Pork Chops with Cherry Peppers showcases sweet cherry peppers baked with center-cut pork chops. Add some garlic and onion and you have a fabulous dish with terrific flavors. I love dishes that I can finish in the oven, allowing time to clean up or put together sides. This pork chops with cherry peppers recipe fits …
Filipino Fried Rice features rice, bacon, onion, garlic, cabbage, eggs, and soy sauce. It's easy enough to make at home and keeps for days. No fancy ingredients and ready in minutes! You'll love this recipe! DIFFICULTY: EASY YIELD: 10 SERVINGS TIME:1 HR Take-out fried rice is often greasy—it is fried, after all—and tasteless. And for …
Sherry Chicken with Garlic is a quick and easy nutritious meal that your family will love. Sherry and soy sauce add a sweet tang to this chicken dish, which makes it great to serve with rice. This is a recipe that you'll want to add to your regular meal plan. Here are some of my …
Peach BBQ Sauce with Bourbon is sweet and tangy, flavored with jalapeno pepper and sweet onion. This sauce is great slathered on chicken, pork chops, ribs, or even grilled salmon. Barbecue is a religion in the South. We take it seriously, and it's a noun, not a verb. You cook barbecue, you don't barbecue. And …
Southwest Chicken Soup with jalapeno peppers, Anaheim peppers, and Monterey Jack cheese. It's a little spicy and but light and nutritious! You'll love how easy this spicy Southwest Chicken Soup is! There is a bit of chopping with the vegetables, but you can knock that out in about 20 minutes. Then you just put it …
Roasting garlic in the oven is easy and a perfect way to add flavor to many of your favorite foods. While raw garlic is pungent and savory, once you roast garlic in the oven, it becomes mellow and creamy. Have you ever made roasted garlic in the oven? It's one of those things that you …
Homemade Taco Seasoning made with chili powder, onion powder, garlic and other spices is a versatile seasoning mix to have on hand, not just for tacos but for any type of roasted or grilled meat. Try this easy version and get rid of the packet for good! When you're ready to make tacos, the last …
Bruschetta with fresh basil and other herbs, garlic, and balsamic vinegar--makes a great snack or appetizer and keeps for days! If I'm traveling for a party or potluck event, I like to take foods that pack well and can work for easy appetizers or a quick meal. My go-to recipes are pimento cheese, pound cake, …
These Baked Chicken Wings with Honey Garlic Sriracha Sauce are spicy-sweet, sticky, and DELICIOUS! These wings are my family's favorite and we always have them on the table for game day! You know you have a winner when your husband cleans his plate, licks his fingers, and proclaims whatever you've cooked to be, "The best …
Simple, Perfect Guacamole—just avocado, jalapeno and serrano peppers, a little onion, garlic, cilantro, and lime juice. That's all you need to make the best guacamole! Y'all, let me tell you, I love guacamole so much I could eat it every day. I don't, of course, because it's so high in calories, but I could. When I'm …
This apricot-chili glazed fish is tangy enough for adults but sweet enough to be kid-friendly. It's super easy to make and great for a dinner party! Do you make New Year's resolutions? I do, every year. Sometimes I'm successful, sometimes not. This year I've stayed away from my traditional ones of eating better, exercising more, …
Baked shrimp scampi with garlic, butter, and fresh herbs is simple and a great make ahead dinner recipe! When we have folks over for dinner, I like to use recipes that I can make ahead of time so that cooking during the time guests are here is minimal. For that reason, I tend to use …
Roasted baby potatoes with garlic and Italian herbs are crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. Easy to make! What does your family meal time look like? Do you sit down with your kids and have dinner together on a regular basis? If you're juggling sports, after school activities, homework, traffic, …
We had a large Christmas party last year—about 60 people for dinner—and this chicken dish is one of the things I served. I'll share more about the party and menu later, but right now I need to tell you about my new favorite chicken recipe. It comes together relatively quickly and is full of complex …
Chicken is a go-to weeknight dish for many busy moms, and keeping it from becoming boring can be something of a challenge. This recipe is easy to prepare but the complexity of flavors will delight your family and even make for great leftovers. I like to use a whole cut-up chicken, but have also used …
French Quarter Shrimp or New Orleans Barbecue Shrimp with a silky garlic and herb butter sauce that begs for crusty bread. One of our favorite restaurant's is Gumbeaux Cajun Cafe in Douglasville, Georgia. You have to get there early to get a table without waiting two hours, but once you're seated the food fest begins. …
I'm not a fan of chain restaurants. We are blessed with many good, local places to eat where we know the chef and can interact with them and enjoy the food and the atmosphere. However, with that said, if I have to eat at a chain restaurant one of my preferences is Carrabba's Italian Grill. …
Time to step away from the turkey leftovers and create something sublime and spicy in your kitchen. This is by far one of the best things I've ever made. Tender, slightly spicy pork seasoned with chipotle pepper and cilantro, simmered in dark beer and a little lime juice. A rustic Spanish dish that will transport your …
Oven-Roasted Brisket is braised in the oven, low and slow, with onions, garlic, and beef broth. It's tender and full of flavor! When I ask for dinner suggestions from the men in my family, beef is almost always at the top of the list: ribeyes on the grill, hamburgers, pot roast, short ribs—pretty much any …
The major premise behind In In a Southern Kitchen is "doing life together." We practice that at every opportunity, whether with friends or family. It's not uncommon for us to throw together a dinner party for ten or more on the spur of the moment. For those times that we do plan in advance, I like to …
Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic—the garlic mellows in the oven and lends wonderful, rich flavor to the slow-cooked chicken! When you tell someone you're about to serve Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic, you see their eyes immediately widen and you can imagine their thoughts…I won't be able to talk to anyone for days…40 …
Easy ribs baked low and slow in the oven with a barbecue rub. These are fall-apart tender and so easy! Your family will love these ribs! There are few things better than ribs cooked all day in the smoker, low and slow with applewood chips, until they fall off the bone and fill your palate …
Growing up on a farm in middle Georgia, my cousins and I ran wild every summer. We clambered up and down trees, spent hours wading in the creeks and generally found any excuse to stay outside until well after dark. We used to sift through the sandy bottom of Buck Creek to find the shiny, black freshwater mussels — …