Easy Comfort Food Recipes & Holiday Dinners

Holiday dinners, make-ahead sides, and Christmas treats. Easy, midwest-style, that's made to be bragged about.

🦃 Thanksgiving Recipes & Side Dishes

Easy Thanksgiving recipes for the whole meal: crockpot sweet potatoes, glazed ham, turkey breast, casseroles, and pecan pie. Most can even be made ahead.

  • Juicy Sliced Turkey Breast
  • Bourbon Maple Glazed Ham Recipe
  • Rotisserie Chicken and Stuffing Casserole
  • Crockpot Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar and Butter
  • Homemade Crumble Topping Recipe with Oats
  • Jalapeno Cream Corn
  • Southern Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie
  • Sweet Potato Dump Cake Recipe

🎄 Christmas Recipes: Breakfast, Cookies & Candy

Easy Christmas recipes, from breakfast casserole for Christmas morning to homemade candy, cookies, party food, and potica.

  • Traditional Potica Recipe
  • Overnight Monkey Bread with Butterscotch Pudding
  • Hot Baked Corn Dip with Cream Cheese
  • French Cookies
  • Dark Chocolate Pecan Toffee Recipe
  • Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Cornflake Candy
  • Amish Breakfast Casserole Recipe

✨ New Recipes from the Kitchen ✨

Discover comfort food recipes, simple dinners, and tasty ideas we've been cookin' up-perfect for busy weeknights or weekend gatherings.

  • S'mores Cookies
  • Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta (One Pot)
  • Amish Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling
  • Fall Adventures in Crawford County, Kansas: A Local's Guide

🎅🏽 Give a Cookbook This Christmas

The Tables That Built Us: heritage recipes and stories from Southeast Kansas

Now Available! Step inside the heart of my Southeast Kansas community through a collection of cherished heritage dishes. The Tables That Built Us brings you the rich flavors, untold stories (maybe even a little mobsters and moonshine lore), and unforgettable recipes from a historic town where 53 languages were spoken.

Please note: This is a limited first edition printing. Order early for Christmas.

What to Cook Tonight

These easy weeknight dinners are fan favorites ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • Pork Butt in Roaster Oven
  • Red Lobster Biscuit Chicken Casserole
  • Oven Baked Hamburger Steaks with Brown Onion Gravy
  • Cheesy Ranch Ground Beef and Rice Casserole
  • Cheesy Kielbasa Hash Brown Casserole
  • Hot Dog Bun Garlic Bread in Air Fryer
  • Shake and Bake Boneless Pork Chops
  • Pork Wings Recipe

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Banana Bread Recipes

Did you know? The single most-searched individual baked item recipe in the U.S. is Banana Bread. Lucky for you, I have several delicious ones to choose from!

  • Blueberry Banana Bread
  • Banana and Blackberry Muffins
  • Chocolate Chunk Banana Muffins
  • Bacon Infused Banana Bread

Ground Beef Recipes

  • Oven Baked Hamburger Steaks with Brown Onion Gravy
  • Homemade Hamburger Helper Stroganoff
  • Burrito Enchilada Style
  • Supreme Walking Taco Casserole



Hi Friend, I'm Chuckie!

I'm a mom, cooking school teacher, and Family & Consumer Scientist who believes cooking doesn't have to be complicated. My recipes will have everyone asking YOU for the recipe.

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