This easy basil chicken alfredo recipe saves dinner in a pinch. Made with kitchen staples and completely homemade (without all the work), it’s a great go-to recipe for busy weeknights. Let me set the scene: It’s 4:30 on a weekday afternoon. I have dismally failed to meal plan for the week, and as the kids Read more

I love me some chicken enchiladas!  I have a white sauce version, which we love.  It’s a cream-based sauce, taking advantage of the ease of Cream of Chicken soup.  But I also love a red-based sauce.  Especially since I mastered my own enchilada sauce.  You don’t HAVE to use a homemade sauce, but you can.  Read more

I am NOT the first person to make tacos like this, so I’m blogging a tried-and-true way of making tacos.  It might even be the way YOU already make tacos. But cooking tacos in the oven has made it so much easier to serve them, so I’m posting it. Since I’ve almost always got cooked Read more

Got any meat & potato fans in your house?  This meal is for them! Got any slow cooker fans in your house?  This meal is for them! This is a complete meal.  It’s got meat.  It’s got potatoes.  It’s got vegetables.  Done! Done! Done!  Now, I do usually serve it with some other vegetables, but Read more

Is your family fans of chili?  My immediate family is starting to be, but I wasn’t growing up.  I sure am now though. I think it changed for me sometime in my 20s.  The company that I worked at held a weekly Chili Lunch Club in the winter time.  All you had to do was Read more

Smoked Sausage has become such a well-loved ingredient in our family. EVERYONE in the family likes it and there are many ways to prepare it. This is just one of the latest ones that I’ve been using.  I cook it with potatoes, peppers and onions to make an easy Hash.  I’ve combined it with onions Read more

  For most of us that live in a decent-sized city, it’s really easy to find a Chinese restaurant with good Sweet & Sour Chicken. And yet, I never order it.  BUT…I often have it.  I just make my own. I’ve mentioned this before, but the main reasons that I can think of to make Read more

When my husband and I started dating a decade ago, we would go out with friends often.  Sometimes to a barbecue place.  He didn’t like buffalo sauce, so he normally got something with barbecue sauce.  I’d get buffalo sauce cause I live on the spicy side of life. Then we got married and he did Read more

I got a thing for buns.  They’re carb-y.  They’re delicious.  They’re yeasty. I like big buns.  (I cannot lie.) I like hot cross buns.  (One a penny.  Two a penny.) I like them with cinnamon on top. I like them with frosting on top.  I like them made into garlic bread.  I like them made Read more