How To Easily Cook Rice Perfectly Every Time While cooking rice may seem like one of the simplest cooking tasks, many people seem to struggle with achieving that perfect outcome. If cooked at high temperatures and unrinsed, your rice will probably stick together and turn into rubbery mush. Under-cooking your rice, on the other hand, …
Potato Bites is a delicious, simple recipe that is perfect for a brunch or appetizer. Packed full of potatoes, cheese, and onions, for an amazing bite of flavor. Potato bites work well for a brunch. They can be made ahead of time, and they taste great even if they’re not still hot. Looking for …
Get your kids to eat their vegetables (and fruits) by making them cute! This heart salad is perfect for Valentine’s Day, a Grinch movie night, or any time you just want to add an extra little love to your table. I made this Heart Salad for a Grinch Family Movie Night. I kept thinking about …
Fried Pickles are perfection. They are perfect with BBQ. They are perfect with burgers. They are perfect with Bratwurst. A little crunch, a little salt, and a little breading. Some of you reading this are saying, “what in the world!” Some of you are saying, “I love fried pickles!” I don’t remember when I …
Caprese Salad is a fresh delicious salad. With only 7 ingredients, it is very simple to make, but makes quite the statement. Caprese Salad is one of my favorite summer salads. It’s a great use of all the cherry or grape tomatoes and basil from the garden. It’s light and fresh and has cheese! It’s …
Layered Salad has layers of lettuce, peas, celery, hard boiled eggs, cheese, bacon, and more! Easy to make, and delicious to eat! My mom has been making this salad for as long as I can remember, and it’s always been a hit with crowds! It’s great for a potluck, barbecue, or any get together! …
The Sweetest Sweet Potatoes. This is seriously my favorite recipe for sweet potatoes ever! It wasn’t until a couple years ago that I discovered my love of sweet potatoes. I’m not sure why I hadn’t eaten them much before that. It isn’t like I had anything against them or disliked them, but they just weren’t …
Cornbread Stuffing is so much like the box stuffing but without all the yucky preservatives and chemicals. And it’s not too hard to make. In my quest to eat no preservatives, I now must make my own stuffing. The Hardworking Husband loves the stuff from the box. But look at these ingredients. I was finally …
40 Potato Recipes – Breakfast, Main Dish Dinners & Sides, plus Soups & Salads; everything potato!! Potatoes are such a versatile food. They fit well in a variety of recipes, and they’re delicious. Potatoes are a great source of vitamin C, and contain magnesium, potassium, phosphorous, fiber and calcium. I was surprised to find out …
Bacon Mac and Cheese is classic mac & cheese kicked up a notch with bacon. It is the comfort food of your dreams. It will take you back to your childhood. I worked at a guest ranch in my twenties. I learned a lot about cooking and life while I lived there. In the summer, …
Sweet Cornbread is the perfect cornbread. It’s a basic cornbread yet moist and delicious. It tastes like a mix but it’s made from scratch. There are approximately 1,000,000 cornbread recipes out there. Some with jalapenos. Some with kernels of corn. And some with cheese. I like basic sweet cornbread. If you’ve been a reader for …
Peas Cheese and Pickles is a great side salad that changes things up from a green salad. Great variety of flavors and textures. As a kid my mom made Peas Cheese and Pickles. I thought this was a family recipe and that no one besides our family had ever made it. I had never seen …