Chicken Bog

This is my absolute favorite southern dish! Although pimento cheese runs a close second and shrimp and grits is definitely near the top, chicken bog takes the #1 spot of  the ‘Southern Food I Discovered After Moving To South Carolina And I Don’t Know How I Ever Lived Without It’ category. If…

Roasted Summer Veggies W/Sausage

Goodness! August has just flown by and I am trying to keep up with everything! I have been woefully behind with my posts and I want you all to know I have a good excuse! My husband is finishing up a degree in nuclear engineering, and since it is all online, I have…

Summer Baked Beans

A few months ago I hosted a summer birthday shindig for my husband. You know what that means, don’t you? Man food. Spicy things and salty things and meat. Wanting to play and visit and chill with our guests, I tried to plan a menu that would be more hands off, ensuring…

Paleo & GF Pizza Casserole

This recipe.  *sigh* I tell ya… This recipe is a supahstar! (Said in my best Molly Shannon voice from SNL.) If you have never tried spaghetti squash before, this is your recipe!  Read on! Truthfully, I have never been a big fan of spaghetti squash. I have only tried it a few…

Homemade Breakfast Sausage Patties

I have been trying to make really great homemade breakfast sausage for years now, but without success.  Now that I write that sentence, I realize that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in my culinary abilities… Let me explain. My parents made it all the time when I was a kid, but they can’t…

Grilled Sausage W/Apple-Cabbage Saute

Just a quick post to share one of our favorite autumnal dinners!  Believe me when I say that this recipe is a winner.  I mean, you should always believe me (I am very trustworthy) but for SERIOUS, you should believe me now. It is fast to throw together, full of flavor, and…

Fettuccini W/Sausage & Bell Peppers

As I look at this picture above, I can’t help but smile. Yes, it is a pile of saucy pasta with spicy sausage and fresh, sweet bell peppers (read: plate full of goodness) but that isn’t the reason for the grin stretching across my face.  Ok.  Fine.  It is a part of…

Sweet Potato Hash

I made this for dinner last night and my husband was very upset with me.  Not because we had Sweet Potato Hash for dinner, but because I was making it while he was on the treadmill. He came up from the basement, panting and sweaty, with a scowl on his face.  “Are…

Upside-Down Sausage & Mushroom Pizza Casserole

Quite simply, sometimes a recipe will just surprise you.  Much like the skinny jean craze.  I didn’t see that coming. Anyway, I was watching Food Network about a million years ago, and saw Robin Miller make a version of this dish.  What I liked about it was that it used a few shortcuts…

Asian Smokies

The title of this dish may be just a bit of an oxymoron.  You know, like mexican meatloaf; I could be wrong, but I don’t think there are many meatloaves being made south of the border.  And again, this isn’t first hand knowledge as I am not an expert on it, but…

Roasted Tomato Pasta & The day my freezer ate my tomatoes…

Who has two thumbs and is super excited about today’s post????  THIS gal! (Read the following really fast but monotone and with very little inflection in your voice.  That is how I hear these next words in my head as I type…) Disclaimer:  I was in Barnes & Noble today-don’t you just love that place?- and…

Breakfast Burritos: Be Adventurous

If you have ever had these beauties at a restaurant but never made them yourself, don’t be intimidated!  I am pretty sure there are only two real requirements and those are tortillas and eggs.  After that anything goes. Years ago I had my first breakfast burrito at a Sonic, and I have never…

Piggy Pudding & A Word About My Kitchen

It recently occurred to me that I am making a few assumptions about you, my readers.  The more I read and research different kinds of blogs, I noticed that mine is pretty basic.  And I like that.   I don’t feel the need to crowd the page with irrelevant distractions or pictures of…

Vegetables W/ Pasta

OK.  So I know this is the second pasta entry in a row, but in reality, we didn’t eat them close to each other.  And you can never have too many quick, easy, and healthy pasta recipes in your repertoire, right?  This recipe falls into all those categories.  I think I created this two, maybe…

Stuffed Shells

Seconds, please!!  That is what your family will be saying after they eat this pasta.  Its hot, easy, and perfect for company.  Baked pasta filled with cheese.  Is there anything better?  The great thing too is that you can change it to however you happen to like your italian food.  I vary this…