Category: Entrees

  • Freaky Greek Pasta [dinner in 15 minutes]

    Freaky Greek Pasta [dinner in 15 minutes]

    Tis’ the season! The season for healthy + delicious dinners that don’t take long to be prepare! Who am I kidding? My life is an ongoing season of dinners that don’t take long to prepare and I love it. The longest I take with dinner is when a crockpot is involved and things take hours…

  • What to Do With 40 Pounds of Chicken

    What to Do With 40 Pounds of Chicken

    Last week during our coffee chat, I mentioned that I had bought 40 pounds of farm fresh chicken. How does one deal with 40 pounds of chicken, you ask? Allow me to share – from personal experience – what to do with 40 pounds of chicken. #1 – Prep your space. I planned to freeze at least 90% of…

  • how to cook for a crowd without losing your sanity

    how to cook for a crowd without losing your sanity

    As I type this, I’m sitting in Kentucky. My children are asleep & my husband is in class. By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to Tennessee with a group of awesome teens from my church. We’re heading there (along with another church from IL) to help run a Family Fun…

  • Tuscan Garlic Herb Mix // DIY Homemade Gift ideas for $5 or less

    Tuscan Garlic Herb Mix // DIY Homemade Gift ideas for $5 or less

    an easily mixable, easily giftable mix for anyone who loves to eat. that would be me. oh, and did I mention it’s under $5?

  • Easy French Dip Subs

    Thank you, Christa, for inviting me to share a super fabulous recipe perfect for FALL! My name is Renee from Living Laughing & Loving! I am Wife, Mom, Internet Addict & Pinterest Obsessed Teacher. I love all things thrifty, DIY {beautiful} blog design, and whatever I can do to save time in the kitchen! I…

  • Taco Soup

    Hello readers! I’m Susanna. And I’m the wife of a newbie resident doctor and mom to a passionate, expressive little girl. Wet-behind-the-ears blogger and photographer. Lover of good books, the sagging-in-the-middle part of the sofa, my bed, King Arthur flour, and Saturday-morning farmer’s markets. My life is completely different from what I had planned. And…

  • 6 Entrees to Add to Your Menu

    6 Entrees to Add to Your Menu

    Does your menu plan ever feel a bit stale? Or non-existent even? Here are 6 new recipes to freshen things up! The first & last one I’ve tried and loved. The middle 4 are all on my menu plan for next week. {So I’ll let you know how they measure up!} As always, these recipes…

  • Freezable Wild Rice Soup

    Freezable Wild Rice Soup

    Well, folks – it’s come to this. This is our last week for our “Fill Up Your Freezer” series. I hope you’ve enjoyed it! Here are the recipes I’ve shared so far: Freezable Pizza Dough Freezable Burritos Freezable Cookie Balls Freezable Pumpkin Rolls Freezable Muffins Today’s recipe was not supposed to be soup. But a friend shared…

  • Freezable Burritos

    Freezable Burritos

    Happy Monday! Hope you all had a lovely weekend. I got to date my best friend Saturday night {and shared some on instagram}. I love talking with him and getting to know him better. Plus, we used a gift card and a sweet friend offered to watch our kiddos, so…you really can’t beat free! This…

  • Fill Up Your Freezer Series :: Freezable Pizza Dough

    Fill Up Your Freezer Series :: Freezable Pizza Dough

     Welcome! To make sure you don’t miss anything, sign up for free email updates & connect with me on facebook! There are some days when I know what I’m making for dinner well in advance and I have all the ingredients ready. And then there are the normal days. Or – at least sometimes it seems that…

  • Buffalo Chicken Calzone

    Buffalo Chicken Calzone

    Oh hello there, you hunk of awesome-ness: Cheesy, spicy, chicken-y…nom nom nom. The other day I mentioned on facebook that I was making a buffalo chicken calzone for dinn-dinn. I got the idea from these buffalo chicken bites I pinned many moons ago. (here’s the original pin, for any of you interested in the historical…

  • Shrimp & Avocado Salad

    Shrimp & Avocado Salad

    How many of you like using your oven in the summer? Not me! I don’ t like being hot unless there’s a big body of water nearby. That’s one of the reasons I love this salad. It qualifies as a good meal for my hubby because there’s meat on it. But it’s a good meal…