CONNIE KAYE'S KITCHEN – Recipes and ramblings from Chiefs country

Connie Kaye

  • An elegant (and easy) recipe for delicious carrots!

    There’s a place at the lake that serves delicious spiced carrots, so when I saw this recipe, I went for it.  And, it didn’t disappoint.  Meet my delicious side dish, although I could just chomp them all down and call… Continue reading

  • The Best (and easiest) Homemade Mac & Cheese

    We had a birthday party for the youngest daughter, Kristy, last month, and smoked a bunch of pork butts in anticipation of a United Way fundraiser (today) as well as her birthday.  I had made my famous and delicious cheesy… Continue reading

  • Guacamole Salsa

    Love avocados!  Love.  Love.  So I tried to replicate the delicious green stuff that my friend Heather made — I told her we needed a name for it, so she dubbed it “Guacamole Salsa”, maybe because of it’s consistency.  I… Continue reading

  • The BEST (and easiest) Homemade Mac & Cheese

    We had a birthday party for the youngest daughter, Kristy, last month, and smoked a bunch of pork butts in anticipation of a United Way fundraiser (today) as well as her birthday.  I had made my famous and delicious cheesy… Continue reading

  • It’s hatch chile time!

    I was lucky yesterday when I went to the grocery store – they were actually roasting the yummy chiles outside.  I go for the mild version, and one sample of roasted chiles with cream cheese in a tortilla, and I… Continue reading

  • Like shrimp? Oh man, you’ll like this!!!

    We love seafood, especially shrimp, crab, lobster 🙂 so when the hub brought me a souvenir t-shirt from Maryland, with Old Bay smattered across the front, I thought “very fitting”.  He also bought a can of Old Bay seasoning.  I’ve… Continue reading

  • Hot breakfast in a flash!!!

    Now that the kids are back in school and everyone is running around the house all crazy-like, I wanted to share a scrumptious muffin recipe that can be made ahead and frozen, microwaved, has protein, and is customizable (is that… Continue reading

  • Very cool spice rack!

    Found these cool little magnetic spice containers at a market that sells items from around the world 🙂  Asked my wondrous husband to get a piece of flat iron, and voila, I have a spice rack!  Very little $$$ involved… Continue reading

  • A delicious, easy summer dessert!

    Pineapple Poke Bundt Cake.  Catchy name, huh?  I actually stumbled across this recipe in the Sunday coupon ads (of course I didn’t use the coupon) but the cake is delicious.  I thought I would share because it’s easy. quick, moist… Continue reading

  • Easy Fruit Pizza

    You’ll notice that in my Recipe Box, I’ve added a new category called “Cooking with Kids”.  Why, you might ask?  Well two of my favorite cooks were at it again last night, and we happily sampled their creation!  Here’s the… Continue reading