Dill-icious Dill Dip

Dill Dip
Printable Recipe

I just adore dill - it's one of my favorite herbs.


1 cup light sour cream
2/3 cup mayo
1 - teaspoon dried parsley
2 - tablespoons minced onions (or dehydrated onions)
1 - teaspoon seasoned salt
3 - tablespoons of fresh dill, chopped (or more if you love dill, like me)

Mix together and refrigerate overnight. Serve with fresh veggies and crackers.

Cherry Limeade

Cherry Limeade


1 cup lemon-lime soda (I used diet 7-up)
3/4 to 1 cup Nestle Cherry Juicy Juice


Fill 24 oz size glass 3/4 full with ice. Pour in soda and cherry juice. Garnish with lime wedges and a maraschino cherry.

Baked Potato Casserole


4 to 5 medium Idaho Potatoes, approx. 1 pound; cooked and cubed (leave some of the skins on)
1 - small onion, diced
1 - clove garlic
3 - Tablespoon margarine or butter
1/3 cup mayo
1/2 cup sour cream
1- cup cheddar cheese, shredded
couple splashes of milk
1 - green onion chopped; (green part only)
1 - tsp. garlic salt
1 - tsp. onion powder
freshly cracked ground pepper

3 - slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

Put cooked, cubed potatoes in large bowl. Set aside. Saute onion and garlic. Pour over potatoes. Add next nine ingredients and stir well. Transfer to small casserole dish; add crumbled bacon on top. Bake in covered dish at 325 F for 30 to 35 minutes until bubbly.

Chicken Provolone with Garlic and Tri-Color -Peppers



This is one of the easiest recipes and I make it a lot. Sorry no precise measurements here.

Season Chicken with garlic salt, garlic powder and pepper. Grill until done. At this point you might want to cut up the chicken into bite size pieces, which I didn't do. :)

Saute peppers, onions and garlic. Pour over chicken.

Top with provolone cheese. Melt under broiler. And you are done! This is good on sandwiches, over garlic noodles or just by itself.

Strawberry Cobbler Cake

I know, I need a photographer in the worst way. I have a strawberry eclipse going on here.

Strawberry Cobbler Cake

1 - cup butter, divided
1 - cup granulated sugar, divided
1 - whole egg
1 - tsp. pure vanilla extract
1-1/2 cup self-rising flour- sifted
1/2 cup milk
3 - cups strawberries, hulled and sliced


Preheat oven to 350

Soften 3/4 cup of butter, add 3/4 cup sugar and beat on medium, mix well. Add egg, vanilla, mixing well.

Add flour and milk to butter mixture until well combined.

Pour batter into greased 8 inch pan.


(looks like icing, doesn't it? Yummy goodness!





Top with sliced strawberries.





For the topping, combine 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Cut in 1/4 cup chilled butter. Sprinkle over the cobbler.




Bake 350 for 45 minutes.



Serve with Ice Cream or Whipped Topping. Which ever you prefer.


Enjoy.




Strawberry Cobbler Cake

1 - cup butter, divided
1 - cup granulated sugar, divided
1 - whole egg
1 - tsp. pure vanilla extract
1-1/2 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup milk
3 - cups strawberries, hulled and sliced


Preheat oven to 350

Soften 3/4 cup of butter, add 3/4 cup sugar and beat on medium, mix well. Add egg, vanilla, mixing well.

Add flour and milk to butter mixture until well combined.

Pour batter into greased 8 inch pan. Top with sliced strawberries.

For the topping, combine 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Cut in 1/4 cup chilled butter. Sprinkle over the cobbler.


Bake 350 for 45 minutes.

Spring is a-buzzing in the South. This beautiful butterfly landed on my Lilac Bush, It was like she wanted me to take her picture, so I did! She had pollen all over her wings. Ahhh-choo.














We're going through Dogwood Winter right now. That's always fun. Spring just teases you with warmth then bam it's cold again.

Legend of the Dogwood Tree. Click.




Bottoms up to Spring!





Did you know this about Dandelions? <---click

Buzz~~~ This wisteria tree was filled with bumble bees. I snapped this shot then got the hay out of there!

I'm ready for Summertime.
This daisy picture was taken last summer '09


Bugs on flowers - pictures of sunflowers ....these are some of my favorite things.


I am so glad to say that....(we) started planting our garden today. It's a community garden- where everyone pitches in. (My kinda garden) We planted corn, potatoes, onions and cabbage.

I can't wait to plant my... (((beloved cucumbers))). I LOVE PICKLES. Love to can them, love to make fridge pickles. But, that's another subject. I just can't think of homemade pickles right now. I'll explain more about my pickle and canning love later. It stems from my Grandmother.

Pickles, Pickled Beets, Pickled Beans and Corn, OH MY!


**I'm not for certain. But, the little bug on my Daisy looks like a BABY STINK BUG?! Geeesh.**

The Egg Family. My niece made these.






Aww, and goofy Uncle Harry. Ok. I'm lying. I don't have a niece or an Uncle Harry. I'm just trying to find someone to take the blame for these eggs I made. It looks like they've seen better days.


Anyway, I thought these would be a cute idea for Easter. I hope yours turns out better than mine did.


Directions:

Cut a small slice off the bottom of hard boiled eggs, so they will sit upright. 1/3 from top, cut a zig-zag around egg. remove top and carefully squeeze out yolk. Mash all yolks with a fork and add mayo, mustard, salt & pepper. Pipe yolk mixture back into eggs, replace top of egg and add sliced olives for the eyes. Use a pimento or sliced carrot cut into a small triangle for beak.


Good Luck! :)