Slow Cooker Cheesy Sloppy Joes include everything you love about these traditional ground beef sandwiches except these Sloppy Joes are extra meaty, cheesy, and spicy thanks to the combination of beef and sausage, and added jalapeños! It’s time to roll up those sleeves, wear some dark clothes, and get stuck into these ultra messy and…
Summer Recipes
Light, refreshing, summer recipes, made with fresh summer fruits and vegetables, such as Fresh Peach Salsa, and Zucchini Noodles with Pesto and Bacon, as well as picnic, barbecue, and grilling recipes, like my Barbecue Chicken Kabobs, highlight the summer. Find potato salad, pasta salad, and all your favorite outdoor recipes, such as Texas Barbecue Loaded Baked Potato Salad!
Shrimp Fajitas
If you’re in the mood for a restaurant-quality Mexican dish then you can’t get better than shrimp fajita! The mix of tender marinated plump shrimp with sautéed red, yellow, and green peppers and onions is nothing short of mouth-watering! Even better is the fact that you get to make this rewarding and flavor-packed dish in…
Bloody Mary Deviled Eggs
Why settle for ordinary deviled eggs when you could make these visually enticing Bloody Mary Deviled Eggs? This recipe offers a fun Bloody Mary twist to this popular appetizer, garnished with celery stalks, olives, and shrimp! Bloody Mary Deviled Eggs are perfect for those special occasions or festive holiday celebrations such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter,…
The Best Shrimp Dip (with Cream Cheese)
This easy, creamy Shrimp Dip Recipe, made with tiny shrimp, cream cheese, mayonnaise, chives, or green onions, and a dash of hot sauce, makes a great make-ahead game day party appetizer. Serve the retro recipe with your favorite tortilla or pita or chips, crackers, or baguette slices, and let the party begin! My husband can…
Spicy Cilantro Lime Summer Slaw
Spicy Cilantro Lime Summer Slaw is a cool, refreshing slaw with a slightly spicy kick that is perfect for a summer side dish at a barbecue or as a topping for fish tacos! Made with summer fresh corn, slaw mix, cilantro, lime, red peppers, and jalapeños, this slaw will be the picnic side dish or…
Cookies and Cream No Churn Ice Cream
Cookies and Cream No Churn Ice Cream is sweet and creamy homemade vanilla ice cream with crunchy crushed Oreos throughout. The best part is that you don’t need to have an ice cream maker to make this no churn Cookies and Cream Ice Cream! As you can tell from our Cookies And Cream Milkshake, and…
Fresh Peach Salsa
Fresh Peach Salsa is a refreshing summer salsa, with fresh peaches, tomatoes and jalapeños, that is used as a dip or topping for grilled chicken, pork, or seafood, as well as salads and tacos. In addition to the sweet heat and delicious peach flavor of this salsa, I love that it only uses fresh peaches,…
Orzo Pasta Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
Orzo Pasta Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette is a refreshingly light summer pasta salad with feta and summer vegetables like corn, tomatoes, and cucumbers. The small, light rice-shaped orzo pasta drizzled with the fresh lemon vinaigrette makes a perfect summer salad or summer side dish. This cold pasta salad is one of our favorite Pasta Salads…
Hobo Dinner Foil Packets
Grab some sausage, potatoes, carrots, and some seasoning for these fun Hobo Dinner Packets. Ready to throw on the grill or campfire for a quick camping or summer dinner. Campfire Foil Packets are a fun way to cook while camping and these Sausage and Potato hobo dinner packets make a delicious savory camping meal. Why…
Mexican Shrimp Cocktail
Mexican Shrimp Cocktail, also called Cóctel de Camarones Mexicano, is a zesty Mexican appetizer with shrimp, Clamato juice, jalapeño, tomatoes, and vegetables, that make a perfect start to your summer Mexican Dinner, or light meal! Don’t worry if you missed your Mexican beach resort vacation this year. Bring the Mexican Caribbean to your house with…
Low Carb Steak Fajita Roll Ups
Low Carb Steak Fajita Roll Ups are marinated flank steak fajita beef wrapped around fajita seasoned onions and peppers for low carb or Keto fajitas. Steak Fajita Roll Ups make a healthy yet flavorful low carb or Keto dinner. Perfectly grilled marinated steak fajitas wrapped around sautéed fajita seasoned onions and peppers. Steak Fajitas are…
Pink Lemonade Recipe
Pink Lemonade is a light, sweet, tart, refreshing summer drink made with lemon juice, grenadine, and more! Refreshingly delicious while out by the pool or at a bbq or picnic! Pink in color, this homemade pink lemonade is made from scratch with freshly squeezed lemon juice, and is easy to make! Pour yourself a glass,…
Southwest Pasta Salad with Chicken
This cool Southwest Pasta Salad, with chicken, pasta, corn, and black beans, is covered in a creamy avocado dressing, and makes a perfect summer side dish. This pasta salad is like a combination of a pasta salad and a chicken salad with a taco salad thrown in for fun! Whatever name you call it, it…
Grilled Mahi Mahi
Grilled Mahi Mahi is a deliciously seasoned, mild-tasting white fish filet with a smoky grilled flavor, that is super easy to make, and can be ready in 20 minutes! Not only is Grilled Mahi Mahi delicious, but it is also sustainable, eco-friendly, and is a lean, high-protein main dish, so you can feel good about…
Potato and Chorizo Empanadas
Stuffed with a spicy chorizo and potato filling, and wrapped in a buttery, golden, flaky pastry, these Potato and Chorizo Empanadas make awesome Mexican appetizers or a main dish. These hearty, savory Mexican Chorizo empanadas make great hand-held appetizers for Cinco De Mayo, or game day, or for a party. If you loved my Chicken…
Instant Pot Mexican Chicken and Rice
Instant Pot Mexican Chicken and Rice is an easy yet tasty chicken and rice one pot comfort meal. This Mexican Chicken and Rice is bursting with flavor and is easy to make in the Instant Pot. Use it as a quick and easy weeknight dinner, or as the base for your Chicken Burrito Bowl or…
Mexican Shrimp Salad
Mexican Shrimp Salad is fresh, vibrant, and bursting with the flavor of perfectly seasoned shrimp, corn, tomatoes, jalapeños, avocado, and drizzled with a Mexican vinaigrette dressing and a sprinkle of toasted pumpkin seeds! Whether you serve it as a summer lunch or weeknight dinner, this delicious seafood salad has become one of our favorite Mexican…
Watermelon Salsa
Light and refreshing Watermelon Salsa, with watermelon, strawberries, herbs, honey, and jalapeño, offers a sweet and spicy summer appetizer for Cinco De Mayo, or a picnic, party, or potluck! Pair Watermelon Salsa with crispy tortilla chips for a delicious appetizer, or use it as a topping for tacos, or your favorite salmon, fish, or chicken…
Pineapple Salsa
Pineapple Salsa, made with pineapple, peppers, red onions, and more, makes a sweet and refreshing summer salsa that goes perfectly on tacos, salads, fish, and chicken! It adds a light, fresh, tropical topping to any of your favorite summer or Mexican Recipes. Make it for Cinco De Mayo or anytime you want some sweet heat…
Lime Charlotte Icebox Cake
Lime Charlotte, or Charlotte Russe, is an easy lime icebox cake that is a delicious no-bake Mexican Dessert. No baking, just layers of creamy goodness over cookies, then refrigerate or freeze for a deliciously refreshing dessert. You’ll love this easy no-bake, light, and creamy dessert! Served cold, it has that creamy goodness inside, and is…
Cookies and Cream (Oreo) Milkshake
This Cookies and Cream Milkshake, or Oreo Milkshake, is creamy, thick, and sweet with crunchy, crushed Oreo cookies, those chocolate sandwich cookies, that are so popular! With only 4 simple ingredients, you can have this creamy, thick Cookies and Cream Oreo Shake ready in minutes! It is out of this world fantastic! This milkshake will…
Broccoli Salad
Broccoli Salad is a perfect cold summer salad when trying to beat the summer heat by chillin’ at a backyard barbecue, picnic, or potluck, or as a favorite holiday side dish at Thanksgiving dinner. Broccoli Salad with dried cranberries, or Craisins, bacon, cheddar, and gouda tastes amazing! Add in red onions and walnuts and cover…
Blueberry Puff Pastry Danish With Cream Cheese Icing
This Blueberry Danish is made with fresh blueberries, blueberry jam or blueberry preserves, and puff pastry that is flaky and buttery and drizzled with a sweet lemon cream cheese icing! This Blueberry Puff Pastry Danish, like my Vanilla Frosted Donuts, makes a delicious Breakfast Recipe to start your day or a sweet way to end…
Instant Pot Hot Dogs
Instant Pot Hot Dogs are the easiest way to fix hot dogs. Once you try it, you won’t prepare them them any other way. Perfect for parties, picnics, lunch, or game day! My husband is a huge baseball fan. He loves to go to the game. His dream is to travel across the country to…