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Southern Italian Chicken Soup

Southern Italian Chicken Soup

I think I have already established the fact that when it’s cold, I make soup! Now that my family eats homemade chicken noodle soup, I thought I’d go out on a limb and make this Southern Italian Chicken Soup that I found in Southern Living. I […]

Skillet Potatoes

Skillet Potatoes

I saw a picture on Facebook the other day from Cast Iron Cooking that showed delicious looking skillet potatoes. I don’t make potatoes often, but I had some leftover from making Low Fat Potato Soup that I wanted to use. I followed the same process […]

Low Fat Potato Soup

Low Fat Potato Soup

I love soup, especially when the temperature dips into the 20s and teens like it is this week! I avoid creamy fattening soups because, well….I just don’t like to eat them. I found a recipe for a low fat potato soup in Cooking Light (January […]

Feta Cheese Rolls

Feta Cheese Rolls

An aunt of mine found a similar recipe for feta cheese rolls years ago in the Atlanta Journal. I’ve always been afraid to work with egg roll wrappers because I thought it was difficult. If I had known how easy it was, I would have […]

Oven Fried Chicken

Oven Fried Chicken

Fried chicken is certainly a comfort food, but as we all know, it is not exactly the healthiest for you. However, like every good Southerner, I had to come up with a version of fried chicken that would pass both the taste AND health test. […]

Mexican Spinach Dip

Mexican Spinach Dip

My sister and I are always looking for new appetizers to make. She turned me on to a very similar version of this Mexican Spinach Dip a few months ago. I’ve made it a couple of times and it is always a huge hit!  Level […]

White Chocolate Naan with Blackberry Sauce

White Chocolate Naan with Blackberry Sauce

After a yummy dinner of grilled chicken wings, my eldest daughter asked me to whip up something for dessert. Now, to understand the craziness of this request you have to understand that (a) I don’t make dessert and (b) I don’t have a sweet tooth. I laughed […]