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Bloomin’ Onion Chaffles with Sauce
Copycat recipes are so much fun, especially when they keep you on your health journey! This Bloomin' Onion Chaffle with sauce will not disappoint, Outback fans! In recent recipe posts from me, you may have seen a common theme: Low Carb. Yes, I'm one of...
Christmas Cranberry Relish
This recipe was originally posted on December 19, 2013 on our old blog. I am sharing it this week in case you would like to include it in your Christmas dinner. Also, I am quarantining (COVID-style). “No cooking for me–2 weeks!”–well, 10 days, but Seinfeld...
Cilantro Lime Rice
As promised, here is the recipe for Cilantro Lime Rice, which has got to be part of your Costa Vida Sweet Pork Salad. Or burrito. You choose. I think you might want to serve it as a side to some other meal or Tex-Mex entree. This is absolutely...
Garlic Black Beans
Remember last week when I shared a copycat recipe for the Costa Vida Sweet Pork Salad? And I promised to post the other components of the salad? Well, here you go! Today's post is all about those delicious Garlic Black Beans that are a must for this...
Amy’s Indiana Corn Casserole
This week we are highlighting Amy's Indiana Corn Casserole, one of the recipes from our original blog. Sista, I wish I had tried this years ago--it is flippin' delicious! You know what is really cool, besides the fact that this is a really good recipe and it was...
Copper Pennies
This Copper Pennies recipe has been passed down in our family for decades, and has been used mostly at Thanksgiving--at least by my Mom and me. Not sure how my sisters feel about it, actually. I should ask them this week. We are finally taking a...
Bread & Butter Pickles
As pickles go, Bread & Butter Pickles are probably my favorite, although I do like the sliced Clausen dill pickles on sandwiches. I like the crunch and they have the perfect "dill-ness". Anyway, back to the Bread & Butter Pickles--and have you ever...
Fresh Zucchini Fritters
I'm having a lot of fun trying to come up with different ways to use our garden harvest and this Fresh Zucchini Fritters recipe is helping out in the zucchini department. Fortunately, I am not at the "bake a zillion loaves of zucchini bread and freeze it" phase...
Broccoli Salad
Chances are you've had this Broccoli Salad before. There are a few variations on it out there, even low-carb versions if you're going sugar-free. Whether you decide to go with or without sugar, it's still delicious. I've done both. (Currently keto,...








