HI Folks, Michelle was gone for most of the weekend at a WordPress thing, so I decided that I would create something that I could put together in a hurry. My plan for the weekend was to get some of the things done around here that the doing of would drive Michelle "crazy". So, not cooking all ... read more
Mother’s Deviled Eggs
It is almost Easter, and that means eggs. But, really Easter is just the start of deviled egg season. They are great for picnics and cookouts and all of those wonderful spring and summer events. This is my mother's recipe, and it is super easy and delicious. I mean, really, these just call for three ... read more
Pasta Primavera
It is spring. We are now having more warm days than cold, the trees are blooming, and the days are getting longer. And, all of just seems to put me in the mood for eating more vegetables. It is probably just my mind pushing forward to summer and home grown vegetables, but vegetables are what I want. ... read more
Rosemary Pork Kabobs for Man Food Mondays
Good Morning campers! This week we are having Rosemary Pork Kabobs. These are marinaded in rosemary, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, etc.. and a touch of tequila. I have been seeing kabobs in the meat displays at my favorite food distributors more frequently with the run up to the vernal equinox, and ... read more
Pizza Bagels
So, this is not really a recipe. I mean there is a real recipe here... for the bagels, but it is not my recipe, so I can't put it here, but I can send you to it. The bagel recipe I used can be found at Epicurious. For the record, I used honey because I couldn't find barley malt syrup. You should try ... read more
Matcha Chia Seed Pudding
This might be the perfect breakfast. Protein and caffeine are the two things people usually use to jump start their day. And, this matcha chia seed pudding has a little caffeine and depending on the milk you use between a little and quite a bit of protein. It does need time to turn into pudding, ... read more
Smoked Chuck Roast with Veggies for Man Food Mondays
I was looking for something to do with the chuck roast that was in the freezer a few weeks back. It's starting to warm up here in the hinterlands, and I wanted to break out the smoker and see what I could come up with. I also wanted to try a different method of tenderizing the chuck roast using ... read more
Super Food Dinner Bowls
These Super Food Dinner Bowls are as full of flavor as they are healthy goodness. We kind of go back and forth in our healthy versus not healthy eating around here. Well, that is not exactly true. We eat more healthy than unhealthy. Somehow it just seems that the unhealthy is more likely to make a ... read more
Creamy Strawberry Cheese Pie with Sugar-Free and Gluten-Free Options
So, tomorrow Pi Day, and since I'm a former math teacher, I just have to make pie! Plus, I still had strawberries from earlier in the week and they needed to be used. This pie is a lot of things - gluten-free, sugar-free if you like, and vegetarian. I know, strawberry pie sounds vegetarian, but most ... read more
Strawberry Chicken Pasta
Strawberries are suddenly everywhere here. I mean, it is not actually strawberry season here, yet, but they are coming in from Florida, and are on sale. So, of course, I had to buy some - probably too many. And, this time, I wanted to try something a little different with them and came up with this ... read more
Spring Beet and Pea Salad
There are a few things that just say spring to me and three of theme are beets, peas, and dill. There are others too that you will probably be seeing over the next few weeks. But, this time I put these three things together and made a Spring Beet and Pea Salad. Now, I know there are people out there ... read more
Irish Cream Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies for #fillthecookiejar
I'm a bit off schedule with my posting this week. I've had midterms, which has put me a bit behind, and I really wanted to do Fill the Cookie Jar this month. So, since Fill the Cookie Jar is on Thursday, I just bumped Wednesday to Thursday. I love cookies so I really love this group, but I don't ... read more
BBQ Pulled Pork Crock Pot Style for Man Food Mondays
Good Morning Y'all Let me start by saying that I cheated with this meal. By that, I mean that this is a quick to put together and easy to cook recipe that has been around for quite some time. BBQ Pulled Pork Crock Pot Style is just that pork done in the crock pot/slow cooker so you do not have to ... read more
Warm Chipotle Raspberry Smoked Cheddar Roast Beef Sandwich
I don't eat a lot of sandwiches. I see them on other blogs all the time, and they really look good, but somehow, I just never think about them. And, then there is the fact that most sandwiches are cold, and unless it is a salad or ice cream, I'm not a big cold food eater. But, this Warm Chipotle ... read more
Coconut Granola
This coconut granola just might be too good. I am having serious trouble keeping myself from over eating it. It has coconut and coconut oil it it. I really, really like coconut, but honestly this doesn't taste overwhelmingly like coconut. It just tastes good. Granola is really so easy to make and ... read more
Coconut Flour Pancake in a Mug
This Coconut Flour Pancake in a Mug is higher in protein and has a lower glycemic index than the average pancake. Now, I am in no way claiming that it is super healthy as it has a good bit of butter in it. For those of you that are eating paleo, I'm sure you could use coconut oil and some sort of ... read more
Mushroom and Carrot Stuffed Loin Chops for Man Food Mondays
Good Monday Folks. Today I am sharing a mushroom and carrot stuffed loin chop recipe that I made over the weekend. I love pork and last month there was a sale on meats at our local food distributor so I "stocked up". One of the things I bought and froze was a 2 ft long pork loin that I divided into ... read more
Easy Chocolate Raspberry Tarts
These Chocolate Raspberry Tarts are just amazing. They are so delicious, yet so simple and quick to make. Everybody needs at least one recipe like this - looks impressive, tastes impressive, and is crazy quick and easy. You probably have all the ingredients on hand except for the tart shells, and ... read more
Irish Stew
I had planned on waiting to share this with you until closer to St. Patrick's Day, but it is just so cold here that I thought it might do some of you more good now. I mean, I am truly hoping it will be a bit warmer by then. Keep in mind that I'm a Georgia girl and temperatures down around ten ... read more
Little Meyer Lemon Tea Cakes
Oh my. I almost have no words for these. I could eat all of them by myself... easily. They are just so, so good. These Little Meyer Lemon Tea Cakes are definitely one of the best desserts I have ever made. They are just so delicate and buttery. They are not super sweet, but just sweet enough... ... read more
Chicken Verde Pasta
I have always loved salsa verde, chicken enchiladas suiza, and all things involving tomatillos and cilantro. It is just one of my favorite flavors. So, my idea here was to get the same flavor all in one pot and keep the fat fairly low. Usually, this sort of thing involves cooking the chicken, making ... read more
Cheesy Italian Spaghetti Squash Bake
Ok, you have to try this. Think lasagna only vegetarian, lower in fat, and low carb. This hits all the good things unless you don't eat dairy. And, best of all it is super delicious. When I say think lasagna, I'm not kidding. It really does taste a lot like lasagna. And, it is easy. It does take a ... read more
Pomegranate Quinoa Salad
My son has been asking for quinoa. Yes, really. He is eighteen, and he is a vegetarian, so he likes interesting food. And, quinoa has protein, which he sometimes has a hard time getting enough of. I have a couple of quinoa salads that I make, but I wanted to try something different, and I really ... read more
Cherry Coconut Almond Chia Seed Pudding
So, have you tried chia seeds? I've had them in muffins and baked goods. But, I have to tell you, every time I read about them, people are always talking about the gel formed by chia seeds and what you can do with it. Now, I eat almost everything and always have, even as a kid, but when you say gel, ... read more
Chocolate Covered Fruit
Well, Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away, and this is my first Valentine's post of the year. So many Valentine's Day recipes are very high in sugar, and we are trying to limit our sugar significantly. And, you know, if I blog about it that means I ate it. Dipping fruit in dark chocolate is ... read more
Almond Crusted Salmon for Man Food Monday
Happy Monday folks! I hope your team won last night, and it's worth the hangover this morning =:). Today, we are going to talk about Almond Crusted Salmon for Man Food Monday. I was talking with Michelle about the dietary changes we are looking to make, and the fact that we need to add in more ... read more
Free Downloadable Kitchen Measurement Equivalents Printable
So, I'm doing something a little different today and giving you a printable. I actually made this up a while back and have been meaning to share it, but I have always had a recipe I would rather share. So, in the past couple of weeks, I have had more than my share of recipe fails. Nope, everything I ... read more
Split Pea Soup
It has been cold here. I know, nothing like what those of you that have had blizzards are experiencing, but I really, really don't like the cold. At this point, if it is not going to snow (remember I'm in GA, so snow is and event), I wish it would just go ahead and warm up, but it won't. It is still ... read more
Spatchcocked Jerk Chicken for Man Food Monday
Spatchcock, what a great name! I ran across a few articles about this when I was getting ready to deep fry the Turkey for Thanksgiving. So you get another 2 fer with this post. Spatchcocked Jerk Chicken for Man Food Monday is in 2 parts. The first part is a how to do a spatchcock, and the other is ... read more
Yellow Rice
Tomorrow, you are going to be getting a post from Steve about his Jerk Chicken. Well, this Yellow Rice is one of the things we had to go with it. Before this recipe, I had never had yellow rice made with brown rice, but we are trying to keep our grains whole grains, so I used brown, and it was ... read more
Lemony Chicken Pasta
This pasta is just soooo good. I had a hard time naming it. It is sort of Greek inspired topped with lemon and oregano baked chicken. But, lemon and chicken seemed important, so you have Lemony Chicken Pasta. Of course, you might be able to cook the chicken right in the skillet with everything else, ... read more
Shrimp Stuffed Portabellos
I almost didn't post these Shrimp Stuffed Portabellos. Not because they aren't fabulous - trust me, they are. But, because I just can't seem to get photos of them that I am happy with. Back to the food, these are truly delicious. They definitely have that crab cake/stuffed shrimp flavor, but they ... read more
Hamburgers for Man Food Monday
Simple food today, Hamburgers for Man Food Monday. This is not a cop out post, I have been looking around the internet and gathering information for a post I want to do a little later in the year. It's going to be about different cuts of meat and the different methods to cook them. I ran across a ... read more
Loaded Sweet Potato Totchos
So, the big game is coming up, and I keep seeing game day food all over the internet. I am going to be completely honest here. I am not a football fan. But, I do like typical game day food. Ok, maybe I just like food. One of my favorites is nachos, but this year we are not doing chips. So, your next ... read more
Red Curry Tofu
We love red curry, and my son had some red curry tofu probably two years ago when he spent a year being a vegetarian at a restaurant that he just loved. So, when he decided to go back to being a vegetarian, it was one of the first things he asked me to make. This is a red curry recipe that I have ... read more
Broccoli and Cheddar Soup
It has just been so cold and wet here. On the day I made this soup, it was in the upper 30s and raining - just miserable. Nothing I did seemed to make me warm until I ate this Broccoli and Cheddar Soup. It warmed me right up. And, it is just so delicious and velvety. It is pretty quick and easy, ... read more
Rotisserie Roast for Man Food Mondays
Happy Monday folks, I decided to cook a Rotisserie Roast for Man Food Mondays on my old fateful Charbroil propane gas grill. I have had this grill for over 15 yeas now and I have rebuilt is a half dozen times over the years. New burners, grill grates and igniters, she just keeps on cooking. I ... read more
How to Roast a Chicken
This is almost not even a recipe, but it has come to my attention that quite a few people have issues roasting a chicken. I think the main issue is really that they do to much to it. This is just your basic salt and pepper chicken, but you can add herbs and spices to rub on the skin, put under the ... read more
4 Essentials to Successful Healthy Eating
This post is not about how to eat healthy. What is healthy for you is not necessarily healthy for me and vice-versa, so I'm not going to tell you what to eat. I am going to give you four things that I have found essential to keeping me on track regardless of my eating goals. ... read more
Baked Almond Crusted Chicken Fingers with Baked Cauliflower Fries
Ok, this is just a healthier version of chicken fingers and fries, but let me tell you, these Baked Almond Crusted Chicken Fingers and Baked Cauliflower Fries are so good that you are not going to care one bit that they are healthier. I do want to go on record here and say that although these are ... read more
