This Mandarin Orange Jello Salad is a must make recipe. It always disappears faster than you can blink. Make it for your next potluck! This Jello salad is one of my family's favorites. It is a combo of Jello and pudding and has a delicious creamy texture to it. It isn't made with cottage cheese, even though the photos seem to make it look like it is. It's just the Jello that didn't get all the way mixed in since I let it set a little too long before mixing in the Cool Whip. If you make … [Read more...]
Rosemary & Roasted Garlic Potatoes
Rosemary and Roasted Garlic Potatoes are a great side to any meal. They take just minutes to prepare! First of all, I want to thank all my lovely friends who guest blogged for me while I was taking time off to get adjusted to having another baby and just snuggling him. I am so in your debts! I am a potato lover. I love them in any form. I really love them roasted. Kraft Fresh Take has made that even tastier and easier to achieve. Kraft Fresh Take is a meal kit that provides you … [Read more...]
Copycat KFC Coleslaw
Copycat KFC Coleslaw tastes just like the real thing. It's so easy to make and everyone will be asking for the recipe! I am all about copycat recipes. All. about. them. Who doesn't want to be able to make their favorite restaurant dishes at home? Unless you don't feel like cooking and want to go out to eat, okay. Otherwise, I love making my favorite dishes from my favorite restaurants at home. Saving money, people. That's what it's all about. 4.0 from 1 reviews … [Read more...]
Fried Rice
Fried Rice is the perfect side to any Asian dish. It's so easy to make and tastes just like it came from a restaurant. Last week, I shared a fantastic recipe for Sweet and Sour Chicken. This rice goes perfectly with it. Like the chicken, this rice tastes just like it came from a Chinese restaurant. The secret is the sesame oil. I love that I can make this at home. It's so simple, but this is the first homemade fried rice I've tasted that tastes like it came from … [Read more...]
Super Bowl Goods Round-Up
I've said it before: I'm not a fan of watching football. Or any sport, really. Except soccer. I can watch soccer. Live. Not on t.v. However, I am a fan of getting together, no matter the reason, and eating some great food. So I am rounding up foods I've made that would be great for the Super Bowl.Or watching Pretty Little Liars.{Just click on the picture to go to the recipe}Those are just a few that would make great party food.Go Patriots!{I had to say that-it's my husband's team} … [Read more...]
Fluffy Pear Jello & Recipe Round-Up
Jello is alright on it's own, but anytime I make it I jazz it up. I will sometimes just make it according to the package directions and pour it into little Tupperware containers for the kids as an after school snack. Even then I usually put some fruit in it like mandarin oranges or fruit cocktail. With whipped cream on top. See? That's not even basic Jello. I just can't do it. Today I have a favorite Jello recipe that I got from my sister-in-law, Heather. She has some great recipes and I'm … [Read more...]
Summer Risoto
I am hurrying to squeeze this recipe in before it's fall! It'll be here before we know it. Already it is cooling off at nights, even cold! This recipe uses those garden zucchini and peas we all love. Creamy risotto matches well with the zucchini and peas. It makes a great side dish or a light dinner or lunch meal. 2 cans (14.5 each) chicken broth2 1/2 c. water3 Tbsp. butter1 or 2 large zucchini (1 lb), cut into 1/2 inch cubescoarse salt and black pepper1/2 c. finely chopped onion1 1/2 c. … [Read more...]
Creamy Broccoli Side Dish
Creamy Broccoli Side Dish is a great way to use broccoli. It is sort of a mini casserole and you could surely add chicken and make it a main dish. We had it on the side of these Country Style Ribs and they went great together. My little Emma (3) loves her broccoli. She gobbled this right up. A side story about Emma and her broccoli...a family friend wanted Emma to go play with her. She's 9. Emma wouldn't do it. She wanted to stay with me. Well the little girl goes and gets a piece of … [Read more...]
Spanish Rice
If you're looking for an easy recipe for Spanish Rice, this is it. It has the authentic taste you will find at Mexican restaurants. I needed a recipe for Spanish Rice for my Mexican dishes. I found it on Simply Recipes, where I also found a recipe for the refried beans that I'll be using in my burrito. I haven't found a packaged version of Spanish Rice that I like on the grocery store shelves. I was looking for that homemade flavor that you get when you go to a Mexican Restaurant. This … [Read more...]
Animal Fries {Totally Tasty Tuesdays}
I caught wind of these on The Girly Girl Cooks and she had me reeled in. The recipe uses Ore Ida Fast Food Fries. I've never heard of them, but now that I have, I plan on using them to dip in my homemade Frosty. I love doing that at Wendy's. Without the cheese and stuff, obviously. Try it sometime. Nevermind the weird looks you'll get. It won't matter. On to the fries...I've only been to In-N-Out Burger once. In Vegas. I don't remember these, but I love them in my kitchen. I didn't have Thousand … [Read more...]
