
A rich, hearty and flavorful Beef Vegetable Stew served over cauliflower for a lower-carb alternative. It's healthy, satisfying and delicious! How to Make Beef Vegetable Stew A superbly delicious beef vegetable stew that will having you coming back for seconds! … Continue reading →
Restaurant-style Mexican Salsa
It's National Tortilla Chip Day! Who knew there was such a thing? Well there is, and what better way to enjoy the crunchy tortilla chip than with a bowl of homemade salsa? … Continue reading →
Slow Cooker Split Pea and Ham Soup with Homemade Croutons
Split pea soup is a classic and variations of it are enjoyed around the world. Here is an easy slow cooker version that is packed with flavor and is accompanied by homemade buttery croutons. … Continue reading →
Chicken Fried Steak Burgers with Vidalia Onion Gravy
Creamy sweet onion gravy smothered over a chicken fried steak burger patty, topped with crispy French fried onions and sandwiched between two toasted onion rolls. The ultimate "comfort burger"! Another dish inspired by our family vacation to the South last Summer. A … Continue reading →
Mini Football Pizzas
Just another little something for Game Day to help you cheer on your team! … Continue reading →
Loaded Potato Skin Nachos
Potato skins...Loaded...Nachos...'nough said. … Continue reading →
Toasted Almond Honey Cake
A tender, moist and thoroughly scrumptious cake with a distinct honey flavor and toasted almonds. … Continue reading →
Hachee (Dutch Beef & Onion Stew)
Hachee is a traditional beef and onion stew found in virtually every Dutch home. It's a delicious comfort dish to enjoy during the cold winter months. The long, slow cooking time produce super tender meat and a rich sauce with wonderful depth of flavor. Here is an … Continue reading →
Mega Healthy Wheat Berry Salad
Absolutely packed full of healthy veggies, oils, and wheat berries, this latest addition to my "Mega Healthy" series is both tummy-satisfying and delicious. … Continue reading →
Bean and Bacon Soup
We often buy things in bulk when they're on sale. This time we stocked up on bacon. Todd and I both have a weakness of bacon. If we allowed ourselves, we'd be perfectly content eating bacon every morning for breakfast. But we don't. In fact, we probably average once or … Continue reading →