After last night’s lighter dinner of Asian Ground Beef Lettuce Cups my children were looking for something heartier for dinner tonight. Everyone was hungry and looking for a warm, filling meal. For me that means pasta or potatoes. After a glance through the pantry and freezer I decided it was going to be pasta for…
Author: koolaidmoms
I am a Mom of two that loves my family and all things Disney. I have been playing a game to see how many different meals I can make each weekday. These are our adventures in food and life.
Rachel Ray inspired Asian Ground Beef Lettuce Cups
My kids were asking for something savory tonight for dinner. I wanted something fairly easy to make and clean up. I still had ground beef, yes, night number 3, but I wanted to make it not feel like the same meat again. This time I turned to an Asian influence to try to change things…
Individual Layered Mexican Pizzas
We needed something really quick and easy for dinner tonight that would travel fairly well for our “To-Go” meals. I still have lots of ground beef to use and had left over cheese sauce from last night’s dinner that I really wanted to use in something. I hate throwing food away and am always looking…
Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes
I was recently talking on FB with a high school friend who told me she only uses her bread maker once or twice a year. I gave her some ideas for making dough with spices for pizza crusts and rolls. I told her I was even making part of our dinner as we chatted! I…
Bratwurst Macaroni and Cheese
We are back from our quick trip back home to visit my mother-in-law. At 96 years-old she just entered a nursing home. It has been tough on everyone but being 550 miles away from her as she makes this transition has been heartbreaking. She has gone from stage 3 Alzheimer’s to almost stage 7 in…
Amish Friendship Bread – no starter needed
I am not much of a baker. I LOVE to cook because it allows me to be really creative. I don’t like baking as much though because you have to be so precise in the science with baking or it may not turn out. So, I very rarely bake. Following a recipe blindly is not…
Slow Cooker Smothered Boneless Pork Chops
We all eat dinner together just about every night. Four to five nights each week we eat at the table and then the other two are usually our “To-Go” meals in the car. I am trying to instill good table manners such as please, thank you, please pass the … , use your fork and…
No Dough Pizza
We are still in a “No-Buy” January mode that is helping me clean out my basement pantry and freezer. We are in full on saving mode for our Walt Disney World trip. So, I need to find dishes that use things I normally stock in my pantry, freezer and kitchen and are fairly simple and…
Chicken Stir Fry
Another simple way to add lots of veggies to my dinners is with Asian inspired dishes. I love that I can mix up the recipe I found for Chicken Stir Fry from Hoosier Family Love.com and have it ready fairly quickly. The most strenuous part of the recipe is chopping the vegetables. For my heartier…
Dinner Rolls
When people tell me that they have a bread maker or slow cooker that they never use or they just gave away it takes everything I have in me to not scream NO! at them. These are the two most used small appliances in my home. They sit on my counter all the time. Each…
Chicken Fried Rice
This is my new wok that I got for Christmas. I LOVE IT! Yes, I am shouting. I also have a large skillet by the same company. I love that I can take it from stove top to oven. It has a ceramic base that is easy to keep clean and the food doesn’t stick….
Slow Cooker Pork and Tomato Stew
This is another attempt to add more vegetables to our meals. I took out pork loin boneless chops the other day and when I went to search for a recipe nothing was particularly inspiring to me. That my children will tell you is dangerous as it means I will start creating something on my own….
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