Sweet Potato "Fries"
Oven baked “fries” are an easy side dish to whip up and they are so much healthier than french fries that are deep-fried in oil or potato chips. I love sweet potatoes and had bought frozen sweet potato fries in the past and the family really seemed to like them. I had a couple of [...]
Sloppy Joe, Sloppy, Sloppy Joe!
I wonder how much money we could all save if we made a lot of those things that we buy in a packet, jar or can from scratch? I’ve tried lately to make a few of those things that I buy pre-made from scratch. Sometimes it’s cheaper and sometimes it’s not, but it’s amazing how [...]
Chicken Taco Seasoning
We had a baseball game tonight, and Jason wanted me to stop and pick something up on the way home because it was already getting late and everyone was starving. Nothing sounded good, and I knew that I had leftover diced chicken in the fridge from last night’s herb roasted chicken. I also knew that [...]
Herb Roasted Chicken
I buy a lot of roast chickens at Wal-Mart. It is so easy to just pull the meat off the bone and make a casserole, chicken salad, or any other meal that requires that you cook the chicken first. It’s so much easier than thawing the chicken, then cooking the chicken, then assembling whatever meal [...]
Granny G's Pound Cake
This is the best pound cake…it’s moist, buttery and delectible. The trick to this pound cake is something that I’d never seen done before I tried Granny G’s pound cake. Granny G is my stepfather’s mother, and she is quite the cook. The thing that’s different about her pound cake is the sugary, somewhat carmelized [...]
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