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Better than Take out Beef and Broccoli
Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not saying you will never order Chinese food out again. Yet, this better than take out beef and broccoli will be a favorite weeknight meal in no time. My whole family loves this better than take out beef and broccoli. I love it because it is quick and easy to make any night of the week. During the week is so tough to get a good, healthy, home cooked meal on the table. It is even more difficult to make a good, healthy, home cooked meal that the whole family will enjoy. This better than take out beef and broccoli will accomplish both of these things.…
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Roasted Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Pancetta and Sage
Fall is here!! Shout it from the rooftops! My favorite season has finally arrived this year! WHOO HOO! Nothing says Fall like butternut squash and sage. That is why this roasted butternut squash gnocchi with pancetta and sage is one of my favorite Fall dishes. Truly I love everything about Fall in the Midwest. I was talking to my sister the other day and realized we are spoiled at Fall here in the Midwest. We really have the most gorgeous Fall’s. We have leaves changing colors from bright greens to deep, rich red, oranges and yellows. I love that the air turns a little crisp and cool. We have apple picking and pumpkin…
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Creamy Summer Harvest Orzo
Do you love the taste of sweet, fresh late Summer corn as much as I do? Well, if you do, then this creamy Summer Harvest Orzo is for you. I was actually really surprised because my kids gobbled it up just as much as I did. We were literally standing around the pot eating it all together. It was that good! We all need new and exciting side dishes, am I right? This creamy Summer Harvest Orzo is an amazing, seasonal, delicious and quick side dish. It is such a great way to use up and enjoy all of the late summer produce that is right there for the picking. Why is this…
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The Best Homemade Cheddar Biscuits
These truly are the best homemade Cheddar biscuits I have ever made or eaten. For me that is saying a lot, because I have tried so many recipes and eaten so many in my day! I put together a collaboration of recipes I have used before to create this one. Let’s just say, ding, ding ding… we have a winner! I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for a good biscuit. I am also a sucker for anything that has cheddar cheese in it. SO, I mean, put the two together and well… you guessed it, I am sucker for it every time! So, if you are anything like me,…
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Taco Salad with Crispy Homemade Taco Shells
I am a taco salad junkie and with the crispy homemade taco shells, these are like ordering it from a restaurant. I am all about the restaurant-quality easy weeknight meals at home and this is exactly that! In fact, that is exactly why I came up with this recipe. I was having such a taste for a taco salad in that crispy homemade taco shell from my favorite Mexican spot. I was tasting it for days and there was no time to get over there to order one. Then I thought, wait, you can make it! So, here we go… How did I get the shell right? In the testing of this recipe…
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Summer Tomato Pasta
I love a meal that I don’t have to think too much about. That I really don’t even need to plan too much ahead. A meal that comes together quickly and easily with little effort but tastes like I just walked into my favorite restaurant. Well, here you go… This recipe is all of the above and did I mention delicious? It is so delicious. I adapted this from Ina Garten’s Summer Garden pasta recipe. I love Ina Garten. I have loved her and her recipes for years. Yet, the thing about Ina is that almost all of her recipes are either time consuming or take a lot of ingredients and/or steps. This…
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Best Stove Top Mac and Cheese
I feel like getting a really good mac and cheese recipe is like striking gold when you have kids. There are a million recipes out there and for the longest time, my kids would only eat the blue box! Yes, even having a chef as their mom, they wanted the blue box! I tried so many different recipes for mac and cheese and this s hands down the winner! My kids love this mac and cheese, my husband loves this mac and cheese. I not only love this mac and cheese because it is creamy and delicious, but because it comes together super quickly and right on the stove top. Mom-win for sure!…
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Spring Vegetable Pasta
I cannot get enough of the fresh veggies of Spring. Let’s be honest, I also cannot get enough of pasta, any pasta… any sauce… any time. So, this dish is absolutely perfect for me. This pasta dish incorporates the best of the Spring veggies with a thick and luscious Parmesan cream sauce, garlic and fresh herbs. It is a flavor boom in every bite. I know that something is really good when I literally crave it when I am not even cooking it. When I try and think of weeknight dinner ideas and this just pops into my head because it is so good I cannot stop thinking about it from the last…
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Ricotta Gnudi with Walnut Pesto
I am so in love with ricotta gnudi. I actually have another recipe on here for ricotta gnudi as well. It is slightly different and that one is made with breadcrumb. I will link it below. This one is slightly different and uses butter. I cannot get over the light as air dumplings though that taste like the inside of a ravioli! I mean seriously, isn’t that the best part! Now you get to enjoy the best part of a ravioli with all different sauces. What??? It is a dream come true. Homemade Ricotta Gnudi What is a ricotta gnudi? Gnudi in Italian means naked. So, really it is just like saying it…
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Flank Steak with Chianti Pan Sauce
I am always trying to come up with meals that are quick and easy, yet don’t taste like they are quick and easy. You know what I mean, right? After all, we all want those meals that are quick and easy but flavorful and delicous. Well, this is one of those meals. It is a quick and easy weeknight meal that will make you forget it is Wednesday night and you are rushing around to get dinner on the table! What makes a good weeknight meal? I think a good weeknight meal is something that has minimal ingredients and takes minimal effort. It is easy to get stuck in the thought of quick…
