Instant Pot Potato Soup

I’m loving the Instant Pot!  This was our second recipe over the weekend.  What am I loving?  I’m loving the flexibility of putting something in and walking off to do whatever else needs to be done knowing that everything is safe in the pressure cooker and doesn’t even need to be stirred during cooking!  I…

Chicken, Avocado and Lime Soup

This is my first time using our Instant Pot to make dinner!  The original recipe comes from The Defined Dish blog.  A friend shared the link with me and it sounded delicious- so I had to give it a try.  As I always tend to do, I’ve done some switching up of the recipe ingredients…

2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

My son loves pumpkin.  Especially pumpkin pie.  This is a quick and easy Weight Watchers recipe that’s been around for some time now.  This one seemed perfect for fall time and getting some pumpkin in our tummies.  We made these on weeknight and then had them for breakfast for the couple days to follow.  They’ve…

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…

Make-Ahead Breakfast Enchiladas

The original recipe is from Belly Full.  My Mom shared a post of this on Facebook and it looked delicious.  My husband doesn’t like breakfast casseroles.  I know… I’m sure you’re all gasping and shocked.  It can be a struggle that I absolutely love them.  My ideal day would start off with hitting the “on”…

Did I just find a Green Chile shortcut??

Green Chile is a labor of love in our house.  On this particular day my husband wasn’t home to cook the diced pork and I was working with a pork loin.  I used the same idea in coating it and frying it but I did it in slices verses diced which cut down huge on…

Crazy Easy Breakfast Potatoes

This recipe is a keeper.  It’s from Very Best Baking by Nestle.  What?  Nestle?  No- there isn’t chocolate in these potatoes but it uses Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk.  I like to buy the low-fat variety and it worked well with this dish.   Let’s Get Crafty! Preheat oven to 350 4 cups frozen hash browns,…

Buffalo Chicken Soup

Oh wings.  How I adore thee fried and crispy.  It makes my heart happy that fall time is here and that means soup time!  This recipe pulls in the flavors of wings without all the fat and grease.  I feel less guilty about having a second bowl of this soup.  Saute together or medium low…

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…

2 Beef Freezer Meal Starter Kits

Safeway had a pretty good sale on beef roasts over the weekend and I decided to buy 3 of them (3.5-4.5 lbs each) to cut up for stew for our dinner and use what was left for a few freezer meals.  Turns out there was enough to make 5 freezer meals and our dinner that…