This restaurant style salsa is made with fresh ingredients, is bright and fresh, easy to customize the spiciness, and takes about 5 minutes to make. I'm a sauces and salsa kinda person... Are you? I always love going to Mexican restaurants (or any restaurant for that matter) and love to eat chips n' salsa. Sometimes I rant and rave about the homemade salsa, and sometimes I complain (to my husband only of course) when you can taste that it is jarred salsa. Don't get me wrong, there ...
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Grilled Chicken Fajita Nachos
These grilled chicken fajita nachos are beyond delish! Chicken, peppers, and onions all grilled to perfection then topped on top of tortilla chips with cheese and optional toppings have these nachos out of this world! I guess I'm on a nacho kick... First, it was these Easy Sheet Pan Nachos and now it's these grilled chicken fajita nachos. My hankerin' for nachos is completely satisfied (at least for now!). ;) These chicken fajita nachos are: easy to make, totally delicious-like to ...
Homemade Fajita Seasoning Mix
Make homemade fajita seasoning mix with seasonings you probably already have in your cabinet. Only takes a minute and you can ditch those packets! I'm in love with anything fajitas lately! Do you love fajitas too? Good. We can be best buds then. ;) Sometimes I prefer shortcuts in the kitchen when it's a time saver (like say a seasoning packet) that we used to make Easy Sheet Pan Nachos, but preferably I actually like to make my own seasonings instead of buying packets. It's ...
5 Minute Old Bay Spiced Shrimp
These old bay spiced shrimp take less than 5 minutes to make and are seasoned to perfection with 4 simple ingredients! Mmmmmm shrimp. I'm a lover of any and all kinds of shrimp. Are you? I'll take them any way that I can get them: fried, steamed, boiled, broiled, as my dinner or even as an appetizer. I just love shrimp that much. What I love so much about these old bay spiced shrimp is that they literally take less than five minutes to make and are downright delicious. They are ...
Homemade Cocktail Sauce
This homemade cocktail sauce is quick, easy, and thrown together in one minute and is seasoned to perfection. I'm a lover of cocktail sauce... On everything. Especially any steamed, fried, or broiled seafood. It's just so darn good. :) I actually absolutely love to dip my french fries in cocktail sauce. Does that make me weird? No? Good. Because if you've never tried it, just try it once. So. darn. good. Period. Now, there isn't anything wrong with buying store-bought cocktail ...
Easy Sheet Pan Nachos
These easy sheet pan nachos are great as an appetizer for a crowd or for a quick and easy dinner! Easy sheet pan nachos.... Mmmmmmm....that's all I can really say. Ha! These are so delicious I made them twice last week. Not only are they delish they are really easy to make, and easy may even be an overstatement here, my friends. We're talking taco-seasoned ground beef, cooked and crumbled, topped with freshly grated sharp cheddar cheese baked to perfection all on one sheet pan right ...
Easy Chicken Alfredo with Penne Pasta
This easy chicken alfredo is so simple to make and a great meal for those busy weeknights! Raise your hand if you need a quick and easy weeknight meal? ...***raises hand. This easy chicken alfredo with penne pasta fits that bill. Sometimes I just want a quick and easy meal that isn't take-out and still tastes delicious. Again, this one fits that bill too. It's so easy that the kiddos can even help with this one. My little one, Nanette, loves helping me salt the pasta water, then ...
How to Salt Pasta Water
Salting your pasta water is important! Here's a step-by-step guide on how to salt pasta water. Which camp are you in? Theres usually two camps when it comes to salting pasta water. Camp #1: the non-salters of pasta water and camp #2 the salters of pasta water. I'm in camp 2. And you totally should be too. ;) On back of every single box of pasta, it says to salt the pasta water, but did you know that not one package that I can ever find actually tells you how much to salt to salt ...
Lemon Butter Chicken in Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce
Lemon butter chicken thighs seared to perfection and finished in the oven in a finger-licking good garlic parmesan cream sauce. Y'all I can't even... This lemon butter chicken in garlic parmesan cream sauce is top-notch. The chicken is seasoned and seared until golden brown and placed into a garlic parmesan cream sauce that will have you slurping it up right out of the pan. The garlic parmesan cream sauce is so delightful it may not make it to the dinner table. ;) We're talkin' ...
Roasted Ranch Potatoes
These roasted ranch potatoes are perfectly seasoned with ranch seasoning, butter, and olive oil, and then roasted to perfection in your oven. Looking for an easy and delish side dish? Look no further. These roasted ranch potatoes are exactly what you’re looking for. They are easy to make and best of all there’s only 5 ingredients. Booya. The potatoes are seasoned in ranch seasoning, butter, salt, and olive oil before being roasted to perfection in the oven. They’re so ...
Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stew
This easy slow cooker beef stew is so simple. Just add everything to the slow cooker, turn it on, and it produces a rich tasting and deep beef stew. Sometimes you just need a good beef stew... And this one fits the bill. Locked and loaded with veggies and chuck beef roast, they are slow cooked in a deep, dark, and rich sauce that you will want to slurp up. That's right up my ally. This slow cooker beef stew is so easy to make too. There's no searing the roast (who wants to wash ...
Timeless Chewy Sugar Cookies
These chewy sugar cookies will rock your world. They are soft, chewy, and delightful! Sometimes cookies are life... Amiright? I've got to be. ;) I love me all kinds of cookies, like chocolate chip, soft gingersnap, and these chewy sugar cookies. Now, don't get me wrong, all cookies are delish, but my favorite are soft and chewy type cookies and these don't disappoint, my friends. They don't. They are soft, sugary, chewy, and scrumptious. They will definitely satisfy any 'ol ...