The Tall Girl Cooks

The first time I had this salad was back in October of last year.  I was in Georgia visiting old friends and they shared this recipe wi...

During the month of November, the restaurant chain Sweet Tomatoes (in some areas known as Souplantation) has a special, limited-time soup ...

This is just a variation of the classic chicken noodle soup.  I wanted to try adding barley instead of noodles and I was pretty happy with...

Last October we had a weekend where we had two family weddings to attend in addition to our church's children's program.  It was c...

So I'm finally getting around to starting a new section of my blog:  Tips & Tricks.  This will kind of be like a "Cooking 101...

  I happen to be one of those people who appreciate comfort food.  Chicken pot pie is right up there with hugs and snuggly blankets.  Howe...

I've already shared a family recipe for Chinese Chicken Salad .  This one is a little different.  It uses Napa cabbage instead of lett...

My husband was in charge of dinner for Mother's Day.  He wanted to grill.  I was down with that.  I suggested marinating a flank steak...

I originally posted this recipe back in October of 2009.  I never liked the crummy photo that accompanied it and I finally decided to upd...

I love fried chicken.  I get cravings for it sometimes, though I usually don't indulge them.  Mostly because the closest fried chicken...

For me, this recipe falls under the category of "comfort food."  There are no surprising flavors or textures, just warm, gooey, ...

This recipe comes from my friend Cathy.  She was very influential in my desire to try new recipes (she always had such great ones).  Some ...

I love lemon anything.  I recently discovered lemon custard ice cream at Baskin Robbins and let me tell you, it is heaven.  I keep lemons ...

Okay, so I've been posting a few...less than healthy...recipes lately.  I thought it was time to remedy that and give y'all someth...

It's funny how sometimes the simplest recipes can be the best.  This one only calls for 3 ingredients and one of them is the chicken! ...

This was very popular in our house the night I made it.  Even in spite of the fact that I served it with a side of broccoli.  I was surpri...

We've had this recipe in my family for years.  My mother got it from my aunt Renee, who was a wealth of yummy recipes.  This salad is ...

Here is a recipe I've been using for a couple of years now. You can make it as spicy as you can handle. I have an 8-year-old daughter ...

Sorry for the lame photo. I took it just before my hubby started eating. My father-in-law loves this chicken. It turns out moist and tend...

Yay Fall! This is an adaptation from a recipe I found on Allrecipes.com. It went super fast and we barely had any leftovers. It goes grea...