This recipe comes from my mother-in-law and it is so simple and so good!

Ingredients:

8 Potatoes

6 Hard boiled eggs (set one aside for topper)

2 Stalks of celery chopped

2-3 Big spoonfuls of mayo

Squirt of mustard

Salt & Pepper (to taste)

Paprika

Directions:

Peel and chop potatoes into 1 inch pieces…

Boil the potatoes 15-20 minutes – you want them soft, but not too soft (keep checking on them!)

Once the potatoes are done, rinse with cold water and set aside.

Cut up one hard boiled egg for a topper (don’t mix in with other ingredients).

Mix mayo and mustard together, then mix in potatoes, eggs, and celery.  Put in the salt and pepper and then the sliced eggs on top. Sprinkle with paprika.

Enjoy with hamburgers and hot dogs!

Today’s post linked up with Tasty Tuesday, Tempt My Tummy, and Tuesdays at the Table.

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We went strawberry picking, and oh how glorious it was!  A beautiful morning met with the joy of little hands digging through strawberry plants and finding the long-awaited for treasure – fresh strawberries! (You have not tasted strawberries until you have tried them freshly picked!)

A few years ago we made strawberry jam (so easy and yummy) but this year we are freezing the strawberries for over the winter…but not until we gobble some up in a variety of ways!  One of the ways we ate them today? Strawberry Muffins, recipe brought to you by Laura from 10 Million Miles!

Strawberry Muffins

First things first…

The Ingredients:

STRAWBERRIES!!!!!!! 1 Cup full to be precise, chopped.  :)

2 C flour

2/3 C sugar

3 t. baking powder

1/2 t. salt

1/3 C soft butter

Zest from 1 lemon

3/4 C milk

1 t. vanilla

1 egg (slightly beaten)

How to Make

Set your oven to 400*

Grease muffin tin.

Sift: flour, sugar, baking powder, salt

Cut in 1/3 C soft butter

Stir in lemon zest

Mix together: the milk, vanilla, egg, and the strawberries

Combine: dry and wet ingredients until just mixed. Fold in strawberries.

Bake: 15 – 18 min. at 400*

Let sit 5 min. to cool before turning out onto rack.

Scrumptious!

Thanks Laura!

One more thing…if you’re like me and in baking goodness mode, then grab one of these super cute aprons for 20% off using code ‘F20APRON‘ !  I love mine and wear it ALL the time!!!  :)

Today’s post is linked up with Tasty Tuesday!

I originally found this recipe here. It is such an easy dinner to make! Enjoy!

(Sorry for the blurry pics!)

Ingredients:

1 tube (8 oz) refrigerated crescent rolls
2 cups crushed corn chips, divided
1-1/2 pounds ground beef
1 can (15 oz) tomato sauce
1 envelope taco seasoning
1 cup (8 oz) sour cream
1 cup (4 oz) shredded cheddar cheese

What to do:

Start cooking the ground beef over medium heat…

Unroll crescent dough into a rectangle; press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish. Seal seams and perforations.

Finish cooking the meat making sure to cook it until it is no longer pink. Drain.

Stir in tomato sauce and taco seasoning; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.

Sprinkle 1 cup corn chips over the crescent rolls.

Spoon the meat sauce over the chips.

Top with sour cream…

cheese…

and remaining chips.

Bake , uncovered, at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until crust is lightly browned.

A salad tops off this yummy dinner!

(Thanks Kaylia!)

I love sweet tea. I lived in the South for awhile and ADORE southern food (shout out to fried okra!) and the sweet tea they are known for.

Are you ready for some real southern sweet tea?! Oh yea, it’s sweet alright…this recipe is straight from a southern granny’s recipe!

Here is what you’ll need:

6 regular tea bags
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups boiling water
1 1/2 cups sugar (or 2 cups if you’re really southern)
6 cups cold water

Notice the Luzianne tea – it MUST be Luzianne people!

Here’s what to do:

1. In a large glass measuring cup, place the tea bags and add the baking soda.

…over the tea bags

3. cover and steep for 15 minutes (okay, I didn’t cover it, still works)

4. Take out the tea bags and do not squeeze them. (sort of forgot that part, but eh, no biggie, I just took them out after I poured them in the pitcher)

5. Pour the tea mixture into a 2 quart pitcher; add the sugar and stir.

Oh sweet sugar, how I love thee!

6. Add in the cold water and serve over ice.

Sooooooooooooooo……….. refreshing!

Brings out the southern gal in me everytime!

Hi, I’m Lisa from Stop and Smell the Chocolates. We all need a little break from our stressful days, so I’m taking time to enjoy God’s sweet blessings. Come on by and I’ll try to brighten your day a bit. If that happens to involve chocolate, even better!

I’m excited for Sarah Mae – becoming a mommy of 3 lovely children now! Having a baby is hard work, so I am here to help out for a day!

When Sarah Mae asked me to guest post, she suggested coming up with a Top 10 list of chocolate recipes from my blog. What makes her think I like chocolate?? OK – I love chocolate and post chocolate recipes on Fridays.

Since Sarah Mae will be extremely busy taking care of a newborn baby, I know that she won’t have a lot of time or energy to whip up a fabulous chocolate dessert. Then it occurred to me that many moms are very busy and don’t have that time or energy either. Some of you are just looking for something quick and easy, but more homemade than grabbing a box of something from the store.

So, to help bring easy chocolate desserts into your lives, here are my…

Top 10 Easy Chocolate Desserts (in no particular order):

1. Toffee Cookies

2. Cookie Salad

3. Cake Mix Chocolate Cookies

4. Cookies & Cream Dessert

5. Frozen Chocolate Mousse

6. Double Delicious Cookie Bars

7. Chocolate-Coconut Cookies

8. YuMMy Bars

9. Microwave Brownies

10. And from right here at Like a Warm Cup of Coffee: No Bake Cookies

The majority of these recipes take no more effort than making a box mix of brownies, so try out a new recipe today! While you’re at it, make some extra for Sarah Mae – I’m sure she’d appreciate it! :)

Strawberry Amaretto Pastries (Recipe from The Pampered Chef ®)

I had a pampered chef party a while ago and we made these – soooooo…. delish!!!

Ingredients

1/2 package (17.3 ounces) frozen puff pastry sheets (1 sheet), thawed

1/2 cup sliced almonds, divided

2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided

1 orange

1 container (8 ounces) sour cream

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/4 teaspoon almond extract

1 1/2 cups thawed, frozen whipped topping

12 large strawberries, sliced

How To Prepare

• 4 Cups Sliced Strawberries
• Sugar
• No Cook Freezer Jam Fruit Pectin (picture of package below)

• Find a place where you can pick your own strawberries, and gather bunches! (Okay, so maybe this part isn’t as easy, but it’s worth it, so find one!)

• Wash them well
• Slicey dicey!

Slice ‘em up so they are good for mashing (action shot below…)

This is Julie; she’s a serious strawberry slicer!

• Mush, mush,mush! You can use a potato masher for this.

Here’s the hard part, ready?

• Follow the directions on the back of the package (it involves mixing the package contents with sugar – really, that’s it).

  

• Mix all together

• Stir for five minutes (this is actually on the back of the package as well)

• All done; see, I told you it was easy!

Ta Da! Deeeelish!

The homemade jam will last about three weeks. If you want it to last a couple weeks longer just add about 1/2 tsp. of lemon juice or one crushed vitamin C tablet (per batch). You can thank Julie for the tip!

Great uses for this homemade Jam:

• Topping on toast
• Topping on ice cream
• Topping on Pancakes or waffles
• Topping for Angel Food cake

*Microwave for about 30 seconds to get liquidy

Any other ideas for how you could use the jam?