REESE'S Mini Peanut Butter Pies

This  shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SnackTalk  #CollectiveBias  Though it is officially still a few days off, spring has sprung in the Mid-Ohio Valley!  With that comes the big basketball tournament which means parties and get tog…

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Chipotle Chicken Sausage Stir Fry Recipe

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Mushroom Tortellini in a Brown Butter & Sage Sauce

It's Monday, the sun is FINALLY shining, and the snow is beginning to melt.  All of these things has my mood in a good place, and since Spring is starting to show her face around here, I thought today would be a good day for a Meatless Monday dish! Some people shy away from meatless meals, but…

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Homemade Swedish Meatballs

Every once in a while my husband gets a "hankerin'" for something and asks me to make it.  It doesn't happen very often, but when it does I'm usually happy to comply.  Recently he was craving Swedish Meatballs.  Of course I smiled and said "Sure, I can do that", but…

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Perfect Pasta e Fagioli

Well, it looks like we are about to have another huge winter storm come through the Mid Ohio Valley.  And though I have had my fill of winter already, I have decided to take it all in stride!  So when life gives you the possibility of 10 inches of snow, make Pasta e Fagioli!  Yes, this Italian st…

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Dirty Rice

Sometimes I feel like the humble side dish gets a bad wrap.  You know what I mean.  So many times we just throw something on the plate to compliment an amazing entree, but what if it could be more?  What if a side dish was so flavorful, so filling, yet amazingly simple, that I dare say it could be…

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How to Make Easy Blackened Chicken

Can I be transparent with you for just a moment? This past two weeks have been a NIGHTMARE!  Sickness ran rampant through my home, but I am happy to say that after two trips to the doctor, two prescriptions, and countless over-the-counter medications, I am starting to feel like a human again! With…

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Italian Lentil Soup

I AM SO COLD! I don't know how else to put it!  We have had a lot of snow recently.  Not NEARLY as much as some places, but a lot for us.  And this cold.  It is so brutal.  When the weather is like this I will be honest with you, all I want is soup to eat.  However, soup is not always a hearty…

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Roasted Truffle & Parmesan Fingerling Potatoes

Yesterday I mentioned that chicken is America's go-to protein, and if chicken is our go-to protein, then potatoes are our go-to side dish. I love potatoes.  I really do.  I like them mashed, boiled, fried, baked, roasted, you name it, I love it.  But sometimes potatoes can get a little monoto…

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Lemon Pepper Chicken

Where would the American home cook be without chicken?  Whole chicken, fryer chicken, skinless chicken, boneless skinless.  I would be willing to say that 4 out of the 7 nights a week you will find chicken on the table.  That's why I am ALWAYS on the lookout for quick, simple, but flavorful ch…

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Stuffed Shells

The weather in our area has been crazy.  One day it will be sub-zero temperatures, with tons of snow and ice, and the next day it will be 60 degrees and sunny.  No wonder half of the Mid-Ohio Valley is down with the flu.  I have been lucky enough to escape the flu bug, but I HAVE been battling a n…

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The World's Best Chocolate Fudge Recipe

So here we are, the 13th of February, and it is the last post of my Choc-o-Palooza.  It has been a rough week, but I have pressed through, for you, my precious, precious readers. Oh who are we kidding!  It has been a great week!  An ENTIRE week of CHOCOLATE!  No one in this house has been complai…

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Crockpot Peanut Cluster Candy

Has this been a great week or what!?! I know for me it has, and I KNOW it has for Studhubs!  (He thanks you all for this by the way.)  We have chocolate on every counter of my kitchen, and the hits just keep on coming! Today I am going to share one of my very favorite candies, peanut clusters.  N…

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The Ultimate Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake. I'm pretty sure I could stop right there and those two words would say it all, but this For the Love of Chocolate Cake , oh my, it is taking things to a whole other level.  I first experienced this cake at a church dinner many years ago.  The lady who brought it told me how to …

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Studhub's No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

This week I have decided to change it up a little on the blog. Since it is the week before Valentine's Day, I am going to focus my kitchen energies on all things chocolate!  This came about when Studhubs (aka my husband John) asked me if he could play in the kitchen on Saturday.  I said "…

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Poor Man's Vegetable Beef Soup

What a wild and crazy weekend! I don't even remember what I did Friday, but I DO know that Saturday was emotional to say the least.  If you follow me in Facebook , you know that my husband and I got our first smoker recently.  To christen our smoker we decided to smoke a Boston butt or pork shou…

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Oven Baked Sweet and Spicy Asian Hot Wings

It's Friday, and this Sunday is the BIGGEST game of the NFL football season, the Super Bowl!  And when I say Super Bowl I KNOW the first thing that comes to your mind is WINGS!  Oh man, who doesn't love a good chicken wing?  However, when you are planning a party, you don't want to be s…

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Crockpot Lemon Chicken

So as you know, a couple of weeks ago, I took a winter trip to Virginia Beach. If you follow me on Facebook , you will also know that I literally spent an entire day going to posh kitchen supply and grocery stores.  While you are perusing around these establishments, you can bet your bottom dollar t…

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Nachos Supreme Recipe

Okay, it's been a busy week.  You've had work, errands, housework, the kids had a thousand places to be.  You barely had time to make dinner.  However, here you are, Super Bowl Sunday and YOU HAVE NO SNACKS!!!  What are you going to do!?!  You HAVE to have snacks for the big game!  Don…

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Beer Braised Short Rib Chili

The play-off games are over and we have all been dealing with the news frenzy over deflated balls.  And no matter what side of the controversy you stand on, Super Bowl XLIX is coming, so it's time to start planning that game day menu.  For me, nothing says football food like beer and chili, an…

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Spinach and Goat Cheese Frittata

If I had to pick what my favorite day of the week is, I would HAVE to say it is Saturday.  Why you ask?  It's because Saturday is the ONE DAY that my husband and I are home, together, with nothing going on, nowhere to go, it is our one day that we can just stay in our pajamas if we want and wat…

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Homemade Lasagna

I have openly discussed with you that I struggled with cooking in the early years of my marriage.  So when I got to the point where I was feeling confident in the kitchen, I wanted to take on one of my very favorite dishes, Lasagna !  Honestly, what is there NOT to love about lasagna?  It's chee…

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Perfect Pan Seared Scallops

I spoke a little about my recent trip to Virginia Beach yesterday, but one thing I didn't mention is that, for my birthday dinner, my friends took me to this great sea food buffet called Captain George's .   I will be honest with you.  I was a little...how do I put this...frightened.  That…

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Crockpot Teriyaki Meatballs

I had the best weekend!   You see, my best friend's birthday is in September.  Her mother's birthday, who I'm also very close to, is in December.  Then you have my birthday in January.  Throw Christmas in there and you have a lot of gift buying and giving.  So a few years back we decided…

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Apple Cider Roasted Pork Shoulder

Along with blogging, I also write for a couple other places.  One of these platforms is Clutch MOV , an online lifestyle magazine for the Mid-Ohio Valley.  This fall I wrote and article featuring Hidden Hills Orchard for them, and in that article I shared this amazing recipe for Apple Cider Roasted …

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General Tso's Chicken

During the holidays I ate all of this rich food.  Then, after the holidays, it was "How on earth can I use up all of these leftovers?"  After that it was a period of just going on a cooking strike!  However, man can NOT live on fast food alone, so it's time to get back in the kitchen …

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Homemade Gnocchi w/ Peas and Bacon

Growing up, I was the oldest of 4 children, my great-grandmother lived with us, and we ALWAYS had a friend or two hanging about.  It was nothing for my dad to use an entire 5 pound bag of potatoes when making mashed potatoes for dinner.  I think that's why I ALWAYS make too much.  You see, goin…

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Made-From-Scratch Brownies

I have openly confessed that baking is not my favorite thing to do.  It's not that I am bad at it, it's just so very technical.  I am definitely from the "a pinch of this, a dash of that" breed.  That's why when I DO bake it needs to be something easy and fool-proof.  One thin…

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Scalloped Potatoes w/ Ham

I'm finally coming to the end of the leftover holiday ham in my freezer!  I don't know why my family insists on making one every year, none of us really eat it.  *LOL*  But, alas, my parents make it and I refuse to let it go to waste so I will transform it in as many ways as I can.  I'l…

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How to Make Homemade Sesame Noodles Recipe

*This Post Contains Affiliate Links* You may or may not have noticed this, but one of my favorite forms of cuisine is Asian food.  I love it!  I love the flavors, the scents, the textures, everything. Here in the Mid-Ohio Valley we have a plethora of Asian restaurants to choose from, but the reality…

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Chicken Tortilla Soup

It has been such and great morning!   As I awoke, I peeked under my blind to find that my entire town had been blanketed in a winter wonderland!  Yes, it is our first big snow of the year!  I had originally planned to post something else today, but I can't think of ANYTHING I would rather eat on…

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Chicken Piccata

I get so excited when I go to a restaurant, try something new, love it, but think it is going to be really difficult to make at home because it has a fancy name.  Then you do a little research and realize it's really, REALLY easy!  That's the story behind today's recipe.  Two Christmase…

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