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Featured Writer: Lyuba Brooke Italian food is the perfect comfort food. You can’t go wrong with pasta, tomato sauce and cheese. Stuffed shells is one of those perfect meals that your whole family will love. I love cooking Italian food; it is always my go to cuisine when I need something delicious for a nice family evening. [...]

Featured Writer: Michelle Day Taco Salad is one of those recipes that everyone you know makes differently.  I have had many Taco Salads over the years and kind of just combined all my favorite ingredients out of them and made my own recipe.  I make this salad a lot in the summer!  Give it a try and [...]

White Baked Mac~N~Cheese, Light   I bet everyone has a guilty pleasure and if we ask 10 people, probably half will say it’s mac-n-cheese. This definitely, is a weakness for me. Just like any other guilty pleasure, I make macaroni and cheese only a couple of times a year. Last time I was making it, [...]

More Cinco de Mayo Yumminess, from me casa to yours! Coconut Chipotle Roasted Chicken in the Crockpot (ahh, don’t you just love that last word) Ingredients: 3 med size limes 2 cups of coconut milk (unsweetened) 2 tbl cumin 1 whole onion 4 cloves of garlic 1 tbl garlic paste 1  chopped chipotle chile in adobo sauce (if you like it [...]

Featured Contributor: Michelle Day With Summer right around the corner I thought it would be fun to come up with a new recipe for baked beans.  I have one recipe that I have been making for years but I would like to have a few varieties wouldn’t you?  So after fiddling with the ingredients this [...]

Contributing Writer: Jamie Sanders I have a few recipes that are excellent for using up leftovers.  This is a great one I came up with just for that purpose… This recipe is very flexible, you can pretty much use whatever you have leftover in your fridge.  Beans (any kind, even re-fried), rice, onions, peppers, corn, chicken, beef or pork. [...]

I loved how these turned out. I saw these last year, made by Beth with crescent dough and stuffed with egg salad but this is more my love language- Mozzarella, Pepperoni, Spinach with Sundried tomato stuffed! In this picture the first carrot is in a cone shape, I stuffed foil in them to keep them that shape.  The [...]

Enjoy these Spring/Easter inspired recipes that are easy to make and wonderfully yummy! All of these recipes were made in my kitchen some were my own creations others were inspired. Boiled Egg Chickies- Absolutely adorable! Boil your eggs, peel. For the eyes you can use raisin pieces, seeds, chocolate pieces and for the nose cut [...]

All of you Mexican food lovers, you’re going to be so thankful that you signed up to receive my updates, after taking your first bite of this amazingly yummy casserole!  Seriously easy, only 8 minutes of prep work and then you pop it in the oven.  It’s a hearty meal so you can even enjoy [...]

This month we will stop by my beloved country, Mexico, for our Kid Friendly Meal!  Even though this meal is not a traditional dish it’s packed with all of our wonderful spices and ingredients, that make our dishes, mouth watering! Every time my son sees me in the kitchen making dinner and the tortillas are [...]

Contributing Writer: Jamie Sanders Getting Started With Freezer Cooking One of the easiest ways to make dinner preparation a breeze is to have frequently used ingredients pre-cooked and pre-chopped.  I try to keep my freezer stocked with recipe basics so when it’s time to start dinner, most of the ingredients are ready to go.  This will shave 20 to 25 [...]

Contributing Writer: Mari Hernandez-Tuten We have a four-day holiday weekend and that usually means mommy is in the kitchen cooking all day because everyone is home. The upside of that is I get to enjoy them all day.   This is one of their favorite foods they request in their lunchbox. This is such a fun and creative way to serve one of their [...]

Running out of time and ideas for dinner?  Here is a quick and tasty meal for the family, made with ingredients from the pantry.  Ten minutes of prep time and fifteen minutes of cook time and you will have a healthy dinner for five on the table. Chicken Bruschetta Skillet  (Recipe adapted from Hunts.com) Ingredients [...]

This colorful dish will bring some sunshine to your dreary cold winter days.  Warning this Pasta Salad is addictive. My boys kept coming in the kitchen and nibbling on it after I had served it to them for dinner.  It’s easy to whip up and delicious, I especially love all the colors in it! Sweet [...]

Contributing Writer: Jamie Sanders One of things I like to do is to get my kids involved in the kitchen.  They love to help me cook.  Eating what they helped prepare makes dinner time so much more fun.  It’s also the perfect opportunity to teach them about healthy eating and good nutrition. Usually I have both [...]

If your dinner time is anything like ours, your meals aren’t always greeted with excitement by your kids.  Unlike Proverbs 31 mom, my children are not rising up from the table and calling me blessed, when they see our dinner.  Nevertheless, I continue to dabble in Around the World recipes but adjusting them to a [...]

Has “sweets” been a staple food group in your daily diet during these holidays?  Unfortunately, it has for me, I guess it’s time to turn over a new leaf and all since it’s the beginning of a new year. It’s still cold here so roasting veggies in the oven is a wonderful option for some healthy eating. Light Balsamic [...]

Does Christmas make you festively frazzled? Well, we hope these next couple of days will lighten some of that load with our: Recipes, Fashion and Sentiments as you plan ahead with us.  So you can focus on what is important your family, celebrating the birth of our savior and friends. Three mouth-watering main course meals: Stuffed Turkey [...]

There is nothing like soup to comfort you on a chilly day.  Homemade soups are not as complicated as you may imagine and sometimes even healthier. I would like to share with you some Award Winning Soups from our home to yours. Well, at least they are award winning in this casa. The most requested [...]