Easy Cornbread Pancake Recipe
This is the fastest way to get cornbread to your table. I'll make cornbread pancakes every time we have pinto beans for dinner. My kids love'em! If you know how to cook pancakes, you can make these EASY. When I'm feeling sassy, I use a freezer bag as a piping bag and fill it with cornbread batter. Then, I squiggle batter on the hot griddle. Making a thick squiggle helps flipping easy, too... More...
By Jill | 13 comments | Full Recipe...Ms. Lucy’s Dessert
This is the easiest, most delicious, most --press the crumbs with your fork-- moist cake, you will ever eat! The first time I ate this cake was at a lady's luncheon. My sweet friend, Ms. Lucy baked it and said it was a quick, standard dessert she relied on for gatherings. When she told me her recipe, I couldn't believe it was so simple. "That's it, two things?", I said. "I can do that!" There's... More...
By Jill | 3 comments | Full Recipe...Whole Wheat Pancakes My Kids Love!
This is the healthiest pancake recipe that my kids REALLY love to eat. Believe me, I have tried other "your kids are gonna love these healthy pancakes" recipes. They didn't. They knew right away there was something not right and they wouldn't bite! Now, I will admit that this recipe has literally evolved over time. Therefore, my children didn't notice the small healthy changes I made to it. ORIGINAL... More...
By Jill | 3 comments | Full Recipe...Quick Italian Cream Cake
Growing up, my Memaw ALWAYS made a German chocolate cake for my birthday. It has ALWAYS been what I love to eat. UNTIL, my Aunt Debbie made an Italian Cream cake for me the day after I gave birth to my first child. I remember the pang of guilt that shot through me, when I considered that "this could be my new favorite birthday cake." Ok, move over just a tad, German chocolate cake. Italian Cream... More...
By Jill | 16 comments | Full Recipe...Aunt Deb’s Layered Salad
Aunt Deb's layered salad is crunchy, creamy and can be a meal on its own! Our family eats it every time we have Italian style meals. It's great to make for potluck gatherings and can easily be made ahead. In fact, this layered salad tastes better when made one day ahead of eating it. This recipe makes A LOT of salad, perfect for potluck, holiday dinners, Bible study meet ups, where ever 6 or more... More...
By Jill | 0 comments | Full Recipe...Saturday Night Lasagna & Sunday’s Lunch
I'm sorry there's not a photo of this simple, money-saving recipe. Hungry families sometimes forget to wait for their dinners to be photographed. Let me begin by saying that my daughter is not a tomato sauce fan. I usually prepare something different for her when we have Italian food night. Yes, I know there are white sauces, but that's a different recipe, another post. ANYWAYS, my daughter... More...
By Jill | 6 comments | Full Recipe...Ground Beef Cooked Ahead
You will see me refer to this recipe, very often. When I know I have a busy week coming up, I cook ahead. I have learned to keep cooked meat and poultry in the freezer. It saves me money to buy the meats in bulk and I save time when I cook it all up at once. Later on when I reheat the cooked meats, they can easily be seasoned for Italian dishes, Tex-Mex dishes and simple down home meals. HERE'S... More...
By Jill | 0 comments | Full Recipe...Quick Barbecue Chicken Dinner
I'll admit it! I was not in the mood to cook tonight, but I was in the mood for barbecue chicken. How was I going to get a full meal done with very little effort? I did not want to turn on the oven, even though cooking the chicken would have been a easy clean up. I didn't want to wait too long. I wanted my chicken to take as long as making a batch of mashed potatoes (25 minutes.) HERE'S WHAT... More...
By Jill | 5 comments | Full Recipe...Sloppy Chicken Enchiladas
Today has been crazy! The kids and I have been driving all over East Texas. As soon as we arrived home at 4:05pm, I remembered Max had karate from 5:15 to 6:00pm and my husband is due home by 6:15pm. Yikes! There goes prepping dinner at my usual time. My plan to have chicken enchiladas didn't look possible. The recipe called for precooked chicken and I was out. The chicken breasts I had on... More...
By Jill | 5 comments | Full Recipe...Black Bean Enchiladas
I'm excited to share this recipe with you because I changed the way I normally prep the corn tortillas and it only took 35 minutes to get it to the table. The after dinner clean up was super easy, too! When making enchiladas, I was taught to heat a little oil in small pan, place one corn tortilla in the oil, wait a few seconds, flip, a few seconds more, then remove and drain on stack of... More...
By Jill | 5 comments | Full Recipe...Monday Night Meatloaf
Monday night dinners are served later than normal around my house these days. My son's karate class is conveniently scheduled at the same time I prepare dinner. Do you have this schedule too? Eating out is not an option on Mondays, we save that luxury for Friday night, maybe. Eating something quick & cold is not an option, either. My family wants a hot, hardy meal for dinner most of the time.... More...
By Jill | 2 comments | Full Recipe...Tex-Mex Cheesey Macaroni
My kids are just like yours, they LOVE, LOVE, LOVE macaroni and cheese. However, some nights my husband and I need something with more kick. That's when I get out the precooked ground beef from the freezer and mix it up a bit. HERE'S WHAT I LIKE TO DO 1 box of Kraft Thick & Creamy Macaroni & Cheese 1 cup of elbow macaroni 3 cups precooked ground beef 1 can Mexican style tomatoes 1 can... More...
By Jill | 7 comments | Full Recipe...
