I have had Orange Marmalade on my “to do” list for a long time. My mother and I finally got some time away from paper work; we own a family plumbing and heating company (McGuire Plumbing and Heating), the men do the plumbing and we do all the paper work. I make a tasty chicken dish with orange marmalade and dijon mustard and I wanted …
Category: Recipes
Spicy Peach Stuffed Beer Pretzels
Five years ago my grandmother bought me two small peach trees. I stumbled around my yard looking for just the right spot for them to call home. Once they were planted I watched them grow. The first year they produced fruit I had a very hungry deer or two eat all of the peaches, thankfully they haven’t been back since. This year I had so …
Reuben Stromboli
Over Memorial Day weekend we were invited to a BBQ, I wanted to try something different. I always bring the same thing. We had recently come back from vacation to visiting the keys and the everglades and my time was limited. I don’t know about you but I often have a hard time finding something to bring to a BBQ. Give me a dinner or …
Fish Tacos with Mango Avocado Salsa
Fish tacos….Well all I can say about fish tacos is that I never liked them. To be really honest I never tried them until recently. Fish and tacos in my mind just didn’t go together. One night I was invited to a local caterers 30th anniversary party and they had fish tacos. I tried one and OH MY!!! I FELL IN LOVE!!! I couldn’t stop …
Guinness Stewed Chuck Roast
There’s nothing like going away for the weekend and on your drive home being greeted with flashing signs “Blizzard…..Be Prepared”!!! YIKES! While staying at our cabin in upstate New York we didn’t have any cell phone service so we had no clue that we getting a blizzard back at home! I was not prepared at all!!!! I really didn’t have milk! I was on vacation!!! I …
Pretzel Rolls
We love burgers here in the Cassidy house! When we have friends over we often do “Burger Night”! We supply the burger and buns and our guests bring toppings and sides so we end up with an awesome burger bar! When you want to have friends over but don’t want to go through a big dinner party, burger night is a great idea! Check out my …
Jalapeno Cornbread Boats
So my youngest who is four LOVES jalapeños!!!! I know it’s crazy but it’s true!!! My father pickles them and Liam loves to eat them right out of the jar. He even puts them on his sandwiches!!! So I am always trying to think of new ways to make dishes with jalapeños! I have a hard time finding apps or snacks to bring somewhere. You …
Balsamic Caesar Dressing
I try to stay away from anything processed. We try to eat organic and as healthy as we can but darn, it’s hard!!!!! It can be really over whelming trying to change all of your eating habits. I have a lot of people ask me how I have time to make so much from scratch. It’s like anything else you are trying to change, it’s …
Fried Pickles
Let me start this post out with NO I am not pregnant!!! For whatever reason I have recently been on a fried pickled kick (which is not good for my waste line!). One night while at chili’s my husband ordered the fried pickles. My kids love pickles and I guess I don’t mind them either but oh my my my was I pleasantly surprised when …
Blind Wine Tasting Party
It’s the holidays and you know how that goes……..shopping, shopping………eating, eating……….wrapping, wrapping………….. As the years have gone on the list for those that I buy gifts for has gotten larger and larger. My friends now have children and of course we have to get them something! I mean you can’t leave the kids out at christmas, right??? Well the list was just getting too long …