in my quest to get everything (including our meals) organized and simplified for the upcoming school year, i am prepping some freezer meals to have ready to go for the busy days ahead. aside from some of my other favorite freezer meals (cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and chicken enchiladas, and beef ...
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easy make ahead beef lasagna
with school starting up again in just a few more weeks (please don't go, summer!!!) i've been starting to think about getting back into a routine/schedule/state of organization. aside from the normal "back to school" schedule we also have to add in all the extra-curricular activities, sports, ...
crock pot pork tacos
if you're like me, you're always looking for a deal at the grocery store to save some money on the grocery bill. also, if you're like me, you're all about dinners that are really easy to put together, especially on days you know are going to be busy or you just don't feel like cooking. so when i ...
easy three-cheese stuffed pasta shells
i am a huge pasta lover. whenever we go to a restaurant my husband will order steak or some other meaty main dish and i will always, always, and forever order pasta as mine. i think you can always identify a pasta person by their pantry - if they've got 83 or more packages of pasta at any given ...
easy weeknight meal :: chicken parmigiana
i am one of those people who loves spending time in the kitchen. whether it's chopping up vegetables for some homemade chicken pot pie, baking a german chocolate cake for my hubby, or whipping up some cream for my homemade nutella ice cream, i love it all! but due to recent time contraints i haven't ...
easy peasy chicken tetrazzini
we happened to have a sunday a few weeks ago where we had the entire afternoon at home. so what did i do? i spent my time making a big sunday dinner, of course! and my favorite kind of food - pasta. i flipped through my family's cookbook and found a recipe that my sister had put in for chicken ...
budget-friendly philly cheese steak sandwiches
i love summer for all the barbecuing and salads and outdoor eating. we usually only bbq on weekends or holidays because a) that's when my husband can be home from work all day, and b) the recipes we make for barbecuing and smoking usually take quite a bit of time and prep. this recipe for philly ...
homemade chicken tortilla soup
there are a few holidays that i don't really "get into" - st. patrick's day is one of them, cinco de mayo is another. but my kids are starting to become more aware of all these holidays and want to do something to celebrate them all. so today, in honor of cinco de mayo, we had chicken tortilla ...
homemade asian chicken salad with sesame dressing
i grew up in a pretty multi-cultural area. there were lots of different ethnic restaurants around...egyptian, korean, greek, italian, indian, you name it. there was a particular chinese restaurant that my family really liked and we'd frequently go there for lunch or order take-out for dinner and i ...
crock pot macaroni & cheese
i know i'm not the only one who loves mac and cheese. i ate it growing up. a lot.my kids love it too. and truth be told...they'll only eat homemade. true story. so while there are times when i don't mind spending more time in the kitchen making a nice creamy cheese sauce, most times i prefer ...