One of my favorite quick and easy dinner recipes is a basic chicken salad. Not a lot of thought or hard work but still tasty and filling. So the other day I was hungry for a good chicken salad but wanted to do something other than my standard grilled chicken on top. That’s when I […]
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Homemade Taco Seasoning Mix
Recently I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could start making my own homemade taco seasoning mix instead of using the store bought packets full of preservatives and sodium. So on my continued quest for healthier eating, I decided I’d prefer to be able to pronounce everything in my taco seasoning mix instead of […]
Chocolate Chip Cupcakes With Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
These simple cupcakes start with a yellow cake mix as the base and definitely will satisfy anyone’s chocolate cravings. I recently bought “The Cake Mix Doctor Returns” cookbook and this was one of the cakes in it. I thought they’d make great cupcakes. With the basis of this recipe being a boxed cake mix, you […]
Cherry Almond Ice Cream
My inspiration for this particular ice cream came from one I’ve had at Bruster’s a few times. They make a creamy vanilla ice cream that has whole maraschino cherries in it. However there’s not that many cherries in it, at least for my liking, and I thought it could use a little something extra. That’s […]
Spicy Southwestern Bean Salad
Sometimes I just get so tired of the same old side dishes like rice or potatoes. So, I was looking for something different when I came across this cold salad recipe at Kalyn’s Kitchen. It had everything that I like in it but I had to do a bit of convincing on my husband’s end. […]