Tag: Ridiculously Easy

Cornbread Croutons: How to uplift your big salad

Cornbread Croutons: How to uplift your big salad

Cornbread Croutons: How to uplift your big salad – or – your chili – or – your soup! These babies add so much flavor and so much crunch, they make whatever they grace better. I’m a Big Salad aficionado.  In order to make salads that …

Brown Sugar Acorn Squash

Brown Sugar Acorn Squash

Brown Sugar Acorn Squash is, quite possibly,  the quintessential autumn dish. This was how my Mother always made hers, and despite burning a lip or two, I always ate every little bit. We were at a fancy restaurant for dinner one night, and acorn squash …

Weekly Menu 10.28.18

Weekly Menu 10.28.18

BOOOOO: Our Weekly Menu 10.28.18 includes a Halloween Dinner for a fun weeknight at home, hoping for Trick or Treaters. Our house is on a little block – there are only six houses on both sides of the street – so we get very few …

Epic Italian Green Beans Cheer On The Flag

Epic Italian Green Beans Cheer On The Flag

Italian Green Beans are green (duh), red (peppers) and white (Parmesan cheese/onions) just like the Italian flag, and all around delish. Green Beans are my favorite veggie, bar none. I even like the boiled in butter variety you sometimes get on a church buffet. Green …

Surprise Ingredient Fried Chicken Sandwich: It’s a Zinger

Surprise Ingredient Fried Chicken Sandwich: It’s a Zinger

We’re all so used to grabbing a so-so Fried Chicken Sandwich from a fast food place, that this easy, fast sandwich might just rock your world. The chicken is marinated in buttermilk then given a quick dredge in flour before being skillet fried. Add a …

Twice Baked Savory Sweet Potato Casserole

Twice Baked Savory Sweet Potato Casserole

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes are so easy they practically don’t need a recipe. They bake, then they get whipped, then they get baked some more. Instead of putting them back in their skins, we put them in a casserole that can be held easily before …