Cheesy Shrimp Pasta Casserole Recipe This garlic shrimp casserole is a super easy recipe full of cheesy shrimp and penne pasta cooked in fresh garlic, butter, cheese, and a dash of lemon juice. It takes less than 30 minutes to make, and it’s all made in the same skillet, so it’s perfect for busy weeknights. It has become one of my favorite dinners – and the leftovers are great for lunch the next day too!...
Dill Bread with Cottage Cheese Recipe Have dill and not sure what to do with it? Make this super soft homemade dill bread! What makes it so soft? It’s made with cottage cheese that’s going to make a really fluffy slice of bread! I make this loaf of bread a couple times during the Summer, using it for sandwiches and snacks. I love mine with butter spread on top, while my husband loves cream cheese on his....
If you love Thai food, you will appreciate this Thai coconut soup as it has many common ingredients with some of your favorite takeout Thai food favorites. The creamy coconut milk creates a familiar, rich base for this delicious Thai coconut soup. Meanwhile, the red curry paste and fish sauce are brought to life by the opposing sweetness of brown sugar. With the added ginger and lime juice, you won’t lack flavor....
Homemade butternut squash baby food This homemade butternut squash baby food is a nutritious Stage 2 and Stage 3 puree and made with butternut squash and fresh fruit, ready in less than 30 minutes. All my daughters loved this food when they were little so I hope your little one does too! Tip: Want to add veggies? Add in 2 stalks of celery – it’s a sneaky way to add some extra nutrients into this baby food!...
Creamy mashed potatoes with cream cheese Have you ever had a batch of mashed potatoes that made you weak in the knees? These Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes are sure to do it! Not only are they lusciously creamy and so fluffy, but they’re really easy to make. Cream cheese potatoes are my go-to side dish for our Thanksgiving Menu, Christmas, and as a simple side dish for weeknight dinners. Mixing cream cheese into the boiled potatoes (along with milk and butter) makes them impossibly creamy and provides a slight tang....
Have lots of kale? Make Kale Pesto! Have you ever been stuck with too much kale in your fridge but have no desire to make yet another batch of Kale Chips? Sure, you could use it up in a batch of my Homemade Kale Crackers, or make Kale Pasta with Butter Sauce for dinner, or if you’d prefer something super easy…. try this pesto! Making pesto sauce with kale is a great way to use up your leftover leafy greens if you have it in the fridge, or if you’re a gardener with just too much kale!...
Why You’ll Love These Corn Pancakes You can easily throw this recipe together with the ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. These fluffy, tasty pancakes are the perfect breakfast that the whole family will adore. Make sure you make plenty because they will definitely be asking for seconds! These corn pancakes are super soft, with little bits of corn in them for the perfect texture and corn flavor. I love to make them in place of classic pancakes or blueberry pancakes when we are craving something a little different....
Cucumber and Red Onion Salad If you’re looking for a simple light salad made with cucumbers and red onions, then you found it. Once the garden starts giving us cucumbers and onions, this salad is always on rotation. It only takes 10 minutes to prep, and then you put in the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours, but I recommend overnight if you can for that full marinated zing the apple cider vinegar, sugar, minced garlic and oregano dressing makes when mixed all together....
Green Tomato Sauce for Pasta If you love my roma tomato sauce or roasted cherry tomato sauce, then you are going to love this green tomato sauce! Green tomatoes are roasted in the oven, and then added to a food processor where we pulse until it turns into a creamy sauce. That it’s – it’s so easy to make! When we’re picking green tomatoes at the end of our garden season, I make a couple batches of this to freeze, along with green tomato soup, green tomato jam, pickled green tomatoes and my favorite green tomato pie for dessert....
Make Chicken Tacos with Cherry Tomatoes This has been a top 3 recipe of this Summer. Why? It’s delicious! our entire family, including our kids, absolutely love it! Why else? It uses up so many of our garden vegetables! Why else? Because it’s so easy to make in the Instant Pot! The result is chicken meat filled with so much flavor, with a touch of sweetness due to the cherry tomatoes....
Mexican Arugula Salad Recipe This is one of my favorite fresh salad recipes because I love the taste of the peppery arugula mixed with spinach, with my favorite olive oil lime dressing on top! I am not a creamy salad dressing person, instead I like things light with a little zing (thanks lime!). I love Mexican flavored dishes, so the lime, cumin and dash of red pepper flakes combo gives this such a burst of flavor, without making it feel heavy....
Cheese. You either love it or you love it. Have you ever met a person who doesn’t love it? Once I met a person who doesn’t like pizza and I ran away from them. Cheese dip is one of those things that I love, no matter what time of the year or where I’m at. You’ll find cheese dips at pot lucks, friends dinner parties or fancy art openings. No matter what the event, you’ll find me at the snacks table swimming in that cheese sauce (not literally, the bowl isn’t big enough)....
4 Ingredient Cookies You only need 4 ingredients to make these cookies, and I’m guessing you already have everything in your pantry. These are simple cookies, so they should only require simple, budget friendly ingredients. How to Make Cookies With No Flour You might be surprised to hear this, but you don’t actually need flour to bake all cookies. As long as you have a ingredient that holds your cookies together (in this case, 1 egg), you can make flourless cookies....
Sugar Snap Pea Pasta with Broccoli When the garden gives us sugar snap peas and broccoli, we whip up this ridiculously easy sugar snap pea pasta for dinner! We love sugar snap pea season because it means not only do I get a super easy snack for the girls to take to school (wash them, pack them – done!) but I get to make Mac and Cheese with Peas, this pasta dish and so many more fresh sugar snap pea recipes!...
Slow Cooker BBQ Spare Ribs Recipe These Spare Ribs are finger licking delicious! They’re slow cooked in a sweet and smokey barbecue sauce, so the meat is going to fall off the bone. I told you, finger licking good! This recipe is easy to make, all you need to do is add a couple ingredients into the crock pot, add your spare ribs and then wait for 8 hours for them to be done....
Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms What’s not to love about stuffed mushrooms? They’re juicy. They’re filled with cream cheese. They are small finger food which means you can eat 8 of them and not feel that bad. I often make these as a side dish (often paired with meat/mashed potatoes or baked salmon with sautéed kale), but sometimes as a movie night snack too to go along with our take out pizza....
How to Keep Bananas Fresh If you guys know me, then you know I love bananas! In fact, there’s a ongoing joke on my Instagram because I’m often carrying a banana! Bananas are my go to breakfast, and my favorite snack. I can’t get enough of them! I’m picky about bananas though – they can’t be too green and they can’t be too brown. Actually, they can’t be brown. As soon as I see a brown spot on the banana peel (or worse the banana itself!...
Cheesy Chicken and Cauliflower Casserole We love this cheesy cauliflower casserole so I hope you do too! It’s simple to throw together, filled with yummy cauliflower and juicy chicken, and oh yeah, that cheese sauce! Well you might need to lick the spoon when it’s done. It’s hearty enough as a main course (we usually serve with dinner rolls or dill bread to dip in the sour cream cheese sauce), but you can absolutely serve as a side dish if you’d like too....
Chocolate banana mug cake recipe When I’m craving a quick dessert, mug cakes are my go-to. These single-serving cakes are baked in a mug in the microwave in minutes. In the end, you always have a moist and fluffy homemade cake! I’m a big fan of chocolate cake and banana bread, so meshing the two into a Chocolate Banana Mug Cake was a no-brainer. Imagine spoonfuls of warm chocolate banana bread with an ooey-gooey chocolate center....
Crunchy Kale Chips It might not surprise you but I love kale. I’ve already declared that sauteed kale is my favorite side dish, but let’s talk about my other love: kale chips! These kale chips have the crisp and saltiness of potato chips, but also offer a fantastic way to sneak in some extra greens! I prefer them simple with sea salt, but please check out my seasonings section for flavor suggestions!...
