Don’t shoot the messenger, but it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. To be fair, in Wisconsin it’s pretty normal to see snow before Thanksgiving. Snow always gives me mixed feelings. I’m not a fan of the cold, the driving conditions, and when the beautiful white powder eventually turns into a grey muddy sludge. I do however love waking up in the middle of the night to a ...
Weeknight Dinners
Garlic Bacon Butter Thanksgiving Turkey
This year we held a little Thanksgiving gathering early, since it was so early I started calling it Fakesgiving. Even though it was only the beginning of November we still got to spend time with family that we're thankful for and we still had way too much food. The highlight of our meal was of course our delicious Garlic Bacon Butter Thanksgiving Turkey. Our go-to turkey recipe ...
Tex-Mex Stuffed Peppers
I recently made my first ever stuffed bell peppers, and I gave them my own spin that ended up with these great Tex-Mex Stuffed Peppers. They were so good that AJ asked if it was too soon if I made them again the next week. They were that good. I promise. You see, I had only ever eaten stuffed peppers once before, just your basic green peppers stuffed with under-seasoned beef ...
Enchilada Skillet
I love dishes I can make in one pot, easier to cook and easier to clean. It's just so much easier on weeknights when you don't have all the time in the world. Kind of like my easy and delicious viral recipe, the Tex-Mex skillet. Speaking of easy and delicious meals, I have a delicious recipe to share with you today. An Enchilada skillet, a pasta skillet filled with diced ...
Home Made Enchilada Sauce
I love making my own sauces. It’s really nice to know exactly which ingredients are in your sauce none of that “and other artificial flavors” crap that you see on ingredient lists. My favorite part is being able to add your favorite ingredients to your sauce little by little until you get the flavor you're looking for. I love being able to add my favorite spices and flavors to ...
Cheesy Jalapeno Burgers
Raise your hand if you've been grilling every night that you can! I know we have. Grilling means less dishes, and that's just awesome. One of my favorite kinds of grill food would have to be cheeseburgers, and yes they need to have cheese. What's the point of a perfectly grilled burger if you don't top it with melty cheese? I know I know, I'm going to talk about cheese again, ...
Mini Taco Pies
One of our favorite foods in our house was the good ol' taco ring. You know, the main course at that Pampered Chef party you went to in the 90's. Yep, we made that on a weekly basis. Taco meat and cheese stuffed into crescent rolls was all the rage. I needed to find a healthier solution to that meal. Pronto. While laying in bed trying to get to sleep, I was thinking up ...
Hugs & Kisses Pasta
Valentine's day is quickly approaching. My ideal Valentine's Day is full of chocolatey goodness and a delicious dinner. The quickest way to my heart is definitely delicious food. My all-time favorite Valentine's Day celebrations were back in the days of elementary school. Way back when the holiday didn't mean much more than red and pink crafts made with construction paper and ...
Winter Chicken Noodle Soup
It's been so cold and snowy here, it makes me want to hibernate all season long. Some nights you just have to give in, stay inside in the warmth of your home, cuddle up on your couch for a Doctor Who marathon and enjoy some hot chicken noodle soup. Nothing hits the spot better than from scratch chicken noodle soup in these cold winter months I've been making this chicken noodle ...
From Scratch Baked Meatballs
Spaghetti is one of the staple dinners in our house, we have it about every other week. Spaghetti wouldn't be the same without great baked meatballs. Spaghetti is one of the greatest meals ever for so many reasons. It makes the best leftovers and lots of them! It's full of delicious pasta. It's super cheap to make. The entire family loves spaghetti. When I make spaghetti I ...
Simple French Onion Soup Recipe
AJ loves french onion soup, it's not my favorite soup in the world, but I get it. (My favorite is chicken dumpling from a little family owned diner, it's the best and I could eat it every day. So I understand his obsession with french onion soup. Being the awesome wife that I am, I decided to figure out how to make french onion soup at home. We had homemade beef broth, so ...