I love macaroni and cheese. I mean who doesn’t love macaroni and cheese? It’s like the quintessential comfort food from so many of our childhoods. As an adult, I have come to see mac ‘n cheese as somewhat of a blank canvas. It’s also a great way to use up leftover chicken, pork, beef, veggies….
Carnitas Tamale Casserole
There is this Mexican restaurant my friend Dan took me to in Phoenix and the first time he told me to get the Green Corn Tamale’s with baja sauce which was his wife’s favorite. Wow – were they good. It was my first experience with tamales and I loved them. In fact, he and other…
Slow Cooker Carnitas
Carnitas were never top of my list of things to order at Mexican restaurants until a few years ago, when I was traveling to Charlotte to facilitate new hire training. My co-trainer and I took our new class of associates out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant one night. She had been to this particular…
Pear and Fontina Grilled Cheese
This time of year you can find lugs of fresh pears ripe and ready for canning. I only know that term because we’ve purchased them in years past and brought them home for my mother-in-law to can when she wasn’t able to get them in our hometown. Although you can usually find them year round,…
Grilled Shrimp Po’ Boy
A couple years ago we were searching for a recipe to use to make shrimp po’ boys, but we don’t deep fry a lot at home so we also wanted something a little bit healthier. Don’t get me wrong, I love the golden brown, crunchy, deep fried goodness as much as the next person, but…
Slow Cooker Chicken Gyros
Slow cookers are great for anyone who works full time because dinner is on the table pretty much when you get home. But they are also great in the summer because you don’t need to heat up an oven or turn on the stove. We have come to love slow cookers when we’re hunting and…
