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Cocktails That Will Impress Your Valentine
Impress your Valentine this year with one of our delicious Valentine Cocktails. Let’s face it, life is hectic! Sometimes it’s all you can do to get dinner on the table for your loved ones, let alone make a nice romantic dinner for you and your significant other. Well whip up one of these yummy Valentine’s Day cocktails, sit down with your Valentine and take at least a few moments to have a drink together. We promise you will impress your Valentine with one of these. Make it a great day, you deserve it! Tracey White Strawberry Sangria Ingredients: 1 (750 ml) bottle dry white wine, such as pinot grigio or…
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Simple Homemade Tortillas
Simple Homemade Tortillas These tortillas come together so quickly and easily that you will be wondering why you ever bought them from the store. We were just talking the other day about how Aileen’s family goes through Tortillas like crazy which made me think…. “Why are we buying these things? They can’t be THAT hard to make.” We are both all for being able to make something that doesn’t have all the chemicals “unpronounceable ingredients” in it. Here is a recipe for flour tortillas that I found originally at Jazibe’s Recipes. Easy…easy…easy! These are not very flexible when cool so try to warm them before using them. makes about 35…
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Really Easy Oven Roast Chicken
Really Easy Oven Roast Chicken Chicken is a staple in our house. We eat it in so many things and so many ways that we always have it on hand. I usually have boneless skinless breasts and thighs as well as bone in thighs in my freezer along with bags of cooked shredded chicken. I’ll let you in on a little secret, I get my chicken through Zaycon when they deliver to our community. It is excellent quality and you can’t beat the price. *Unfortunately Zaycon is no longer an option for Chicken. You can read more HERE Sorry, I get so excited about chicken because of its versatility I…
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Healthy Buffalo Cauliflower Bites
Two Southern Sweeties Healthy Buffalo Cauliflower Bites Have y’all seen how Cauliflower has become the new go to for healthy eating? There are recipes for everything cauliflower… Honey Garlic Baked, Parmesan Roasted, General Tso’s, Riced, Mashed and of course Buffalo. I have been trying to get more veggies into our diet and since Tom and I love cauliflower and anything Buffalo flavored, this was what I decided to try. I was a bit skeptical that it would actually be good because I am so used to eating Buffalo Chicken Wings, I just didn’t see how this was going to satiate my craving for them. Well………….. I was so wrong!!! This…
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Foil Packet Potatoes
Foil Packet Potatoes Quick and easy potatoes that cook right along with your meat on the grill. No need to heat up the house. When you are enjoying a beautiful day outside on the deck or in the yard, who wants to have to go inside to cook dinner? Well now, you can stay outside with everyone else. These potatoes make it easy to cook your entire meal on the grill, not just your meat or fish. We just had a beautiful deck put on our house and I definitely didn’t want to go inside to have to cook dinner. Truth be told, I will probably be living on the…
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Derby Style Pie
Derby Style Pie Unfortunately, the Kentucky Derby has been postponed this year due to the Coronoavirus. It will be run in September instead of May. But….that doesn’t mean that we can’t still enjoy his wonderful Derby Style Pie. When I was growing up, my Mama and Daddy had race horses. Now they were pretty good, but of course never made it to the “Derby”. My parents loved going to the track to watch our horses run. Heck, my daughter Brianna, was just a baby when we would get her all dressed up and go to the track to watch the horses. Needless to say, the Kentucky Derby was sort of…
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Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
We will show you how to make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs both on the stove top and in the Instant Pot ( pressure cooker ) With Easter just around the corner, I thought I would share with y’all my way to have perfectly cooked hard boiled eggs. I absolutely LOVE eggs, especially hard boiled ones. They are wonderful for a quick morning breakfast or for an easy, healthy snack. I have tried just about every trick and way of cooking these little beauties, and there are a LOT. Today, I’m going to share with you how I cook them both on the stove top and in the Instant Pot! They…
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Super Simple Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Two Southern Sweeties Super Simple Slow Cooker Beef Stew { Our blog posts contain affiliate links. These don’t cost you anything, but they allow us to continue running this site and providing free content for our readers.} It’s a bit chilly here in North Carolina right now. These are the perfect days for a nice hearty dinner done in the crock pot. This stew is not only easy to make but it will keep your family, yes even the kids, coming back for more. This beef stew recipe absolutely has a kick and more vegetables than your kids will ever guess. This is awesome with a hearty crusty bread. Our…
