Cauliflower Chowder is a delicious, budget-friendly creamy, low carb soup that is perfect on a cold night or anytime you want comfort food without all the carbs. The prices of groceries keeps rising making it expensive to feed a crowd, which hopefully you have for your Sunday Supper. One of the best ways to reduce…
Soups / Salads
Find your favorite soups and salads, such as Chicken Noodle Soup, Beef Stew, Split Pea Soup, Apple Walnut Cranberry Salad, and much more.
Pumpkin Chipotle Vegetarian Chili
This smoky, spicy Pumpkin Chipotle Vegetarian Chili recipe makes a delicious, hearty, and budget-friendly fall or autumn one-pot pumpkin chili that is perfect for tailgating or game day. Fall is in the air and pumpkin is everywhere. Don’t believe me? Check out my other pumpkin recipes I have been busy making such as Pumpkin Praline…
Texas Barbecue Loaded Baked Potato Salad
Texas Barbecue Loaded Baked Potato Salad is a creamy potato salad dressed up like a Texas style loaded baked potato topped with barbecue sauce similar to what you would find in one of our local Texas barbecue restaurants. When I was a child, I would always add a touch of barbecue sauce to my potato…
Mediterranean Chicken Bacon Spinach Salad
My Mediterranean Chicken Bacon Spinach Salad with chicken, bacon, roasted chickpeas, tomatoes, cranberries and feta cheese on a bed of baby spinach was inspired by the Roasted Chickpea BLT Salad with Pesto Parmesan Dressing from Pinch of Yum’s new eCookbook, Everyday Healthy. I love reading other food blogs for fun, ideas, and inspiration, and fun!…
Bacon Pasta Salad Primavera
Bacon Pasta Salad Primavera is an easy summer pasta salad with only 5 ingredients but plenty of bacon and a variety of Italian spring vegetables like you see in a pasta primavera dish. This Bacon Pasta Salad Primavera is best made ahead of time. This makes it perfect for Memorial Day or July 4th or…
Jalapeno Popper Pasta Salad
Jalapeño Popper Pasta Salad is my contribution to a Summer Salad Recipe Round up with several fantastic bloggers to celebrate May as Salad month. This Jalapeño Popper Pasta Salad is perfect for a barbecue, picnic, or pot luck…..spicy, creamy, crispy, and crunchy. This pasta salad includes jalapeños, and bacon just as in a jalapeño popper…
Apple Walnut Cranberry Salad
This Apple Walnut Cranberry Salad includes a Mixed Green Spinach Salad with Green Apples, Dried Cranberries, Walnuts, and Gorgonzola Cheese. This salad explodes with flavor. The cranberries in this salad are very different than my other Cranberry Salad, called Cranberry Fluff. That Cranberry Salad is sweet, almost like a dessert. However, this Apple, Walnut Cranberry…
Spinach Strawberry Champagne Salad
I have partnered with my favorite bloggers to bring you an Easy Valentine’s Day Dinner. We have created a a super easy four course gourmet meal so you can enjoy an evening at home without a lot of work! For my part of the dinner, I made a delicious Spinach Strawberry Champagne Salad. It has…
Spicy Corn Chowder Light
Spicy Corn Chowder Light is a perfect hearty soup for a cold winter night, which is what 90% of the country is going to experience in the next couple of nights. So now is the perfect time to make this corn chowder. What is even better about this corn chowder is that it is Weight…
Creamy Corn, Peas and Pasta
Creamy Corn, Peas and Pasta is a delicious, versatile pasta dish that can be used as a side dish or a vegetarian main dish. Add some chicken and you have a great hot lunch, or serve cold for a fantastic pasta salad. I made this for a quick and easy lunch using pantry ingredients. This…
Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta
This Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta tastes amazing! The pasta is covered with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto and sprinkled with bacon, parmesan cheese, black pepper, and parsley. Quick, easy, and delicious. Why You’ll Love This Recipe! Simple, fast, easy, yet flavorful pasta dishes are always popular, especially for a quick lunch or easy weeknight meal. With only…
Tortellini Bacon and Broccoli Salad
What’s for lunch? I don’t know until I check the fridge and pantry. You will notice this is an ongoing theme. I almost called this blog From Pantry to Plate but that was taken. I would like to say I am organized and plan all my meals a week or month in advance. But sadly…
Chicken Noodle Soup
Let’s face it. Sometimes when you are feeling under the weather or you just want something comforting, nothing hits the spot better than good old fashioned homemade chicken noodle soup. There is just something about those chicken pieces, noodles, and vegetables in a steaming broth that makes you feel all warm inside after you eat…
Easy Crockpot Chicken Chili
Easy Crockpot Chicken Chili. I grew up on Texas chili, which is all beef and no beans. So when I first heard of chicken “chili” with white beans, my first thought was this does not qualify as chili. Is some New Yorker or California foodie trying to pass this off as chili to us Texans?…
Quick and Easy Chicken Posole
My first recipe as part of the AllRecipes.com Sunday Supper movement is Quick and Easy Chicken Posole. As an AllRecipes.com Allstar, we were asked to select a recipe from their healthy MyPlate recipe collection. After reviewing the recipes, I saw the Quick and Easy 20-Minute Chicken Posole, which happened to be very similar to my own…
It’s Greek to Me Broccoli Slaw
If you follow this blog, you know that I love slaw, like Crack Slaw, and especially this Greek Broccoli Slaw! I love the colors and the flavors! It is fantastic with chicken, barbecue, picnics, and just about everything else. However, I don’t love mayonnaise in slaw. Don’t get me wrong. It tastes great. However,…
Black Bean and Feta Cheese Ugly Dip
Adapted from AllRecipes.com, this easy, versatile Black Bean and Feta Cheese Ugly Dip is great as a side to a Mexican dinner, or on top of a salad, or as a cold appetizer dip. It is easy to change it up to your taste. If you change the black beans to garbanzo beans, it becomes…
Chicken Mango Salsa Salad with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette
I love summer salads, especially this Chicken Mango Salsa Salad with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette. So I’m sharing my favorite. I came up with this main dish salad as a way to use up leftovers the day after we had chicken fajitas with mango salsa. It has many layers of flavor and a fantastic homemade Chipotle…
Spicy Egg Salad Sandwich on English Muffin
I wanted something quick and easy for a light dinner. What’s better than breakfast for dinner. So I told my husband I was making egg salad sandwiches. To which he replied “maybe we could go out to eat.” Egg salad usually draws a rather ho-hum response from most. However, you have not had this spicy…
Antipasto Pasta Salad for Summer
It was a scorcher outside. While I sat in traffic for an hour on my way home from work, the car dashboard said it was 104 degrees. No relief in sight until about October. Too bad I can’t afford to move to Alaska during the summer. Oh, but I digress. At least I knew…