Oven Fajitas

Who loves fajitas?  I know I do.  I especially love them at a restaurant when they come out of the kitchen on a sizzling skillet.  These aren’t on a sizzling skillet but they are quite tasty and I love the way some of the onions caramelize and get crispy edges in the oven.  It takes…

One Pot Sausage and Pasta

Well… it could be one pot.  But I was trying to bust it out faster and sometimes having the veggies cook with the turkey sausage takes longer… So tonight this was a two pot meal. Let’s Get Crafty! Saute together until softened: 1 tablespoon butter 1 onion, diced (I used half of an onion because…

Texas Ranch Chicken Casserole

This is an oldie but goodie from the Six Sisters’ Stuff blog.  This recipe was made on a night where we were running behind and kept running into obstacles getting dinner on the table.  This recipe is pretty close to theirs with some small adjustments. Emily and I went to the grocery store after work…

Shredded Beef for Tacos

Beef roasts were on sale and I wanted to mix it up with something different, since we recently had beef stew.  Here’s a quick and easy crock-pot recipe that I threw together in 5 minutes.  I actually very gently threw it together because Emily was taking her nap after church and needed a good one…

Quick Chicken Cacciatore

This was a quick and easy recipe that had the kids eating in just over 30 minutes.  The secret trick here is using frozen chicken nuggets.  This recipe is based on the Pampered Chef recipe in the Main Dishes book.  It falls under the Weekly Express menu on page 21. Rather than using pasta for…

Beef & Spinach Lo Mein

This recipe comes from the Spring 2015 Taste of Home magazine Quick and Light.  I don’t cook fresh spinach very often and I was excited the kids both gobbled it right up along with the meat and other bright veggies. Let’s Get Crafty! Getting the meat in some marinade: 1/4 cup hoisin sauce (this is…

Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings

My Mom made chicken and dumplings when we were kids.  It’s such a comforting, hearty dish to me.  It was one of my older brother’s favorites, so he would often pick it as his birthday dinner.  This is one of those meals that I can make and know my kids will eat it up.  Veggies…

Cattle Drive Casserole

A friend posted this recipe from 12 Tomatoes on Facebook and I just had to give it a try.  Another similar post on Pinterest called this Comfort Food at it’s Finest and I would have to agree.  I mixed it up a little (Shocker!) but the key ideas are pretty true to form.  With baking time…

Rosemary and Mustard Chicken

We don’t often go to Safeway.  On a recent trip where we wanted to get home and just went to the closest grocery store… we had a great find!  There was a meat special that included 4 packages of meat for $20. These thinly sliced chicken breasts were were part of the special.  I came…

Chicken Enchiladas with White Sauce

These are super creamy enchiladas that are just a good warmed up the next day as they are the evening they’re prepared.  I’m kicking myself for spacing out taking pictures while I was making them but I’m thankful I remembered to do it before diving into my plate!  This recipe came typed from my Mom….