I love spinach and mozzarella together. My husband has been known to brag that I can make any version of those two ingredients taste great. Working at home, I struggle so much with lunch. If I actually remember to eat it (seriously, this is a recurring problem), I often get frustrated by my lack of ideas or lack of time to carry through on the …
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Skillet Scalloped Potatoes Recipe – Easy (But Fancier than My Usual) Meals with Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch
You'd better believe this post contains affiliate links!! I am so proud of my friend, Alea, of Premeditated Leftovers (<- best blog name ever!), whose cookbook, Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch, released last month! I was excited to get my copy, and wanted to make one of the recipes I'm allowed to share in its entirety. Skillet …
World’s Easiest, No-Cook, Ready-in-3-Minutes Party Snack
This is embarrassingly easy. I'm going to categorize it as a recipe, but that's a stretch. But if you, like me, ever completely forget you're supposed to take a snack to a Christmas party (even when you're one of the ones who organized the party and asked everyone to bring snacks) until five minutes before you walk out the door, here's a …
Southern Cornbread Dressing Thanksgiving Recipes and My Mom’s New Book!
I live in Texas, and my mother is from Oklahoma, so I grew up thinking everyone ate cornbread dressing at Thanksgiving. They don't. They so don't. A few years ago, we went on a cruise for Thanksgiving with my husband's family and though the turkey and mashed potatoes were wonderful, we were all shocked and horrified (I'm sort of exaggerating, …
Chicken and Noodles – Comfort Food in Less than Fifteen Minutes
Again with an embarrassingly easy meal idea using pre-cooked and frozen shredded chicken breast. We've been spared any major sicknesses lately, but have had some Days of General Ickiness happen to each member of the family over the past month or so. Hubby had a cold, two Sunday nights in a row two different kids had fleeting stomach bugs, and …
Super Fast (And Almost Embarrassingly Easy) Chicken Alfredo Pasta with Spinach
Last week, I told you how I shred twenty-five pounds of cooked chicken breasts in minutes. I promised I'd share some recipes I make with that shredded chicken. This one comes together in minutes. Chicken Alfredo Spinach Pasta is one of my kids' favorites. It's so easy it's embarrassing to post it as a "recipe." Especially since I still …
Two Hour Crockpot Lasagna (Perfect for Practice Nights)
I have a whole repertoire of portable meals for game nights, but practice nights are difficult. Gymnastics, basketball and baseball practices all seem to happen smack dab in the middle of the hour when I'd like to have dinner as a family. We end up getting home right at the edge of what I personally consider an acceptable dinner time. In an …
Parmesan Pepper Seasoned French Fries Recipe
This isn't really a recipe. It's more of a What I Did post. But I had to share. My family insisted. I've seen recipes online for french fries tossed in stuff. I'm sure that information was hiding in the depths of my brain when it burst forth without specifics this summer. Basically, this is a "recipe" born out of guilt. Out …
Four Crazy-Easy, Super-Quick Dinners
Last week was Show Week. My two boys were in a play and I was directing. A busy (somewhat-stressed) mom plus limited time to get dinner on the table makes it hard to resist the allure of a drive thru window . . . but I succeeded! (Monday through Thursday. I had no intention of cooking on the weekend!) Each night, I used my pre-cooked and …
