The Easiest (and tastiest!) Chili Recipe Ever
This Easy Chili Recipe is filled with beans, tomatoes, corn and plenty of Mexican spices. I’ve made this with meat and …
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Slow Cooker Pork Roast (with a sweet and tangy glaze)
An irresistible sweet and tangy glaze takes this slow cooker pork roast from just another crockpot meal to a tasty and …
Chipotle Garlic and Lime Vinaigrette
Chipotle, garlic and lime are combined in this homemade salad dressing to create a crazy flavorful Chipotle Vinaigrette that you are …
Mexican Lasagna
Mexican Lasagna has become a family favorite over the past few years. Spicy beef is layered with rice, beans, and tomatoes, …
Perfect Baked Potatoes
Perfect Baked Potatoes with crispy skin and a fluffy buttery interior are a kitchen staple you need to know how to …
Crispy Breakfast Potatoes
Crispy breakfast potatoes, roasted to perfect crispiness with fluffy centers and plenty of seasoning, are key players in many of our …
Merry Christmas 2012
I am taking a blogging vacation from now until the second week of January. I’m planning to curl up in our …
Pico De Gallo – Simple Mexican Salsa
Pico de Gallo, the fresh, spicy, Mexican salsa, is one of my family’s favorite snacks almost every day of the year. …
Mexican Fried Rice
Mexican Fried Rice is filled with ground beef, bell peppers, black beans, corn, and green chile. This is a kid favorite …
The Best Green Chile Stew
The BEST Green Chile Stew is loaded with bite-size chunks of pork that are seasoned with onion and plenty of garlic. …
All the Best Waffle Toppings
How many waffle toppings can you think of off the top of your head? My family has a well-established weakness for …
The Ultimate Potato Chip Nachos
Crisp potato chips topped with melted cheese, hot bacon, cool ranch dressing, and green onions is a nacho combination that everyone …
Mexican Street Corn Coleslaw
Crunchy green cabbage, fresh corn, and red onions are tossed with a creamy, spicy sauce of mayonnaise, lime, cilantro, and cotija …
Pulled Pork Mac ‘n Cheese
Tender, saucy, barbecue pork (that you can make right in the crockpot with just a couple ingredients) is piled on top …
Homemade Cajun Seasoning
Skip the store-bought spice mixes and stir together a batch of homemade Cajun seasoning! Cajun seasoning is a blend of herbs …
60+ Make-Ahead Freezer Meals
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been doubling meals and freezing them for nights when I don’t feel like …
Cafe Rio Salad
This is a fantastic copycat Mexican salad fully loaded with our favorite salad ingredients and then drizzled with an awesome Creamy …
Chorizo Corn Chowder
Poblano chiles and chorizo combine with plenty of sweet corn to make this Chorizo Corn Chowder. This recipe was a favorite …
Pigeon Forge, TN (and our last 13th birthday trip!)
Five years flew by in a little more than a heartbeat and we now have three teenagers in our home. My …
The Little Things Newsletter #266 – Life, laughter, and lots of great food!
Welcome to the weekend and Happy 4th of July, my friends! The countdown is on for our summer road trip and …
A Weekend On The Cattle Ranch
Beautiful skies, rolling hills, and cowboys herding cattle in the distance add up to a picturesque peek into the cattle industry. …
Easy Five-Ingredient Chicken Dinners
Today I’m sharing five of our favorite Easy Five-Ingredient Chicken Dinners to help make your weeknights simpler! Chicken, the ubiquitous meat …
The Little Things Newsletter #307 – Life, laughter, and lots of great food!
Welcome to the weekend, my friends! My boys’ spring break starts today and we’re headed out of town with my brother …
Creamy Tomatillo Dressing
This Cafe Rio copycat recipe for Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing is creamy, tangy, and just the teeniest bit spicy. It’s perfect for …
The Little Things Newsletter #292 – Life, laughter, and lots of great food!
Happy New Year, my friends, and hooray for new beginnings! Don’t you just love the fresh start after the holidays each …
The Little Things Newsletter #277 – Life, laughter, and lots of great food!
Welcome to the weekend, my friends! Is your weather cooling off like ours is? We’re entering fall here in Ohio and …
The Little Things Newsletter #393 – Life, laughter, and lots of great food!
Welcome to the weekend, my friends! I’m in Buffalo, NY today to see Rowan Lindamood dance in The Nutcracker and I …
The Little Things Newsletter #257 – Life, laughter, and lots of great food!
Welcome to the weekend, my friends! The sun is shining after a couple of days of clouds and rain and it’s …
The Little Things Newsletter #355 – Life, laughter, and lots of great food!
Welcome to the weekend, my friends! It’s good to be home. Our weather has cooled off again, no surprise there, but …
Crock-Pot Apple Butter
Tangy, sweet, and lightly spiced Apple Butter is my middle son’s favorite homemade fruit spread and it’s way past time I …
Herb Rubbed Pork Sirloin Roast
This spice and herb crusted pork roast is packed with flavor and a surprising kick from the peppers and the salt. …
The BEST Slow Cooker Baked Beans
Slow Cooker Baked Beans are chock-full of bacon and beef, sweetened with molasses and then simmered until thick and sweet. If …