Should I try Home Chef?

October 12, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Over the past few months I have been receiving orders from Home Chef to test out if I like using a meal delivery service. You see the brand ALL over instagram and facebook from dozens upon dozens of my favorite influencers…but is it worth it? That has been the question I was seeking to answer […]

Strawberry Crumble Tart

May 31, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Tis the season…strawberry season! It is that wonderful time of the year where the strawberries are so perfect that you pick too many and wonder what am I going to do with all of these berries. I came across a recipe a few years ago for these strawberry crumble bars and I have tweaked it […]

Homemade biscuits and gravy

January 17, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Very few meals are as nostalgic to me as biscuits and gravy. There is something about that first bite that always takes me right back to sitting around the table with my parents and brothers and thinking for that moment in time all was good. As a kid I was not a fan of sausage […]

Grandmama’s Chicken and Dumplings

January 2, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

As a kid I loved spending time with my grandmama. My memories of her are of making forts and sneaking out to go swimming at the fitness center pool. She was loving and kind and gone far too early. We lost her to Lou Gehrig’s disease when I was in 3rd grade. The older I […]

Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp

December 8, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

I remember the first time I had this particular sauce on shrimp. I was with a friend at Bone Fish Grill in Rogers, Arkansas and it was one of the most interesting flavor profiles I had ever tried. At that point in my life, sauce was ketchup and my palate was basic at best but […]

Quick and Delicious Grilled Pork Chops

November 17, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Need a restaurant quality meal within 40 minutes for less than $4 a person. This is it. When looking ahead at the week and planning meals, we always like to plan for meals like pork chops on days we know will be long or days where we just need to get a meal on the […]

Crockpot Pork Carnitas

November 4, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Have you ever eaten something that is so full of flavor, you swear it had to have been sent from heaven. That is how I feel about pork carnitas tacos. I had never had pork tacos until Andrew and I started dating. Up to that point in my life, I thought a taco was made […]

A Comfort Classic: Chicken Pot Pie

October 30, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Very few things in life scream comfort food to me quite like chicken pot pie. I remember sitting in my dad’s kitchen the first time he made this recipe up and knowing immediately this would be a meal that I would make over and over again. It is warm, flakey and tastes like you spent […]