Appetizers, desserts, drinks and main meal ideas for hosting or attending a party.
Do you need a little independence from your usual 4th of July dessert? Well…right about the same time that I was preparing to share a new recipe with you, my trifle loving, oldest daughter and I were talking about our love for anything almond flavored over coffee & pastries! That’s when the idea for a…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #2PerDay #CollectiveBias Summer has arrived in Atlanta and that means one thing…it’s HOT! And when the temperature rises I try and find nutritious cool treats for my picky 4 year old that I know he will eat! About…
This easy fresh cabbage salad first appeared in my Stuffed Turkey Tenderloin recipe post. A Thrifty Little Mom reader named Keri inquired about the cabbage slaw salad that I served with the stuffed turkey tenderloins so here is the recipe! It is indeed a beautiful and very tasty dish! I usually serve it on New…
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Summer-like weather has arrived and made itself comfy in the south and the pool party invitations are being received! I want to share with you what my go-to contribution for these get-togethers will be this season: A Super Easy Layered Greek Dip Recipe! It is healthy, affordable (especially if you have herbs & veggies in…
Big thanks to my dear friend Rhonda for infusing this blog with some real Cajun love! Here is her instructions for how she makes her Really Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Jambalaya. If you’re not familiar with Mardi Gras, it is a time of celebration before the Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday. A lot of…
This cake is not guaranteed to make you famous on a cooking network, but it might just make you famous with your friends and family around the holidays. I live in a fantastic neighborhood that hosts several gatherings, all based around food of course. Ever since I first served up this delicious Rum Cake, the…
Special thanks to Chocoley for providing the chocolate to make this tutorial free of charge! The thoughts and opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine! I remember coming home from school, putting my back pack down and searching for that little, round, green tin box. The one lined in wax paper and filled with…
Year after year I strive to come up with really thrifty gift ideas. During the Holidays I often find that there are people on my list that I buy nice gifts for and then there are people that I do nice things for. This is simply because I don’t have the cash to give everyone a gift….
Something most people don’t know about me is that I am a caramel addict. I walk by a stand of caramel candy apples and it’s over. But you know what the real problem is? Candy apples are darn HARD to eat. So when Chocoley, a gourmet chocolate and candy supply company, offered to send me…
Ahhh pizza night! As a kid, when I knew my mom was making her famous homemade pizza for dinner I couldn’t wait to get home from school! She made the dough. She used her made from scratch, beef filled spaghetti sauce and topped it all with simple ingredients. No frozen or take-out pizza could touch mom’s homemade…
True confessions of Kim Anderson here. I love making really easy, non-bake desserts. As you may know, I’m not a fan of measuring. That’s why I love to create desserts like this, Creamy Double Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifle, where I have minimal work for maximum effect. I like to pretend I’m fancy when in reality I…
One thing I love about Christmas is the parties. Every year we go to catered parties and company dinners and get to sample all varieties of amazing and delicious gourmet salads. The salads are so amazing that I wish I could have them more than once a year. That’s why I came up with this…
If you are looking for the easiest white chicken chili recipe on the planet, you’ve come to the right place. Okay, so maybe it’s not as easy as buying chili pre-made in a can, but I think this recipe is pretty darn easy. Do you love white chicken chili like I do? Do you imagine…
I still remember holding onto to the door handle, knuckles turning white every time we got in the car in Trinidad. It was a frightening ride every time because that we were traveling on the opposite side of the road as I was used to, and we went very quickly around very tight spaces in high…
My husband and I came to conclusion in early spring that we never see our friends anymore. Time flies by and we go months without seeing the people that really matter to us. Our resolution to the problem was to set 3 specific Friday’s throughout the summer to host what we declared as Anderson Summer Shindigs….
Over 4th of July weekend we went up to the North Carolina mountains to spend unplugged time with our family. We relaxed in a nice little mountain cottage that was once a workshop that my father-in-law literally transformed. To add to my rurally revitalizing weekend, we got an invitation by a cousin to come over…
On Wednesday, I wrote about how to make easy, delicious Frozen Herb Cubes for Cooking. The cubes are a frugal way to make your recipes taste amazing and keep your garden herbs from going to waste. I wanted to share a Spinach Stuffed Turkey Tenderloins recipe using the savory frozen cubes. This dish is…
Rhonda and I were recently discussing the popularity of freezer meal cooking. In mid conversation Rhonda mentioned that she really enjoys making and using frozen herb cooking cubes. I had not heard of this before and they sounded AMAZING and so I asked her to share a post about how she makes them the next time…
I love trifle. I really love single serve strawberry cheesecake trifle. It’s one of my favorite things about summer! It’s fast, it’s easy and most importantly, it’s cold! I live Atlanta and it gets soo hot and humid most summer days that I could eat a whole trifle bowl of this stuff. That’s why I…
Does the thought of attending Easter Service on Sunday and then rushing back to the house to host family and friends for Easter lunch kind of stress you out? If so, consider lightening your load this year and preparing an easy, quick, no fail, crowd pleasing menu. A few slow cookers can help you make…
One of the best ways to get your hands on cheap fresh produce is to buy it up when it’s in season. You know, the whole “supply vs. demand” thing. If it’s peak growing season, and the stores have tons of it, they have to mark it down to keep it going out the door….
My husband and I aren’t really huge sports fans, but many of our friends are. We often get invited to Super Bowl parties that our friends host. I always try to do my part and bring a dish to the party. I try to think about what will be the simplest crowd pleaser to make…
I don’t know where this recipe came from, all I know is that my mother got it from her mother so in my book it’s a “grandma recipe”. My husband loves, loves, loves this dessert and so does everyone I know. It is really simple, so simple in fact that your kids could help…
This is one of my favorite meals in the winter time. It is quick, easy and causes little to no mess. It’s a simple layered dish that everyone enjoys when I prepare it. It feeds a crowd with low cost, easy ingredients. Ingredients: Cooked chicken (3-4 Breasts) or 3 cans of chicken meat 2 Cans…