This Dutch oven recipe is a MUST! It is easy & delicious and the best part is it can be a side dish, or a meal in itself that includes a bunch of fresh veggies! Sliced russet potatoes, mushrooms, red onion, and carrots cooked until fork tender. Diced chunks of savory ham and topped with…
Main DIshes
Tomato Soup
Move over canned stuff! Various garden tomatoes, leeks, onion, shallot, and garlic in a broth-based soup with cream added makes this soup heavenly! This soup hits the spot on a cold spring rainy day, a snowy winter day, or a windy fall day. Well, I guess any day really is a day for this warm,…
Weeknight Chicken Veggie Pizza
Pre-made frozen dough, an easy and delicious sauce. Shredded chicken breast,mozzarella & parmesan cheese, sliced grape tomatoes,fresh spinach leaves &diced red onion make an easy weeknight meal that is so much better than takeout! We love pizza at our house, and I usually make homemade dough for our pizza, but when we want a quick…
Ham Fried Rice
Steamed jasmine rice, tender chunk of baked ham, scrambled eggs, sauteed diced onion & celery all mixed together to make an amazing bowl of fried rice! Have any of you watched Korean or Thai street food videos? Well, if not, they show you how to make the basic egg fried rice, and you guys… let…
Up-Side Down Spaghetti
This layered pasta dish is a family favorite! It is almost like a lasagna, but easier. Pair it with a salad and garlic bread and you have an easy weeknight meal that will get rave reviews! I was given a neighborhood cookbook by my sister years ago and it has become one of my favorite…
Loaded Brie Pasta
Bow tie pasta loaded with soft bacon, tender chicken, sliced grape tomato in a light garlic and onion sauce that comes together fast, with melted brie. All the flavors meld together to make this pasta so delish! We LOVE to camp. This last summer we have spent a lot of time in the mountains, I…
Bacon & Beans
Bacon and Beans. Two ingredients! Cooked until creamy.
Chinese Noodle Casserole
This easy & of course delicious weeknight dinner made with Hamburger, Rice, Cream of Mushroom Soup and Chow Mein Noodles will soon become a family favorite! Growing up, instead of going out for dinner, on our birthday we got to choose our favorite meal. My mom is an amazing cook so choosing a birthday dinner…
Oriental Chicken & Spinach Bowtie Pasta
Chicken Breast. Fresh Spinach, A homemade oriental vinaigrette & bowtie pasta this delicious and refreshing salad is a perfect summer pot luck dish! This is a recipe that Never gets old! It is two of my favorite things…EASY & Delish! Years ago my mom attended a funeral where someone had brought this salad. When she…
Mom’s Beef Roast
Melt in your mouth fork-tender beef roast with yukon gold potatoes,fresh carrots, mushrooms & Onions served with a homemade gravy that is sure to become a family favorite. This is the end product of the recipe I am sharing today! It is EASY and so delish! AND, I am going to take you step by…
Grandpa Nielson’s Camping Beans
Four ingredient meal that is easy, hearty and delicious! Hunting has been a tradition in our family for decades. Ok, well, as long as I can remember. It’s “the guys” weekend. I can just picture it. All the guys sitting and standing around a blazing fire, drinks in one hand, the other hand in their…
Meat & Cheese & Veggie Rigatoni Pie
“Perfectly cooked pasta coated with parmesan cheese then covered with a delicious meat & veggie marinara sauce and smothered with mozzarella cheese and baked to bubbly perfection” Ok, so I have been wanting to try this recipe for a long time. The presentation of this is absolutely stunning. Isn’t it so pretty!?! I had to…