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Easy Taco Casserole Recipe We love this Taco Casserole because not only is it delicious, but it’s so easy to make too! Many casserole recipes call for ground beef, but instead I’m filling mine up with black beans, corn and tomatoes to make it hearty, and using a tomato soup x taco seasoning mix to make a creamy sauce! It’s as simple as boiling elbow noodles, and then throwing all the ingredients together in a baking dish, with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese on top!...

Amish Shoofly Pie As a kid we would frequently go to the Lancaster Amish markets where we would always come home with whoopie pies, potato stuffing, and shoofly pies. I have plenty of whoopie pies on the blog, but realized I didn’t have shoofly, so here is the only recipe you need for an authentic pie that tastes just like Grandma made! This recipe makes a homemade shoofly pie that is both tasty and crumbly....

Chocolate cookies aren’t appreciated enough in my opinion. Usually when you hear chocolate in a cookie you automatically think of chocolate chip cookies, but how about straight up chocolate cookies? Chocolate cookies are a thing of beauty when you bake them and they get that cracked texture on top. Now throw on some frosting (that’s right) on top and you have your new favorite cookie. The holiday season is all about comfort food and cookies are on the top of this list....

Crockpot Mushrooms This recipe makes the most juicy, tender buttery mushrooms ever! And even better, they’re so easy to make! Throw all the ingredients into the slow cooker, cook for 4 hours and you have the most delicious mushrooms! Serve as a side dish (especially good on steak!) or triple the recipe to make a big batch for your next potluck. Warning though, these will be the first gone, and everyone will be asking you for the recipe!...

Homemade French Onion Soup with Red Onions French Onion Soup might seem hard to make, but I promise you this recipe is easy! It takes a little time but the pay off is the first sip of that homemade caramelized onion beef broth! And when you dip your spoon to get that crusty cheesy bread out, oh la la la, you’ll for sure fall in love with this soup! There’s a few secret ingredients in my recipe....

Dried cherry tomatoes With all types of tomatoes and vegetables being abundant in the summer, it’s a shame if any had to go to waste! That’s why I love using my dehydrator. I get on dehydrating kicks and all of a sudden my house is filled with dried cantaloupe chips and fruit leather of every flavor! Cherry tomatoes are especially useful when they’re dried because they add tons of flavor to pasta salads, fresh green salads, and sandwiches, and they make for a simple healthy snack....

Instant Pot Kielbasa and Cabbage Sometimes I don’t have enough time for our favorite Slow Cooker Kielbasa and Cabbage recipe, so I wanted to share a really quick Instant Pot version – that tastes just like the crockpot but so much faster! All you need to is chop up the kielbasa, cabbage, potatoes, carrots and onions, and then add those along with the other ingredients to the Instant Pot. Close the lid and let it do all the work for 15 minutes!...

Pickled Okra Recipe This is such a easy pickled okra recipe that tastes so good! If you love Half Sour Pickles, then you’re going to love these crunchy half sour pickled okra too! It’s as simple as adding okra to a jar, with a salt water brine (no vinegar!) and spices, giving it a shake and placing in the refrigerator to naturally pickle. No canning is needed! I like to make several batches at a time, so that I’ve always got a jar of fresh pickled okra to snack on....

Stuffed Shells with Ground Beef and Mushrooms Stuffed Shells give me comfort. What’s not to love about pasta filled with ricotta cheese, ground beef and mushrooms and then covered with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese? Is your mouth watering yet? My family loves these stuffed shells for dinner. You can either make them and eat right away, or I often make them the day before and bake when I get home from work for a no fuss weeknight meal....

Do you look forward to the delicious stuffing mix served for Thanksgiving? Then I have a recipe for you! This recipe is for all my stuffing lovers and Thanksgiving fanatics alike. Or anyone, really. I don’t know a single person who doesn’t love stuffing. Btw for my stuffing lovers, you need to try my Crockpot Stuffing and Amish Potato Stuffing too! These stuffing balls take your traditional bread, celery onion, and herb mixture to the next level....

The Best Green Bean Recipes We pick green beans by the basket in the garden. It always begins with a couple green beans, and then a handful, and suddenly you’re picking 5 pounds of beans and wondering “What should I make?”. Tip: If you have too many green beans, don’t worry, you can freeze green beans too! I made this collection of my favorite green bean recipes using fresh green beans!...

99+ Meal Ideas with Fresh Cherry Tomatoes You all know the feeling when you have a vegetable garden. One minute you have tiny green tomatoes growing, and then what feels like overnight you have baskets of red cherry tomatoes sitting in your kitchen. It’s exciting, but also sometimes you’re wondering “What the heck should I do with all these cherry tomatoes?” First, let’s start with Brooklyn Farm Girl favorites: roasted cherry tomato sauce and slow cooker cherry tomato sauce....

Why You’ll Love Baked Spaghetti Casserole Need a easy casserole dinner idea? Then you need to try this Baked Spaghetti Casserole! My family loves this pasta bake with ground beef – and what’s not to love about it? Filled with zesty ground beef, cooked spaghetti, and cheesy goodness (ricotta and mozzarella!), this pasta casserole has everything you need for a delicious meal. Give your family a break from boring classic spaghetti and serve them this spaghetti casserole recipe instead!...

Homemade Tomato Powder It’s raining tomatoes! Don’t I always say that during July and August? Well it’s true – we have so many tomatoes right now! You guys know I love my Stewed Tomatoes recipe, Roma Tomato Soup, Heirloom Tomato Pasta and homemade tomato paste to freeze, but with that comes a lot of extra tomato skins. Being one that loves to use up the whole fruit or vegetable, I wanted to come up with a way to use use the tomato skins in a way that can be enjoyed in different recipes throughout the seasons....

Creamy Potatoes and Peas What’s better than a dish of creamy tender potatoes and peas? Not much really! We usually serve this as a simple dinner recipe that we can quickly whip up on busy weeknights. It’s filled with hearty potatoes so it it fills us up. I usually always serve it with some crusty Italian Herb Bread or dinner rolls to dip in the sauce too. You can use frozen or fresh peas!...

Ham sweet potato soup When salty ham and luscious sweet potatoes get together, you know you’re in for a treat! This Slow Cooker Ham and Sweet Potato Soup is so creamy and comforting, yet still packed with vegetables. Your whole family will be begging for seconds! It may surprise you but this ham and potato soup is perfect for kids. It’s a great way to introduce them to sweet potatoes while disguising the veggies in a creamy and cheesy broth....

Slow Cooker Sausage and Green Peppers Recipe What’s not to love about this Slow Cooker Sausage and Green Peppers Recipe? It’s made with Sweet Italian Sausage, green peppers, tomatoes and onion, all cooked in your favorite tomato sauce. It’s easy to make – you just put in all the ingredients and let your crock pot do all the work for 7 hours. Once it’s ready, make some egg noodles and serve the sausage meal on top of that....

This Cheesy Lasagna Meatball Skillet rules! If you make it I hope it becomes one of your favorite go to easy dinner recipes! Stovetop Meatball Lasagna I love myself some lasagna. There’s something about pasta noodles slathered in various types of cheese with tomato sauce that does the trick to me. How about you? Do you start to see hearts when you hear the word lasagna too? I was in the mood for lasagna but I wasn’t in the mood to do the stacking that lasagna usually involves....

Homemade Stewed Tomatoes Recipe Stewed tomatoes, sigh. Our tomatoes are turning red quicker than I’m able to pick. So between oven roasted cherry tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, slow cooker tomato sauce tomato pesto, slow cooker tomatoes, tomato soup… there’s lots of tomato dishes going on in our kitchen! Oh and I did mention Fresh Tomato Salsa too – because you know August always means fresh salsa! I will have many more upcoming tomato recipes…get ready tomato lovers!...

Dinner Ideas with Cabbage We love cabbage. It doesn’t matter the dish: slow cooker meals, casseroles, soups, rolled up and stuffed with ground beef and rice – we love it all. We grow cabbage in our garden, so when we’re picking a few heads everyday during Spring and Fall I’m always trying to come up with new recipes. Below is our top 20 cabbage recipes that my family loves (that means every recipe is eaten by our 3 kids!...