Homemade Potato Bread bakes up light and fluffy, with a tender golden crust and a mild buttery flavor! This bread is soft yet sturdy enough for sandwiches or dunking into your favorite beef stew. Serve a slice fresh from the oven with a slather of butter, make a gourmet sandwich, or cool and freeze for another day. Potato bread is one of the easiest, most delicious bread recipes in our recipe box....
PB & Chocolate… something about it is just so… right! You won’t believe how quick and easy this recipe comes together! Just a few simple ingredients and a microwave and you’ll have some of the fastest tastiest fudge out there! This is super simple and sure to be a hit with everyone! I have actually been making simple fudge with sweetened condensed milk for years (the recipe came from the can of milk)… but the peanut butter cup… that part is new....
No turkey? No problem! Sub in sausage or chicken! This white bean turkey chili recipe is as simple as tossing your ingredients into the Crockpot and walking away. This creamy stew-like soup is perfect with cornbread and a classic wedge salad. Perfect for Leftovers White Turkey Chili is the best way to use up leftovers! Got leftover turkey from the holidays? Toss it in! Leftover veggies from a stir fry? Go for it!...
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Chicken and potatoes are tossed in a quick sour cream ranch sauce, topped with cheese, and baked until golden. Easy Cheesy Casserole This meal is quick to make and we love it because it is not heavily dressed. A bit of sour cream and ranch and ranch dressing is flavored even further with our favorite seasonings. This is the perfect recipe to use up leftovers in your fridge. Swap in leftover chicken, roast turkey, or even cubes of ham....
Ham casserole is perfect for those nights when you want a home-cooked meal that’s easy to make and full of flavor. This casserole is made with ham and pasta tossed in an easy from-scratch cheese sauce. It’s topped with buttery bread crumbs for a great family meal. This casserole is great for using up leftover ham, and you can even add in broccoli or other leftover veggies for an extra boost of nutrition....
A Holiday Staple My absolute favorite thing about the upcoming holiday season is all of the cookie baking that’s coming up in the very near future. While I definitely like to experiment with new and different flavors each year, my heart really belongs to the classics. Chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies, sugar cookies… my favorites are the tried and true. Each year these familiar, well-loved cookies make their way through my oven and out of my kitchen, as does a batch or two (or three…) of chocolate crinkle cookies....
CrockPot Beef Stew is one of my all-time favorite slow cooker meals. This hearty slow cooker stew beef stew recipe is packed with flavor. Tender chunks of beef, carrots, potatoes, and peas (or green beans) are cooked in rich brown gravy. Serve with a side of buttermilk biscuits, crusty bread, or cornbread slathered with butter. How to Make Beef Stew in a Crock Pot I love a classic beef stew recipe, but if I’m not going to be home or want to prepare dinner early, this easy slow cooker recipe is just as delicious....
This copycat recipe for PF Changs rivals anything you could find in a restaurant. Serve this stir-fry recipe over rice with steamed broccoli or bok choy. Easy Take-Out at Home I love Chinese food from chicken lettuce wraps to a simple cashew chicken and even more so when I can make them at home. Making takeout at home is easy and best of all you know exactly what ingredients go into it....
Perfect for dipping veggies, dressing up a tossed salad, or for serving alongside CrockPot Chicken Wings, this simple dip and dressing mix is sure to become an addictive staple you won’t want to leave out! What is Ranch Dressing? Who invented this ranch dressing deliciousness anyhow? Ranch Dressing was invented in the 1950’s by a Nebraska cowboy named Steve Hensen, who perfected the recipe on his own dude ranch. It was so popular that before long he was shipping his ranch seasoning mix all over the country, and Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing was born....
How to Zest & Juice a Lemon! Pin it to SAVE and SHARE it! Follow Spend With Pennies on Pinterest for more great tips, ideas and recipes! What is Lemon Zest? What is lemon zest? Lemon zest is a delicious and fun way to add a bit of citrusy flair to dishes. You have probably seen it used on cooking shows or in restaurants. Perhaps you have wondered how to zest your own lemons....
There is just something about the flavors of blueberries & freshly squeezed lemons that reminds me of spring! With Easter just around the corner I wanted to come up with something different for our holiday breakfast this year rather than just regular ho-hum pancakes! This simple breakfast looks impressive but is actually very easy to make and it totally fits the bill for an excellent holiday breakfast! Whipping up something amazing doesn’t have to be difficult… and using Bisquick Baking Mix makes these pancakes not only quick, but incredibly light and fluffy!...
Slices of rye bread are topped with melted swiss cheese, tangy sauerkraut, dressing, and lots of sliced corned beef. It’s cooked in a skillet (grilled cheese style) until crisp and toasty. I love to make Reuben sandwiches at home, it’s one of my husband’s favorite sandwiches! A Perfect Deli-Style Sandwich A Reuben sandwich is a great way to add a touch of Irish inspiration to your Saint Patrick’s Day dinner, or just a delicious addition to your weekly menu, any time of the year!...
We love pies all year long, Blueberry Pie in the summer, Easy Pecan Pie in the fall and of course Apple Crumb Pie all year long! Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Filling Strawberry Rhubarb Pie was always my mother’s signature dish with fresh summer berries, rhubarb and a hint of lemon zest. To Prepare Rhubarb you’ll simply wash it (discard the leaves, they’re poisonous) and cut it just as you would a stalk of celery....
A rich and creamy soup with loaded with cheddar cheese and topped with all of our favorite toppings we add to traditional Baked Potatoes! Loaded Baked Potato Soup Creamy, dreamy mashed potatoes are added to a savory chicken broth base resulting in this cheesy potato soup. We top this loaded potato soup with our favourite baked potato toppings including crispy bacon, cheddar cheese, sour cream, and green onions. The result is a deliciously rich potato soup that tastes just like those fully loaded baked potatoes we all love so much!...
Crème de cassis or Chambord is added to sparkling wine to give a pretty pink hue and flavors of raspberries or currants. What is a Kir Royale? Kir Royal is a tasty French aperitif made with berry flavored liquor. The classic recipe calls for crème de cassis, a black currant liquor. A superb (though pricier!) variation uses Chambord, a delectable raspberry-based liquor that offers this drink more depth and complexity. You can make your own version of this cocktail based on whatever berry liquer you have on hand....
Pickled jalapenos are one of those Iittle extras that just make a dish pop and they’re crazy easy to make. Jalapenos can be found fresh year-round at almost any grocery store and this quick homemade recipe for pickled jalapenos means they can enjoyed from the fridge all year long! Why We Love These! These Pickled Jalapenos are so easy to make. They only take 2 minutes to cook, and then sit in the fridge!...
While I love to make Apple Crisp in the fall, rhubarb crisp (or Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler) are my summertime go-tos! A saucy fruit filling topped with our favorite buttery crumble baked until golden and bubbly. My friend Val recently shared a big bag of rhubarb with me and as soon as I saw it, I knew I would be making a rhubarb crisp! If you haven’t made a lot of rhubarb desserts, you may be wondering how to prepare rhubarb for crisp....
My favorite desserts, like this apple cake, are those that turn the simplest of ingredients into homemade goodness. This brown sugar apple cake has a soft and fluffy cake topped with caramelized cinnamon brown sugar apples. It’s perfection. This moist fall dessert pairs so well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. An Easy From Scratch Apple Cake This apple cake recipe needs just a few simple easy-to-find ingredients. This recipe makes baking from scratch easy and comes out perfectly tender and moist every time....
Easy Barley Soup Chicken Barley Soup is the dish my grandma used to make. While we most frequently have Beef Barley Soup, I do love the flavor of a rich chicken barley soup recipe as well! Carrots, celery, chicken, tomatoes, and of course barley are all simmered in chicken broth to create this comfort food classic. I love making soup almost as much as I love eating (or slurping) it. Chicken noodle soup, split pea soup… you name it, I am there....
