Eating out, fast food and junk food for many of us are a huge blow to the checkbook. So, for the month of January I am planning to focus the whole month on dupe recipes of our favorite restaurants and healthy at home versions of some favorite snack foods. What are some restaurant favs that are a temptations for you?

Years ago when Michael and I were newly married and he was working at his first real job after college, he 'volun-told' me to make a recipe I knew nothing about for his company's Thanksgiving dinner. Years later, what I learned from that dumb luck creation led to one of my family's favorite casseroles on our Thanksgiving table. I just posted the recipe on YouTube.