Here’s a fun recipe to jump start the holiday season for a morning where you want to sit and enjoy sipping your coffee and playing with the kids while breakfast is baking away in the oven. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love that it’s all about food with family and friends. I must admit…
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 Stew Hot from the Oven
I usually make beef stew in the Crock-Pot and wanted to make it using a Crock-Pot cast iron dutch oven that my husband got me for Mother’s Day. I’ve actually been wanting to try this for a while and was excited to have a Sunday afternoon at home to do it. Every good stew needs…
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…
We've Been Boo-ed!
Happy Halloween! I was able to sneak in some quick crafting on morning Sunday to get our neighbor surprises put together. This went into little fun baskets of Halloween goodies for two of our neighbors. It makes my heart happy to see how excited my son gets while trying to be sneaky during delivery. This…
Green Chile Soup in the Instant Pot
Quick and easy! Just the way I like it. This was thrown together together last Friday night when I wanted something warm and comforting. It had been a long week and pizza didn’t seem like something that would satisfy. I had planned on adding the green chiles to my bowl and not the Instant Pot…
Beef Stew – using one of my starters!
Remember a couple weeks ago when there was a really good beef roast sale? I used one of those beef stew starters on a busy week morning. I threw everything in the Crock-Pot before we left to face the day. During my son’s football practice my daughter and I ran to the grocery store and…
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…
My Crafty Corner 