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Home Fried Potatoes Recipe

Home fried Potatoes Recipe

Home fried potatoes are one of my favorite things! I began making them when I was in junior high after I came home from school for a snack. They are so delicious! This is my basic recipe! Ingredients for Home Fried Potatoes: 4 medium potatoes peeled and chopped 1/2 medium chopped onion 1-2 tablespoons bacon… [continue reading]

9 Comments Filed Under: Food Tagged: cooking, recipes

Easy Microwave Fudge

Your holiday treat list is not complete without a batch of fudge, or two, or three, or… I mean really, is there ever too much chocolate? Fudge used to be one of those scary things to make. There were as many stories of fudge failing as ruining the turkey. When it comes to fudge, I’m… [continue reading]

8 Comments Filed Under: Food Tagged: cooking

Bean Burrito Casserole

Quick and Easy Bean Burrito Casserole

Lately I have been taking full advantage of any quick and easy meals that I can put together.  This recipe originated because I found these bean burritos on sale and bought several packages thinking they would be something for anyone to microwave and eat in a hurry.  Well, none of us especially liked the burritos… [continue reading]

8 Comments Filed Under: Food

Tomato Soup

Tomato Soup

Do your kids cook? I confess; I do most of the cooking around here mostly because I really enjoy doing it. I do, however try to get the kids helping in the kitchen on purpose. Here is a super easy kid friendly Tomato Soup recipe, that we found in the Southern Living Kids Cookbook and… [continue reading]

7 Comments Filed Under: Faith, Food, Kids Tagged: cooking, kids

Sweet Cashew Cheerios Snack Mix

I’m loving our cooler fall weather in Texas! This time of year I feel so inspired to create in the kitchen. This Sweet Cashew Cheerios Snack Mix is one that Grace first made when she was little and everyone was crazy about it! We still are! It’s perfect for a fun movie night snack. What… [continue reading]

2 Comments Filed Under: Food

Orange Poke Cake

Hello fall! This Orange Poke Cake is great any time of year, but I find it especially festive for fall. I love to go crazy with a theme, and Orange Poke Cake was a great addition of my orange meal. It’s funny how simple the food can be, but just picking a theme makes it… [continue reading]

1 Comment Filed Under: Food Tagged: fall

Caldo de Pollo Mexican Rice

Mexican rice–how I love it. When you think of Mexican rice you probably think of a tomato rice dish and that is very popular and one I love, but I also grew up on a similar recipe without tomato: Caldo de Pollo Rice! This version is contains the absolute bare necessities. Normally, I add onions… [continue reading]

1 Comment Filed Under: Food

Sausage and Potato Skillet

Sausage and Potato Skillet Dinner

A sausage and potato skillet is one of my favorite meals.  I’ve been making various versions since I was in junior high.  For a while, I only made it with summer sausage.  Then I went through a period when I made it with hot dogs.  Use chorizo and make it tacos.  Every way I’ve ever… [continue reading]

31 Comments Filed Under: Food

Baked Beans Recipe

I think of this as Mom’s recipe for baked beans, because I learned to make them from watching her.  Over the years though, I think I’ve changed it and made it my own.  People have asked me for the recipe many times and that was always a problem, because I’ve always just dumped ingredients and… [continue reading]

7 Comments Filed Under: Food

My Best Pot of Mexican Beans Recipe

Mexican Beans recipe

It’s Cinco de Mayo!  You just have to start every great Mexican meal with a fabulous pot of beans.  For years I wasn’t happy with my Mexican beans recipe.  One day I told my mom that mine just never taste as good as the beans I ate at home growing up or in the Valley,… [continue reading]

18 Comments Filed Under: Food Tagged: Cinco de Mayo, cooking

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