Chicken French

While we are on vacation I hope you will enjoy some of our favorite dinners! This Chicken French recipe is really popular in our house. Chicken French is an a dish that is very popular in Rochester, New York.  The dish which is a version of Veal or Chicken Francaise actually has its own version…

Porcupine Meatballs with Gravy

Getting down to the end of the month and grocery day is right around the corner! I do one big shop a month so we are in the last week before stock up day. Trying to use those little last pieces of meat in the freezer and wanting to stretch them farther I added cooked…

Balsamic and Mushroom Chicken Skillet

My daughter and I went on her first field trip with her virtual school. They have held field trips all over the state during the last year and a half but they were always too far away, at an inconvenient time or like last year there was a snow storm on the day we were…

Tortellini Pizza Skillet (One Pan Meal!)

Once again we are coasting towards the end of the month. With the extra expense this month of Thanksgiving and then Christmas, right around the corner, we are trying to use up the food in our freezer and only buying small amounts of groceries this month. The food for Thanksgiving that we eat – appetizers…

One Pot Lemon Chicken and Rice

I had planned this for dinner the other night but when I went to get the chicken out of the refrigerator it was still frozen solid. So, instead I added the marinade to the bag of chicken and let it sit overnight to thaw some more. Sometimes our best intentions need to be changed and…

Banana Pancakes with Pecans

This post is really late today. I write usually the day I post which means I need to be organized and really stay on top of everything. Once in a while I get a bit ahead of myself but for the most part I wake up and start with whatever idea I had jotted down…

One Skillet Mexican Quinoa Dinner

I am truly trying to support my son in his desire to become a vegetarian. Yet, I am trying to balance the rest of the family wanting to eat meat with his desire not to. He is being very good about understanding that other members in the family are making different choices. He has offered…

One Pan Cheesy Rice and Smoked Sausage

As I watch other families post pictures about the first day of school I am so happy we still have 34 days of summer vacation left! I love fall and back to school time but I also love having my kids around all summer. We still have cello camp, dance camp, a Feis in Milwaukee,…

Sickness and Caribbean Chicken

Life is frustrating sometimes and for us this is one of those times. My son is Autistic (more towards Asperger’s Syndrome with ADHD) but he has tons of sensory issues. He is not aware of how his body feels. He is 11 years-old now and the number of meltdowns he has is minimal now. But,…

Mediterranean Chicken with Rice

We are back to our To-Go dinners. Dance classes have picked up again to four a week so we are traveling much more than usual. Rather than stop at fast food restaurants for dinner I make our regular meals and put them into divided covered dishes for the kids to eat their dinner in the…

My Favorite Words and Simple Swedish Meatballs

When we were little my brother used to have a list of words that would just make him giggle if he heard them.  Cadet, trousers, pineapple…  I never really understood it.  I knew there were words I didn’t like to use but nothing that I thought was overly funny or wonderful about any word. I…