Sweet Dark Cherry ((+ Almond)) Yogurt Smoothie

This lit­tle smooth­ie has recent­ly become my favorite quick break­fast — it’s pret­ty much the best smooth­ie I’ve ever had! And because I can con­trol the amount of added sug­ar, I feel like this smooth­ie is actu­al­ly a healthy choice!

It has a short list of ingre­di­ents, is packed with fla­vor and real­ly is a breeze make. But as you can imag­ine, Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Mom’s Perfect Pot Roast

When I think of pot roast, I have two mem­o­ries:

First, as a kid, I kind of dread­ed “pot roast” Sun­day because some­times (not always) the pot roast was so tough and dry. It was those tough & dry occa­sions that made me dis­like roast alto­geth­er. 

Sec­ond, it always seemed so com­pli­cat­ed. Pre-brown­ing, sea­son­ing, flour, peel­ing veg­gies, grease splat­ter on the stove­top and a loom­ing smell of roast in my hair as I sit in the pew at church.  Con­tin­ue read­ing →

My New Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

“I’ve nev­er met a choco­late chip cook­ie I didn’t like”? Chewy, crisp, cakey, thin — doesn’t mat­ter as long as there’s choco­late involved?! Well, I love a good choco­late chip cook­ie — but I pre­fer a great choco­late chip cook­ie … don’t you?

My favorite type of choco­late chip cook­ie, whether thick or thin, is Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Spicy Mexican Creamed Corn

This creamed corn side dish is a recipe I keep in my back pock­et, ready to use when I am short on time and need a full fla­vored, sim­ple recipe that is sure to please every­one. Now, before I share this recipe — be warned. This one is cer­tain to break any New Year’s res­o­lu­tions that involve fit­ting into a small­er size of pants.

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The Perfect Chili

Once cold weath­er strikes, a com­mon recipe request I receive is “chili”. Sur­pris­ing­ly, I have nev­er tak­en the time to write out a chili recipe — rather, I have just dumped, stirred and tast­ed until it hits all the notes I love. But recent­ly, I decid­ed to slow down and write out my recipe. I’m excit­ed to final­ly be able share it (and all my secrets) with you! Con­tin­ue read­ing →

I’m back!

Whew — the hol­i­days hit and life has been a blur ever since! I’ve got­ten so far behind that I am tempt­ed to got sit in a dark cor­ner and stare at a wall until spring. But that’s not an option so I’ll just tell you a lit­tle bit about what’s occu­pied my time and then I’ll start work­ing on writ­ing the post for a yum­my chili recipe ((com­ing soon)). Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Hearty Herbed Chicken & Sweet Potato Soup

This Hearty Herbed Chick­en & Sweet Pota­to soup is so easy to make and…it is good for you too! But easy and healthy won’t be the first thing that comes to your mind when you take your first bite of this hearty, fla­vor-packed soup. Trust me, you’ll want to add this to your fall menu for sure.

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Oven Roasted Okra

Today I am shar­ing a quick and sim­ple twist on tra­di­tion­al fried okra. My mom’s fried okra hap­pens to be one of my most favorite things to eat in the entire world. Salty, crunchy and fried to a crisp — coat­ed in a light cornmeal/flour coat­ing. I am not sure “it” can get any bet­ter — “it” may get as good, but it won’t get bet­ter! (Not sure what “it” is, but that’s okay! Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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