Pat’s Beach Taco Salad

Pat’s Beach Taco Salad

A favorite beach memory for our family is Pat’s Beach Taco Salad. Nothing about it is beachy, but our family always makes this main dish salad on any given beach week during the summer. Since there are four of us girls, there is a good chance we have included...
Chicken & Rice Casserole

Chicken & Rice Casserole

The recipe for this particular Chicken & Rice Casserole was shared to my daughter from a family friend of her husband’s family.  We have been looped in to that group for family dinners and that is where I first tasted this dish.  Hooked...
Mama’s Sloppy Joes

Mama’s Sloppy Joes

I have ventured back into our Family Cookbook for Mama’s Sloppy Joes recipe.  There is something retro and comfortable about eating sloppy joes.  Do you know what I mean?  I can remember loving them as a child and always enjoyed Mom’s....
Scotch Eggs

Scotch Eggs

National Scotch Egg Day is the nearest Thursday to May 24th–although another source says July 27– so here I am posting the recipe.  If you find out anything else in your research, please let me know in the comments. You can make this now, or on July...
Slow Cooker Taco Beef Soup

Slow Cooker Taco Beef Soup

Now one of our family favorites–even my 3 year-old granddaughter likes it!–this Slow Cooker Taco Beef Soup is a crowd pleaser.  We have to double it when our family of 12 (um, that is grandkids included) gets together for dinner, but that’s...
Stuffed Green Bell Peppers

Stuffed Green Bell Peppers

One of the recipes that I remember from my childhood or teens–who can remember?–is this one for Stuffed Green Bell Peppers.  It’s a great way to get your veggies and how cool is it that you bake this dish in it’s own little...