Gooey Chocolate Chip Caramel Oat Squares
A craving overtook me the day I found this recipe. Occasionally, I crave chocolate chip cookies. Not just any chocolate chip cookies but soft chewy cookies with big chunks of semi sweet chocolate. When a cookie craving hits and I don’t have time to mix up a batch, a roll of refrigerated Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies are […]
How to Make Moist Sweet Cornbread
There are two kinds of cornbread lovers: those that like their cornbread sweet and those that don’t. I call this the great cornbread debate. I grew up in a household that thought sweet cornbread was a travesty so I never knew it existed until I moved to the south. The first time I tasted sweet cornbread, […]
Country Ham Chowder with Collard Greens
Mother nature has a bizarre sense of humor. Just last week I was debating on unpacking my warm weather clothes and planning my spring herb garden. This week I’m bundling up in blankets and wearing sweaters and long socks. Mentally I had moved onto warm sunny spring weather but mother nature slapped me back to […]
Skillet Gnocchi with Spinach and Chickpeas
[stumble] [retweet] [facebook] Recipes that only require one pot automatically get brownie points with me. There’s nothing more irritating than looking around your kitchen after fixing dinner and realizing you’ve dirtied up 4 or 5 pots. If a recipe is a one pot meal and it’s quick, double brownie points. Gnocchi is one those things everyone should […]
Cheesy Bacon and Potato Frittata for Two
Frittata’s are great any time of day. This one was part of a quick dinner I threw together on a night when cooking a big meal wasn’t an option. The cheese in this is a Tomme de Nena from Kenny’s Farmhouse Cheese in Barren Cty, Ky. A group of us food bloggers took a tour of his facility recently and got to taste some […]
Cranberry Mac Nut Oatmeal Bars
A soft chewy oatmeal cookie and a glass of cold milk can calm the most frazzled nerves. I think they have some type of magical relaxation properties. They’re so versatile that when you find a good recipe you can change up the ingredients according to your tastes and get fantastic cookes. This recipe can either be made as bar cookies […]
Tomatillo Chicken with Black Beans
Tomatillo’s have always been a mystery to me. They look like miniature versions of the green tomatoes my dad would bring in from the garden when I was a kid. The first time I saw them in the grocery store, I was surprised to see they were encased in a weird leathery covering. Definitely not […]
