One of Those Days – Papa Murphy’s Pizza

Papa Murphy’s All Meat Pizza Note:  I received NOTHING from Papa Murphy’s for this post. I purchased my pizza myself with my coupon(!) from our Superbook.  This is my opinion and I have not in any way compensated by anyone. I surrendered tonight.  I try to cook dinner at least 6 if not 7 nights…

Cheese Tortellini and Ravioli in Tomato Cream Sauce

Yes, that does say Cheese Tortellini AND Ravioli.  I bet you can all guess what happened.  I remember I had bought two packages of tortellini back a few months ago when they were on sale because I try to only buy items when they are on sale.  What I didn’t remember is making another dinner…

Bruschetta Burgers

This was another night where dinner needed to be on the table rather quickly and all I had in the refrigerator for meat was thawed ground beef.  My children know I do not make plain old hamburgers so I had to think quickly. I found one tomato, some mozzarella, spices and left over mini sub…

Taco Pizza

Gahhhh!  It’s been one of those days.  My computer has refused to connect to the internet until now.  Our whole house is wireless, which I love sometimes.  But, then there are days like these when it all goes fzzzzt.  Ugh! So, I am just getting around to posting – in between picking up a child…

One Skillet Tortellini & Sausage in Tomato Cream Sauce

Our family had a Snow Day yesterday.  It was wonderful.  We all needed that day to kind of put ourselves back together.   Things have been so busy that everything was just a bit off and the forced down time let us put everything back in order.  Now, if we could only find my son’s winter…

Pizza Pot Pie

This is one of those dinners that start out as one thing and ends up completely different from what you imagined.  This month is incredibly busy so I am trying to make having dinner not add to the stress of our lives but rather enhance it.  Our dinner time is the time we can sit…

Spaghetti Squash and Meatballs

So, after our last check ups we are trying to change our diets a bit.  We are not making any big changes but trying to substitute brown rice, vegetables and sweet potatoes for white rice, pasta and potatoes two to three days a week.  Not a huge change but this was one of the first…

Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza

Returning home after a wonderful vacation is never easy.  It was tough coming back home after two weeks away in sunny Florida. When we left it was about O degrees, normal temperature with a windchill about -20.  When we arrived in Florida they were having record tying or  higher temperatures of 88-89 degrees with 90%…

Meatball Pizza Pasta

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…

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…

Skillet Lasagna

Yes, we are still on the one pan, casserole or soup dinners.  Things are starting to get crazy here, well, I guess they are always a bit crazy just more hectic.   I came home last night and sat staring at the refrigerator.  Both kids were asking when dinner was going to be done.  Half an…

Chicken Parmigiana with Sauce

It has been ages since I made Chicken Parmigiana.   Since my son has been gluten-free almost 5 years ago now I try to limit having to make two meals every night when I can.  I have learned to “adapt” our dinners for him so I usually divide everything without gluten into 1/3 for him and…