Avocado Chicken Salad. This chicken salad is made without any mayo, just avocado! Perfect for an easy lunch or light dinner! Keep it low carb and fresh by using lettuce wraps. Juicy, tender chunks of chicken mixed with red onion, cilantro, and covered in avocado. Making for an easy to put together avocado chicken salad…
Appetizers, Soups & Salads
Easy Homemade Salsa (Restaurant Style!)
Easy Homemade Salsa. This homemade salsa comes together in minutes and tastes just like it came from your favorite Mexican food restaurant! But better! Better than a store, better than a restaurant. Chips and salsa are a way of life. A staple food in our home and in the state of Texas. This homemade salsa…
Easy Chili Recipe
Easy Chili Recipe. Quick and filling! This easy chili recipe can be made in the slow cooker or as a one pot 30 minute meal. Loaded with beef, beans, chiles and more this hearty chili is perfect for loading up with all your favorite toppings. How do you make Homemade Chili? This particular recipe can be…
Texas Caviar
Texas Caviar. This fresh and hearty, easy to put together, appetizer or snack is made with black eyed peas and marinated in a zesty herb dressing. Perfect for loading up onto tortilla chips or crackers. This dish is perfect for picnics, potlucks AND game day. Pair it with your favorite tortilla chips, or if you…
Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Soup
Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup! This super flavorful soup is made with enchilada sauce, chunks of chicken, beans, corn, tomatoes, and of course tons of cheese! The perfect warm comforting meal that will warm from the inside. This easy to put together slow cooker meal is loaded with bold flavor, hearty chunks of meat, and…
White Chicken Chili
White Chicken Chili. This hearty chili is loaded up with chunks of juicy chicken and has a smooth mild flavor with just a hint of heat. Made with shredded chicken, white beans, diced green Chiles and flavorful spices. If you have shredded chicken on hand already this recipe can be put together start to finish…
Hummus Flatbread Pizza
Hummus Flatbread Pizza. A quick, easy, and lighter dish perfect as a lunch, appetizer, or snack. Naan bread topped with hummus, spinach, tomatoes, artichokes, roasted chick peas and sprinkled with crumbled up feta. I am an official ambassador for Tom Thumb who provided me with compensation for my time. As always, all opinions expressed in…
Puff Pastry Spinach and Artichoke Pinwheels
Puff Pastry Spinach and Artichoke Pinwheels. This easy to put together appetizer is perfect for any party or just as a snack. Loaded with fresh spinach, artichoke, and lots of cheese! Puff Pastry Spinach and Artichoke Pinwheels. My all time favorite dip baked up inside flakey crispy pastry like a savory cinnamon roll. Perfect for…
Leftover Ham Bone Soup
Leftover Ham Bone Soup! Save that ham bone to make a flavorful broth which is the base of this hearty ham and potato soup! Leftover Ham Bone Soup. Made with the actual leftover ham bone! We love picking up a ham for Christmas. And one of my favorite things about getting the ham, is having…
Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette
Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad. Finely chopped brussels sprouts make the best salad! Loaded up with bacon, feta, cranberries, and apples. All drizzled with a homemade bacon vinaigrette. Sometimes I feel that salads get pushed to the side for holiday meals, or that they’re an afterthought. Everyone is super excited about the turkey, or the stuffing…
Thick & Creamy Broccoli Cheese Soup
Thick and Creamy Broccoli Cheese Soup. A big bowl of this is basically as loving as a warm hug. Although to be perfectly honest, I have now come to refer to this as the ‘soup that broke my house’. I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but eating this soup made my 11 year old act…
Ultra Crispy Chile Lime Baked Fries
Welcome to the ultimate crispy baked french fry. These little bad boys are everything a french fry should be. Crispy and crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, and loaded up with flavor. These ones just so happen to be seasoned with chile and lime. Typically on Saturdays the hubs and I will order…
Homemade Ramen
Anyone else having a sudden flashback to their late teens/early 20s? That’s right..I’m sharing some homemade ramen with you today. It’s important to note that this is NOT the ramen that I’m sure we’ve all had at some point in life, college days maybe? The days before a paycheck when you realize you only have…
Secretly Healthy Potato Soup
Have you ever had a secret that you wanted to shout from the rooftops?! That’s how I feel about this Secretly Healthy Potato Soup. This is one of those good secrets that you just can’t keep to yourself and you know that others NEED to know about it, because it will change lives. In a…
Kid Friendly Cheese Board
Kid Friendly Cheese Board! Ace Snack Time this School Year with Borden® Cheese Kids will happily devour every last bite of this kid friendly cheese board. Loaded with fruits, veggies, cheeses and meats. Perfect to serve as a lunch or after school snack tray. I am an ambassador for Borden®Cheese who provided me with compensation…
Tomato Avocado and Cilantro Salad (and Recipe Video!)
Avocado Tomato Cilantro Salad! Refreshing and bursting with flavor this salad will be the perfect complement to any meal this summer! Fresh tomato, avocado, cilantro all swimming in a lime dressing. Plus top it with some crumbled queso fresco for a bit of creaminess. Summer in Texas is a hot, sweaty, muggy, mess.. Which means…
Stone Fruit Salad with Custard Cream Sauce
Stone Fruit Salad with Custard Cream Sauce. This fruit salad is loaded up with peaches, nectarines, plums, and cherries. Drizzled with a creamy and easy to make custard sauce this fruit salad is completely dreamy! Well hello there again. I’m back in the kitchen this week after taking some time off for the baby and…
Strawberry Avocado and Pistachio Salad with a Creamy Poppyseed Dressing
Strawberry Avocado and Pistachio Salad with a Creamy Poppyseed Dressing. All the best flavors combine in this salad. Baby spinach loaded up with juicy fresh strawberries, salty pistachios and creamy avocado. Drizzle it all with an easy to make (and lighter) sweet and tangy poppyseed dressing. Strawberries belong in salads. Can I get an amen?!…
Pesto Pasta Salad and Recipe Video
Pesto Pasta Salad! This pasta salad is loaded up with fresh mozzarella, juicy tomatoes, and coated with an easy to make homemade pesto sauce made with fresh basil and garlic. This Pesto Pasta Salad is so easy to put together. Not only that, but it’s made with fresh ingredients that smell absolutely amazing. I love…
Kingsford® Smoked Hickory Grilled Chicken Wings Recipe
These Kingsford® Smoked Hickory Grilled Chicken Wings are coated in a spicy dry rub, grilled to perfection on the BBQ and coated with a layer of Smoked Hickory BBQ Sauce. Hellloooooo Hickory Grilled Chicken Wings. Who here is a fan of grilling during the summer? To be honest we will grill all year round….
Strawberry Salad with Poppyseed Dressing (and Recipe Video!)
Strawberry Salad with Poppyseed Dressing. This salad is loaded up with fresh strawberries, candied pecans, feta cheese and drizzled with an easy to make sweet poppyseed dressing. Perfect dish for springtime! PIN IT FOR LATER! Hey everyone! Let’s be honest here, this Strawberry Salad with Poppyseed Dressing is probably not going to win an award…
Chicken Taco Salad with Cilantro Ranch
Chicken Taco Salad with juicy chicken bursting with flavor thanks to homemade taco seasoning. All topped with an intoxicating cilantro ranch dressing. Always, when I’m hungry and nothing sounds good or I don’t quite know what I want to eat, a salad is my go to meal. I prefer to have my salads loaded up…
Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad with Candied Bacon
Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad with Candied Bacon. This salad is loaded with grilled chicken, fresh juicy tomato, creamy avocado, crunchy tortilla strips, black beans, cheddar cheese, and sweet and salty candied bacon. All drizzled with a homemade salsa ranch that is truly addicting! Seeing as how it’s January and I’m feeling the pressure to eat more…
Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup (No cream or butter!!)
Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup! This soup is ultra creamy, ultra flavorful, and best part? There’s no actual cream or butter used! This is the perfect lighter version of a classic comfort food. Welcome 2017. Did you have a wonderful New Years? Mine involved dinner with some friends, home by 7:30. A…
