These little cookie dough bites are like taking a bite out of Autumn. It's like Autumn just threw a party on your taste buds. Cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg...and some pumpkin. See what I mean... Can you taste them yet? There you go... Get some made and enjoy all those flavors of fall in a small, guiltless bite of Pumpkin Pie Cookie Dough … [Read more...]
New Meal Plan Available: 20 Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Meals for $150
Need help with meal planning this holiday season? Let me take care of it for you...so you can focus on more important things like getting the best deals on gifts for your family and friends, or making homemade treats for your neighbors and kiddos' teachers! Let me introduce you to the all-new "breakfast, lunch and dinner meal plan" that will save your meals this busy holiday … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Cowboy Beans
Ride 'em Cowboy! Get your boots on and toss these delicious beans onto the table for a filling and scrumptious dinner. Our family gives these beans a huge stamp of approval...even my bean-averse kiddo loved these. The BBQ-the bacon-the beef-the beans....perfect cowboy food! Yeehaw!!! Beyond the fabulous flavor, this meal was super easy to throw together. Here's … [Read more...]
Chicken Waldorf Salad
Would it be okay to admit that I licked that little bowl clean? I hope that's okay...because I just admitted it. This chicken salad is so fresh. And crunchy. And delicious. Like yes, lick-the-bowl clean delicious. It's the sweet-tangy yogurt combined with all the amazing "Waldorf flavors" in a little bowl of perfection. Needs to be licked clean perfection. I'm almost … [Read more...]
Triple Squash Soup
Have you seen winter squash on sale for less than $1 a pound yet? My guess is that you'll see prices as low as $.69/lb...maybe even $.49/lb. if you're lucky!!! This soup will be on the menu the moment I see those prices on squash. The recipe for this triple squash soup includes an unlikely ingredient that brings it all together. (It's not the nutmeg!) You'll use butternut … [Read more...]
Homemade Egg Drop Soup Recipe
Just because it looks fancy and is something that you normally enjoy at a Chinese restaurant doesn't mean you can't make it at home. Egg Drop Soup seems like the elusive soup. At least it always did for me. Maybe because it was just something you "ate when dining out." BUT...it's so flipping simple to make at home. I didn't realize I'd never shared an Egg Drop Soup … [Read more...]
Creamy Gnocchi with Bacon & Peas
There is just something about peas and bacon swimming in a creamy, soupy white sauce. Toss in some gnocchi and it's perfection in a bowl. This would totally work with small shell pasta or tortellini too. Read the story of where the inspiration for this recipe comes from...a very unlikely place ;) Click/tap to see the complete recipe for Creamy Gnocchi with Bacon & … [Read more...]
Ham and Corn Chowder
Warm, cozy and comforting...that's the feeling you'll achieve will enjoying a bowl of this ham & cheese chowder. Chock full of potatoes, ham and corn...it's sure to be a hit at your dinner table. You could serve it with crackers, pretzel rolls or pretzel bread. This is such a satisfying bowl of delicious...perfect for a chilly fall or winter evening. Give it a try...and … [Read more...]
Italian Wedding Soup
There's just something about homemade Italian Wedding Soup...it's like it whisks you away to an Italian countryside wedding, where you would be enjoying a bowl of this soup. This is probably the simplest and most frugal way to get yourself to Italy ;) (hehe) Take a little virtual trip in your mind to the Italian Countryside with this amazing soup... See the complete … [Read more...]
Minestrone Soup
I adore a bowl of Minestrone soup. I adore pretty much any bowl of soup. And that's why I've loved this month...sharing all these amazing soup recipes with you. My taste buds and tummy are happy, and I hope yours will be too...as you try these new recipes! I like to make my Minestrone soup with butter as the fat base for sauteing the veggies. It some how adds just the … [Read more...]