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  • Sweet Potato with Chili, 2 Ways (carne or veg)

    This post offers a recipe for roasted sweet potatoes paired with chili. It encourages even sweet potato skeptics to try the dish, suggesting alternatives like russet potatoes. The cooking instructions include roasting the sweet potatoes and preparing a chili with options for vegan variations. Toppings enhance the final presentation.


  • Spring is here, so it’s time for a flavorful, interesting salad!

    Yes, I said interesting salad. I lived through the sadness of the fat-free craze in the 90s (yep, back in the 1900s), and plain, boring salads just will not be eaten in my kitchen anymore. Spring and summer months call for using all the fresh, ripe, robust produce you can get, though, and this is…


  • Easy Chicken Thighs With Big Flavor

    Right off the bat, I have to tell you diehard chicken breast folks a hard truth: this will not work with chicken breasts. Thighs or drumsticks only, lovelies. This method – because it’s not a recipe, per se – only works by using the natural fat in the thigh meat, and breasts just don’t have…


  • Midwestern Casserole Favorite, But Make It Healthier

    At least once a month, when I come in from work and have given dinner exactly ZERO thoughts, I pull out an easy, crowd-pleasing, family favorite from my Midwestern childhood. I’ve swapped out several of the standard ingredients with better-for-you pantry staples (linked in the recipe). I’ve snuck in an organic brand of cream of…


  • Buttery Homemade Biscuits, No Rolling Pin Required

    Right off the bat, you need to know that this is not my original recipe. It’s OLD. I got it from I Am Baker, but she says she got it from the Simply Texas Butter Swim Biscuits recipe. But it’s gone cold and snowy (AGAIN) today, and I woke up planning these in my head,…