Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook

Homey Turkey Cabbage Soup
Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Light and Healthy One-Pot Meals Soup

Homey Turkey Cabbage Soup

Eating Homey Turkey Cabbage Soup feels like eating in Grandma’s kitchen. It makes you feel warm and cozy all over while delivering on flavor. With turkey, cabbage, and other vegetables, it’s a one-pot meal that is also nutritious. This soup recipe uses ground turkey, but leftover turkey works too! This turkey and cabbage evokes the nostalgia of eating at Grandma’s house. It’s cozy and comforting …

Slow Cooker Pork Ribs
Budget-Friendly Meals Main Dish Pork Slow Cooked

Slow Cooker Pork Ribs

If you love an easy crockpot dinner recipe, you will love Slow Cooker Pork Ribs! It produces fork-tender ribs using simple ingredients, and the sauce is so flavorful you will want to smother everything in it! This is a slow cooker recipe that makes dinnertime a breeze! Whether you’re feeding the family or dinner guests, this slow cooker recipe will make your job easy and …

Pumpkin Queijadas
Dessert

Pumpkin Queijadas (Pumpkin Milk Tarts)

If you like Portuguese Queijadas de Leite, you will like these Pumpkin Queijadas. These pumpkin milk tarts are custardy with the flavor of pumpkin, cinnamon, and other warm spices. They are perfect for the fall and winter dessert table. One of the most popular recipes on this blog is Portuguese Queijadas or Queijadas de Leite. Like these pumpkin versions, they are custardy but with a …

Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp
Dessert

Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp

Apple crisp is the ultimate fall dessert. This Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp has sweetened tender apples, the warmth of cinnamon, and the crispiness of buttery crumble. It is sublime served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Apple crisp is one of my family’s favorite desserts. My daughter loves it so much that she sometimes requests it instead of a birthday cake for her birthday. There …

Pumpkin Pie Spice Twinkie Lush
Dessert

Pumpkin Pie Spice Twinkie Lush

You’ve never had Twinkies like this! Pumpkin Pie Spice Twinkie Lush is creamy and luxurious. This cake features chunks of Twinkies layered with cheesecake pudding, sweetened pumpkin cream cheese, and whipped topping. It’s a great addition to Thanksgiving dinner and makes a wonderful treat for the holiday season. You can easily change the sprinkle color to suit the occasion. The best part? It takes 15 …

Rotisserie Chicken Pozole
Chicken / Poultry Main Dish One-Pot Meals Soup

Rotisserie Chicken Pozole

Rotisserie Chicken Pozole is a shortcut version of a Mexican hominy and chicken soup. It’s served with an array of topping options for a comforting meal, Mexican style. Pozole is a soup and a Mexican comfort food that’s consumed for everyday meals as well as for celebrations. My first experience with it was over twenty years ago when my sister made pork pozole. She simmered …

Broccoli and Roasted Butternut Squash Salad
Light and Healthy Salads and Sides

Broccoli and Roasted Butternut Squash Salad

Classic broccoli salad is updated with roasted butternut squash, dried cranberries, and pumpkin seeds to make it a perfect fall/winter side dish. This salad is loaded with texture, color, and nutrition. It’s great for family dinners or for entertaining this upcoming holiday season. Are you looking forward to Thanksgiving and the holiday season? I’m looking forward to spending a little more time with my husband, …

Pumpkin Cookies
Dessert

Pumpkin Cookies

These easy to make Pumpkin Cookies are crispy around the edges with a chewy center. With pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice, they are perfect for fall baking. Plus they are eggless! Hi there! I’m not trying to ignore you! I had hoped to post more, but complications from the blog migration have taken up most of my free time to fix, leaving little time …