There’s something comforting about a bowl of wild rice, it’s the kind of ingredient that transforms a simple meal into something special. Whether you’re serving it as a side dish or the heart of a main meal, this wild rice brings a depth of flavor…
Sometimes during the summer, we grow weary of the tradition baked beans recipe. This recipe for BBQ black-eyed peas is what we go to as a close second option. Or, if you stick to the new year’s resolution of black-eyed peas, this might work for…
This green chili rice recipe is easy to make on a budget and is a great side for any meat. We’ve served it with pork chops, steak, and chicken enchiladas. Plus, it is also a different way to change our basic rice. Ingredients for Green…
Honestly, we have corn so much in our household that we have to mix it up periodically, so we don’t go into burnout. This scalloped corn recipe isn’t an everyday corn dish, but it does work well, for Sunday dinner, Easter, or most all other…
Garden Pasta Salad This Garden Pasta Salad is a go-to in our house especially in the summer! It’s cold, light, and uses ingredients we have on hand most of the time. At our house at least it always seems like we are invited to several…
This might be the best tangy pork and beans that we have ever made. I worked in a grocery store for the first 17 years of my life, and I was always looking for different ways to dress up everything that was ordinary. Yes, I…
This is a savory recipe rather than sweet. It would be another option other than cornbread, but cornbread is good too. These muffins still go great with any stew, chili, or soup. Of course, if you wanted you can always add a little diced jalapeno…
This is a simple spinach salad that can be put together in just a few minutes. This would be great for a hot summer day, when you might want something a little lighter to go with a BBQ or some sort of potluck gathering. If…
In several other posts we have mentioned that most of our weekend mornings are spent watching the Food Network, and this was no different. The plus is that you have a side dish to make with the turkey meatballs that we made previously. We DO…
