Hello, my name is Christy. I am a mother of three girls, lover of photography, dobermans, cooking, and creating new recipes. Come take a peek into my crazy life.
My husband is a big fan of hot wings. He’s kind of picky about how the wing is prepared. He likes a little breading, but not overly done. And that breading cannot be soggy. He likes a nice fried wing and a sauce that has a kick, but not so hot you can hardly eat … More Hot Wings at home
If you are a fan of the classic TV show Seinfeld, then you know what I’m talking about when I say “No Soup for you!” If you don’t know, then you need to Google it right now and watch it and then remember to come back to read this post. Seinfeld is definitely at the … More No meat for you! Corn Casserole
Another meal we enjoy in our house is nachos. When I make tacos, I reserve some of the cooked taco meat for what we call “Super Nachos” in our house as a meal on another night. Last week, instead of making the Super Nachos with beef, I used up some of the pulled pork again. … More Super Nachos in the house!
What are we going to do with all this pork? If you saw my first post ever on the blog, it was about smoking a pork shoulder. To catch you up, basically I smoked an 11 lb pork shoulder last weekend so this week I had to think of some recipes to use up the … More Pulled Pork Stew with Green Chilies
Smoking pork is my preference, but sometimes it’s -5 Degrees out or you just don’t have a grill or smoker. Here are some ideas for cooking a pork roast in a slow cooker or in oven: You will definitely have to use a smaller pork roast if using a slow cooker I’d say 5 lb … More Slow Cooker and Oven Pulled Pork
Yesterday was National Dog Day! Did you miss it? I loved seeing all the pictures posted of faithful furry friends. If you know my husband and I, you know we adore our dogs. We were both raised with dogs growing up and learned early on the special comfort and companionship that a dog brings. Since … More In Our House, It’s National Dog Day Every Day
I thought I’d write a little post about my blog name and how it came to be. I have been wanting to start a blog for over a year now, but just put it off and told myself I’d get to it someday. Well, sometimes you need to just make your someday today and go … More What’s with your blog name?
Have you ever been talking about a certain food and then after that conversation, you can’t seem to get the food out of your head? My mom and I were talking about this tomato bisque soup she had in KS while visiting my brother and sister-in-law. It was from a grocery store deli. As she … More Creamy Tomato Basil Bisque Soup
I think I should start charging our neighbors a “smelling fee” with the lovely aroma that came from our backyard today. No, it wasn’t dog poop, most of that had been picked up already. It was the tender fall apart pork shoulder I smoked on our grill. I have a fairly cheap electric Brinkman smoker, … More Here Piggy Piggy
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