I consider myself a pretty good in the kitchen.  I enjoy making things for my family and friends.  Some things I make though are just so delicious and this recipe is one of them.  Full of flavor, is simple to put together and, a real bonus, I generally have everything on hand to make it [...]

I’m not a huge fan of meatloaf, but my husband loves it. It’s always on the top of his request list when we visit his parents and his mom is doing the cooking. I found this recipe for mini skillet meatloaves in a Food Network cookbook that I picked up, and since even my pickiest [...]

I get on salad kicks and add them to my menu.  Amazingly my children enjoy a salad.  I feel good about serving it knowing they are getting a nice serving of vegetables.  It also stretches a meal because normally no one asks for seconds after filling up on a salad.  Win/win for everyone!  This one [...]

We had this stew for dinner last week in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. It was incredibly tasty, and even my pickiest eaters loved it! The beef melted in your mouth, the potatoes were silky, and the carrots added just the right touch of sweetness. Next time I’ll double the recipe so that we can [...]

I’m still adding to my freezer meals and thought I’d share another.  A friend gave me this recipe when we had a freezer meal night at her house.  Everyone loved it even with all those veggies inside!  Serve with a great salad and you have a filling meal with little clean up!  Make sure to [...]

Taco seasoning is a staple in my spice cabinet – we like to have taco night at least once every other week (often once a week). Taco seasoning is also great to have on hand for various soups and chilis, to sprinkle on chicken breasts when cooking them in the crockpot, and it’s great on [...]

Banana bread is one of my favorite things to make.  However, we don’t often have ripe bananas to make the recipe as my children love to eat bananas.  This week though they went untouched and I had enough for a double batch so I tried something new.  I added Blackberry jam to the recipe and [...]