Chocolate truffles are rich and creamy mouthfuls of soft chocolate. Truffles in the stores, if you can find them often are very expensive, but with a little time and patience, you will be making sumptuous chocolate truffles for the people you love the most.

Years ago, I used to make lots of chocolates for the holidays. [...]

You can make your nachos extra special like Mitzi’ does by making her own specially spiced refried beans.  Mitzi entered our first Super Bowl recipe contest and we wanted to share her recipe with you.   Nachos are wonderful, you can add all sorts of toppings to these nachos, guacamole, sour cream, peppers, olives, well you [...]

Here is Kim’s entry for our first Super Bowl recipe contest, for chicken bites that are wrapped in bacon, and dredged in a brown sugar and spice mixture, that is wrapped with bacon.  Talk about delicious!  Sweet and salty flavors go well together.  These are perfect to make for your next party.  
1 pound chicken tenders, [...]

Sharkie, was our winner of our first Super Bowl Recipe contest. This is her recipe for the Casa Ole Green sauce. This isn’t the real recipe, but, we all think it tastes very much like the real recipe. If you have never had the green sauce that is in many Mexican restaurants, it is a [...]

This year we had our first recipe Big Game contest. Stephanie, not me, was one of the ladies out entered one her favorite recipes. Her recipe is not quite your typical cheese dip. What I really liked about her cheese dip was the use of real cheddar cheese, instead of Velveeta. [...]

I loved all of your comments on what you are serving for the big game day!  I loved the idea of cooking contest during halftime.  What I liked most is that a few of you shared your recipes with us.  Now I want to do something more, I want to feature the 4 recipes that [...]

Have you ever been walking through the mall and dared to walk by Cinnabon? For me the pungent scent of cinnamon wafting through the air is simply irresistible. If you can ever make it past their delicious cinnamon rolls, you may notice that they have light and crispy Cinnabon stix. The Cinnabon stix are a [...]

This will if you post your Super Bowl ideas here, you will get a chance to win a free copy of Tips Cooks Love: Over 500 Tips, Techniques, and Shortcuts That Will Make You a Better Cook! .  On Saturday I will pick a winner, and maybe notify you that you have won! It is free [...]

There is something about the Macaroni and Cheese, it is a comfort food most find difficult to resist. Personally, I know once I have spotted macaroni and cheese, it often ends up on my plate. The Outback Steakhouse has a macaroni and cheese recipe many people have requested in the past.  The recipe is only [...]

I had the pleasure of spending a week with many talented and knowledgeable food bloggers recently.  We spent a week talking about so many things, how to write recipes that will make you run into the kitchen to make what we are seeing, and we spent time making new friends.  One thing is for certain, I [...]

This recipe has a special story for me.  First off, I had been using this pumpkin dip for a few years, it tastes like pumpkin pie, but better, because it has cream cheese inside.  This dip goes well with ginger snaps, apples, and anything else you want to dunk in here.   I had been making [...]

This is a recipe that I have seen many times floating around for a couple of years now.  These are so easy to make.  I brought these to the office holiday party that they had at work today.   Easy to make, and they taste delicious, these truffles are much easier to make than the chocolate [...]

Taco Bell makes delicious tacos.  You can make these fresh for your family anytime with our recipe.  This meat can be used for a topping with nachos, inside burritos, and so much more.
Meat Mixture
1 1/3 lbs lean ground chuck
1 1/2 tablespoons masa corn flour
4 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon [...]

We all have favorite recipes for Thanksgiving that we like to make.  Here are a few of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes.  For me there are a few must haves at my table.  Pumpkin pie, which for years I have just made the recipe on the back of the pan of canned pumpkin.  The famous Green Bean [...]

Creme de Menthe brownies are easy to make, and taste like you put more effort into them than what you really do.  This is a wonderful way to bring box mix brownies to a new level.   Simply bake the brownies, and add something more for a cool and refreshing taste.  I like to take these [...]