Side Dishes & Salads

Alan Kimball’s Famous Potato Salad

My Dad’s Potato Salad My Dad makes the BEST potato salad anywhere.  I absolutely hate sweet potato salad.  This recipe is so simple and so good, and it is always a hit wherever I take it.  My Dad hates onions, so his recipe doesn’t have onions in it, but I add them because I like… Continue reading Alan Kimball’s Famous Potato Salad

Dinners · Soups

Gretchen’s Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup

Gretchen’s Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup Our friend Gretchen had us over for dinner a few months ago and she served this delicious soup.  The best part?  In 1 1/4 cups there are only 203 calories! Of course, if you add sour cream and cheese, it will be a little more, but with or without… Continue reading Gretchen’s Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup

Cakes and Cupcakes

Glazed Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake I found this very simple recipe on allrecipes.com and modified it just a tad.  You would never guess that this delicious cake was made with boxed cake mix and some instant lemon pudding.  I was nervous about the pudding adding an artifical lemony taste to the bread, but it did not.  I… Continue reading Glazed Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

chicken · Dinners

Erin’s Pesto Chicken with Parmesan Orzo

Erin’s Pesto Chicken with Parmesan Orzo My little sister is always telling me about this super easy and super delicious dinner that she makes, so I decided to try it tonight and boy is it DELICIOUS!  If you aren’t up to making homemade pesto, you can purchase a small container of it at the grocery… Continue reading Erin’s Pesto Chicken with Parmesan Orzo

chocolate · Desserts · pies

Decadent Chocolate Mousse Pie

Decadent Chocolate Mousse Pie I needed a dessert for the dinner I was hosting to celebrate my sister in law’s birthday and Mother’s Day tonight.  My sister in law loves chocolate, and I remembered a Marie Callender’s Chocolate Silk Pie that my husband is always raving about when we see it in the grocery store,… Continue reading Decadent Chocolate Mousse Pie

Cakes and Cupcakes

Barefoot Contessa’s Angel Food Cake

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Appetizers and Dips

Cilantro Lime Sour Cream

Cilantro lime sour cream This sour cream is an amazingly delicious addition to any Mexican food.  It tastes so great and looks so fancy, everyone will think you went to a lot of trouble, but it is so simple and SO much better than plain old sour cream. Ingredients:1 cup sour cream3 cloves fresh minced garlic2… Continue reading Cilantro Lime Sour Cream