Chili Mac with cornbread crust is an instant chili mac upgrade. It’s easy to make, budget-friendly, deliciously cheesy, and freezes beautifully too!

This Fried Eggplant sandwich is seriously delicious. Golden brown fried eggplant is layered with lettuce, tomato, and sauteed green bell pepper.

One bite and you’ll be hooked. This sandwich is so, so good!!

When I was asked to bring an appetizer to a friend’s party recently, I decided I’d make a healthy and delicious fresh peach salsa.

The result is this amazingly fresh grilled fruit salsa recipe which can also pull double-duty as a fruit topping for cooked pork chops or even fish!

In 30 minutes you can make this Classic Marinara Sauce that contains no sugar or preservatives, and that is overflowing with love and great Italian flavor!

I’m not sure which part of this Fresh Tomato Tart I love the best! Is it the slices of garden fresh tomatoes and zucchini, the crunchy cornflake crust, or the layer of thyme-infused caramelized onions? 

But, I guess it really doesn’t matter which part is my favorite because all of these delicious elements are incorporated into this pretty presentation! Once you try it, you’ll also be hard pressed to decide which part is your favorite.

Whenever we order pizza from our favorite local pizza joint, 9 times out of 10 we order their garlic lover’s pizza. Since that’s the case, back in 2011, I posted my version of the garlic lover’s pizza we love so much!

Today I’m updating the same post with all new photos and text, but the recipe remains unchanged except for the fact that this time I made my favorite deep dish garlic lover’s pizza in a cast iron skillet.

I wait all year for the what I consider to be summer’s finest harvest…tomatoes!

While you can purchase tomatoes year round in the stores and markets, they can’t, and won’t, ever compare to what Mother Nature gifts us in late July and August. It is for that reason I’m super excited to share with you this tomato recipe roundup! From cherry and grape tomatoes to colorful juicy heirlooms, you’re bound to find some delicious recipes here to add to your tomato recipe repertoire.

Store-bought puff pastry is truly a modern miracle for bakers everywhere. With a minimum effort and fuss, anyone can turn out impressive dishes or desserts that look like they belong in the front window of a bakery or French patisserie.

If you’ve never made your own homemade croutons before I urge you to finally give it a go. The freshness, flavor, and crunch that a homemade crouton provides are about one million percent better than the prepackaged store-bought variety, and they hardly take any time (or effort) to make.

If your family dinner ideas are starting to take a dive, these Kid Favorite Sloppy Gyros Tortilla Boats will have you sailing over smooth waters, with the wind at your back.  I don’t know what I love the most about this recipe for Sloppy Gyros Tortilla Boats. It may be the ground lamb that’s cooked and seasoned …