"Toaded" Grilled Chicken with Mustard
Grilled "Toaded" Chicken with MustardI'm a HUGE fan of the food blog "What Katie Ate", the award winning food blog written by Australian Katie Quinn…
3 Reasons To Go to the International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC2017)
Wondering if attending a food blogger conference, like the International Food Blogger Conference, might be right for you? I just got home from…
4th-of-July-Worthy Food Post Round-up
I know I'm not the only one who is thinking about what food I'll be serving for the 4th of July. But what menu items are truly 4th-of-July-Worthy? In…
7 Tips To Be A Better Cook
In this post, I'll offer you seven basic tips that I used to help myself be a better cook. My Nest is Nearly Empty So many of my friends are…
A Note to Those Who Struggle
In Genesis 5: 24, in the midst of a chapter that is basically a genealogical record of descendants of the family of Adam, that tells how…
Aztec Salad: Repentance Never Tasted So Good
Aztec Salad is the perfect side dish for grilling out, or a light, tasty, healthy vegan lunch. This salad packs plenty of protein, in a no-fat…
Bambi Burgers with Caramelized Onions
My Bambi Burgers (that's right - burgers that are made of ground venison) are so good that I would put them up against any other ground beef…
Benefits of Raw Dog Food with TruDog
Interested in learning about feeding your dog raw dog food? You've come to the right place! TruDog has designated the month of August as…
Berry Best Blueberry Cheesecake Recipe
This recipe for my berry best Blueberry Cheesecake is quite literally the best cheesecake I've ever eaten. It has a homemade shortbread cookie crust,…
Better Than Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins
You've perhaps heard of the legendary excellence of Jordan Marsh's blueberry muffins, but THIS recipe makes the outlandish claim of being BETTER than…
Black Coffee Ice Cream and Bosch Ice Cream Maker Review
Here's a recipe for homemade Black Coffee Ice Cream with a dark, rich flavor that tastes as wonderful as the aroma of coffee smells. Can…
Blueberry Barbecue Sauce Recipe: Get Grilling America!
This recipe for Blueberry Barbecue Sauce is absolutely delicious, and perfect to use with grilled ribs, and just so you know, the post itself…
Blueberry Cheesecake
The last fruit of the Spirit is self-control. And why do I bring that up now? Well, if you've been reading my blog lately, you know that I have been…
Butt Rub and Shamefully Easy and Delicious Coleslaw.
Here is the promised recipe for Butt Rub, that goes on Boston Butt/Pork Shoulder before you put it on the smoker. My dear husband, the Big Bison,…
Buttery, Easy, Scottish Shortbread Cookies
There's no cookie quite so simple, nor so sublime, as buttery, easy, Scottish Shortbread cookies. When made correctly, they are tender, flaky, and…
Carnitas Made in my Lodge Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven
I have ordered (and loved!) carnitas tacos before in a restaurant, but have never made them myself. I've always hesitated to do so,…
Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake with Raspberry Sauce
I made this cake, Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake with Raspberry Sauce, specifically for my sweet husband. To his way of thinking, there is no…
Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Chocolate Chips and Walnuts
Chocolate Zucchini Cake is the very best use of your leftover, unwanted zucchini. Because as we all know, it's the time of year when gardeners are…
Coffee Cake with Cherries, Pecans, and Browned Butter
Coffee Cake with Cherries, Pecans and Browned Butter is the answer to the question: "What should I make for breakfast when I have guests coming for…
Easier Than Pie Homemade Peach Cobbler
Easier Than Pie Homemade Peach Cobbler has its charms, and one of them is that it's so easy, it's almost like magic! In The Tradition of "Magic…
Easy Basil Pine Nut Pesto Recipe
Easy Basil Pine Nut Pesto Recipe : A bit of butter gives this recipe amazing flavor! This is the best pesto I have ever had, whether served to me in…
Easy Blueberry Crisp Recipe
This recipe for Easy Blueberry Crisp is so easy a child could make it. In fact, if you have a child who wants to get going in the…
Easy Herbed Tomato Tart on Puff Pastry
Easy Herbed Tomato Tart with Puff Pastry is an easy weeknight dinner, that's perfect for dinner in a hurry with the family. It's so elegant, it's…
Easy Walleye Meunière Recipe
This Easy Walleye Meunière Recipe with browned butter and lemon is a FABULOUS recipe for either a weeknight meal, or for entertaining - if you feel…
Easy-Peasy Spicy Grilled Shrimp Recipe
Easy-Peasy Spicy Grilled Shrimp is my favorite dish to make when I go on vacation to the beach, because it's a delicious dinner in a…
Esquites (Mexican Street Corn): a Fabulous Summer Side Dish
Esquites is a summertime side dish recipe that uses the wonderful fresh corn that's in season right now - one that will positively tantalize your…
Extravagantly Excellent Eggplant Parmigiana
Extravagantly Excellent Eggplant Parmigiana I can hear you now: Eggplant Parmigiana? Eggplant??? I HATE eggplant! And honestly, at…
Farmers Market Salad with Spiced Goat Cheese Medallions
Farmers Market Salad with Spiced Goat Cheese Medallions is a beautiful composed salad, that makes the best of all that great summer produce that's…
Fresh Blueberry Lemonade Recipe
Fresh Blueberry Lemonade is the perfect refreshing summertime beverage! Cook With What's Fresh! If you've spent any time looking around my blog…
Fresh Corn Carbonara
This recipe for Fresh Corn Carbonara is both easy and delicious! It's a great weeknight meal. Fresh Corn Carbonara is Technically Not a…
Fried Green Tomato BLT Sandwich Recipe
Fried Green Tomato: Appetizer, or Sandwich? There's nothing that's more classically southern, than a fried green tomato. Fried green tomatoes…
Gingery Balsamic Grilled Chicken Thighs with Grilled Peaches
Gingery Balsamic Grilled Chicken Thighs with Grilled Peaches are luscious, beautiful, and easy to prepare. They're impressive enough to feed any…
Great Wines for Summer Grill Nights
Since I've declared this week, "Grill Week" here in the Boonies, I realized quite a few of us might enjoy a recommendation for a nice wine to sip…
Great, Easy Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Mojo
Getting your mojo back can be oh, so delicious, and easy!It's hot. Dang hot. I need to get my mojo back. But it's too stinkin' hot!!! Can you relate?…
Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Venison Backstrap with Balsamic Cherries and Farro
This recipe for Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Venison Backstrap is delicious enough, that you can just stop right there, halfway through the recipe…
Grilled Eggplant, Red Pepper and Fresh Mozzarella Ciabatta Sandwich
This Grilled Eggplant, Red Pepper and Fresh Mozzarella Ciabatta Sandwich recipe is super simple in terms of preparation, and the payoff is HUGE!…
Grilled Marinated Flank Steak with Blistered Tomatoes
Grilled Flank Steak with Blistered Tomatoes and Basil Vinaigrette is my new favorite go-to recipe for when company is coming, and I want to serve…
Grilled Pork and Grilled Romaine Salad with Toasted Sesame Vinaigrette
This recipe for Grilled Pork Chops and Grilled Romaine Salad with a Toasted Sesame Vinaigrette is a 30 minute meal, and who doesn't…
Grilled Ratatouille Pasta with Roasted Garlic and Fresh Mozzarella
Grilled Ratatouille Pasta with Roasted Garlic and Fresh Mozzarella is a recipe that contains all the flavors that, to me, are…
Grilled Ribs with Bodacious Balsamic Barbecue Sauce
This recipe for Grilled Ribs with Bodacious Barbecue Sauce comes just in time for your Labor Day Grilling pleasure. There's…
Heirloom Tomato Appetizer with Bacon, Fresh Mozzarella and Basil
Heirloom Tomato Appetizer with Bacon, Fresh Mozzarella and Basil is my most favorite summer appetizer of all time! No kidding. It not only has not…
Homemade Bourbon Peach Ice Cream with Buttered Pecans
Here it is National Ice Cream Day, and I've got the perfect way to celebrate: Homemade Bourbon Peach Ice Cream with Buttered Pecans! Oh, YUM! Even if…
Homemade Pasta Recipe With KitchenAid Pasta Attachment
Looking for a Homemade Pasta Recipe to use with your KitchenAid Mixer and its Pasta Attachment? You've come to the right place. I like this recipe…
How to Grill Great Ribs with an Easy Homemade Barbecue Sauce Recipe
Great ribs are easy to grill, once you know a tip or three. This post will provide you with all you need to know to produce a rack of juicy,…
How to Make Easy Homemade Mayonnaise
This recipe for how to make Easy Homemade Mayonnaise in an Immersion Blender is unlike any recipe you've probably used before because it is made with…
How to Make Fried Okra that’s as Addictive as Popcorn
In this post, not only will I tell you how to make fried okra that is addictive as buttered popcorn, my goal is to hopefully blow your mind, as well.…
How to Make Guacamole Recipe and Video
This recipe for making homemade guacamole is quick, easy, and delicious, and I even included a video for you, to show you how I do it. After making…
How to Make Homemade Blueberry Pie Recipe
Blueberries are my favorite fruit, and at least ONCE a summer, I have GOT to have a homemade blueberry pie, and nothing else will do! My mom made…
How to Make Homemade Pimento Cheese
This recipe for Homemade Pimento Cheese is made with creamy fontina cheese, roasted red peppers, and homemade mayonnaise. If you like…
How to Make Homemade Whole Wheat Bread: the Grain Mill
This post contains affiliate links. That means if you buy something because you clicked on a link in this post, I might earn enough to buy a steak. I…
How to Make Homemade Whole Wheat Bread: the Wheat Berries
This post contains affiliate links. That means if you buy something because you clicked on a link in this post, I might earn enough to buy a hot…
How to Make Peach Pie
My easy recipe for how to make Peach Pie won me the Blue Ribbon TWO TIMES at my friend Billy's birthday parties. One of those parties featured…
How to Make the Perfect Pasta Alla Norma
This recipe for the perfect Pasta Alla Norma utilizes the process of roasting to bring glorious sweet caramelized flavor to the eggplants and…
How to Make Whole Wheat Bread, Part 3: the Incidentals
In today's post, I'm going to cover all the incidentals that I didn't cover in regard to making whole wheat bread, from flour you grind…
How to Make Your Own Homemade Bacon with VIDEO
This post on how to make your own homemade bacon will explain to you the process of making bacon. I'll teach you how to cure and smoke your own…
Jalapeño-Cilantro Grilled Pork Chops
Jalapeño Cilantro Grilled Pork Chops are delicious enough to serve to company, but easy enough for a weeknight. The flavor profile is fresh, and…
Key Lime Pie with Shortbread Crust
This Key Lime Pie with Shortbread Crust recipe is lusciously creamy, yet light and refreshing. Best of all, it's easy to make. It's distinctive from…
Lemon and Blueberry Frozen Yogurt
Lemon Blueberry Frozen Yogurt is both light and creamy, tart and sweet. Perfectly balanced. Perfectly paired. You're going to love this…
Lime Cardamom Frozen Yogurt with Brandied Cherries
Lime Cardamom Frozen Yogurt with Brandied Cherries is a party for your mouth! What a refreshing summertime ice cream treat!!! Tart and tangy, bright…
Lunch Lady Tacos with Ground Venison
This post contains a recipe for the freshest, most delicious, least processed crunchy-shelled Venison Tacos you'll ever have. But first, you'll need…
Making It Up As We Go Along
Have you ever felt kind of like a "fake" adult? Like you don't know exactly what you're doing? Or where you're going? Maybe even felt at a loss as to…
Making Memories with Walmart Family Mobile Video #MobileMemories #ad
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Walmart Family Mobile. All opinions, of course, are mine alone. #MobileMemories…
Making Pizzelle at Daniela’s Cooking School in Rome
I just got back from Italy, where I learned how to make fried pizzelle. Pizzelle are a deep fried pizza dish from Naples, Italy. I learned…
Mango, Feta, and Honey Toasted Almond Salad Recipe
This recipe for Mango, Feta, and Honey-Toasted Almond Salad is the perfect salad to accompany this easy summer grilling menu: Grilled Pork…
My Story for Chico’s, or How to Find a Dress that is Twirl-Worthy
Chico's gifted me with this outfit, but all opinions in my story are my own. This is my story for Chico's, and I hope you might see a little…
Nashville Home Show Tickets Giveaway
Have you heard about the Nashville Home Show Tickets Giveaway I'm hosting? Then you've come to the right place! Whether you're dreaming of…
Nashville’s Southern Artisan Cheese Festival
Last weekend, I attended the 5th Annual Southern Artisan Cheese Festival, in Nashville, TN. The Cheese Festival was hosted this year at…
Oven Roasted Green Beans with Bacon and Onion
This recipe for Oven Roasted Green Beans with Bacon and Onion is pretty much a Facepalm Idea, for me. It's one of those ideas that is so…
Panzanella: Traditional Italian Bread Salad Recipe
What Is Panzanella? For those of you inclined to ask, "What the heck is Panzanella?", let me tell you: panzanella is a traditional Italian bread…
Peach Pit Jelly
Peach Pit Jelly should probably be called Peach Peel and Pit Jelly, but Peach Pit Jelly is ...well...pithier. Plus, for those of you who abhor food…
Peach Ricotta and Prosciutto Pizza with Rosemary Balsamic Reduction
I love a good summer pizza, but this pizza, my Peach Ricotta and Prosciutto Pizza with Rosemary Balsamic Reduction may be…
Pioneer Woman’s Spicy Pasta Salad with Smoked Gouda, Tomatoes and Basil
Spicy Pasta Salad with Smoked Gouda, Tomatoes and Basil is the perfect side dish for almost anything you're…
Purple Hull Peas with Bacon and Rice
Purple Hull Peas with Bacon and Rice are nothing but good Southern cooking! They are very similar to black-eyed peas, and you can use this recipe to…
Quick, Easy Grilled Fish Tacos with Spicy Slaw
Quick, Easy Grilled Fish Tacos with Spicy Slaw is a delicious, healthy weeknight meal, that you can throw together in 30 minutes. Free…
Recipe for a Redneck Brew-sketta (aka a Tomato Sandwich)
In the South, we love our tomato sandwiches, and at my house, my husband and I are no different. Wait. That's a lie. While it may be true that…
Recipe for Homemade Whole Wheat Bread
Been looking for a delicious recipe for Homemade Whole Wheat Bread? I've got you covered, right here. I'll also share my experiences using a Bosch…
Recipes for a Memorial Day Menu and Yummly
For this post, I thought I'd throw together a roundup of several of my recipes, any of which would be great items to share at a Memorial Day…
Remaining in Him
I've been reading the gospel of John, and today I arrived at chapter 15. If ever there was a chapter that could cause me to fall in love with the…
Roasted Okra and Pimento Cheese Pizza
This recipe for Roasted Okra and Pimento Cheese Pizza is unlike any pizza you've ever had before. It combines two Southern favorites: okra, and…
Roasted Ratatouille Tart Inspires a Gran Passione
What Can I Do with All This Zucchini? This recipe for Roasted Ratatouille Tart gloriously combines all the riches of your summer garden/CSA. Which…
Salad with Navy Beans, Goat Cheese, Cherry Tomatoes, Croutons, and Warm Bacon Dressing
My Salad with Navy Beans, Goat Cheese, Grape Tomatoes and Warm Bacon Vinaigrette is a light summer dinner recipe. It's more of a meal than a…
Savory Summer Squash Pie
Savory Summer Squash Pie is the delicious answer to the question of "what to do with all those zucchini and summer squash" that are lying…
Serve As Beauty and Feminine Products Advisor to Church and Dwight: Earn Amazon Rewards
This is a sponsored post. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating. I started my career as a stay-at-home Mom 22 years…
Share Your Views with Tom’s of Maine: Earn Amazon Gift Codes
This is a sponsored post. Do you love to share your thoughts and opinions? Tom’s of Maine is looking for some green-living women to help inspire…
Slap Yo’ Mama Butt Rub
Slap Yo' Mama Butt Rub is the PERFECT spice rub blend for pork, chicken, or venison. Wrapping Up Grill Week I've decided to wrap up Grill…
Smoky Chipotle Barbecue & Bacon Baked Beans
This recipe for Smoky Chipotle Barbecue and Bacon Baked Beans is so EASY, and so delicious, that I almost named them Susan's Magical Baked Beans. The…
Southern Summer Risotto in a Pressure Cooker: with Corn, Tomatoes and Bacon
All the Treasures of Summer in the South, in a Risotto: Southern Summer Risotto is simply an Italian-style rice dish, made in the easiest way I've…
Super Simple Grilled Tuna Steak with Avocado, Soy, Ginger and Lime
This recipe for Super Simple Grilled Tuna Steak with Avocado, Soy, Ginger and Lime is so quick and easy to throw together, you can have an awesomely…
Sweet Impact Truffle Cups/Fudge Giveaway
Sweet Impact sent me product to try, and asked for my honest review. So here they are. Other than getting to try the product for free, I received no…
The Attack of the Butter Eaters and Low Fat Peach (Pit) Ice Cream
Since my dear husband's heart attack, we've been searching for desserts that are a little lower in the dreaded "b" word. That word that used to bring…
The Best Homemade Cherry Pie
I wish I could tell you that this recipe for The Best Homemade Cherry Pie, made with frozen sour cherries, was a sponsored post. And I'm just going…
The Butler’s Tour at Biltmore House in Asheville: a Foodtopian Paradise
Because I couldn't possibly fit all the wonderful things that went on at the Food Blog Forum in Asheville, NC into one post, I decided to break…
Tinga de Pollo (Shredded Chicken Tacos)
Tinga de Pollo may not fall trippingly off of *your* tongue, but Shredded Chicken Tacos is easy enough for any English speaker to say, and…
Two Fun Ways for Wine Lovers to Learn More About Wine
Calling all wine lovers. Are you a wine lover? Oh, sure, maybe you like to drink wine. But would you say you're someone who knows a lot about…
Variations on a Butt Rub
We're smokin' in the Boonies, again.Started smoking last night at midnight. Seriously.A mighty fine sign indeed.And, yes, we cleared this with the…
Warm Grilled Potato Salad with Kalamata Olives and Parmigiano-Reggiano
Warm Grilled Potato Salad with Kalamata Olives and Parmigiano Reggiano is the best potato salad I've ever had! It's totally unique, and this, alone,…
Watermelon Arugula and Pancetta Salad
Welcome to Grilling Week on My Website! We've been eating pretty well around here since grilling season started. I've been trying some…
Watermelon Mojito Wedges
Watermelon Mojito Wedges are perfect for the lazy days of summer. When you need an easy, refreshing accompaniment to whatever you're planning on…
What to Do With All Those Tomatoes: Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce
Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce is the answer to the question of what to do with all those tomatoes. Even for, and maybe especially for, the lazy…