Cooking With Kick

Get Your #CoronaRita On At Chili's!

2012-04-28T02:55:00.001-07:00

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

Foodie Friday

2011-11-11T07:24:00.000-08:00

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.

Sunkist S'alternative Sodium Quiz

2011-10-25T15:01:00.001-07:00

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

Monte Cristo Sandwich

2011-10-24T06:44:00.000-07:00

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

Double Peanut Butter Cookies

2011-09-26T14:41:00.000-07:00

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 won't

Tamale Pie

2011-08-31T07:56:00.000-07:00

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 from the

Angela's Baked Beans

2011-08-22T17:43:00.000-07:00

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

Tres Leche Cake by SFFS

2011-08-22T06:38:00.000-07:00

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 the

Impossible Coconut Chocolate Pie

2011-08-16T07:16:00.000-07:00

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

Skillet Burgers or Really Sloppy Joe's

2011-08-11T16:43:00.000-07:00

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

Mud Pie a.k.a. Chocolate Cobbler and an Award!

2011-07-27T09:37:00.000-07:00

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

Zacapa Premium Dark Aged Rum

2011-07-25T15:01:00.001-07:00

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,

Pasta Primavera

2011-07-25T07:05:00.000-07:00

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

Orange-Pineapple-Carrot Marmalade

2011-07-11T10:33:00.000-07:00

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

Baby Shower Cake

2011-07-02T06:30:00.000-07:00

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

Honey Orange Barbecue Chicken

2011-06-29T18:14:00.000-07:00

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

My Biscuit Video

2011-06-27T11:33:00.000-07:00

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

Southern Barbecue Hoppin' John

2011-06-12T18:37:00.000-07:00

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

Meatball Stew With Egg Dumplings

2011-06-07T17:49:00.000-07:00

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

Cheesecake Fried Pies

2011-05-27T08:07:00.000-07:00

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. I am not

Southern-style Red Beans and Rice

2011-05-25T09:53:00.000-07:00

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

Hamburger Pie

2011-05-18T18:19:00.000-07:00

This is another recipe from my 1968 New Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook. It's called Hamburger Pie, but I think somewhere in the 30 years since it was called that, somebody thought it would sound better called Shepherd's Pie. Actually, it's not really what I would call a pie at all. There's no crust, but I guess not all pies have a crust. Truth be told, I didn't even put "hamburger" in mine. I

Mocha Mystery Delight

2011-05-17T06:37:00.000-07:00

I found this recipe in my 1968 New Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook. It's really interesting to see that some recipes have stood the test of time by being passed down, but then there's this one for Mocha Mystery Delight that slipped through the cracks. I think maybe it was placed in this cookbook before it's time and I've unearthed a buried treasure! This recipe is so simple, but I still seemed

General Tao's Chicken

2011-05-16T08:51:00.000-07:00

My hubby loves rice. He also loves General Tao's Chicken. I've tried and tried to make it like the kind you find at the chinese restaurant and it came close, but I know that if I would rather eat it in a restaurant then it just wasn't close enough. Last night he asked what I was planning for supper and suggested I make General Tao's Chicken. So I'm thinking he must have liked it okay the last

Lemon Crisp or Key Lime Crisp

2011-05-09T08:13:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I wanted to make a dessert and the first thing I thought of was something with chocolate in it. Honestly, you know it has to be pretty dang hot for me to turn down chocolate. Well, here in the South the humidity is so high, you feel like you're melting because you can't help but perspire. Who am I kidding? I downright sweat. So, I thought Lemon Bars would be a good summertime dessert.