Here's a fun and zippy meal that your family is sure to enjoy. You can control the "heat" easily in this one...depending on your family's taste buds. This meal is hearty, filling and oh so tasty...it was enjoyed by everyone at our dinner table! Here are a couple of helpful posts to make this dinner a little quicker to prepare, and cheaper than buying pre-prepared … [Read more...]
Grocery Store Shortcuts for Homemade Meals
I really prefer to feed my family home cooked meals, but some days that just isn't as easy as others. For example, I like to prepare pizza dough ahead of time and keep it in the freezer for future meals, however there are days that the family wants pizza but I completely forget to take the dough out to thaw in time. Here are a few tips and tricks for using grocery store … [Read more...]
Cheesy Tuna Pasta
A cheesy twist to tuna and noodles. A recipe from Costco Meal Plan #2. Cheesy Tuna Pasta 1 lb. spaghetti noodles or other pasta4 Tbsp butter4 Tbsp flour2 cups milk2 cups chicken broth1/2 cup sour cream1 cup shredded cheese2 7 oz. cans tuna1 tsp garlic powderSalt and pepper to tasteabout 1 lb. frozen Green Beans or corn Boil the pasta noodles as … [Read more...]
Easy Fancy Spaghetti Casserole
I went to make our very favorite meal, Italian Stuffed Shells. Alas, no large shell pasta was in the pantry. What was I to do? Aha! Make it anyway with spaghetti noodles. I already had the noodles cooked – leftover from spaghetti a couple nights ago. So I mixed up the stuffing, poured in a can of sauce, added the cooked noodles. I tucked it in the oven. Frugal, favorite … [Read more...]
Toasted Ravioli Recipe
When we go out to our favorite Italian restaurant I always like to get the toasted ravioli appetizer but they disappear so fast that I decided to start making them at home so I could have more than one or two in a sitting. They're so good and so easy to make that I could eat them for my whole meal, but they do make for a nice simple appetizer and they're perfect for … [Read more...]
Penne with Creamy Pesto Sauce
Light summer fare. Summer lunch, dinner or as a side dish...and perfect for potlucks! Try this Penne with Creamy Pesto Sauce... … [Read more...]
Penne with Creamy Pesto Sauce
Love me some pesto...it's one of my favorite summer flavors. Pesto. It's such a beautiful and delectable sauce. It's so fresh and tantalizing and, let's face it, slightly addictive. It can be made inexpensively with herbs from the garden, but it can be expensive to buy in the store. So when I do buy a container, I like to stretch it out by thinning it with some milk or … [Read more...]
Mushroom and Pepper Grill-Fry
We have been doing quite a bit of grilling these last few weeks...because it's just too too too hot for this mama to want to heat up her kitchen. I've shared another delicious grill-fry for you guys over on the Mushroom Channel's blog...make haste to get the recipe, so you can grill it up next week! Mushroom and Pepper Grill-Fry … [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...]
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...]