Crock-Pot King Ranch Casserole

Crock Pot King Ranch Casserole Recipe

Let’s talk EASY! Easy is what this Crock-Pot King Ranch Casserole is! I love using a crock-pot on busy days and let me tell you, I love my Cuisinart Crock-Pot! There are so many variations of a good Crock-pot King Ranch Casserole but I think this one has to be my favorite!  Not only is it […]

Patriotic Fruit Sugar Cookie

Patriotic Fruit Cookie Recipe

This Patriotic Fruit Sugar Cookie is a FLASH from the past!  More than 30 years ago I made this dessert for the 4th of July.  I was probably 18 or 19 years old and my fiancee (yes, I married young) and I were having some friends over for the 4th of July.  I found a […]

Strawberry Nectar Cake Recipe

Strawberry Nectar Cake Recipe

This Strawberry Nectar Cake Recipe solved one of my biggest problems!  I have a family that loves the tastes of strawberries but will not touch a fresh one.  They eat strawberry jelly, strawberry yogurt, and even the occasional strawberry smoothie but my kids and my husband don’t like the “texture” of fresh fruit.  Well, Jumex […]

Watermelon Tips and Tricks

Watermelon Tips and Tricks

As we get closer to the 4th of July, Raychel and I had to have a talk about some watermelon tips and tricks!   I grew up in East Texas where my Daddy grew Watermelons and then sold them on the side of the road.  As a matter of fact, I was always told he had […]

Taco Biscuit Casserole Recipe

Taco Biscuit Casserole Recipe

Oh Man, this Taco Biscuit Casserole Recipe is the ultimate fast family meal!  I was having a really busy day, ya know, the kind when you look at the clock and go, “WHAT! 6:00 already?”.  I hate those types of evenings, but with the lack of routine going on right now they seem to be […]

Hot Milk Cake Recipe

Hot Milk Cake Recipe

I revised a Hot Milk Cake recipe for a friend today.  I just love having friends on Instagram!  I never knew how much fun it could be to interact with people from all over the world that have the same interest that I have. This recipe is for one of those friends.  We met because […]

New Kitchen Must-Have Spices

Spice Selection at HEB

I cannot believe that my daughter, Raychel, is about to have her own home!! I could go on and on about how just yesterday she was learning how to crawl, but that would make this a very short post because the crying would start.  Yes, they all grow up!  She is my middle child and […]

Buckeye Chocolate Crunch Bites

Buckeye Crunch Bites Recipe

As a food blogger (and a crazy lady) I am always looking for fun things to make.  These Buckeye Chocolate Crunch Bites fit that bill!  They are inspired by a fellow food blogger Half Baked Harvest and came together really easy.  I did change a few things (as always) to make them not as peanut […]

Margarita Steak Fajita Marinade

Margarita Steak Fajita Recipe

The other day I wanted to make some traditional Fajitas but I ended up not having everything I needed for my traditional marinade so, I came up with this Margarita Steak Fajita Marinade and OH MAN!  I don’t make Fajitas very often because honestly, I just don’t think about buying the skirt steaks when I […]

Easy Layered Taco Casserole

Easy Layered Taco Casserole Recipe

Tonight was just crazy at my house and this Easy Layered Taco Casserole saved the day!  Ya see, Raychel is packing up to move into her own place and I am trying to get ready for a big trade show, so dinner is not something I had time to focus on.  Raychel had the idea […]