This Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup is the fastest, easiest chicken noodle soup for when you need comfort food fast! The Instant Pot does all the work yet it tastes just like grandma used to make! Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup I love chicken recipes and soup recipes. However, chicken noodle soup is exactly what I need…
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Leftover Ham and Potato Soup
Leftover Ham and Potato Soup is an easy and delicious way to use up leftover ham and potatoes to make a creamy, comforting fall or winter soup. T’was the day after Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse…. That pretty well describes our day after Christmas….lazy and restful,…
Stuffed Chicken Marsala (In a Marsala Cooking Wine Sauce)
Thank you to Holland House Cooking Wines for sponsoring this Stuffed Chicken Marsala Recipe. While I was compensated for this post, all opinions are 100% my own. This delicious Stuffed Chicken Marsala recipe is made with baked chicken breasts stuffed with Italian cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, basil, and green onions, and covered in a creamy Marsala Cooking Wine…
Cheesy Bacon Ranch Hash Brown Casserole
Cheesy Bacon Ranch Hashbrown Casserole gives the classic Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole a flavor boost with bacon, ranch seasoning mix, Worcestershire, and hot sauce. Nothing is more comforting or crowd-pleasing than the good old creamy, cheesy hash brown potato casserole that has been served at family gatherings, potlucks, funerals, and church suppers for generations….
Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows
This easy Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows, made with fresh sweet potatoes or canned sweet potatoes, has been a traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas side dish in our family for as long as I can remember. Click here to receive FREE recipes in your inbox! Love this recipe? Receive FREE recipes in your inbox! I want…
Easy Kung Pao Chicken Recipe
This Easy Kung Pao Chicken Recipe is a quick and easy Chinese inspired recipe that can be ready in less than 30 minutes and makes a great weeknight meal to celebrate Chinese New Year or for any time of year. I originally published this Easy Kung Pao Chicken Recipe on PenneyLane.com in February 2015 for Chinese New…
Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
These Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars, inspired by the Mexican dessert called sopapillas, have a sweet, creamy cheesecake filling tucked between 2 crescent roll pastry sheets, and are topped with butter, cinnamon, and sugar and drizzled with honey. Based on the above description and photo, it is no surprise that Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars make a crowd-pleasing dessert that is popular…
10 Easy Chicken Dinner Recipes
10 Easy Chicken Dinners features quick and easy yet outrageously delicious chicken dinners that can be made on a weeknight or for guests! You can’t have too many chicken recipes. Chicken is a staple and we all need a variety of chicken recipes to avoid getting in a rut. How often to we make the same…
Vegetarian Mexican Stuffed Peppers
Vegetarian Mexican Stuffed Peppers are stuffed with a medley of vegetables (and no rice), including riced cauliflower and sweet potato, roasted broccoli, black beans, and corn, with enchilada sauce and Mexican seasonings.
If you are looking for a way to sneak more vegetables into your diet, or to enjoy a meatless meal once a week, or to lower your carbs, then you will love these Vegetarian Mexican Stuffed Peppers! These Stuffed Peppers are overflowing with vegetables, including riced cauliflower and sweet potato.
You say you don’t have a food processor to rice the cauliflower and sweet potatoes, or maybe it is too much of a hassle to drag out the food processor? That is ok because you don’t have to with this recipe.
Spicy Bacon Jalapeno Texas Toast Cheesy Bread
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. All opinions are entirely my own. This Spicy Bacon Jalapeno Texas Toast Cheesy Bread is a Texas-inspired recipe with spicy bacon, chopped jalapenos, and Texas Toast, that is perfect for a TexFest celebration. I am a Texas girl through and through,…
Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Sriracha
Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Sriracha are covered in a Honey Sriracha Sauce and a crispy panko breadcrumb coating resulting in sweet and spicy crunchy oven-fried chicken that uses only 5 ingredients and is on the dinner table in 30 minutes. These Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Sriracha are truly crowd pleasers. The sweet and…
Irish Soda Bread Muffins with Cheddar and Jalapenos
I transformed the traditional Irish Soda Bread recipe into smaller muffins and added a Texas twist with cheddar and jalapenos. With St Patrick’s Day around the corner, everyone pulls out their Irish recipes. Yes. I know. These are not traditional Irish Soda Bread. History of Irish Soda Bread The true traditional Irish Soda Bread only has flour,…
Creamy Avocado Dip for Healthy Snacking
This post is sponsored on behalf of PopChips. However, as always, all opinions are 100% my own. Creamy Avocado Dip with PopChips makes a great Game Day snack for the Big Game or for any time. It is that time of year again. Time for the Big Game, and typically unhealthy snacks and junk food often…
Vegan Bacon Lettuce Tomato Sandwich (BLT)
This Vegan Bacon Lettuce Tomato Sandwich (BLT), made with organic, all-natural, nonGMO Sweet Earth Vegan Benevolent Bacon, is easy, delicious and healthy. This post is sponsored by the Sweet Earth. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. It is that time of year again. Time for the beginning of a new year. Time for new year’s…
German Chocolate Pecan Pie
This German Chocolate Pecan Pie combines German Chocolate Cake and Pecan Pie into one fabulous holiday dessert! Click here to receive FREE recipes in your inbox! This German Chocolate Pecan Pie is a holiday favorite dessert at our house! Why not? It combines two of popular desserts into one incredible pie! Pecan Pie is a perennial…
Lentil Sloppy Joe Cornbread Casserole
This Lentil Sloppy Joe Cornbread Casserole is a hearty, family-friendly comfort food casserole that combines vegetarian sloppy joes with Southern cornbread!
Our family loves its meat and potatoes. If I tell them that we will have a meatless dinner tomorrow night, I will hear them moan and groan and whine all day and then they will refuse to even taste dinner.
So what do I do? I don’t tell them it’s vegetarian! I just told them I’m making a sloppy joe casserole with a cornbread topping! Then they look forward to it. They will taste it and love it and ask for seconds because who doesn’t love sloppy joes or cornbread!
Reindeer Popcorn Crunch
Reindeer Popcorn Crunch is a sweet, sticky, crunchy popcorn, with red and green candy-covered chocolate, mini pretzels, and mixed nuts. Any reindeer or Santa or elf would love this popcorn creation.
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Roast Turkey with Apple Cider Brine
This Roast Turkey with Apple Cider Brine is our family’s recipe for a moist, juicy, and golden roast turkey for our Thanksgiving or holiday table. The secret to this turkey recipe is the Apple Cider Brine and lots of butter. This post is sponsored by the wonderful people at Honeysuckle White Turkey. As always, all…
Chipotle Sweet Potatoes with Queso Fresco
Chipotle Sweet Potatoes with La Vaquita® Queso Fresco adds an authentic Mexican twist to sweet potato fries with the addition of chipotle chile powder and queso fresco.
Sweet potatoes fries are so delicious with the soft center and crispy exterior. The sweet potato fries are delicious by themselves. However, I have taken them over the top by using waffle fries and seasoning them with chipotle chile powder and topping them with crumbled La Vaquita® Queso Fresco. It adds an authentic Mexican taste without any extra effort.
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Migas (Tex Mex – San Antonio Style)
These Migas make a delicious spicy Tex-Mex style Breakfast made with scrambled eggs, fried corn tortillas, onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. If you read my blog regularly, you know I love Tex-Mex food, like my Tex-Mex Beef Fajitas or my Lime Chicken Tacos, or my Cheesy Tomatillo Verde Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas, or my Easy Huevos Rancheros! So…
Pepperoncini Gruyere Cocktail Crostini
Pepperoncini Gruyere Cocktail Crostini is an easy yet delicious party appetizer that is perfect for your holiday parties. This Pepperoncini Gruyere Cocktail Crostini post is written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. All opinions are entirely my own. This shop has been compensated by Acorn Influence, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are…
Lentil Soup with Mexican Chorizo
Lentil Soup with Mexican Chorizo adds a kick of spicy chorizo, taco seasoning and jalapeños to traditional lentil soup for a hearty, bold and flavorful one pot meal. This Lentil Soup with Mexican Chorizo post is brought to you by Canadian Lentils as part of their #LoveALentil campaign. #sponsored Growing up in South Central Texas, we did not eat…
Bacon Wrapped Smokies {With Spicy Chipotle and Brown Sugar}
Bacon Wrapped Smokies {With Spicy Chipotle and Brown Sugar} are smoky, spicy, and sweet bite-sized appetizers that are perfect for a party or for tailgating. The bacon, which is wrapped around the little smokies sausages, becomes crispy and the brown sugar caramelizes, and combines with the chipotle chile powder to provide an awesome flavor combination. Click here to receive…
Pepperoni Pizza Potato Skins
THIS POST FIRST APPEARED OVER AT REAL HOUSEMOMS WHERE I’M A CONTRIBUTOR. These PEPPERONI PIZZA POTATO SKINS taste like pizza on a potato, and make a delicious, fun and kid-friendly appetizer for a party or for tailgating! Who doesn’t love Pepperoni Pizza or Potato Skins? So I decided to combine these two wildly popular foods into…
