At Home My Way

Keeping Recipes at the top!  My message is now at the bottom. Also - I'm sharing this recipe at Sweet Little Bluebird - Weekend Potluck.  Find me and some other amazing recipes HERE ! Here's how I make Southern Buttered Cheese Grits AT HOME MY WAY: Southern Buttered Cheese Grits 2 cups water 1 cup milk 3/4 cup  Quick  Grits (I used Quaker brand) 1/4 teaspoon salt (or a tad more than that) 2 Tablespoons butter/margarine 1/2 to 3/4 cup of grated SHARP cheddar Instructions: Combine the milk, water and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil.  Be careful!  Remember, that milk will scorch so stir often and don't cook on complete high. Add grits and stir.  Stir occasionally until back to boiling.  Cover.  Time and cook for 5 minutes while covered, stirring often - lowering the temperature almost off so that they don't boil over or scorch.   After cooking 5 minutes, covered, remove from the hot burner.  T...

I had one of those moments the other night with hamburgers and chicken on the grill and found myself with NO BBQ sauce.  Ugh! I think it was even a Monday!  Bah! I decided my hand at making some since I prefer my burgers and chicken heavily sauced.  Sometimes my hubby likes my homemade stuff and sometimes he is not having it, he wants store bought.   Luckily for both of us, he loved this sauce!!  I tweaked a recipe I found to produce my version of this sweet & smokey sauce.  Our chicken and burgers were nearly finished so all I could do was stir it up and use it.  I'm sure it would be best if you had time to simmer it for a little while, but if you don't - no worries!  Just mix it up and use it. BBQ sauce is so expensive.  Why buy it when you can make it, right?  This sauce is smooth, sweet, and just delicious!  It tastes so much better and fresh compared to bottled sauce.  Doug agreed that I needed to post th...

This Strawberry Pie recipe is SUPER EASY!  I know your family will love it! I don't usually incorporate very many boxes of "stuff" in my recipes but I made an exception for this one.  It was so fast to make and I will be making it often! Apparently this is Weight Watcher friendly.  I couldn't believe how delicious it was!  It is made without a crust, but in a pie plate and it cuts like pie.   You can make it sugar free, however, I don't like to eat sugar substitutes so I just made it with regular jello and pudding mix. Make this pie for your mom! Remember, it needs time to chill so go ahead and get it ready on Saturday.  Sunday, you will be hoping that she lets you have a slice! Here's the recipe for SUPER EASY STRAWBERRY PIE and how I made it AT HOME MY WAY: Super Easy Strawberry Pie Strawberries, washed and sliced - enough to fill a pie plate.  (I bought about two quarts of berries.) 1 small box of strawberry jello, sugar free...

Made these on Monday!  So yummy. I decided an update to the photo on the original post was badly needed and this one turned out great! For the recipe , SEE HERE !

Do you like soft & chewy chocolate chip cookies?  I have found the recipe for you!  They happen to also be eggless and can be vegan if you want to use those options.  The key to the softness is the coconut oil.  Every time I use coconut oil in cookies, they turn out THE BEST! I've been really hating that so many bloggers bog my phone down with lots of chatter and ads before I can get to the recipe, so without much chatter, here's the recipe.  I will list a few tips for making cookies with coconut oil down below. Soft & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (No Eggs & Vegan) 2/3 cup coconut oil (warm just slightly to soften-stirrable) 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated/white sugar 1/2 cup applesauce 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons cornstarch 2 cups chocolate chips (dairy free, if vegan) Directions : Warm measured coconut oil until not melted completely but s...

I made these Oatmeal Banana Muffins for my breakfasts this week using some overripe bananas that were on their last leg.  I created this recipe using my No Eggs Pumpkin Bread recipe as a guide.   I wasn't sure how the recipe would turn out but I don't always have eggs so I wanted a recipefor muffins that didn't use eggs. Woo hoo!  These are great!  Perfectly moist like banana bread.  Yummy and fantastic! This recipe uses only a few ingredients; has a minimal amount of sugar in it, has oats in it, and no eggs.  How can that be a bad thing, right? Here's how I made Banana Oatmeal Muffins-No Eggs AT HOME MY WAY: Banana Oatmeal Muffins - No Eggs 1 1/4 cup flour (all purpose) 1/2 cup quick oats 1/2 cup sugar (I used white, but brown sugar would work) 1 teaspoon baking SODA 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup oil (I used olive oil.) 3 Tablespoons water 2 very overripe bananas (mashed) Instructions: Preheat ove...

In my office at work lots of people, young and old, are standing in line for the microwave!  They are often warming up those tasteless little boxed meals you find in the freezer section of the grocery store.  Eek.  There are better options out there than those things! I found a great money and time saver that gives me better food and more bang for my buck.  Also, no trash since I reuse the jars!  Another winner-winner, chicken dinner... or stir fry dinner, chili dinner, or pasta dinner... Leftovers make great frozen dinners!  Here's all you need to do it AT HOME MY WAY: Frozen Micro Meals in Jars Leftovers, such as meals with rice, pasta, chili, soups Jars with lids.  I use pint canning jars because those offer similar amounts like Lean Cuisine type dinners, but if you are a big eater, by all means use quart jars. Lids.  I keep a stash of recycled peanut butter lids which are plastic for using with freezer/fridge food.  Th...