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recipes
easy weeknight meal :: chicken parmigiana
i am one of those people who loves spending time in the kitchen. whether it's chopping up vegetables for some homemade chicken pot pie, baking a german chocolate cake for my hubby, or whipping up some cream for my homemade nutella ice cream, i love it all! but due to recent time contraints i haven't ...
easy italian pasta salad
pasta, beautiful pasta. we've been eating a lot of it recently. pasta is is a good way to keep everything affordable, it keeps for a long time in the pantry, and it's great for holding so many amazing and varying flavors. it's also filling, and my kids love all the different shapes and colors we ...
chicken pasta salad
if there are two things that are always a hit in my house, they are chicken and pasta. they seem to go hand in hand. and what better and easier way to put them together than to combine them in a salad? here are just a few of our favorite favorite ways to combine chicken and pasta into yummy salads ...
cream cheese fruit dip :: with orange zest and ginger
if there's one thing i love about summer it's all the varieties of fruit that are in season and that are so readily available in the markets and grocery stores. i just can't get enough! they are all so, so yummy. the other day while we were out at the store and walking through the produce aisle my ...
easy peasy chicken tetrazzini
we happened to have a sunday a few weeks ago where we had the entire afternoon at home. so what did i do? i spent my time making a big sunday dinner, of course! and my favorite kind of food - pasta. i flipped through my family's cookbook and found a recipe that my sister had put in for chicken ...
southwestern couscous salad :: with homemade dressing
i love a good summer salad. this southwestern couscous salad is great for summer because it uses a lot of fresh ingredients and is a cold salad which makes it so refreshing in the summer heat and goes great with other summer favorites like barbecue! it's also a cinch to put together - with ...
summer potato salad
summer is my favorite season. it's hot out, we can wear flip-flops, and we get to eat all the amazing outdoor summer food we want (right?!). this is one of our favorite potato salad recipes. i always make it on a summer holiday like memorial day or the 4th of july because it goes along so great ...
budget-friendly philly cheese steak sandwiches
i love summer for all the barbecuing and salads and outdoor eating. we usually only bbq on weekends or holidays because a) that's when my husband can be home from work all day, and b) the recipes we make for barbecuing and smoking usually take quite a bit of time and prep. this recipe for philly ...
summer favorite :: 7-layer salad
with memorial day weekend quickly approaching, i've been pulling out all my salad recipes and am reminded of all the great ones i have! and while a 7-layer salad is something that most people have probably either made or eaten before, it's definitely one worth keeping around because a) it looks so ...