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Best Easy Grilled Chicken Sandwich – Muffuletta-Style
This is the best, easy grilled chicken sandwich muffuletta-style recipe for you to enjoy on your patio this summer! Is the name Muffuletta or Muffaletta? Tomato, tamatta, muffuletto, muffaletta? There are several ways to pronounce and spell muffuletta. Some theories on the variations are that they stem from the Italian word muffa (mold) or, more likely, from the Latin term muffula (small sack or mitten). How the heck did this become a sandwich? Where did the Muffuletta Sandwich originate? According to Wikipedia, muffuletta has origins in Sicily but is truly unique to New Orleans. The “muffuletto” loaf came to New Orleans from Sicily, where it is used during religious festivities. These loaves are characterized…
Make This Easy Slow Cooker Mexican Style Black Beans Recipe
These Slow Cooker Mexican Black Beans which can also be considered Tex-Mex or Southwest due to the flavors. Start with dried black beans which means they might require a bit more effort than just heating up a can, but it is 100% worth the effort. This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a small commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links. This is at no additional cost to you. Please read my DISCLOSURE POLICY for more info. You’ll find this recipe produces slow cooker black beans that are made with deeply flavorful aromatics and spices which give them a Tex-Mex or Southwest flare. And…
Delicious and Easy Homemade Salsa Recipe
This is such a delicious and easy homemade salsa recipe that you’ll make it over and over. This Hot Stuff Salsa is bright, fresh, and very easy to make, but you control the heat! You can serve it as a condiment with any meal. You might be asking why you should make salsa when there are about 10,342 kinds on the shelves of grocery stores all across the nation. Not to mention those you can pick up at your local farmer’s market! NO, the best salsa is not from a grocery shelf. The Farmer’s Market is better, but it is less expensive to make homemade salsa and you can do…
5 Easy Steps: Host Your Fabulous Budget-Friendly Double Date Dinner
Here are 5 easy steps to host your fabulous Double Date Dinner at home. And this budget-friendly menu will cost less than the price for one couple to eat out at a nice restaurant – wine included!
New Year’s Resolution: A Cooking Challenge
Did you make a New Year’s resolution? Did you think about a New Year’s resolution for a cooking challenge? Maybe you picked some of the standard resolutions like improving your health, weight loss, time for yourself, or self-improvement. Maybe you have a New Year’s resolution to connect more deeply with friends, family, or a significant other? A resolution involving cooking is a great way to start the New Year and meet your goals for better health, weight loss, self-improvement, and connection! And, it might even be a resolution that you can keep! Every year we start over. The calendar starts over. Our dreams get rebooted. Our desires are re-ignited. The…
Grill Out for Labor Day
Heat up your grill for Labor Day! Here is a complete menu and step-by-step guide to help make your Labor Day stress free. This year, well, this year continues to be different. With a nod to recommended size limitations and CDC guidelines for our gatherings, I am grilling out for Labor Day!
Healthy Date Night HOT Off the Grill
Enjoy this healthy date night meal hot from the grill so you can heat up your relationship, not your kitchen. Maybe you need a break, but maybe you really need to shake it up a bit. So how about mixing it up and having a night for the two of you away from electronics, TV, kid talk, boss talk, and worry talk?
How to Bake Bread Without Bread Flour
Three baguettes baked without bread flour
Grill Out July 4th: Patriotic Pork on Your Patio
The fourth of July is coming! The fourth of July is coming! I don’t know about you but on a hot summer 4th of July, I am going to have a gathering on the patio and grill! With this July 4th grilling in mind, I have prepared a Patriotic Pork Menu for you to enjoy on your patio. It is enough for 6-8 to be satisfied and need an afternoon nap.
What to cook for Father’s Day
Father’s Day is upon us! It brings up pictures of dads standing by grills with an ice cold beer and big grin on their faces. The kids are usually more excited about giving gifts on Father’s Day than the dads who are receiving them. You can go all out with gifts, but you still need to figure out what to cook for Father’s Day. Mother’s Day gifts are pretty easy — a nice piece of jewelry or perfume and flowers. Purchasing a “Needed” item is something done at your own risk. But dads are a bit tougher to buy for because the standard sentimental gifts don’t usually apply. Every year…
Grill Out with this Phenomenal Father’s Day Fajitas Menu
Here is a complete Father’s Day Fajitas menu so you know exactly what to cook for Dad’s special day. All the recipes are attached at the bottom of this post. Everything from the appetizer to dessert is included! Appetizer for the Father’s Day Fajitas Menu This is such a delicious and easy homemade salsa recipe that you’ll make it over and over. This Hot Stuff Salsa is bright, fresh, and very easy to make, but you control the heat! You can serve it as a condiment with any meal. You might be asking why you should make salsa when there are about 10, 342 kinds on the shelves of grocery…
How to bake bread without yeast!
How to Bake Bread without Yeast
