Chicken and Cheese Chowder is a delicious hearty chowder with corn, bell peppers, bacon, and of course chicken & cheese. It’s comfort food on a cold day. Chowders are such a wonderful comfort food especially in the heart of winter. They tend to be hearty which is helpful in the winter when you are trying …
The Sweetest Sweet Potatoes. This is seriously my favorite recipe for sweet potatoes ever! It wasn’t until a couple years ago that I discovered my love of sweet potatoes. I’m not sure why I hadn’t eaten them much before that. It isn’t like I had anything against them or disliked them, but they just weren’t …
Pumpkin Puree is very easy to make and is worth the small about of time spent in preparing it. I love that I know exactly what is in my pumpkin puree. I was wandering around my favorite grocery store the other day and saw the sugar pumpkins on sale. I decided to pick one up …
Over 20 delicious and easy salad recipes for all of your summer gatherings. Summer seems to bring a lot of barbecues and get togethers, which always require you to bring something to share. I personally love to bring salads to share for a multitude of reasons. The first reason is that I don’t typically want …
Instant Pot Stew Meat Beef and Broccoli is an easy and quick dinner that won’t heat up your kitchen. It has amazing flavor and your family will love it. I have been on a mission to find ways to use stew meat for things other than stew. So far I have made Stew Meat Tacos, …
Berry Salad incorporates deliciously sweet strawberries, dewberries, blackberries or blueberries, and combines them with chicken and spinach for a filling salad recipe! As Kerry mentioned recently, it’s berry season! {Go check out her Fresh Berry Crumb Pie and Jamie’s Fresh Strawberry Muffins for other great berry recipes} So when I saw this recipe for Strawberry Salad from 4 Little Fergusons, …
Almond Chicken is an Asian dish that has a great mix of textures and flavors. Such a wonderful real food meal that is easy to cook. Because I was making pot stickers for dinner, we needed something to go with it. I looked high and low for a recipe for almond chicken like I’ve …
Hamburger Vegetable Soup is a quick and easy dinner. This soup has lots of flavor and a great recipe when you just don’t have time to make dinner. This recipe is my go to when I don’t feel like cooking, or I need something quickly. I have had friends say that they don’t like …
The classic sandwich in salad form. BLT Salad is kid-approved! There’s something so satisfying about a good BLT sandwich, so I figured that the combination of flavors would be just as delicious in salad form. I made this salad for my family, as well as my parents, and we all enjoyed it! Tips for making …
Pulled Pork Potatoes can be an easy meal when the pulled pork is made ahead of time. The pulled pork is tender, smokey, and very flavorful. Early in the summer The Hardworking Husband and I hosted a party with friends and family. Several of the guests are on special diets and I was trying to …
Keto Beef and Bacon Zucchini Boats are a delicious way to stay on your low carb diet while using your bounty of zucchini. It’s that time of year for us Northerners. Zucchini season. When you have far more zucchini you know what to do with. I keep saying I wish I could plant half a …
Peas Cheese and Pickles is a great side salad that changes things up from a green salad. Great variety of flavors and textures. As a kid my mom made Peas Cheese and Pickles. I thought this was a family recipe and that no one besides our family had ever made it. I had never seen …