Ah the green bean.. so many ways to prepare them. Do you steam, sautee, roast, deep fry, add to the slow cooker, or ...? With all the cooking variations for green beans there seem to be a theme of what goes well with them such as bacon, bacon, and bacon. What... my family doesn't eat bacon {they do not know WHAT they are missing!}. Since Bob ...
Christmas Recipes
Crock Pot Green Bean Casserole
Crock Pot Green Bean Casserole When your oven is being used by your holiday ham, turkey and tasty sides dishes ---- let your slow cooker do the work for you to make this green bean casserole! For some reason I own two of them and not sure why but when the holidays roll around, I am very grateful they are in my cabinet! Click here to read ...
Chocolate Chess Pie
Chocolate Chess Pie Repeat after me... Chocolate Chess Pie is impossible to photograph! Chocolate Chess Pie is impossible to photograph! Chocolate Chess Pie is impossible to photograph! My grandmother used to make me Chocolate Chess Pies for the holidays when I was little. I love pie, I love chocolate pie and I… um… love ...
Deep Fried Green Beans
Deep Fried Green Beans This deep friend green bean recipe uses several of my FAVORITE ingredients such as panko bread crumbs, chipotle and Tony Chachere's seasoning. I don't like green beans and never really have but this is the only way that I will eat them {if you could hear me talking you could hear the deep south in my voice as I talk about ...
Green Beans and Potatoes
Green Beans and Potatoes Alex loves green beans and potatoes and mushrooms. These ingredients together make an awesome dish for any night of the week or to serve for the holidays. Green beans and potatoes are a great price right now and I was able to get the green beans for $.89 a pound and the red potatoes for $.25 a pound. SCORE! These prices ...
Cornbread Dressing Recipe
Cornbread Dressing Recipe I don't think I ever knew what stuffing was until I was much older because in our family for the holiday's cornbread dressing was the only thing that was served. {Remember, I am from the south ya'll.} Honestly, there isn't much exciting about my recipe as I don't add liver, bay leaves or anything else off the normal ...
Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken
Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken I have to admit, I prefer to buy the rotisserie chicken at Costco because it's cooked to perfection AND it's cheap! You can't buy a whole chicken for the price of a Costco chicken unless it's a really small bird or it's on clearance. I THINK the price is the same across the US at $4.99 per chicken. Since I am ...
Easy Potato Soup Recipe
Easy Potato Soup Recipe The slow cooker and the bread maker are about to become a permanent fixture on my counter. Today I am sharing an easy potato soup recipe that is hearty and delish (especially with the homemade bread I will be making to go with it... but that is another post). The best potatoes for soup are "boiling potatoes" since they ...
Black Bean Pumpkin Soup
When we lived in Turkey we used to do these roaming cooking parties each month where a host would pick the theme and everyone would bring a dish. My old neighbors Tim and Stacy made this spectacular black bean pumpkin soup for one and it's a recipe that we have used since then (for over 15 years!). Since Bob is a vegetarian I remove the ham from ...
Green Beans and Mushrooms with Balsamic Glaze
I love experimenting in the kitchen as failure is good as we learn from it and keep improving our dishes until they are perfected. We use a lot of unique ingredients sometimes that can be pricey but with smart shopping, you can make gourmet recipes at a fraction of the price. Below is a rundown of how I made this recipe cheaper than ...