Roasted Corn and Sausage Stuffed Tomatoes

These stuffed tomatoes are a combination of a couple different recipes. My mom recently sent me this recipe, after making it herself with rave reviews. That recipe calls for chorizo sausage, jalapeno peppers and pepper jack cheese, but I am not a huge fan of spicy food. I was going to try the chorizo and just [...]

Caprese Stacks on Parmesan Crusted Polenta

I love the flavors of caprese salad, so when I saw this recipe for Caprese Polenta Stacks I immediately starred it to make this summer. Then a couple weeks later I saw this recipe for Roasted Tomato Caprese Salad. I loved the idea of roasting the tomatoes and decided to combine the two recipes into what you see [...]

Corn Casserole

I had never heard of corn casserole until I saw Paula Deen make it a couple years ago and I was intrigued. The texture comes out to be like a very soft cornbread, and flavor is slightly sweet from the corn. Overall it is very delicious and though not something I would make every day, [...]

Roasted Garlic and Herb Dip

For this weeks Snack Food Sunday, I am going to post some of the appetizers I made for Thanksgiving. First up is this roasted garlic and herb dip. If you like roasted garlic, you will love this dip! The savory garlic blended with the fresh herbs to creates a creamy spread that is perfect dipping. I served this [...]

Barefoot Bloggers: Herb Roasted Onions (and Potatoes)

The night that I made these onions, I was already planning on having roasted potatoes as well. So when I was looking over the recipe, I figured that the potatoes would be equally delicious tossed in the herb mixture and I was right! We had these with broiled ribeye steaks with garlic chive butter and it was a [...]

Barefoot Bloggers: Vegetable Pot Pie

This Barefoot Bloggers recipe was the second October recipe, and was chosen by Deb at Kahakai Kitchen. I was a bit late in making this, but it was well worth the wait! To me, the best part of a pot pie is the flaky, buttery crust. Naturally, Ina’s recipe did not disappoint. I did make [...]

Barefoot Bloggers: Butternut Squash Risotto

Yay! I am posting this on time! I have been a bit behind with my Barefoot Bloggers posts lately, and I never even made Cream of Mushroom Soup that Chelle picked last month (in my defense though, I despise mushrooms). I honestly was not planning on making this until next week, but my husband is out [...]

Dill Pickles

When I saw these pop up on Melissa’s Blog, I thought they would be so much fun to make! If you even like pickles at all, you will love these. There is something about fresh, homemade pickles that is just so much better than the store bought. Not to mention how pretty they look with [...]

Italian Tomato Cups

I had the menu for our Labor Day Cookout all set, and then I saw these Italian Tomato Cups on Nikki’s Blog and I HAD to add them! They are so cute and so simple to make! These were gone so fast, next time I will definitely make more.

Italian Tomato Cups

2 cups of cherry tomatoes
1/2 [...]

Seven Layer Salad

I had never had seven layer salad before, but after seeing it on Amber and Carrie’s blogs, I thought it would be the perfect thing to bring to a cook-out today. I love how versatile this salad is, I used the vegetables that I liked and layered it in a trifle dish. Everyone at the [...]