cooking recipes
Easy Dolly's Stampede Chicken Casserole Recipe (5 Ingredients, Creamy & Crispy) My mom still talks about the night we went to Dolly's Stampede in Pigeon Forge. We were laughing, watching the horses, and then they brought out this casserole — creamy, cheesy, with the crispiest golden top I've ever seen. She kept saying, "I need […]
Cheesy Sour Cream Potatoes: The Creamy Baked Potato Casserole Everyone Fights Over Prep 20 minutes · Bake 30–35 minutes · Serves 8 · About $1.05 per serving I made these cheesy sour cream potatoes last Tuesday because I had a bag of potatoes that needed using, and honestly, I wasn't expecting much. But my husband […]
Thyme Tea: The Cozy 10-Minute Herbal Cup Made From Fresh or Dried Thyme Prep 2 minutes · Steep 8–10 minutes · Makes 1 cup · About $0.50 per cup I grew up watching my grandmother tie fresh thyme into little bundles every fall and hang them in her kitchen window until they dried into these […]
Impossible Cheeseburger Pie: The 5-Ingredient Retro Dinner That Bakes Its Own Crust Prep 15 minutes · Bake 25–30 minutes · Serves 6 · About $1.50 per serving My neighbor clipped this impossible cheeseburger pie out of a magazine back in 1976 and never stopped making it, and it's still the first thing requested at family […]
Mayo Parmesan Chicken: The 5-Minute Prep Baked Chicken That Tastes Slow-Roasted Prep 10 minutes · Bake 30–35 minutes · Serves 4 · About $2.45 per serving My husband took one bite of this mayo parmesan chicken and literally closed his eyes. Then he looked at me and said, "We're making this every week now, right?" […]
Easy Sausage Cheese Biscuit Cups Recipe (4-Ingredient Game Day Appetizer) These sausage cheese biscuit cups came out of a potluck last weekend, where I watched three different people come back for seconds without saying a word to anyone. Just quiet, determined return trips to the table, which is the highest compliment a plate of appetizers […]
Pecan Praline Cookies: The 3-Ingredient, Flourless Treat Everyone Asks For Prep 10 minutes · Bake 8–10 minutes · Makes about 20 cookies · About $0.45 per cookie These pecan praline cookies started as a batch for my daughter's school bake sale last weekend, and my husband ate half of them before the sale […]
Ground Beef and Green Beans: The Creamy One-Skillet Dinner That Tastes Like a Hug Prep 10 minutes · Cook 20 minutes · Makes 4 servings · About $2.95 per serving This ground beef and green beans skillet is the dish my mom used to make on the coldest nights, when nobody wanted to leave the […]
Honey Soy Chicken Thighs: The 1971 Skillet Dinner That Still Feels Like Sunday Prep 15 minutes · Cook 45 minutes · Makes 6 servings · About $1.75 per serving These honey soy chicken thighs come from a recipe my mother-in-law clipped from a magazine in 1971 and made every August until she couldn't cook anymore. […]
Chicken Noodle Casserole: The Creamy, Cozy Bake That Tastes Like a Hug Prep 20 minutes · Bake 30–35 minutes · Makes 8 servings · About $1.70 per serving This chicken noodle casserole is the dish my mom used to make on the first truly cold Sunday of fall, and I swear the smell alone could […]