by Laura
on Aug, 05, 2010
in Mexican, Shockingly Simple, Tried and True recipes, beans, beef

My family loves tacos. They will eat just about any kind. I always like to mix it up when it comes to tacos. Since we eat them frequently it is always good to change it up a little. I decided to create this recipe to help change up taco night at our house. It is [...]
by Laura
on Jul, 13, 2010
in Recipes, Shockingly Simple, Tried and True recipes, breads, breakfast

I made these little babies to go along with the creamy scrambled egg recipe from yesterday. I found it right with the egg recipe in the May issue of Simple and Delicious. I did however, make a few changes to the original recipe. It utilizes a favorite product of mine – crescent dough. These yummy [...]
by Laura
on Jul, 12, 2010
in Pork, Recipes, Shockingly Simple, Tried and True recipes, breakfast, ham

I have a yummy breakfast dish or quick and easy dinner recipe for you today. I found this on in my Simple and Delicious issue from May. This recipe serves up enough for 4 and is budget friendly. So the secret to this recipe is cream cheese. Yep that is it. However, you don’t mix [...]
by Laura
on Jun, 23, 2010
in Mexican, Pork, Recipes, Shockingly Simple, Tried and True recipes, WW, fruit, grilling

I never have really thought about making tacos on your grill. I mean I have thought of fajitas but not tacos. Hello! This is a fun twist on the taco for summer. Where have I been. I adapted this recipe for pork tacos with pineapple salsa from one in the July issue of Family Circle. [...]
by Laura
on May, 19, 2010
in Recipes, Shockingly Simple, Tried and True recipes, dessert, pie

Today I am going to share with you my version of key lime pie. If you have never made key lime pie before it is quite simple, especially with my version. There are 4 key elements to making this pie graham cracker crust, sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks, and lime juice. Those can be found [...]
by Laura
on Apr, 17, 2010
in Mexican, Recipes, Shockingly Simple, Tried and True recipes, chicken, copy cat, crock pot, freezer meal, leftovers

I love Mexican food and I especially love Fresh Mex. There are a lot of places around here that serve just that and Costa Vida is one of them. I have eaten food there but always get the pork. Never had the chicken. I found this recipe over at Your Home Based Mom and had [...]
by Laura
on Apr, 14, 2010
in Recipes, Shockingly Simple, beef, grilling

I found this marinade recipe over at My Kitchen Cafe. It’s actually called Brian’s Awesome Steak Marinade, but I felt a little strange using his name when I don’t know him. Hence the shortened name Awesome Steak Marinade. Typically when I marinade steak, I use more of a savory version. This one is a more [...]