Creamy Stove Top Pesto Macaroni and Cheese

I am looking for the quick and easy dinners right now. As we have two weeks left before heading back to school we are trying to cram every last minute of fun we can into summer. I have been forgetting about dinner until 30 minutes prior to when my kids want to eat, which is…

Barbecue Chicken Pizza with Caramelized Onions

We are all about the easy around our house. I knew there were going to be a few nights of quick meals so I bought several pizza crusts to have on hand. I can make pizza crusts but they never seem to turn out like the pizzeria type that I want. I have tried everything…

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,…

Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger Handpies

I bought a bunch of canned rolls and biscuits on sale a few weeks ago. I knew time would be tight over the next few weeks and the sale was really great so I thought why not try to incorporate them into some meals. It would save some time and sanity to have easy go…

Easy Creamy Taco Pasta

I keep waiting for the hot July weather. It has been warmer but not the high 80s and 90s I am used to. We are getting ready for a busy month ahead so I am trying to keep our grocery bill down by using smaller amounts of meat and more pasta, beans, and rice in…

Cheesy Barbecue Chicken and Biscuit Casserole

I am always looking for easy, tasty ways to get dinner on the table as quickly as possible. I try not to use prepared items in my cooking for the most part. I have found simple exchanges for canned soups, canned biscuits and bottled sauces. But, sometimes a mom has to do what a mom…

Chicken Enchilada Verde

As I look around my house I realize how busy life has been over the last month.  Nothing is seriously wrong but there are baskets of laundry to be folded, clean dishes to put away, and tables to be dusted.  It seems that just like everyone else we are running from morning until late in…

Skillet Chicken and Broccoli with Cheese

The weather still is yucky here and it seems like it is not going to return to “normal” any time soon.  The high temperatures don’t even break half of what the average normal temperatures are supposed to be this time of year.  Each day I hear the meteorologist say, “There is no end in sight…

Smothered Chicken Casserole

We are coming to the end of “N0-Buy” January in our house.  That means lots of chicken and potatoes.  Normally I serve lots of chicken but potatoes, especially white potatoes, are not used very often by us.  That is probably why I have so many to use up now. “No-Buy” January is never easy but…

Cheesy Wild Rice Casserole

This didn’t get posted yesterday because I had food poisoning.  I couldn’t believe it.  I still can’t.  I knew when I looked at the words someone used to search my blog and saw Barbecue Beef Cowboy Casserole and started getting sick again there was no way I was doing anything with food. We went to…

Cheesy Sloppy Joe Eggrolls

Day three without a kitchen sink.  It is now glued back on but it needs to dry for 48 hours and then be sealed.  I am getting really tired of not having a sink and running water in the sink.  I can use my dishwasher but I don’t put pots and pans in it.  So,…