This is by far the best simple macaroni salad you will ever have the pleasure of eating. Crisp vegetables in a creamy sauce make this recipe one of our favorite old fashioned summertime side dishes.Are you looking for an simple Macaroni recipe? Well I have one! Here's why I find this to be the best recipe out there:It's super creamy. I like my macaroni salad on the creamier side and even the day after making it, it keeps it creamy-ness. It's super easy to pull it all ... READ MORE
Potato Salad Recipe
How to make a delicious homemade old fashioned potato salad recipe with red potatoes and hard boiled eggs in a creamy mustard celery sauce. This is our go-to recipe for Memorial Day, July 4th and any family reunion. This recipe is best made the day ahead.Most likely as a child I did not appreciate my mother's potato salad. Fast forward to life today and it's the highlight of every big family meal whether it's Memorial Day, July 4th, Easter - whatever the occasion my mother decides to ... READ MORE
Corn and Noodle Casserole
Easy corn and noodle casserole that is sweet with a bit of crunch from the crumble topping made from crackers. Pull this old fashioned recipe together for a unique side for dinner.When I first stumbled onto this corn and noodle casserole I was a bit perplexed. Corn and noodles are not two things I think of going together - most of the time. But like most old fashioned recipes I find these days, they're a bit different but typically very tasty. So I dove in - and loved it!Corn ... READ MORE
Calico Beans Recipe
Hearty calico beans, rich in flavor with the combination of bacon, ground beef, kidney beans, butter beans and pork in beans. Baked in the oven, they're the perfect tender (yet easy to make!) side dish.When I stumbled onto this recipe I immediately knew I had to make it. It reminds of of this slow cooker baked beans recipe. The snow was falling outside during a snow storm and this hearty, warm side dish (that we ate as a main course for lunch) sounded absolutely divine.Packed with ... READ MORE
Easy Traditional Homemade Stuffing
Homemade stuffing made with sage and onion bread cubes. Packed with flavor from onion, celery and butter, this stuffing is the best stuffing you can make in the oven - without the Turkey!I'll be the first to admit that my favorite side to any Thanksgiving dinner is the homemade stuffing. My mom for years has always stuffed the bird with a stuffing recipe that is packed with delicious flavor.But last year when I was a part of a Thanksgiving potluck with our small group at ... READ MORE
7 Layer Salad
Traditional seven layer salad that can be made the night before! This layered salad is bursting with texture and flavor with the onion, green peppers and peas. Topped with a miracle whip dressing that's easy to make!Bacon! Okay, now that I have your attention, I'm sharing a traditional seven layer salad recipe that I found in my grandma's recipe box. It had been awhile since I had enjoyed this salad and to be honest, forgot how good it was!Let's also talk about the fact that this ... READ MORE
Crock Pot Mac and Cheese with Velveeta
A creamy crock pot mac and cheese recipe made with Velveeta. Just throw everything in the crock pot and in a few hours you have the best easy mac and cheese ever!Easy Macaroni and Cheese My grandma cut out this easy Macaroni and Cheese in the crockpot recipe from the newspaper years ago. She decided to make it for my dad when he visited her and bam!... He was hooked. Of course the recipe was shared and this past Sunday I made it again for our church picnic. It is the CREAMIEST ... READ MORE
Poppyseed Dressing Recipe
Homemade poppyseed dressing that is the perfect sweet addition to your salad! Don't be intimidated to make your own dressing when it's so easy to do! Let me show you how.This time of year there's nothing like a fresh salad to make you feel like spring just might be on it's way. When I stumbled upon this homemade poppyseed dressing recipe in my great-grandma's recipe box, I thought I should give it a try. I don't know why I haven't made salad dressing on my own in the past, especially ... READ MORE
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
I ❤️ my instant pot and I also ❤️ mashed potatoes. The combination in making Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes is 👏 🙌 - aka high five worthy.So here's the real question. To peel or not to peel? I've always been a mashed potatoes with peel kind of girl. It's a combination of the fact that I love the texture it adds - without the peel it makes it feel slightly not homemade. Got peel? - you know it's homemade. I also, more importantly, don't like to peel potatoes.I've shared my crockpot ... READ MORE
Instant Pot Mac & Cheese
Easy and fast instant pot creamy mac and cheese made with evaporated milk and Velveeta.I finally took our instant pot out of the box and made instant pot mac and cheese! It's cheesy (obviously), it's creamy and it's a quick recipe that's done in 10 minutes because of the instant pot! Using Velveeta and sharp cheddar cheese it's made with less ingredients than the very popular slow cooker version. It's also made in less time. 🙌Confession time. The instant pot has been in my ... READ MORE
