This is an easy “throw it in the crockpot frozen” meal that I make when I need something i can throw together fast in the morning for dinner that night. I like to use my home-canned tomatoes, but you can use store-bought – just use a 15oz can of crushed or petite diced tomatoes in […]
Weeknight Favorites
Easy Hamburger Soup Recipe
I had a super sorry gathering of odds and ends veggies in the crisper that honestly were either “eat today or throw away” prospects. They were so embarrassing I didn’t even take a “whole” photo of them because i had to cut away the not so nice bits to get enough usable veg for my […]
Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana (Potato & Sausage Soup)
Sometimes, I just need to eat out – and a trip to Olive Garden might be one of my favorite guilty pleasures when we travel to the closest “large town” – which is not really all that large…. I love the soup, salad, breadstick deal – but as we don’t travel that far, that much, […]
Chicken & Veggie Lo Mein – 1 Chicken Breast Recipe
I had one chicken breast hanging out in the fridge that I needed to use up, but there are three of us for dinner so what to do with it was sort of haunting me. I could have thawed out some more chicken, but time got away from me this week so that wasn’t an […]
20 No Cook Dinner Ideas – Beat the Heat!
It’s June. It’s Hot. Our A/C is not working and the repair guys wont be here for another 3 days. I am not getting anywhere near the oven, stove, microwave or any other form of heat until it’s fixed. I know I’m not the only one suffering from lack of cool air, albeit temporarily. This […]
Simple Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
I am generally a “from the jar” spaghetti sauce kind of girl, but my daughter has a cumin allergy – causes severe migraines – and most jarred sauces have cumin in them. I used to make my own sauce so I thought I’d write out the recipe for her to use in place of “migraine […]