Fixin’s

Macaroni Salad

July 23, 2012

Happy Monday!  Don’t you just love summer time?  Long hours of daylight to play outside, swim, eat snow cones, having cookouts with friends and enjoy the warm weather!  This past weekend we were invited to a party and I was asked to bring a salad.  Since it’s summer I decided to throw together a macaroni [...]

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Panera Mac & Cheese

May 18, 2012
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I wonder how many thousands of recipes there are for macaroni and cheese?  I also wonder if I will ever find one that I do NOT like?! Probably not.  Mac & cheese is one of those universal foods that everyone on the planet loves.  I’m always trying out new recipes and a couple of weeks [...]

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Tomato Basil Marinara Sauce- Part One

May 8, 2012
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Last week I made some homemade tomato basil marinara sauce.  I forgot how much I love HOMEMADE sauce! My marinara recipe makes quite a bit of sauce so I put it in jars and stuck them in the freezer, where they will last six months.  If you do freeze your sauce, make sure you use [...]

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Chili’s style Salsa

May 3, 2012
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It’s time to bring another Texas staple to Sweet Tea & Taters.  Today, I’m talkin’ about salsa. Since I have lived in the north I have really morned the loss of good Tex-Mex food.  Hot, fresh chips and salsa are hard to come by up here in Pennsylvania so I have started making my own [...]

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Corn & Bacon Griddle Cakes

April 18, 2012
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Last night for dinner I was really craving some comfort food.  I didn’t want to totally spoil my diet so I made southern “fried” chicken, which I posted a couple months back.  Instead of the usual potato side dish, I found these delicious corn and bacon griddle cakes over at Recipe Girl. Man they were [...]

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Pimento Cheese Deviled Eggs

April 5, 2012
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We all know you don’t have a complete Easter meal without deviled eggs on the table.  Recently I have seen all kinds of deviled egg recipes.  Chefs are getting downright fancy with the ingredients they are using these days.  Shrimp, chicken salad, caviar, bacon, and much more!  I decided to get a little fancy myself [...]

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Mashed Potato & Kale Cakes

February 15, 2012
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If you are anything like me, you are always looking for new, unique side dishes to go with your dinner.  We all have our go-to vegetables like a green salad, steamed carrots, oven roasted potatoes, or corn on the cob.  But, what happens when we get tired of those same old sides??  I’ll tell you [...]

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Macaroni and Cheese

December 29, 2011
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I have a cold. It’s freezing cold outside. It’s almost 2012. Excuses, excuses.  Oh heck, I’m in the mood for comfort food and that’s all there is to it. Cheesy.  Creamy.  Gooey.  Buttery.   Macaroni and Cheese.  I don’t know if there are more words I can type to describe such deliciousness. Once you make [...]

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Cranberry Sauce

November 17, 2011
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What is Thanksgiving without cranberry sauce?!  I think that most of us, growing up, probably always had the cranberry sauce out of the can.  You know the kind that slides out of the aluminum can with all the can indentations on it?  You slice it up and set that gelatinous disc on top of your [...]

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Balsamic Root Vegetables

November 15, 2011
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Because I have just recently thrown out my back and am having a hard time doing much of anything at the moment… this post will be short. Balsamic Roasted Vegetables Yes, it is another CROCK POT recipe!  So this Thanksgiving, make sure you ask your sister to bring over her crock pot so that you [...]

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