You know that recipe that your kid always requests anytime you ask what they want on the meal plan this week?  Well this one is THAT recipe for my daughter.  She absolutely loves it.  Her love affair with this recipe started a couple of years back when I let her make dinner with […]

     Y’all know I love to cook.  I love everything about it. (Except for the dirty dishes!)  But even a stay at home mom that loves to cook can’t spend HOURS in the kitchen every afternoon.  I am slowly but surely adding to my list of easy meals, 30 minute meals, make ahead meals […]

We had these ABSOLUTELY delicious 3 Ingredient Braised Pork Chops the other night and loved them so much, I knew immediately I wanted to try to create a 5 ingredient meal around them.  The slow cooked tomato braised pork paired perfectly with creamy fettuccine alfredo,  In the interest of keeping the ingredients list simple, we […]

  We had a busy day today so it was the perfect opportunity to have this French Fried Onion Chicken & Rice Casserole.  I made a rotisserie chicken in my crock pot and had some leftover rice to use up, so this dinner was on the table start to finish in under 35 minutes.   […]

Good morning!  Today I am sharing one of my all time favorite salads.  I was hesitant to blog this recipe because I have never made it the exact same way twice, but ultimately decided it was just too yummy not to include!  I am OBSESSED with the dressing in this salad.  You can definitely adjust […]

Long gone are the lazy days of summer!  ‘Back to school’ is one of the busiest times of the year for families.  I find myself including more and more 30 minute, slow cooker, make ahead and super fast clean up meals in our weekly meal plan.   I LOVE the Reynold’s Oven Bags and have […]

        I have been making this pasta bake for YEARS and can’t believe I am just now getting around to posting it!  This recipe is so delicious and extremely easy, because it uses jarred pasta sauce!  No one would ever believe it came from a jar though because of 1 little secret […]

I have been on a mission the past couple of weeks to come up with meal ideas that are either: 30 minutes or less to prepare OR one pot meals.  This AMAZING recipe is BOTH!  Y’all are going to love it!  DON’T skimp on the fresh cilantro or green onions.   {One Skillet} Tex-Mex Goulash […]

        Good morning!  Today is our last day of Summer break.  I have to send my ‘baby girl’ off to the 4th grade tomorrow!  She got her first ‘big girl’ hair cut this weekend.  She made a donation to Wigs for Kids.  She loves her sassy shorter hair and I am so […]

        I was so excited when Michaela agreed to contribute some of her awesome recipes to our back to school round up!  Not only is she a rock star blogger, but as a mom of 4, she is an expert at cooking family friendly recipes in a busy household!  When I asked […]