It’s Teacher Appreciation Week and Destiny Christian Academy began the week by preparing breakfast for its teachers. Kris (the academy’s director) asked me to help her with the breakfast and specifically asked me to make a hash brown casserole. It seems like several of the teachers and staff really enjoyed this casserole the last…
Category Archives: Casseroles and One Pot Meals
Macaroni and Cheese
Holiday dinners for me and my family always include macaroni and cheese. If there are too many starches on the menu, something else will be eliminated so we can keep the mac and cheese. My family has a basic recipe that has been tweaked a little here and there but the results are always…
Emeril’s Chorizo and Chicken Jambalaya
As far as I’m concerned, Jambalaya is a perfect one pot meal so I decided to try one of Emeril’s recipes for this weeks Recipe Exchange hosted by My Baking Addiction and Good Life Eats; sponsored by Le Creuset. Emeril actually calls this Andouille and Chicken Jambalaya, but I used Chorizo. I followed the…
My Spicy Navy Beans
One of my husband’s favorite fall and winter dishes is a bowl of navy beans. When we got married, 40 years ago, I did not cook and didn’t like dried beans of any kind; but over the years I learned to like “white” beans. Earlier this year I decided to bump them up a…