It’s great to be back in cooking mode! My Roasted Pork Cuban Sandwich is the perfect dish to welcome me back to cooking. Yes folks, I’ve been on a cooking strike! Yes, strike! I thought it was time to teach my family a little lesson about the importance of appreciating a home cooked meal. Big…
Breads
Muffuletta Cheese Bread
With Mardi Gras fast approaching, I’ve really been in a New Orleans state of mind! From the Gumbo to the Beignets, I can’t get the food out of my mind. This leads me to my all time favorite, Muffuletta Cheese Bread. This is not just any ordinary cheese bread. And believe me, I love cheese…
Cajun Mardi Gras Shrimp
It’s almost Mardi Gras time and what better way to start celebrating then with a spicy shrimp dish! My Spicy Cajun Mardi Gras Shrimp are beyond delicious. When you mix butter, spices, more butter, lemon and shrimp, it’s about to be a party in your mouth. First, we need shrimp! The bigger the better is…
Nashville Hot Chicken Po Boy
When you take Tyson Crispy Chicken Stripes, Nashville Hot Chicken Sauce, and a Louisiana Po Boy bun, you’ve just stepped into the Crispy Chicken winners circle! I am so excited about my Nashville Hot Chicken Po Boy I can hardly contain myself. It’s so crispy and HOT, I mean it has that good heat, the…
Lean Cuisine® #BackToBalance
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. Yep, it’s that time of year again, time to reflect on goals, resolutions, and accomplishments! The choice to eat in a balanced way and stick to…
Top Recipes 2014
Happy New Years! I am so excited about 2015 and can’t wait to start sharing all my new delicious recipe creations. Before we start with the new recipes I wanted to recap my Top Recipes 2014. Thank you for making 2014 such a success! 1. Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwich-Highly flavored slow cooked beef with…
Top Appetizers for New Years Eve
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas? Now that we’ve gotten through Thanksgiving and Christmas, it’s time to prepare for our last party of the year, New Years Eve! Food is the most important part of a successful party and I’ve created a list of my Top Appetizers for New Years Eve. Appetizers are important…
Banana Nut Bread with Cream Cheese Glaze
Christmas is just around the corner and it’s the perfect time of year to bake our favorite snacks. I was thinking about what I enjoy most about this time of year and next to shopping, it really is all about the snacks for me! I want to shop and snack all day. My Banana Nut…
Stuffed Shrimp Bread
It’s that time of year again and I am in the mood to cook all my favorite comfort foods! My Stuffed Shrimp Bread is comfort food at its best. I love stuffed shrimp and I love bread so I figured why not combine the two and turn them into one delicious dish? And this is…
Paprika Shrimp with Roasted Garlic
If you’re looking for a quick and easy dinner, my Paprika Shrimp with Roasted Garlic and Lemon Butter is the perfect meal. You can’t go wrong with jumbo shrimp, roasted garlic, lemon, extra virgin olive oil and lots of butter. Oh, and don’t forget the veggies, fresh Italian parsley and green onions! You didn’t think…
Butter Pecan Bread Pudding with Cream Cheese Glaze
I really don’t have words to describe my Butter Pecan Bread Pudding with Cream Cheese Glaze and Chocolate Chips. Try saying that quickly. Let’s just say if a cinnamon roll, pecan praline and bread pudding had a baby, this would be it! Yep, it’s that good, every single bite! First, you must purchase high quality…
Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie
Rich, creamy, comforting, and delicious! My Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie is all that and more! It’s cold in this desert and I am in Crock Pot cooking mode. I want to create meals that are family friendly, filling, and easy to prepare and this pot pie satisfies all my needs. I forgot to add…
Sausage Egg Cheese Biscuit with Louisiana Smoked Sausage
It’s been a long week folks. I’ve missed a few days of sharing recipes because I was preparing Baby Girl for back to school. Not only is Baby Girl returning back to school my mother has just relocated to Las Vegas from Texas. The great part about my mother arriving is she brought tons of…
Shrimp Po Boy
It’s Shrimp Po Boy time! Big Goo and I loved my Creole Fried Shrimp I made the other day so much that we decided we needed this food goodness in a sandwich. Enter the wonderful Po Boy. I love Po Boy’s! There’s something about fried foods on soft fresh bread, loaded with creamy mayo based…
Mozzarella Sticks Grilled Cheese Sandwich
The wonderful people at Farm Rich sent me some wonderful snacks for a product review. I can’t wait to share with you what cheesy goodness our Farm Rich snacks turned into. My Farm Rich Mozzarella Sticks Grilled Cheese Sandwich is da Bomb! Actually, it’s da Cheese bomb! I mean people, when you take crispy, cheesy,…
Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken Pizza
Yes, it’s that time again, Slow Cooker Time! I decided today’s recipe would be Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken Pizza with a lot of spicy Sriracha CHA on top. No, you can’t make the entire pizza in the slow cooker. You could try, but I would suggest that you don’t do that. But, what you can…
Smokey Pimento Cheese Queso Dip with Country White Croutons
I am in love with any dip that includes cheese! Yes, loads of cheese. To be honest, I just love cheese, in dip, with a sandwich, plain, at midnight, straight out the fridge, with a few grapes. Yes, my cheese addiction is that bad. I make dip weekly and my Pimento Cheese Queso Dip is…
Pasta e Fagioli Soup with Italian Sausage
As most of you already know, I love soup! I keep saying I am going to cut back on my soup making and eating because it’s over 100 degrees in this hot desert, but that has yet to happen. I love all kinds of soup, but Pasta e Fagioli is one of my all time…
Buffalo Chicken Biscuit Popovers
I love all things spicy! I could eat spicy food everyday, actually I do eat spicy food everyday. I put hot sauce on almost all my food. If I am not eating hot sauce then I am using chili powder or cayenne pepper! My Buffalo Chicken is not only spicy, but when you add the…
Buffalo Chicken Biscuit Empanadas, Easy & Quick
Hey people, I found a way to make some quick, cheesy, easy Buffalo Chicken Empanadas! I am looking in the fridge and I am like, should I freeze my leftover slow cooker buffalo chicken? Yes, I couldn’t believe it, that in this house we actually had leftover chicken! But guess what, not only do I…
