Ingredients1x2x3x ▢ 4 small baked potatoes about 1 pound, diced into 1/2" pieces ▢ 4 hardboiled eggs chopped small ▢ 1/4 cup mayonnaise ▢ 1/4 cup sour cream ▢ 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice half a lemon’s worth ▢ 1 teaspoon fresh dill minced ▢ 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt ▢ 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Instructions Chop the potatoes and the eggs. Stir together the remaining ingredients in a medium size bowl....

Old fashioned coleslaw with vinegar is a tangy, sweet, crunchy slaw that will keep you coming back for more. With a dressing made from vinegar and oil, it is better suited to picnics and parties in the hot summer months than the perhaps better-known mayonnaise-based versions. Old Fashioned Coleslaw with Vinegar Think of making this old fashioned slaw as being a bit like brining pickles. The cabbage will keep nicely for several days in an airtight container....

This is not your everyday cookies and cream ice cream. (Although don’t get me wrong, I love a great cookies and cream ice cream!) The base of this ice cream tastes just like Oreo cookies, not like vanilla ice cream with chunks of Oreos. Oreos are a weakness of mine and I have to admit that they are very rarely allowed into my house, because I admittedly have NO self-control when they are near me....

Springy, Fluffy Homemade Marshmallows (made without corn syrup) are a treat that everyone loves. These are sweet, fluffy, chewy, marshmallows with flecks of vanilla bean throughout each bite. They’re a nearly snackable marshmallow and my whole family has been enjoying them all week. It is pure decadence and I’ll admit I’ve made more hot chocolate this week than I have in years. I highly recommend stirring together a batch of Peppermint Hot Chocolate to enjoy with your marshmallows....

Creamy, vanilla ice cream swirled with buttery sweet salted caramel and generously sprinkled with chunks of chewy praline pecans is an old-fashioned ice cream lover’s dream come true. Pralines and Cream Ice Cream My grandfather used to take me to Baskin Robbins and he always ordered a scoop of pralines and cream ice cream. I’ll admit that when I was little, I often ordered bubblegum ice cream, but eventually, Grandpa’s creamy ice cream with that caramel swirl and chewy pralines grew on me....

Tender, garlicky shrimp, creamy avocado, crisp vegetables, and a tangy-sweet dressing combine in this irresistible shrimp and avocado salad. Every bite makes me grin when I’m eating this salad. Shrimp and Avocado Salad It takes just a few minutes to cook the shrimp, and the rest of the time required here is spent just prepping the vegetables. You can make this one ahead of time, too, if you want to make it even easier at dinner time....

This is a classic shrimp boil with fresh shrimp, potatoes, corn, and sausage, boiled in a flavorful spicy broth, plus an abundance of additional fresh vegetables! This stovetop shrimp boil is based on my cousin Rick’s crawfish boil recipe which also includes an abundance of vegetables. The vegetables turn out so flavorful, that I’m often left wishing I’d added even more to the pot. Shrimp Boil on the Stove I was determined to recreate our Louisiana crawfish boil as soon as we were home again, but guess what?...

With an abundance of sweet ripe berries, fresh green spinach, chewy pasta, and a bright and flavorful light balsamic dressing, this strawberry spinach salad is an unexpected and delicious pasta salad that is certain to become one of your family’s new favorites. Strawberry Spinach Salad This is not your average spinach pasta salad. With strawberry season on its way (and blueberry season not far behind), this strawberry and spinach salad should be on your radar as you plan your summer meals....

Pulled Pork Tater Tot Nachos start with piping hot cheesy tater tots that are piled high with crispy pulled pork. This dinner is a guaranteed two-thumbs-up meal in our house. Pulled Pork Tater Tots All of my kids would probably choose pulled pork as their favorite meal, especially when it’s served in tacos , enchiladas , pulled pork mac and cheese , or hot and crispy, like in these street tacos....

If you love banana bread even half as much as my family does, I promise that you will love these easy Banana Waffles. They meet the craving for banana bread with a light and fluffy waffle, perfect for any topping you choose. Banana Waffles As with so many recipes, this one was inspired by the ingredients already in the kitchen. A bunch of very ripe bananas met my son’s request for waffles....

Cheese tortellini, salty bacon, and crispy pan-fried Brussels sprouts are smothered in mozzarella cheese to create this Cheese Tortellini Skillet Meal. This meal is truly a cheese lover’s pasta dream come true. Over the past few months, this Sausage Tortellini in a Creamy Tomato Sauce has become a huge favorite with my kids. Because of that, you’ll find a package of tortellini in my refrigerator at any given time. Cheese Tortellini with Bacon and Brussels Sprouts was every bit as much of a hit....

Chicken Cordon Bleu Eggrolls are filled with all the classic Chicken Cordon Bleu flavor I love in a bite-size eggroll. “WOW” was the only the word that actually came out of our mouths when we first tasted these. I didn’t tell my husband what the flavors would be and when he tasted the first one, he just stared at me. I couldn’t help grinning when he told me that they tasted just like Chicken Cordon Bleu ....

Spicy bites of grilled chicken mixed with seriously flavorful rice to create this impromptu Mexican dinner. I made a huge batch of Chipotle Chicken last week and was left with several pieces of chicken after dinner. I combined that spicy chipotle chicken with my favorite Mexican flavors and made my own version of Arroz con Pollo. This recipe turned out even better than I had hoped. My initial sampling turned into almost a full portion immediately after I took the picture....

Give me a brownie and ice cream over pretty much any other baked good and ice cream combination. So, naturally, a bowl of chocolate ice cream generously filled with fudgy chunks of brownies calls my name – loudly. Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream There’s something I simply can’t resist in the classic combination of chewy, fudgy brownies topped with a scoop of melting ice cream. And before we get too far into this mouthwatering recipe for brownie-filled ice cream, let’s not confuse this with the original Brownie Ice Cream – that ice cream = a bowl full of brownies blended into smooth, creamy ice cream....

Put together with a handful of ingredients from the refrigerator and pantry, this was a very quick and simple soup that was a delicious weekend lunch. Dicing the potatoes extra small allowed the soup to be ready to eat in under 20 minutes. Soups are one of my favorite ways to use up small amounts of leftovers in the refrigerator. I resisted the urge to add beans to this soup, despite the fact that I have a well-documented habit of adding beans to just about every single soup I make....

Homemade Butter Mints are old-fashioned, buttery, sweet, minty candies that melt in your mouth like no store-bought candy you have ever tasted. I’ll go ahead and tell you that these innocent looking mints are absurdly addictive. I found myself walking through the kitchen several times today, just to taste one more, and then one more. I used to love after-dinner mints, but I haven’t had one in years. The last ones I tried were dry to the point of being crunchy and the taste was so toothpaste-like I decided not to buy them again....

Lemon Rosemary Potato Salad is filled with fluffy bites of baked potato coated in a creamy lemon rosemary dressing. This potato salad was a big hit with our dinner guests last weekend. We recently moved into a new house and were lucky enough to discover three enormous rosemary plants in the yard. (and by plants, I mean giant bushes four feet across) I’ve been adding rosemary to so many foods lately....

Fluffy cheesecake mousse is layered between salted caramel sauce and a brown sugar graham cracker crust to make this No Bake Caramel Cheesecake Mousse. I could not resist these little jars once they were stashed in the refrigerator. I worked my way through one of the jars, a tiny taste at a time as I waited through the day to serve them at night. This is the best no-bake cheesecake dessert I’ve ever tasted....

A few weeks ago, I asked on Facebook what kinds of recipes you would like to see. Several people requested a citrus vinaigrette; specifically, an orange one. I’m the first to admit that I have a whole lot of salad dressing recipes . Once I discovered how easy it is to make my own, I haven’t purchased a store-bought dressing in years now. I’ve been hooked on this White Balsamic for a while now and between that and our Homemade Ranch , I haven’t made many others over the past few months....

Peach Crisp with fresh, sweet juicy peaches and a cinnamon, brown sugar topping served warm from the oven is a bowl of deliciousness. Warm peach crisp is dessert perfection when topped with homemade vanilla ice cream . I am not sure there is a better combination. Peach Crisp Confession time – baking with peaches used to make me slightly crazy because of the way the peach flesh would attach to the pit....