Crunchy Peanut Butter Mix

Oh my gosh, is this stuff ever addicting!  I made it this afternoon and set the bowl on the counter, which was a huge mistake because every time we walk by it, we grab a little more so much more in fact that neither of us even wanted dinner!  So consider yourself warned!  It is … Continue reading →

Parmesan Chicken with Bow Ties

This recipe comes from the April 27, 2012 issue of “All You” magazine and it was dinner tonight and it was terrific! 12 oz bow tie pasta salt and pepper 2 cups small broccoli florets 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 1/2 pounds chicken breasts, skin and bone removed, cut into 1/2″ pieces 1 small onion, … Continue reading →

Savannah Tailgater Chili

This recipe comes from the October 2011 issue of the Food Network magazine and is a Deen Brothers recipe (Paula Deen’s sons).  It was really good last night and I’m sure that it will be even better today as soups, stews and chilis are almost always better the second day. 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 … Continue reading →

Boston Market Cornbread

Usually I make chili and cornbread on Halloween but Courtney and her fiance Jaren might have to work on Halloween so she asked if I would make it early so we had it for dinner last night.  Decided to try both a new cornbread recipe and a new chili recipe (see next post) and they … Continue reading →

Reeses Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Here is a super simple and super delicious Halloween treat idea that everyone will love.  I don’t want to say that I invented these but I just took the idea and simplified it. 1 bag Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie mix plus ingredients to make cookies 1 bag mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups 1 bag … Continue reading →

Canned Biscuit Dough Donuts and Holes

Made these for breakfast this morning and they truly could not be any easier or tastier!  YUMMY!  (And for those of you who live near a WinCo grocery store, they couldn’t be any cheaper either with the biscuits on sale for .98 a tube!)  The recipe comes from the Food Network website from Paula Deen.  … Continue reading →

Halloween Ghost Cupcakes

Here’s a cute and pretty easy Halloween cupcake idea from the Ladies Home Journal website.  These are for the Neighborhood Halloween party tomorrow night. 18 standard size cupcakes (I ended up with about 34 cupcakes, I used the “White Almond Sour Cream” cake recipe using a white cake mix and vanilla flavoring and then I … Continue reading →

Halloween Cookies

Yesterday was Halloween cookie day here!  Woo Hoo!  Love this time of year when I can bake to my heart’s content!  So here are a couple of super easy and super quick Halloween cookie ideas for you. First, Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies, just get a pouch of Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie Mix (or any … Continue reading →

Easy No Bake Cookies aka Gorilla Poops

After we went through the school lunch ideas, I had the girls make some no bake cookies.  This recipe is from a blog called “Six Sister’s Stuff”.  They have a post with 50 No Bake dessert ideas, how great is that?  These were really easy to make and the girls had fun making them and, … Continue reading →

Garlic Lime Chicken Fajitas

My daughter Courtney recently got engaged and so last night we invited her future in laws over for dinner so that we could meet them.  We decided to do a fajita bar which I’ve never made before.  They turned out pretty great!  We did both chicken and steak fajitas as well as lime rice (recipe … Continue reading →