My oldest niece graduated from high school over the weekend and she asked me to make frog eye salad. I remember loving this salad when I was growing up. My Grandma Jean introduced me to this dessert. She made it for us one weekend when we went to visit when they lived up in Conifer. …
Category: Side Dishes
Refried Beans from the Instant Pot
Our daughter loves beans. She seriously loves them! I’ve been wanting to try them in the Instant Pot ever since I made Ham and Beans that turned out so good. Thanks for the recipe, Jacque! These are awesome! Let’s Get Crafty! Turn the IP to saute and throw in the pot for a couple minutes:…
Super Speedy Mexican Rice
I’m sure you’ve noticed over the last year reading my different posts that we eat a lot of Mexican food. It’s true. We do. It’s our go-to flavor profile in our house. I’ve been on the lookout for a recipe for Mexican rice because the kids love it and found one that was so stinking…
Brussel Sprouts, Potatoes and Bacon
My Mom made this side dish for Easter. I love brussel sprouts and my family loves potatoes – so having it together in one pot was winner winner chicken dinner (or I guess winner winner ham dinner on this particular day.) The bacon is what makes this side heavenly. The picture above is having it…
Cheesy Biscuits
This recipe idea comes from the Cincy Shopper blog. Her recipe is called Easy Garlic and Herb Pull-Apart Loaf. My take on it below changed it to cheesy and garlicy without the extra herbs. We had some canned biscuits on hand and needed a side for the soup we were having for dinner. These biscuits…
Sweet Potato Casserole – Lightened Up!
Making sweet potato casserole this year was a first for me and I’m excited to share a lighter version from Cook the Story’s blog. There’s no butter or cream in this side and I felt like it had a lot of flavor and wasn’t missing anything. The secret weapon here is lowfat vanilla yogurt. Let’s…
Grilled Bread, Peppers and Mozzarella Salad
This recipe originally came from a pull-out of a Rachael Ray magazine over 5 years ago where it included one week of meals in a handy little booklet. I’m proud to say that we did each meal over that week and this was is a keeper that we haven’t done recently. We were looking for a side…
Throw It Together Pasta Salad
This is an easy pasta salad that I threw together on a Sunday afternoon to have for lunches and as a ready to go dinner side dish early in the week. I’ve been using veggie pasta here lately to try and sneak more veggies into the kids and it’s a jackpot when it’s quick and…
Squash Casserole
A few years ago Mark and I had a small garden. We got maybe a few carrots out of it but the green and yellow squash was bountiful! We reached a point where it seemed like every time I went to water there were a couple of each color ready to be picked. We have…
Broccoli, Bacon and Cheddar Salad
Happy 4th of July! I love the freshness of this salad. If you have time it’s great to throw it all together and put it in the fridge before eating so all the flavors can come together. The recipe is a spin off a “Broccoli, Bacon and Cheddar Toss” recipe from Betty Crocker. We took…
My Crafty Corner 