03 Wednesday Nov 2021
Posted in casseroles & comfort food, gluten free, love to cook, side dishes, vegetarian
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bay leaf, butter, cream cheese, milk, russet potatoes, sour cream, thyme
Creamy Mashed Potato Casserole gets a little flavor love with the addition of sour cream and cream cheese.
This recipe is the perfect make ahead side dish that can be reheated in the oven or the microwave.
These creamy potatoes are fluffy with a nice buttery flavor.
Perfect if you ask me!
11 Saturday Sep 2021
Posted in appetizers, chicken & turkey, love to cook, snacks
Serve this Simple Buffalo Chicken Braided Stromboli at your next party and prepare to be elevated to hero status!
Puff Pastry Rocks!
We filled the buttery crisp dough with savory Buffalo Chicken Dip and baked it until it was warm and gooey! Your guests (and your family) will love this quick & easy appetizer!
28 Friday Aug 2020
Posted in breakfast & brunch, love to cook
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blueberries, bread, cinnamon, cream cheese, eggs, maple syrup, sugar
Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast Roll-Ups are like a cheese Danish, cinnamon roll, blueberry syrup lovefest.
I am in sweet heaven.
23 Thursday Jul 2020
Posted in appetizers, love to cook, seafood
This Smoked Steelhead Trout Dip is wonderful! I mean spread it on a cracker or eat it with a spoon. It’s downright addicting!
08 Friday Mar 2019
Posted in casseroles & comfort food, love to cook, side dishes
Some of my blogging friends and I joined together to “Celebrate Green and Welcome Spring.” We shared dishes featuring naturally green ingredients. I chose to share Colcannon Cheesy Potatoes with Kale. It’s a fun twist on a classic Irish recipe that I thought would be a great side dish for your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Continue reading »22 Tuesday Dec 2015
Posted in adventures in chocolate, desserts, love to cook
I had a blast playing Secret Santa at the office this year!! I always do. This yearly tradition has become a great way to welcome in the holidays, with a bit of mischief and good fun.
The week of Thanksgiving we fill out our Santa wish list, then blind draw who we will secretly spoil the week of our annual company Christmas Party. Last week, that all happened in epic proportion. I drew Nick. Nick, who’s favorite candy is Junior Mints.
Continue reading »06 Sunday Dec 2015
Posted in appetizers, beef, pork, lamb, breakfast & brunch, love to cook
Nothing fancy about this Spicy Sausage Cheese Balls recipe. We just had a craving and conveniently had the ingredients on hand. Or so we thought. They’ll be a bonus recipe at the end for Bisquick from scratch.
Continue reading »31 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in appetizers, gluten free, love to cook, low-carb
We spent happy-hour enjoying this Loaded Baked Potato Dip with Crispy Baked Potato Wedges, delivered happy and declared that dinner had been served.
This is a hearty appetizer.
28 Monday Sep 2015
Posted in breads, breakfast & brunch, love to cook
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butter, cream cheese, eggs, flour, pecans, pumpkin puree, sugar
Pumpkin, pumpkin everywhere. I had to jump in and join the party. Keeping it simple, by taking our most favorite Banana Bread recipe and replacing mashed bananas with pumpkin puree. The result is a Pumpkin Pecan Bread that is super moist, not too pumpkin-y, with subtle hints of cinnamon.
Continue reading »25 Friday Sep 2015
Posted in appetizers, chicken & turkey, love to cook, low-carb
It’s football season, officially Autumn Thyme and we’ve dipped into the low 60’s here in the sunny south. I for one am ready for fall. Bring on apples, pumpkins, soups, stews, chili, comfort food and game day recipes, preferably in the form of hot dips. Hot dips like BBQ Chicken Pizza Dip.
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