This recipe is one that has been a family favorite for, well for as long as I can remember. It’s one of the very few things my mom could cook, this and the best ever Rice Krispie treats. I’m pretty sure anyone that can boil pasta can make this one, and that’s the beauty of it. Well that and the fact that it’s probably the best comfort food in the history of ever. It’s perfect ...
Weeknight Dinners
Better Than Take Out Sesame Chicken
Chinese take out is a weakness for our entire family, it’s the best. It gets so pricey though, we spend a small fortune every time we order take out. It could be because we can’t resist ordering extra egg rolls, then there’s the days you want crab rangoon, and the major splurge days when you need fried donuts. We’re foodies and it’s costly. I normally avoid making Asian style ...
Yellow Curry Chicken Tenders
Chicken tenders are great, they're kid friendly and great for picky eaters. Honestly I pair Trader Joe's frozen chicken tenders with mac and cheese and have it on the meal plan about every other week, because having a kid is the perfect excuse to eat like a kid. Sometimes it's nice to have grown up food though, which is why I came up with this ridiculously simple recipe for ...
Tex-Mex Enchiladas
The other day I shared my recipe for Tex-Mex Stuffed Bell Peppers, well today I'm using that same delicious filling (Italian sausage, chunky salsa, corn, and white rice) to make these Tex-Mex Enchiladas. This was my first ever attempt at making enchiladas, in fact this was my first time eating enchiladas. ...
Four Ingredient Mac and Cheese
When I'm just making dinner for Aliceana and myself, I like to keep it extremely simple. We don't need anything extravagant and by dinner time we're both exhausted. It's time to turn on a short cartoon and whip up something quick. One of my new favorites to make on our girls nights is this easy four ingredient mac and cheese. Everyone loves mac and cheese, and it's even better ...
Easy Cheesy Tex-Mex Skillet
Growing up I had to figure out my own plans for dinner for most of my High School years. I’ve eaten my fair share of processed food. I actually don’t want to know the percentage of my meals that were microwave ready or found in the freezer section. I never minded it, processed food can taste awesome. In fact I loved Hamburger Helpers, who doesn’t? They taste great and they're ...
Garlic Parmesan Zucchini Fries
AJ finally upgraded his grill this spring, and we've been grilling about twice a week since. As wonderful as it is to grill all weekend every weekend we're quickly running out of ideas for sides and have to get a little more creative. These garlic parmesan zucchini fries are probably one of the best things I've ever had as a side even though I'm not a fan of zucchini. One of ...
Four Ingredient Slow Cooker Chicken Wings
I love hosting people for game days, is there anything more fun than gathering together and eating tons of finger foods? Even when it's just the 3 of us at home we like to create quite the spread; chips and taco dip, something from the grill, cheese, crackers and sausage. We go all out. Sometimes it's nice to give the grill a break and cook something simple inside. That's ...
Super Simple Shrimp Tacos
Simple meals are definitely winning here lately. In fact, when I came up with this recipe, we were about...2 minutes away from Trader Joe's and I remembered that we didn't have a meal plan. I was stumped, but I thought, uh...shrimp tacos sounds like a fun option to make at home. So one of our favorite quick to put together meals was born. Super simple shrimp tacos that ...
Carne Asada Fries recipe with Trader Joe’s ingredients
Recently Aliceana declared Tuesday's at our house Taco Tuesday's. The thing is, that as a family of 3 making tacos with all of the fixings just seems annoying. Tacos is a meal that you make for a crowd, so we've been making up different meals that have taco elements. We came up with a recipe for carne asada fries using ingredients from Trader Joe's and we've been eating it ...
Cheesy Steak and Potato Soup with Bacon
Recently my wife mentioned that she was in the mood for a potato soup and being the man that I am I misunderstood her and said “oh I can make potato chowder”, she said no that is not what I want at all and I looked at her with a dumbfounded look on my face. She quickly and eloquently informed me that I was an idiot and did not know what potato soup was. She of course was right ...