Recipes for Real People
This is a great basic Pumpkin Bread that is tender and loaded with warm pumpkin flavor and spices. I adore quick breads, they come together easily and are very versatile. They can be served as a light dessert , breakfast with a cup of coffee , or an afternoon snack with a cup of tea. If you love this type of bread you need to check out my Chocolate chunk Pumpkin Bread or Apple Butter Banana Bread. …
This Pasta e Fagioli is so easy and full of veggies , beans and pasta. It is super easy and better than any soup you will get in a restaurant. With a little bit of prep work peeling and chopping up vegetables you will have a comforting bowl of soup in no time. This comes together very quickly and your entire family will love you for it .
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Soft buttery and fluffy these bread machine dinner rolls are melt in your mouth good. These savory but slightly sweet rolls are the perfect compliment to any meal . In 2020 more people were staying at home and learning to bake. The bread machines made a comeback and the new and improved version is so nice , click HERE to see what I use. Even if you aren’t a seasoned baker this recipe is easy to follow and anyone can make these. The bread machine literally does all the hard work , it’s like magic. Once you learn to make a basic dough like this it can be turned into other recipes like garlic knots and cinnamon rolls .
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This creamy and savory loaded potato casserole is jammed packed with bacon and cheese . It is the ultimate comfort food and perfect for serving a crowd. This is the perfect casserole to bring to a pot luck, holiday dinner , cook out , or just serving a family. Making a casserole is also a great way to make potatoes stretch as well. I have made a version of this when I did not have enough baked potatoes for everyone and just didn’t want to go to the store. Whether you are making a buck stretch or just wanting to serve an awesome side dish , this versatile casserole is the one to try. I mean who doesn’t like potatoes?
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Savory and full of flavor this super easy creamy slow cooker chicken is a perfect budget friendly meal the whole family will love. This is an easy dump and go recipe , the slow cooker does all of the work. If you try just one of my recipes this is the one to try. I mean who doesn’t love the zesty flavor of this wing sauce , incorporating this into a dish was the best thing I ever did. This is the perfect recipe for someone that thinks they can’t cook. If you know a college student or young couple ..bingo this is the recipe for them.
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This Pina Colada Fluff is cool , creamy and the perfect treat for the summer. It has the traditional flavor of coconut and big chunks pineapple that taste similar to the famous frozen drink. I am not going to lie, my ultimate vacation is laying by a beautiful pool and have frozen pina coladas brought to me all day. Oh we can only dream !! There is just something about the taste of coconut and pineapple that is so classic ..like peas & carrots or Lemon & blueberries. I also grew up eating all sorts of “salads” with marshmallows in them . I think this is totally a southern thing but also very big with my Mother’s generation. Her whole generation made this sweet concatations with jello or pudding mixes and called them salads. Like calling them that excused the fact that they obviously did not have one veggies in them. These fluffs can be served any way you like. It can be a side or a dessert, it is totally up to you . Just put a big bowl of this out at your next summer BBQ and watch it disappear. Trust me , you will have no leftovers.
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These oven baked BBQ baby back ribs are cooked low , slow and fall off the bone tender. They have the perfect smoky spice combination and is topped with a sweet BBQ sauce of your choice. Smoked baby back ribs are one my favorite things my husband cooks on the pit but the last time he was deployed I had a few failed attempts at duplicating them. Mostly I just didn’t have the patients nor the time back then to master the pit. I still had three grade school aged boys that kept me busy and watching the pit wasn’t in my agenda. So , I started experimenting with oven baked ribs and I figured out this was so easy. Delicious ribs and easy , it was a win win . The only bad thing was my oven was tied up so I couldn’t make baked beans but that’s ok Boiled Corn and Pea Salad goes with these ribs perfectly and no oven needed .
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I have so many memories of eating fresh corn from my uncles garden in the summer. We would sit and help my aunt clean the corn , then she would boil it up as a side with my uncles famous BBQ chicken. Fresh boiled corn is so sweet and crisp and I thought it was pure heaven until I discovered the milk and honey bath. Boiling corn in a milk and honey bath adds a certain richness that brings fresh corn up to a whole new level of greatness. Add a fresh jalapeno and it is a sweet and spicy heaven! Boiled corn with Jalapenos and Honey is now the only way my family wants corn . It is the perfect summer side when the corn is fresh and sweet and goes perfectly with Baked Beans .
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This homemade banana pudding is a southern staple made with a rich and creamy custard , bananas and crisp Nilla wafers. I grew up eating this on Sundays when I was young and it was a great treat . Back then my mother made a classic Southern Banana Pudding with a beautiful meringue and we usually had it warm or at room temperature. So this is how I always made it until after Hurricane Delta and we were once again living the generator life. If you have never experienced living off generator power in your home it is basically like camping in your home . Generators generally aren’t powerful enough to run your entire home and only the essentials are powered up like the refrigerator , freezer and a small window unit. We have a gas stove but the oven is electric and we were all in need of comfort food so this is my “generator life” banana pudding. I didn’t have enough power to run a hand mixer to make a meringue or the oven to bake it so no I altered it. Turns out putting the whole egg in the pudding makes it rich and creamy.
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Super easy but so impressive this Brown Sugar and Pineapple Glazed Ham is a beautiful centerpiece for any meal. The glaze is sweet and sticky and mingles perfectly with a savory ham. This old fashioned glaze is so easy you will want to use nothing else and it is so easy you will want this for every holiday. This is basically how I grew up eating ham . My mother would smoother hers with a ton of pineapple rings and cherries . It would be beautiful when it came out the oven and my brothers and I would fight over those candied sticky rings. To this day that is still my favorite part of baking a ham. If you are looking for a side dish my Southern Candied sweet potatoes go beautifully with this ham.
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