Roasted Sugar Stripe Beets I know what you’re thinking…who in the heck wants a recipe for beets? Well, these aren’t those nasty canned beets your mother used to force down your throat. I promise. The candy stripe beet, otherwise known as the candy cane, bullseye, …

Pico de Gallo This pico de gallo is pretty mild since I had made it for the kids. I had a lot of cherry tomatoes that needed to be used before they went bad, so I decided to make a pico de gallo recipe that …

Roasted Asparagus Fresh roasted asparagus is not only great for you (Vitamin K and a good bit of Vitamin A), but when cooked well, tastes great too. Forget that salty, squishy, canned asparagus. Give yourself an opportunity to eat well with this roasted savory version. …

Loaded Baked Potato Soup Loaded baked potato soup – Listed in the recipe are the ingredients I had on hand when I got the most compliments on it, but I typically am a garbage-head soup maker. I’ll throw anything in there that needs to be …

Sesame Sugar Snap Peas The sesame sugar snap peas recipe is a result of my looking for something new to do with the sugar snap peas I found on sale. We bought a giant bag at our local bulk item store. While we typically eat …

BBQ Baked Potato BBQ baked potato is a staple on game day in our house. Football games on Sundays have become a new tradition, along with the appetizers which go along with it. It must be the powerful seasonings with which each potato is rubbed …

Sausage-Stuffed Pattypan Squash Last week, I was set on taking my entire family to the local farmers’ market. We decide to go to the one in Pendleton, Indiana, which wasn’t very big, but we still ended up leaving with our hands full. One of my …

Shredded Potato Salad Let us be honest with each other, there are probably three million potato salad recipes floating about, but I couldn’t care less about any of them. A bold statement for someone who just wrote a shredded potato salad recipe and brought you …

Thai Noodles with Peanut Sauce If you follow the blog regularly, it will not take long for you to recognize that I love all kinds of food. My two youngest children have developed a nagging obsession with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  Today, I took …

White Meatloaf My step-father has been hinting about wanting meatloaf for a couple of months now. I won’t say it’s every time he comes over, but I hear about meatloaf more from him than I have from anyone else before. I think he’s passive-aggressively asking …