Our friend Shalene McNeill shows us how to spice up our spring gatherings with these Texas-Style Beef Sausage Rolls from Beef Loving Texans, featuring a delicious blend of ground beef, jalapeño, and cheddar cheese.
If you need a quick, tasty, or healthy dinner idea, this recipe has you covered. The slight heat from the cayenne, the zestiness from the lime, and the reliable flavor of garlic make this a great tasting dinner in a hurry for yourself and your family.
This is a favorite soup of mine, and I shared it once several years ago. It’s time to update the recipe with new instructions and video to make sure you can make this on your busiest weeknights or your laziest weekends. Either way, you’re going to be glad you tried this delicious soup.
When you start craving crunchy, flavorful vegetables, this salad will satisfy your tastebuds and energize your body. Like I always say, the more colors you see in your food, the more nutrition there is in it, and this salad has lots of beautiful color.
Our friend Casie is back, showing us a recipe she enjoys making with fresh blueberries. We can’t wait to make them with East Texas blueberries this summer!
This recipe is sure to impress any beef loving Texan in your life! Whether you’re hosting a casual dinner party or a game day gathering, this Cowboy Beef Stew is sure to impress your guests with its robust flavors and comforting appeal. Shalene shows us how it’s done.
If you are looking for a tasty and easy to prepare recipe for watching football, or just for something different for you weeknight supper, this may be just what you’re looking for!
This dip features ground beef and chorizo, refried beans, and lots of melty cheese...a perfect combination for a hot dip. This is a great one for watching the playoffs in your living room.
Usually East Texas is a very warm place to live, but sometimes winter decides to come on strong. Soon we’ll be seeing several days of below freezing temperatures. To help you prepare, after you protect your pipes, plants, and people, charge your phones, and other important tasks, I have put together a collection of recipes to warm you up on the coldest of days.
This deliciously brothy soup is packed with good things to comfort you when you have a cold. I’ve added things like garlic, thyme, and cayenne pepper to the chicken broth-based soup, all herbs that are said to support your body as it battles a cold. And it’s so good that even if you’re not suffering with a virus, you’ll love how satisfying it is.
Shalene McNeill with the Texas Beef Council joined Mama Steph to make a simply delicious five-ingredient recipe: Slow-Cooker Beef Short Ribs with Ginger-Mango Barbecue Sauce. Dinner has never been easier than this!
It’s getting to be soup and stew season and Stewart Smith has the perfect recipe for you. Whether you’re craving soup or stew, this can hit both. It cooks like a soup, but keep it overnight and reheat for it to have a consistency closer to stew.
This is a delicious, creamy soup that is not at all sweet; you’ll be surprised how just a few ingredients can transform sweet potatoes into a hearty bowl of warm goodness. And, even better, it’s good for you!
If you love soup (and who doesn’t during the winter?) and are looking for a recipe to get your New Year’s Day black-eyed peas in, this recipe will be perfect.
On day 11 of our Christmas recipe countdown, I am resharing one of my favorite all-time soup recipes. I created it using ingredients I love, and in colors that make it a fun “holiday soup” idea.
This is a versatile recipe, because you can serve the flavorful meatballs as an appetizer, or as the protein in your meal, served over rice. It’s nicely easy to make, too.
Whether you’re hosting a group or spending time with family and friends, this flavor-packed recipe is the ideal addition to your menu, ensuring a hit with any crowd.
Chef Simon Webster has another recipe to share with us this month on East Texas Kitchen; it’s his onion and potato knish. These are true comfort food, and can be customized with additions that you have on hand, like other vegetables, cheese, meat, or what have you.
In preparation for Oktoberfest, we thought we’d invite our friend Mike Chubboy from Brigitta’s Hungarian Restaurant in Kilgore to teach Mama Steph how to make some of his favorite staple recipes.
These easy-to-make pancakes were a treat my three sons especially loved when they were growing up. I liked that it gave t hem a healthy dose of vitamin A and fiber due to the addition of pumpkin.
Casie Buck, who owns Oaklea Mansion Bed and Breakfast in Winnsboro, is sharing a delicious breakfast recipe that can be made in a cast iron skillet or a big Dutch oven. Perfect for fall breakfasts, and especially great over a campfire!
This is one of my favorite pastas to make because it’s so easy, only requires one pan from start to finish, and it’s incredibly delicious! It was included in Martha Stewart’s magazine in the early-2000s after a chef in southern Italy showed her food editors how to make it in his restaurant kitchen. It’s been in rotation since then with all kinds of tweaks and customizations, but Martha’s original is my favorite.
Nearly everyone enjoys a quick meal that tastes wonderful; this soup does that, for sure, with its flavorful creamy broth and tender chunks of chicken. Give it a try on a busy night.
Just in time for back to school, Lisa Webb, owner of Dough Studio Bakery in Tyler, visited with Mama Steph to show her how she makes her breakfast cookies.
I especially enjoy growing herbs during the spring and summer, and into the warmest days of fall. Not only are they delicious in many of our favorite recipes, but they’re also very easy to grow.
With a variety of toppings to choose from such as shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, salsa, jalapeños, cheese, avocado, sour cream, onion, and cilantro, these tacos are easily customizable to satisfy everyone’s taste buds.
In honor of Father’s Day, Mama Steph invited her friends and colleagues Anissa Centers and Kristine Guevara to share a favorite recipe or two that remind them of their own father or the father of their children, whichever the case may be. These are simple recipes that your favorite guy will enjoy on his special day... or any day.
This recipe is an easy and delicious way to cook a full meal all at once, and can be made using a campfire or the oven. The combination of juicy steak, baby yellow potatoes, and vegetables seasoned with a blend of herbs and spices makes for a satisfying and flavorful meal. Shalene McNeill shows us how.
This breakfast pizza is simple to make with ingredients you may have on hand. You can customize it with your preferred ingredients, too, to keep breakfast from being boring from time to time.
To be or not to be...a versatile recipe. It is Shakespeare Festival time in Kilgore. So to honor the occasion, Mike Chubboy and his team at Brigitta’s Hungarian Restaurant in Kilgore are making meals that Sir William Shakespeare would have found in his local tavern.
This pasta has just a few ingredients, and it’s all made in one pan, so clean up is easy. You’re going to want all that extra time to dive in to a bowl of this creamy, tasty dinner.
Shalene McNeill joins Mama Steph to show how she makes a lovely and really flavorful appetizer. If you have some leftover steak, this is the perfect way to use it up!
My chicken-vegetable stew is so comforting, so perfect for a chilly day, and completely easy to make, even if you don’t consider yourself a cook. Trust me, you can do this!
This is a nice, light pasta meal that’s perfect to serve all year round, though it’s especially good with grilled chicken in the spring and summer. If you can’t grill, just pan fry the chicken as I show you in the video. It’s delicious either way.
The Texas Beef Council’s Shalene McNeill joined us to create a creative, delicious and budget-friendly appetizer. They’re packed with flavor and are easy and fun to make.