Eat your heart out hamburger helper...this homemade version is so simple! And so much tastier!!! I adore making skillet meals like this one. If you've never made a skillet dinner, I highly recommend starting with this one. It goes like this... Brown the ground beef. Mix in some tomato sauce. Add liquid (broth or water) - broth gives a deeper flavor and tastier … [Read more...]
Twirly Triple Mac n Cheese
Cheesy magic is about to happen in your kitchen. Have you ever made a homemade cheese sauce? If not, please do so...like, tonight. I'm showing you how in the video (you can watch the complete FB Live video here.) It's super simple and after watching, you'll have the confidence and inspiration to try! What makes this recipe so amazing is the combination of mild cheddar, … [Read more...]
Teriyaki Beef & Veggie Stirfry
Fakeout-Takeout Straight Outta the Freezer! BOOM. This is super delicious and freezes and thaws beautifully. The steak strips soak in the teriyaki sauce while it thaws, infusing all the delicious flavors deep into the meat. Stir-fry and drop over some rice --- amazing and simple weeknight dinner. Pro Freezer Cooking Tip: Get the steak that is pre-cut into strips at the … [Read more...]
Scallops & Herbed Tomatoes
Hello, budget gourmet!!! I don't often share recipes like this with "super expensive ingredients" - like scallops. But when I do, I still try to budget hack them. Serving these with in season tomatoes and fresh herbs from your garden, over inexpensive pasta, and you'll end up with a budget gourmet meal. This is a freezer friendly meal...as the scallops, tomatoes and herbs … [Read more...]
Sweet Orange Ginger Chicken
This is really a copycat Sweet Fire Chicken. Complete with real orange peels. It's what makes this meal perfect! It's the sweet Thai chili sauce with the orange peels that leak out all their flavors and aromatics into the sauce. Perfection in a bowl right there. Sweet Orange Ginger Chicken A quick and easy fake-out take-out recipe! 2 large … [Read more...]
Freezer Friendly Cilantro Lime Chicken
I like to call meals like this "double cook" meals. It doesn't mean that they are harder to cook, or take twice the amount of time. It just means that they cook in two ways. In this case, the chicken is browned on the stovetop, then baked in the oven. All in the same cast iron skillet. The flavor in this sauce is off the hook. It's cray. It's bae. (Please pardon my … [Read more...]
Skillet Chicken Marsala
Holy flavor explosion! But it's not just the flavor that I love...it's that I can have this on the table in 20 minutes! BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COOK THE CHICKEN! First off, start cooking the pasta. Then, while the pasta is cooking, you whip up the Chicken Marsala sauce and they both finish cooking about the same time and BOOM. Dinner is ready to serve! Below is … [Read more...]
Tomato Basil Chicken over Linguini
While I'm anxiously looking forward to cooler weather, I'm still trying to hold onto summer too. These 'transition months' between seasons, I find myself doing this every year. It's still really hot in TX and I'm longing for Pumpkin Spice Lattes (I know I could get a cold version, but it's not the same!) and bottomless pots of chili. But at the same time, I'm still craving the … [Read more...]
Pineapple Mango Chicken
A little taste of the tropics right here my friend. This is a fantastic-ly simple meal that your kids are going to love, and you will too! We love these tropical flavors from the pineapple, the mango & the bell pepper. For our family, this is one of those meals that's polished quickly and the boys want more chicken and mango. This meal brings back floods of memories … [Read more...]
Creamy Gnocchi with Bacon & Peas
This recipe is inspired by 2 things...first, I was grabbing a few ingredients to make some pasta meals for our church group gathering we were hosting. I spotted a package of gnocchi that I hadn't seen before in this store and it was priced at $1.99. I grabbed 2 packages to make a giant batch of this for everyone coming over. (Note: the recipe below is written for 4 people, so … [Read more...]