Fry sauce is the easiest and tastiest way to dress up a plate of french fries. It’s fabulous on burgers, too! When I was a kid my parents would dip their french fries in this horrible pink concoction of mayonnaise and ketchup. It seriously grossed me out. I liked mayo, I liked ketchup, but in
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Browned Butter Oatmeal Cookie Cups
Guys, I don’t want to shatter any illusions you may have of me or anything, but I’m so totally lame. I mean, for real. You have no idea the pressure I feel when someone that is not my close family comes over for dinner. I make a living sharing food on the internet. The expectations
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Fried Green Tomato and Pimento Cheese Hot Dogs
Alert the media, y’all. I have important news. It’s summer. The time of sweat. And bugs. And stinky children. Also, lots of delicious grilled meats. As you might have noticed, I’ve teamed up with Cracker Barrel to introduce y’all to their creamy, delicious, authentic cheeses. It’s sort of a match made in heaven. They send me
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Buffalo Chicken Cheese Ball
This cheese ball recipe uses buffalo chicken to add tons of spicy flavor! It’s great with crackers, celery, and carrots! Can we chat for a moment about cheese balls and how they are sorta one of my favorite foods? Whoever had the idea to roll cheese into a ball and serve it as a snack
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Spaghetti Alla Carbonara
You know, when you decide to start writing a food blog, you don’t realize how humiliating it will be. I mean, I was fairly certain I’d say things like, “Look! I made some brownies. You should too!” I did not think I would share my deepest secrets with you, such as the fact that I’ve
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Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Bacon, Garlic, and Parmesan
This roasted spaghetti squash is topped with bacon, garlic, and Parmesan for a simple family friendly dinner. Let me show you how to cook spaghetti squash that your whole family will devour! Alright, look…I know that I’m here to share family-friendly, kid-friendly, easy peasy recipes for busy moms. Then I go and throw up a roasted spaghetti
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Esquites
If you love Mexican street corn on the cob, try this Esquites recipe! It’s a Mexican corn salad with all the usual street corn ingredients tossed in some mayo and sour cream! This should come as no surprise to you at all, but we had Mexican for dinner the other night. I know. I know.
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Enchilada Casserole
This Beef Enchilada Casserole Recipe is loaded with tender egg noodles, seasoned beef, and a creamy, cheesy enchilada sauce coating it all! This easy enchilada casserole is perfect for a busy weeknight and a total hit with the family. I was born and raised in the Midwest and, aside from the ‘ope’ that you hear
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Southern Creamed Corn
This Creamed Corn recipe is a summer favorite, made with fresh, sweet corn on the cob, a little butter and cream, and a touch of sugar and Parmesan for a sweet, savory, creamy finish. Have y’all ever had creamed corn? Hold up. Before you answer that I would like to state, for the record, that
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Flourless Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies
So, the other day I went out to dinner with my husband. He always makes me order first so that he appears all gentlemanly to the wait staff, but dude. When we’re home alone he calls me names and pinches my butt. He’s only a gentleman in public. It’s all an act. And I just
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Chicken Tamale Casserole
Chicken tamale casserole is loaded with the flavor of tamales with none of the hard work! It’s perfect for a quick weeknight dinner! My husband had the flu this week and I served him Chicken Tamale Casserole. He sorta thought that was a mean thing for me to do. In my defense, I asked him
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Pasta Primavera
Our simple Pasta Primavera is an easy way to use up all those veggies in your fridge! It’s a flavorful dinner that gets even the kids excited about vegetables and it’s so colorful and healthful! My daughter has gone *mostly* meatless for the past year now and, let me tell you, it’s been quite an
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Brown Butter Lemon Garlic Pasta
This Lemon Garlic Pasta is tossed with nutty browned butter, plenty of garlic, and Parmesan cheese for a simple pasta dish that will have you wanting seconds. The bold flavors of lemon shine through in this simple dish and the recipe takes just 20 minutes! One of my kids is straight up obsessed with pasta
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Buckeye Brownies
Buckeye Brownies are like my favorite chocolate peanut butter candy turned into a rich, fudgy brownie! We start with a brownie base and top it off with a thick, creamy peanut butter layer, and then pour melted chocolate over the top. These are rich, decadent, and oh so irresistible to all peanut butter lovers! I’ve
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BBQ Ground Beef Casserole
This BBQ ground beef casserole tastes similar to sloppy joe’s served on crescent rolls. I love those crescent rolls! I’m fairly certain that my neighbors think I’m insane. They pretty much only ever see me in my pajamas. I mean, yeah, I wear grown up people clothes sometimes, but it’s usually only while they are
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Tomato Corn Pie
Better than plan ‘ol tomato pie, this tomato corn pie recipe is your new favorite summer side dish! I’ve made tomato pie before and you know what? It wasn’t supah great. It was runny and watery and kind of bland. I wrote it off as something that sounds better than it really is. Kind of
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Sausage Dressing
Sausage dressing, or sausage stuffing if that’s what your family calls it, is my favorite side dish at Thanksgiving each year. My family makes the perfect recipe and I’m happy to share it with you! If you are anything like I was before I learned about sausage dressing, you might be asking if I’m about
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Country Pasta With Mozzarella
The other day I was playing around on my iPhone when I came across an app for allrecipe.com’s Dinner Spinner. It is the neatest little app and I am officially in love. I am in the process of reserving a flight for me and the dinner spinner. We are running off together and never coming
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Creamy Onion Garlic Bread
This garlic bread recipe is the only one you’ll ever need – it’s creamy cheesy perfection and it’s so easy to make! Oh, Lord, y’all. Have I got a recipe for you. The other day I was flipping through my rather large stack of unread cooking magazines searching for recipes to tear out and save
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