Honey Italian Glaze Chicken Tenders

You may not have heard of Lebanon, Tennessee.  Friendly and a great place to come home to. Dan Evins thought it was just the place to start a business. 

Sausage and Egg Casserole

If you were born in American, you may have looked forward to cartoons on Saturday morning with a bowl of cereal. I remember sitting on the floor watching cartoons and eating cereal. I was one of those kids you dug for that prize in the cereal box.

Skillet Goulash

Garlic has been grown for more than 5,000 years, is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world. Cultures throughout history have used it for physical and spiritual health; among the various beliefs about garlic were that it made you stronger and kept away evil spirits. While the prescriptions changed, the use of garlic as a healing agent continued all the way up until today.

Creamy Strawberry Watermelon Pie

Watermelon is thought to have originated in southern Africa, where you find it growing wild. You can see where it gets its name. The flesh of this tasty fruit is over 90% water.

Salmon with Herb Lemon Butter

Commercial cultivation of lemons blossomed in both Florida and California in the 1800s, but due to a killer freeze in the winter of 1894-1895, commercial lemon culture in Florida ceased. Planting resumed in 1953 due to a need not for fresh lemons, of which there were plenty from California, but a market for frozen lemon concentrate, which had become popular

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Skillet Shepherd's Pie

The fall harvest season wouldn't be complete without ears of Indian corn as part of decor in homes and businesses. From wreaths to centerpieces, and everything in between, Indian corn seems to be everywhere in October and November, except on a dinner plate. It's corn, but can you actually eat it? And where did it come from?

Paprika

Paprika is a spice that is often overlooked by cooks. The only time we think of paprika is when we make potato salad, chicken and deviled eggs, using the spice for color to make drab dishes look alive. But paprika is an interesting spice that can be used for much more than a coloring agent.

Nachos

Black beans date back 7,000 years. Black beans a protein rich staple food of many Latin cultures for a long time. Today, black beans are enjoyed by many cultures around the world. 

Strawberry Salad

The strawberry is actually a member of the rose family, with the most common varieties being a hybrid of the wild Virginia strawberry, native to North America, and a Chilean variety. The plant produces succulent, red, fruit from tiny white flowers, and sends out runners to propagate.

Macaroni Salad

Chives, a member of the onion family and native to Europe and Asia, have been around over 5,000 years. But, they were not actively cultivated until the Middle Ages.

Crusty Roasted Potatoes

When potato plants bloom, they send up five lobed flowers that spangle fields like fat purple stars. Marie Antoinette liked the blossoms so much that she put them in her hair. Her husband, Louis XVI, put one in his buttonhole, inspiring a brief vogue in which the French aristocracy swanned around with potato plants on their clothes. Flowers were part of an attempt to persuade French farmers to plant and French diners to eat this strange new species.

Little C's Chicken Chili

Prior to industrialization, it was extremely expensive and labor intensive to harvest the mass quantities of salt necessary for food preservation and seasoning. This made salt an extremely valuable commodity. Entire economies were based on salt production and trade.