Healthy

Mr Loaves and Dishes and I have noticed that someone shrunk our clothes. I think it is incredibly rude how my jeans pinch my waist. Sweet hubby doesn’t like for his shirt to touch his belly. It’s touching. This might mean there are more veggies in our future, but I think salads get boring and …

This post was sponsored by Eat Smart as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions and recipes expressed in my post are my own. I received product samples to facilitate my review. GIVEAWAY on this POST. You need something quick and beautiful for dinner, right? Let’s don’t forget DELICIOUS and strangely healthy yet …

It’s almost time for the Tennessee Titans to take the field! I know ya’ll didn’t peg Loaves and Dishes for a football site – but we gotta be IN THE KNOW about football food – don’t you think? What could be hotter for Nashville’s own Tennessee Titan’s opening day tailgating than Nashville Hot Chicken Wings? …

Easy, summery colors and mouthwateringly DELICIOUS! That is MY kind of recipe! (Sarah reporting here). I hope we are all headed out to a pool somewhere near – very soon – cause, guess what ya’ll? It is getting HOT out there! I tried this dish out on my  mom’s book club a few weeks ago …

This post was sponsored by Shady Brook Farms turkey brand as part of an In-Home Party Activation for Influence Central. I received complimentary products to facilitate my review. What could be more fun than grilling out in the beautiful springtime weather? Nothing! This week we had a little “close friends party” celebrating some happy life …

This is a sponsored post by Collective Bias for Smithfield Pork. I’m going to admit it, right here, right now. Lately, I’ve been TIRED! I have been working hard and not feeling like cooking dinner. Yet, when I roll in the door, I really would like to have something tasty for dinner! I have a feeling that …

I am in a silly mood today – and that goes great with Garlic Bacon Bok Choy, because I mean, just say the word “Garlic Bacon Bok Choy”. Doesn’t that make you laugh a little? If not, maybe you should have the week I’ve had – everything gets funny when you are tired. What isn’t …

We are on a budgeting adventure at my house! It is a real challenge. We are experimenting with living without cable TV and some other things previously considered necessities (like fewer gigs of phone data). It is definitely a new adventure. Now, mind you, we aren’t going without TV type entertainment, oh no. We have …

I’ll admit it. No one is going to come breaking down your door to get at a baked potato. Well, except me maybe. Baked Potatoes are one of my all-time top-ten favorite foods – especially if you add some whole cream butter, salt and pepper, sour cream and sharp cheddar cheese. Do I have your …

Eat the soup! EAT THE SOUP!!! For years I have said, “But, I don’t like Chicken Noodle Soup!”  You know the kind I’m talking about, the weak broth, the stringy worm-like little nothing noodles and the tiny pieces of stringy overcooked chicken that are something akin to wet burlap. Yuck. I don’t like it. However, …

Who me? Don’t mind me. I’m just sitting over here munching on my Carolina Christmas Beans just like I’ve been doing for the past couple of days. I thought we might need an alternative to Green Bean Casserole – I mean, I LOVE Green Bean Casserole – but, I’m a little tired of it, aren’t …

This post sponsored by Bird’s Eye. Have you ever thought about this? My oldest child (almost 28) loved to be rocked until he was about 3 or 4 years old. At some point, I have no idea when, he didn’t ask to be rocked any more. There was a “very last time”. One day, he …

I know, I know – in a world of respectable accomplishments, like the ones you people are doing every day, this seems like the itty bittiest of things to be excited about. However, in MY life, this is a BIG THING. It is HUGE! I have pulled off a dog-gone close recipe for a Pumpkin …

Seriously, ya’ll. Before spring leaves us completely, you HAVE to try this salad. This one, right here! You already know that I am on a strawberry kick (evidence -Strawberry shortcake and How to Make and Can Strawberry Jam  ). OK. OK. I know, it has gone well beyond a kick. It is a full blown …

Welcome to Loaves and Dishes hungry people! Today’s “Meatless Monday” dish is so satisfying that you won’t even notice the missing meat in the Spinach Cheese Tortellini ! This dish features Creamy Cheese Tortellini with beautiful bright green pieces of spinach against the velvety smooth tomato sauce – it is OH SO DELICIOUS!!! I’m drooling …

  Welcome to Loaves and Dishes – today is the day we get our popcorn freak on! WHOOT WHOOT! Freaky Hot Wing Popcorn.   Remember eating caramel popcorn as a kid? Cracker Jacks,  if you are as old as me? Ever wonder what the lovechild of a  freakish marriage between the Cracker Jacks Sailor and a …

MOM!!!! WILL YOU FIX US SOME PIZZA???? The snow is coming down so hard that visibility is less than  4 feet. There is no pizza in the house and nothing (so you think) to make a pizza with. “We don’t have any pizza”. “You can make one! We know you can! There are mushrooms!”. What …

  Oh my GOSH! People!!! You HAVE to try these Vindaloo Curry Spiced Carrots. HAVE TO! I didn’t say, “I think you should put this on your list”. I said, “YOU HAVE TO TRY THESE VINDALOO CURRY SPICED CARROTS!”. I am SUPER excited about these carrots and they will definitely be appearing regularly on the …

  Welcome to Loaves and Dishes, I am so very glad that you are here.   Wow! Spaghetti Sauce! Pretty exciting, eh? Yep, I know. But the reality is that I need for you to know this sauce because it appears in other recipes too! Besides, if you are like me – you have probably …

  Hello Dear Friends!!! Welcome to Loaves and Dishes, I am so very glad that you are here.   If you came here expecting to find cheesy enchiladas (as I mentioned in my last post)  – I have to apologize – I made the enchiladas and they were delicious. However, the pictures weren’t drool worthy, so I …