I made puppy chow for the first time!  We ate it as a snack during Family Game Night and it was a HIT with everyone! It is SO easy and delicious!  I can’t believe I hadn’t tried it before!    White Chocolate & Peanut Butter Puppy Chow Save Recipe Print Recipe My Recipes My […]

My hubby and the kids and I had our own little Thanksgiving a week early, so that I could photograph some of my recipes for my upcoming Thanksgiving Rocket City Mom article. Since then, we have been enjoying leftover turkey all week, and I have had such a fun time coming up with new turkey […]

 This week I am sharing recipes to use up some of that delicious leftover Thanksgiving turkey!  These pulled turkey bbq sandwiches with homemade barbecue sauce and coleslaw turned out even better than I expected.  This is a great way to use up some of that dark meat!  This meal took less than half an hour […]

Hello!  I have been working on testing Thanksgiving recipes for Rocket City Mom all weekend and I ALMOST FORGOT to post this recipe!  This was what I made my hubby to eat for watching the football game Saturday afternoon, and he could not stop raving about it! He is a huge fan of chili cheese […]

Happy Saturday!  We spent the morning thrifting, the afternoon playing outside and the evening watching Auburn lose.  Boo!  Oh well, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.  😉 Since we were going to be out and about all day, I got up a little before everyone else this morning and prepped dinner in the crock pot. […]

My sister makes this recipe using Tilapia, and since I don’t eat seafood *hangs head in shame*, she makes me this version with chicken.  It is SO easy and tastes like a gourmet entree.   It is also really quick so it is a great weeknight recipe that really makes a special meal!   Lemon-Parmesan […]

I am sure each of you have restaurants in your hometown that makes you feel nostalgia! One of my husband’s favorites was a little Mexican restaurant named Del Toro. We already cracked the code for their Queso Blanco years ago and now, my husband says not only have I recreated their chilli con carne, he […]

Forget your usual caramel apples… White chocolate Glazed Poached Pears will be your family’s new favorite Fall tradition! This was my first time poaching pears and I coudn’t believe how simple this dessert was! It also made my house smell AMAZING! Poaching a pear is simple but looks and tastes so special! A fancy but […]

My kiddos are STARVING when school gets out, but I have learned a long time ago, that if I give them too big of a snack in the afternoon, the chances of them eating well at dinner diminishes greatly.  So a typical afternoon snack at our house is fruit paired with cheese or carrots dipped […]

.   Confession time:  When Uncle Bee and I first got married…. I didn’t know how to cook.  At all.  Nothing.  I finally figured out how to make spaghetti, hamburger helper, tacos and manwiches from the boxed mixes and cans.  We lived off that for a few months.  Uncle Bee wouldn’t have hurt my feelings […]