It’s all about the Jerky!

We’ve been discussing jerky in the house hold. Talking about getting a dehydrator, then, eventually, never getting around to buying one. So my mom comes to visit and brings down the dehydrator she had and told us all about making home made fruit roll ups, dried fruit, jerky etc for the 4 of us kids [...]

Ranch Chicken

This is one of the kids favorite dinners. The very awesome flavor of Ranch Dressing and very moist tender chicken.

1 cup buttermilk **
1 Tablespoon onion powder
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried dill
1 teaspoon dried parsley

Mix together and marinate chicken in it for 2-3 hours.

I put the marinade in a ziplock bag with the chicken [...]

Chicken Tortilla Soup

I was inspired by the Tortilla Soup recipe on All Recipes. I love Tortilla soup, and get it often in restaurants. My family however has wildly different opinions on what constitutes spicy, so I had to come up with something to please everyone.

What I came up with:

2 large bone in chicken [...]

CrockPot Chicken Cicciatore

I love Chicken Cicciatore. I can remember my mom making it when I was growing up and it was one of the few dishes I liked made with Tomato Sauce. This is my “I have no time and I love this dish” version of the comfort food. And easy because I can make it and [...]