Simple recipes
Fancy Biscuits and Honey Butter
This is the simplest treat for kids, family and new friends. In my efforts to explore and compare honey, I needed a foundation to carry the honey from plate to mouth. I decided on using Pepperidge Farm puff pastry.
Of course one sheet made MORE than enough for my taste test. So, I [...]
English Muffins Turned Into French Toast
Let me assure you, using whole wheat English muffins in place of regular French bread to make French toast is perfectly delicious!
You know how those mornings go. You want to eat a particular breakfast, but you don’t have all the exact ingredients. Well, I wanted French toast and only had day old whole [...]
Awesome Fruit Salad
This AWESOME fruit salad is PERFECT on a hot day! It’s really hard to stop eating it.
I threw this together to serve on the side of my experimental breakfast, whole wheat English muffins turned into French toast. (I’ll tell you about them in the next post.)
There’s just the right amount of sweet, juicy fruits and [...]
Slow Cooked Chicken with Carrots and Peas
This delicious and simple chicken dinner comes from my new friend, Sheri Bond. I asked all the good folks, who subscribe to Simple Daily Recipes newsletter, for simple crock pot or slow cooker, ideas that would help me out over my busy weekend.
I had a yard sale on Saturday and I KNEW after a [...]
Blue Magnolia Bread Pudding Mix
I wasn’t a bread pudding fan until I ate Blue Magnolia’s Cinnamon Bread Pudding. Oh mercy, was it GOOD!
I was over shopping in my favorite little town of Winnsboro, Texas. Winnsboro is such a cool little place with great live music, awesome restaurants and fun shopping. Oh, and the spa! (pause for [...]
Simple Spicy Salsa Recipe
Every Texan, I believe, ALWAYS keeps a jar of salsa in their frig. It’s as much a highly valued pantry staple as flour or sugar. Oh sure, there’s those that like to make their own from scratch. But I’ll bet ya, they store a back up jar in the back of the [...]
12May2008 | Jill | 4 comments | Continued
Spinach and Ham Pizza
Start the week out easy and healthy with this quick and simple pizza recipe.
The kiddos still love a simple ham and cheese pizza. Thankfully, my favorite pizza crust brand comes with two crusts.
HERE’S ALL YOU NEED TONIGHT
1 package MamaMary’s Gourmet Pizza Crusts, Brick Oven Style, (there’s 2 crusts in one package)
extra virgin olive oil
1 [...]
Simple Strawberry Dessert
Oooh, doesn’t that look WONderful? It was, too! Past tense, it didn’t last long. My family swooped down on this simple strawberry dessert and carried it away. Leaving nothing, NOTHING behind but these photographs.
HERE’S HOW SIMPLE & FUN IT IS TO MAKE
1 pint fresh strawberries
1/4 cup sugar
1 pint whipping cream
1 tablespoon sugar
1 [...]
Homecooked Mashed Potatoes
There’s always enough time to make home cooked mashed potatoes. And I don’t care who you are or what diet your on…they’re good eats and they should be eaten at least once a week!
My Memaw always simmered her spuds with chopped onions mixed in the pot. Mmm, mmm, that’s the way to do it too! [...]
Quick and Easy Meatloaf Muffins
These easy meatloaf muffins took less time to bake in the oven than the traditional method of baking in a loaf pan or cast iron skillet. I had a kitchen assistant to help me bring this meal together. You may notice a sweet 5 year old in the background. Maggie was very [...]
5May2008 | Jill | 18 comments | Continued