One of our favorite meals to make in the colder months is Nana’s Ground Beef & Vegetable Soup with a Grilled Cheese Sandwich.  Absolutely SOUL warming from the inside out. Soup is one of those things that really needs to cook for a long time to get the flavor just right. […]

        Over the holidays, we ALWAYS make my mama’s Chili Con Queso dip.  It is just so delicious and our whole family just adores it!  Since I got my new instant pot last month and have been making ALL THE THINGS in it, I decided to try and see if I could […]

        It’s been several days since I made these Instant Pot meatballs and I am still in shock at how easy it was.  First of all, let me just say that I absolutely positively HATE HATE HATE frozen meatballs.  I have tried every brand I can find and I can not eat […]

Hi there!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  We sure did over here!  I am still having so much fun testing out my new instant pot.  Just over the past week I have made Mongolian Beef, Mississippi Coke Roast, Chili Con Queso, Baked Potatoes and I finally tried PASTA in it!!! I am a […]

  Instant Pot Mongolian Beef is the best Asian beef pressure cooker recipe on the planet!  It is so easy and delicious.  It is my most popular Instapot Recipe! Skip the take out and have your favorite Chinese meal at home in a hurry!         Edited to add:  This has turned out […]

Instant Pot Mississippi Coke Roast could not be any easier and more delicious! The Insta Pot has this chuck roast fall apart tender in under 1 hour! Absolutely AMAZING! My family LOVES this Roast!         Good morning!!!  Can you believe Christmas is only 3 days away?  I got my Christmas present a […]

The following is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Minute® Rice. Good Morning!!!  You guys it has been so cold and rainy lately.  Here in Alabama, we have the smallest amount of tolerance for cold weather.  I was over it after about 1/2 a day.   One of the fun parts of […]

        Over the past couple of weeks the weather has finally turned cold here in North Alabama.  So of course, like clock work, we have been CRAVING soups, stews and chili.  My whole family absolutely loves soup and grilled cheese!  Not only is it delicious, but it is also frugal, which is […]

Good morning!  Things have been a little more quiet than usual on the ol’ blog because we have had quite the exciting week over here.  On Sunday, my oldest tried out for our local club volleyball team.  It is super competitive and she has only played one year so we were really really excited to […]

Good morning!  We are back to our normal routine after having the kids out of school for Fall break last week.  Whomp whomp. We spent our last day yesterday hiking at Monte Sano and I am moving a little bit slower than normal this morning but it was SO WORTH IT! I was SO thankful […]