Tag Archives: Easy Recipes
Hearty Homemade Tomato Soup (with a Surprise Ingredient!)
Is there a better lunch combination than tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich? Sure, you can pop open a can of Campbell's, but I have a recipe for tomato soup that's almost as easy and it has the...
Ann Kirsten Feb 22, 2019
No Bake Low Sugar Peanut Butter Granola Cups
You probably know by now that I'm a dessert person. But, I have to watch my sugar intake (which is really annoying). I recently craved some cookies, but all the yummy-looking pictures of desserts I fo...
Ann Kirsten Feb 15, 2019
Cajun Alfredo Pasta featuring Hempler's Andouille Sausage
One trick I use regularly to get dinner on the table quickly is using smoked sausages. Since they're fully cooked, they shave lots of time off of dinnertime prep. This post is sponsored by Hempler's. ...
Kristina Slaney Feb 08, 2019
Don't Want to Cook Dinner Tonight? Try This!
I'm not sure if it's because my kids are picky eaters or because I'm a lazy cook, but our dinner options boil down to about five key meals. Spaghetti, taco salad, potato soup, breakfast burritos (yep,...
Abbie Mabary Feb 02, 2019
Quinoa Cookies
Are you, like me, trying to clean out some of the clutter in your life? I've started with my pantry. I'm always buying weird ingredients for recipes and then tossing the remainder in the closet and fo...
Ann Kirsten Jan 30, 2019
Copycat Taco Time Beef Recipe
When I was pregnant, I asked my doctor what the healthiest fast food restaurants were. I kind of laugh now thinking back to that and what an oxymoron healthy fast food sounds like. But I was pleasantl...
Stephanie O'Farrell Jan 22, 2019
Southwest-Style Low Carb Breakfast Casserole
I make a breakfast casserole every week; it's a huge timesaver to make one breakfast that you can eat all week. So when my friends came over for brunch a couple weeks ago, I knew a breakfast casserole...
Kristina Slaney Jan 16, 2019
Winter Salad
Why is it that I only crave salads in spring and summer? Sure, the farmer's markets and my own garden beckon me during those seasons with their tantalizing variety of fresh produce. But, if we're hone...
Ann Kirsten Jan 14, 2019
"Mom Is Tired" Soup
Making soup used to intimidate me. It felt so complicated to find the perfect match-up of flavors. I had no idea how easy it really was. Plus, I've found a few things that make it even easier! The sec...
Ann Kirsten Jan 02, 2019
Tips for the Best-Ever Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes seem like the easiest dish at the holiday table. But in reality, there's so much that can go wrong. They can easily end up gummy, bland, lumpy, dry, soupy...the ways to screw them up a...
Kristina Slaney Nov 13, 2018