Working all day, whether you work at home or outside the home, it’s often difficult to juggle schedules and get dinner on the table fast. One of the favorite meals that I cook for my boys is Chicken Quesadillas. In addition to cheese, there are endless ingredients that can be added, we even like adding […]
Penne Pasta with Italian Sausage
As Summer begins, our cooking turns from comfort food to quick and easy meals. This Penne Pasta with Italian Sausage goes together in about 20 minutes and can be easily changed to suit your taste. The original recipe from Betty Crocker uses Ham, but since we had some leftover Italian Sausage from the Sausage Potato […]
Mother’s Day Breakfast in Bed: Breakfast Pizza
Liz isn’t the most patient person, Oops! The cat’s out of the bag. But let me explain. She normally is very patient with the boys and I, except when it comes to special occasions, like Mother’s Day. In our house when you there is a holiday as soon as you get out of bed in the […]
Meatball Stroganoff Recipe
If Meatball Stroganoff is not on your list of comfort foods you don’t know what you could be missing. I’m a big fan of creamy sauces and the full bodied flavors they lend to foods and while you can easily substitute store bought ingredients in this recipe to reduce the work, a little pre-planning on […]
Easy Taco Bake Recipe
Every week there seems to be one day that time seems to slip by like sand in an hourglass, the days of our lives. Yeah sometimes it is a soap opera. It’s good to have a recipe that is simple to throw together at the last minute, that’s when this Easy Taco Bake would come […]
Slow Cooker Jambalaya Recipe
Hot Jambalaya! Hot Jambalaya! The best thing about creating recipes for the family in your own kitchen is that occasionally moments come along that make you realize that all the hard work is worth it. This Slow Cooker Jambalaya recipe I adapted from Hunt’s is just the latest moment. And the best thing about this is that […]
Grilled Lemon Garlic Shrimp: Food on a Stick
If you love seafood, or love Red Lobster’s Shrimp Scampi, you will love this Grilled Lemon Garlic Shrimp! You don’t typically think of shrimp when you are planning your budget friendly meal, but actually most seafood including shrimp is a good frugal option. You can find the Shrimp for this delicious treat for under $7.00 […]
Baked Quick and Easy Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas
Quick. Easy. Simple. All of these only begin to describe these Enchiladas made with the help of Progresso Soup. One word comes the closest, delicious. I’ve not made a meal this easy in quite awhile and I was excited with the results when I was finished with these Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas. This quick weeknight meal gets […]