tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49958661772446958382024-10-06T21:24:58.691-07:00I'm not a tofu, bean sprout kinda girl. I'm just an average Southern woman with a passion for cooking and motorcycles. If boiled water is your specialty, I'll show you how to cook a meal to impress!Chris Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08318521094229620927noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4995866177244695838.post-26059430819508875642015-09-16T19:30:00.001-07:002015-09-16T19:30:15.749-07:00

These are all natural, gluten free, sugar free, dairy free bars of awesomeness!  They are my substitute for brownies.   Did I mention they are easy to make?  There are only 6 ingredients or 5 if you don't like coconut! 3 cups of whole almonds (if you get the 25 oz. package, as shown, you can use 1/2 of the package) 1 cup unsweetened coconut (if you don't like coconut, don't add

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We all know it's not a rotisserie chicken if it's not cooked on a rotisserie.  After you make this chicken you won't care if it was on a stick or in a pot.  All you'll care about is how to get more of it!  Did I mention it's simple too? 1 Whole Chicken 3 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon oregano 1 onion Stir all the

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You've asked.  You've begged.  You've pleaded.  So here I am.  Back by popular demand! As some of you know, right now I'm in the middle of a "two week test".  So, if you are gluten free, paleo, omnivorous, low carb, high protein or just want to generally eat healthy, this recipe will work great for you. I found this recipe at Paleo Leap. Ingredients: 8 ounce can

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I know I haven't posted in a while and I might start back again if I get a little time. I found these freezer meals on another blog and I wanted to be able to find it again. I figured the best thing to do would be to put it here. You might want to see it too. Just click here >>> A month of freezer meals in one day.

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Chili’s Grill & Bar for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. You must be 21 years or older to drink alcoholic beverages and as always, please remember to drink responsibly. I don't know about your neck of the woods, but in mine we just skipped right over spring and now it's summer. For us that means it's time to

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A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned and The Country Cook are hosting a Foodie Friday Link-Up Party. It's a great place to visit if you're looking for something new or a different version of something old! I added my link for Angela's Baked Beans. It's a great dish for this time of year and the perfect dish to take to a potluck.

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This post brought to you by Sunkist S’alternative. All opinions are 100% mine. Sunkist wants to know, do you really know as much as you think you do about how much salt is in your food? I took the Sunkist Sodium Quiz and I didn't do too bad. I guess I know more than I thought I did about salt in my food! So now it's your turn. The quiz is just a few questions

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For probably about two years now, my husband has been begging me to make him a Monte Cristo. The main reason it took me so long to make one was because I had no clue what it was. He tried to explain it to me and I guess I could have looked it up, but I just never got around to it. That was until I started working at the coffee shop and needed to come up with new sandwich ideas. So, I decided it

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I know it's been almost a month since I've posted anything. Trust me, I've been having withdrawls! We had a little incident with my blogging machine (our laptop) and well, it's out of commission now so it's a little more difficult to post. No worries though! Hubby is feeling the pain. He's been eating grilled turkey sandwiches and nothing much more exciting than that. So today he told me it

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The other day I was trying to decide what to make for supper and in the back of my mind I kept hearing Jackie from Syrup and Biscuits say "use what you got."  So I started looking around in the pantry and the fridge and saw I had some taco seasoned ground turkey, enchilada sauce and cheese, but no tortillas. Then I remembered my mother-in-law telling me about a tamale pie she had made

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Angela is my sister-in-law. When my husband and I got married, his brother was deployed in Iraq and his family lived in New Jersey. They recently moved back here to Arkansas, so I'm still getting to know her. My mother-in-law emailed me the recipe for Angela's baked beans and let me tell ya, she's got it going on! This recipe is so easy, yet so dang good! Here's what you need to make her awesome

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The other day Valerie with Simple Fare, Fairly Simple posted the recipe for this cake. I remembered someone telling me about their grandma making a cake similar to this where you pour the condensed milk over the cake and frost it, but I never knew what kind of cake they were talking about. So when I saw this one I thought, this must be it! It sounds so good I've got to make it. I had all

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A while back my husband and I had lunch at his parents house. His mom served us pie for dessert and of course, gave me the recipe which I managed to lose. So, I called her up the other day to get the recipe from her again. Now that I've made the pie and am sharing it with you, I'll never lose the recipe again! Well, unless of course blogger doesn't crash! The best thing about this pie is it is

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My husband loves Sloppy Joe's, Manwiches or whatever you want to call them. So earlier I knew I was going grocery shopping and made a mental note to pick up the ingredients and then sat down to flip through my cookbook for something new to try. I'm just about burgered-out from our vacation, so when I came across the recipe for skillet burgers I thought eh, no more burgers, wait a sec, these are

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So, I was having an amazing craving for chocolate and I asked my foodie friends on Facebook to suggest their best chocolate _____ recipe. I was drooling so much I couldn't decide what to make. Some of them would involve a trip to the store, so I decided to go for the one that I was promised I would have all the ingredients on hand. Sure enough, I had everything and I bet you will too! I was sent

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Diageo for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. When I agreed to write this post, I thought I would be writing it on my other blog, but that's okay because rum can be used in cooking! Although, I think this premium rum might be best in one of those recipes where the directions are mix, pour rum in a glass, stir, drink rum,

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With it being so freaking hot this summer it's hard to get motivated to cook! I was sitting on the couch thinking about cooking supper and I remembered a dish I hadn't made in a long time that requires very little energy to make and no oven. So, if you're hot and tired and have to cook something for supper, Pasta Primavera has to be one of the perfect summer dishes to make. Here's what you'll

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If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, then you know I had a Strawberry Jam Canning Party a few weeks ago. Since then I've canned Corn Relish and today I canned Orange-Pineapple-Carrot Marmalade. In the next few weeks I'm planning on making Peach Butter. A fellow foodie from Honey, The Water's On Fire, just finished canning Dill Pickles. This canning stuff is awesome! When I was looking up

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This past Saturday was a busy day. Not only did I have a Strawberry Jam Canning Party (which I promise I'll post about soon!), we also had a baby shower for Amanda. Baby Lainey Jay is going to be born sometime between now and the end of August. "Auntie Kiss" (that's me) made her cake. Amanda found a version of the cake online and I just customized it to what we liked. So, while I'd like to say

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I knew I wanted to make barbecue chicken for supper. This weekend we went to our friends house and ate barbecue chicken cooked on the grill and that got me to thinking about a recipe I had. Mine was baked in the oven and had orange juice in the barbecue sauce. Now that I'm sitting here thinking about it, it's been a really, really long time since I've made it, which could explain why I misplaced

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Well, I know you came here for the video because of the title. It's not here, but don't worry it's over on Food is Love's blog. Laurie went on vacation and let me do a post on her blog while she's away! My little sister, Brittany, helped me out by filming and editing this video. It's a little long, but it's well worth watching to the end where I have a little mishap. This was my first cooking

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I sat there for about 15 minutes debating if barbecue sauce and black-eyed peas would taste good together. Finally, I convinced myself that it couldn't be that bad. Well, it wasn't bad...it was AMAZING! The best part was that it was so quick and easy. 2 cups of cooked Rice1 pound Ground Turkey (or Ground Beef)1 Bell Pepper1 small Onion1 cup Barbecue Sauce1 can Black-eyed Peas1 teaspoon Salt2

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I know it's been a little while since my last post. With summer being here, it makes it really hard to decide between cooking and riding. So, it looks like I'm going to have to change up my routine a little for the summer! Of course, there are other factors that play a part, but cooking is an important part of my life so bear with me while I figure out how to adjust my schedule. Now, I did cook

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Have you ever had fried pies?  If you live in the south, somebody probably made them for you.  My Grandma Burkett and my friend Dana's mom and granny made them and I'm sure there were others, but those are the ones I remember. Last week I was thinking about fried pies and then yesterday Christy at Southernplate.com made some and I couldn't stand it any longer. I had to try to make them.

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One thing my mom used to make for us is her own version of red beans and rice. It was basically rice, red beans, smoked sausage and cream of chicken soup. I remember the first time I ate "real" red beans and rice I was disappointed because it was soupy, not anything like hers at all. However, the spices were pretty good. So, I took a stab at making my own version and I can definitely say I got it

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