Category Archives for Recipes

Chicken Enchiladas – Budget-Friendly Recipe

A closeup of freshly baked chicken enchiladas with fresh cilantro sprinkled on top.

These creamy chicken enchiladas are a weeknight dinner staple at our house. I often make them when we have leftover chicken from another meal. Okay, confession time … I buy and cook extra chicken when it’s on sale to have for additional meals, including this chicken enchilada bake. I love that I’m able to put […]

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Chicken ala King

Chicken Ala King over puff pastry

Chicken ala king seems fancy, especially when served over puff pastry. But here’s the thing, it’s actually a pretty easy recipe. If you don’t feel like puff pastry, serve it over rice. We had this every year for Christmas at my grandmother’s house. She’d buy these fancy puff pastry shells, bake them up and spoon […]

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Pear Cake Recipe Using Fresh Pears

Pear cake in a cast iron skillet

We are not big pear eaters. I hardly ever buy them, so a pear cake recipe, using fresh pears non-the-less, may surprise you. There’s a bit of a story here that also illustrates a couple of frugal living principles perfectly. Hang in there with me and we’ll get to the cake recipe shortly. Doesn’t that […]

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Iced London Fog Latte Recipe

Iced London Fog Latte

My daughter’s favorite tea is Earl Grey. A few years ago, I came across a recipe for London Fog. It’s a hot Earl Grey Latte that’s often sweetened with a little honey. With the temperatures rising here in the south, we thought it would be fun to come up with an iced version of her […]

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How To Make Iced Mocha At Home

A mason jar of iced mocha topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup.

With temperatures starting to climb, I’m ready to change things up in my coffee routine and this homemade iced mocha fits the bill perfectly. If you’ve been a reader and newsletter subscriber for some time, you know how much I love my coffee. While I still prefer black, hot coffee first thing in the morning, […]

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Homemade Apple Pie Recipes

Freshly baked apple pie, shown here baked in a cast iron skillet, but could also be baked in a regular pie tin.

There’s a reason they call it “As American As Apple Pie”. We have certainly perfected this simple little treat over the years. Below you will find two of my favorite homemade apple pie recipes. The first is a little more involved (but certainly well worth the little extra effort), while the second recipe is easy enough even […]

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