Quick and easy.  Quick and easy.  Quick and easy.  That’s the theme of a lot of my dinners lately.  Blame it on my pregnancy.  Blame it on working full-time.  Blame it on 3 boys under the age of 4.  Whatever it is, quick and easy is a major theme in my kitchen. This recipe qualifies Read more

We visited the drive thru way too often at the end of 2015.  Most of that was because of our kitchen remodel, but I knew that had to change going into 2016.  So I took a few minutes to think about meals that I could get on the table in less than 10 minutes and Read more

Kitchen Hack (noun):  Refers to a shortcut found in the kitchen.  A tip or a technique that makes one’s life easier, specifically when it comes to organizing or preparing a meal. I think there are two kinds of people in this world: those that like shredded chicken and those that prefer diced chicken.  That might Read more

Kitchen Hack (noun): Refers to a shortcut found in the kitchen. A tip or a technique that makes one’s life easier, specifically when it comes to organizing or preparing a meal. Here’s another kitchen hack for you! In this case, it’s a way of making a recipe in a way that is easier, but might Read more

Kitchen Hack (noun):  Refers to a shortcut found in the kitchen.  A tip or a technique that makes one’s life easier, specifically when it comes to organizing or preparing a meal. When I consider making a recipe, I usually do a mental “To Do” list.  The larger the number of steps, the less likely I Read more

Baked potatoes. They’re simple, but they’re also a wonderful side to many meals. But they can also stand alone if you wanted to. Instead of topping with just sour cream and butter, you can also top with cheese sauce, broccoli, ham pieces or chili. Some people go crazy and use salsa, black beans and shredded Read more

I’ve shown you before that you can make great work of leftover beef or chicken taco meat and make nachos. Last time I did it in the skillet, but this time, I made it on a cookie sheet. Also changing it up this time is that I added leftover fajita veggies. I didn’t have enough Read more

Fajitas are one of my favorite meals. If I get a choice of restaurant, it’s quite common for me to choose Mexican. I always think of fajitas as too difficult to make at home, but really, it’s not. I’ll make chicken taco meat and have chicken tacos one night, then follow it up with chicken Read more

Spaghetti. Love it! It’s easy too. You just boil some noodles, make some sauce and serve it up. If you wanted to fancy it up, you can add homemade meatballs. This is a step above that. This is boil some noodles, make some sauce, mix up some other stuff, arrange in a casserole dish, bake Read more