Earlier this week, I made up a double batch of taco filling (had 2 pounds of ground beef that was frozen together so I had to do something with it). We had, predictably, tacos with homemade...

I’m headed to a little work/party tonight and thought I’d throw together some stuffed mushrooms.  As the hosts are providing dinner (something Mexican), I thought I’d add a little zing to these...

If you have never roasted garlic before, you’ve been missing out.  The clearest directions I have found for it are here and you simply cannot go wrong with anything Elise cooks.  Read that? ...

Hubby is out of muffins.  The usual is the whole grain banana muffins, but we’re out of bananas, and I didn’t remember to buy any on my last trip to the grocery.  This close to Thanksgiving, no way in hell am I braving the crowds if I don’t have...

This is a recipe I picked up from my mother in law.  It’s one of my husband’s favorites and is everything good about corndogs without the irritation of a stick and with the addition of being able to control the fat and calories.  Baked not fried and...

Hola folks!  I’m thrilled to be hosting Presto Pasta Nights for the second time here at Pots and Plots.  We’ve got an amazing batch of recipes this week. To kick things off, I offer up my spinach and asiago sausage penne.  As I have rhapsodized in...

We went camping over the weekend.  We were supposed to have campfire burgers Friday night but wound up getting off so late that we just picked up fast food on the way down to Desoto State Park, which meant that when we got home, we had that pound of...

I’m really not sure how I have lived in the south my entire life and never had poppy seed chicken casserole before this year.  It is, I am told, a staple at pot lucks.  In any event, I was first exposed to this dish when at a bridesmaids’ luncheon in...