Cajun Grill Packets

It’s grilling season! It is finally warm outside and if you follow my posts at all you know how much I love to grill, I wanted to make something totally new and I had the idea of a Cajun style recipe. This is a pretty simple recipe and it can be changed and adapted depending…

Pepper Beef Stir Fry

Recently I got a wok and now it is one of my new favorite things!! I have always wanted one and always kept an eye out for one.  When the shut down happened me and my family stuck pretty close to home so I decided to just go ahead an order one.  The day I…

Sausage Gravy

I love breakfast food, normally not at breakfast time, so every now and then my family and I make a ridiculous amount of breakfast food together for dinner. Normally these meals involve bacon, waffles, eggs, and of course biscuits and gravy. Biscuits and gravy are one of those foods for me that I can eat…

Grilled Cajun Chicken Quarters

I love to grill and it is finally grilling season! I did have to fight some strong winds last night but it was all worth it for this dinner! This recipe has turned into one of our family favorites, especially because I cook them long and slow so it gives us a bunch of time…

Lemon Pepper Pork Chops and Gravy

Hello all from lockdown!! Yep, we are still social distancing so I am still making recipes with things I happen to have already. This is a nice recipe to make on a cold rainy day, which here in Indiana we have had quite a few recently. It doesn’t require too much and none of the…

Quarantine Shopping

This is such a strange and challenging time in our history…the fight of a virus and lockdown. Since grocery stores are still open I thought it would be a good idea to put together a shopping list of things that can get you through a large span of time. Keep shopping trips only once in…

Chili Chicken Stir Fry

  Well, I am writing to you from quarantine, and more then likely you are reading this while you are doing the same. I try to keep my pantry stocked up pretty well so I have a few things stored away for meals. I will say there is a high possibility you won’t have a…

Kitchen Thoughts Vol. 4

There are many days I just don’t want to cook, you may ask yourself why? Since after all, I do enjoy it so much. I think with everything sometimes we just don’t have the energy, in my case I don’t want the mess…or in some cases I don’t want to clean the mess in my…

Beef Pot Pie

It was a cold and snowy day and I wanted to make something to warm up the family. I took a look what I had and turned out I had the things I needed to make beef pot pie! This recipe isn’t difficult it just takes some time, so if you have a slow Saturday…

Leftover Holiday Turkey and Noodles

Now that the holidays are upon us we are all going to end up with leftovers, and if you are like me you hate to waste food! One thing you can do even if you have just a small amount of your turkey left is turkey and noodles!! You need to have some bones left…