{Imagine a countertop with 10 gallon size baggies. If you're curious, they look like this.} In order to prepare for all the craziness that will become my life in the next 4 weeks, I've decided to take the stress out of at least 1 area of my life...dinner. Between the contracts, earnest money checks, meetings, inspections, bubble wrap and packing tape, there's the last week … [Read more...]
Grilled Italian Chicken Panini
While I love a great salad for lunch most days, I also like to mix things up...and this panini is the perfect way to do that! It calls for things that you probably already have on hand...marinara, chicken, tomato and cheese. Panini sandwiches cook beautifully in a skillet, Panini press, quesadilla maker, and on the grill! Before we get to my favorite new Panini recipe, here … [Read more...]
Creamy Swiss Chicken Breasts
Creamy Swiss Chicken Breasts - The Easy Dinner You Need in Your Life My Aunt Marge makes this yummy recipe really often for church potlucks and sick friends because it's very easy to make, freezes well and the leftovers are even better the next day! It's so easy that the kids really enjoy helping out with this dish and it's one of those 'go to' meals that we can … [Read more...]
Allergy Free Garlic Chicken Skillet
This my friends is a deceptively simple, knock your socks off dinner. It's a new favorite of my husband's and is super simple to make as allergy friendly as you need it to be. Here you see I have it served on pasta but you could just as easily serve it on a bed of brown rice or a gluten free pasta of your choice. Allergy Free Garlic Chicken Skillet A simple … [Read more...]
Cilantro-Lime Chicken Casserole
Do you ever start out to make one dish and then end up making something entirely different? I started out to make a lemon chicken casserole with green beans and new potatoes, but then remembered that I had used all the lemons making lemonade. I decided to substitute limes, but then that meant I had to change up the spices. Once I had changed the spices, I decided I needed to … [Read more...]
Chicken, Pineapple, Pepper Kebabs
This weekend I was really craving some teriyaki kebabs...I knew I had the canned pineapple (new coupon out for Dole...save and use with $1 sale for $.50 cans!), the chicken and we had a few peppers in the fridge that we didn't use last week. So I thought teriyaki kebabs would be perfect. I figured I had some teriyaki sauce on hand...because I usually keep some, "just in … [Read more...]
Wedge Cobb Salad
New spin on Cobb Salads...serve it wedge style! I love fresh salads during the summer, especially when some, or all of the ingredients are coming out of my garden. (Or down the street from the local farmer's market!) There's just something primitive about eating foods that you grew, or you know who grew them, and where they were grown. There's a comfort to this primitive … [Read more...]
Lemon Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli
I wanted a fast and easy recipe for Sunday dinner because the eclipse was going to occur right about the time we usually eat dinner. However, I only took into account the timing of the full eclipse and forgot that it would start 20 minutes before that time and last for quite awhile afterwards. Family kept wandering in and out of the house as they took turns looking at the … [Read more...]
Cilantro Lime Chicken Enchiladas
Chicken Guacamole Enchiladas. Cilantro Lime Chicken Avocado Enchiladas. Cilantro Lime Chicken Guacamole Enchiladas. CLCG Enchies. For short. I really don't care what we call these, because it doesn't really matter. What matters is that they are packed with flavor. And they are the perfect summer enchilada. Sales for avocados have started, you can pinch cilantro … [Read more...]
Spicy Mandarin Orange Chicken
Emily emailed me this recipe...I've been wanting to try it, but didn't want to have to buy a jar of orange marmalade only to use a little for this recipe and then let the jar sit in the fridge. Neither my husband and I are huge orange marmalade fans, another reason I knew it would go to waste after just using a few spoonfuls. I spotted the sweet chili sauce in the fridge and … [Read more...]