Here are 10 Picnic Salad Recipes you need for the season. Work your way through them all! Everyone will be wanting the recipes. Have you had any picnics or cookouts or potlucks yet? If not, be sure to add these 10 picnic salad recipes to your list of must make recipes for the season. I love going to potlucks just to see what everyone made and brought. It's always fun to see something new on the table. I love the old stand-bys for sure but new recipes are exciting to me. As long as it's not a … [Read more...]
Italian Sausage, Peppers and Noodles
Once you make this Italian Sausage, Peppers and Noodles for your family, they will ask for it again and again! It's full of delicious flavor that will please them all. We all know how much I love pasta dishes. I will gladly eat any pasta dish you place before me. Unless it has seafood. I just can't do it. And this pasta dish is no exception. The flavor is out of this world. Case in point: My kids are pretty picky eaters on their own. When you put them together, there are few things they will … [Read more...]
Amish Chicken Casserole
Amish Chicken Casserole is a family pleasing dish. It's one easy dinner recipe you will want to keep on hand. Comfort foods are in full force in our house. Bring them on! I love all the hearty casseroles and soups this time of year brings. Casseroles are one of my favorite things to make because you just dump everything in a dish and bake it till bubbly. Easy peasy and so good. One of our favorite casseroles is this Pizza Noodle Dish or Shepherd's Pie. … [Read more...]
Stuffed Pasta Shells
Stuffed Pasta Shells are a family favorite. The Ricotta cheese inside goes perfectly with the pasta sauce and bacon. You probably wouldn't think to add bacon to this dish, but I did! It gives it such a tasty crunch and the Feta on top just goes along perfectly with the rest of the cheeses inside the shells. Stuffed Pasta Shells are really pretty easy to make and bakes while you can do something fun like read that book you've been dying to finish up. … [Read more...]
Red and White Tortellini
Red and White Tortellini will become a staple in your home as it is in ours. In 15 minutes dinner is on the table. Everyone would tell me how busy life would get once my kids started getting older. I didn't quite believe them because I felt life was super busy with toddlers and babies. They were dead on! My older kids have so much going on and it's not a lot compared to other kids their age. Just church activities, scouts, and sports here and there keep us on the go so much. I depend on quick … [Read more...]
Chicken Scallopini
Chicken Scallopini is a great dinner choice because you already have most if not all the ingredients in your pantry. It's a quick and easy recipe that you will want to keep on hand. This Chicken Scallopini looks boring and you're probably thinking that's it's nothing special. Um, you're totally wrong and how dare you doubt me. The ingredients just go together so well to make one delicious dish that my whole family liked. That's always a bonus in my book. Kids are the toughest critics unless … [Read more...]
Cheesy Chipotle Pasta Cups
I have been selected by the Kraft Heinz Company to be a spokesperson for VELVEETA. While I have been compensated for my time, my opinions are my own. Cheesy Chipotle Pasta Cups are great for game day snacking. With ground beef and bacon added, it's a great addition to the snack table. So, football. All I can say is there better be some food involved if there is a game on my t.v. for reals. P.S. How about BYU beating Michigan with a Hail Mary? Things like that make watching football fun. And … [Read more...]
Bacon Macaroni Casserole
This post is sponsored by Lunchbox. All opinions are my own. Bacon Macaroni Casserole is a great weeknight meal. Add a side salad and you have an easy dinner recipe in 30 minutes. Everyone loves a good dinner recipe that can be on the table in 30 minutes, right? Ok good because I have just the thing for you! This Bacon Macaroni Casserole made with the blue box that's been in my life since I was old enough to eat it: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. You can do so much with it besides eating it … [Read more...]
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta is another easy and delicious dinner recipe. My family ate it up! I should just say "because bacon, carbs and cheese" and be done with the post. *Mic drop* It's so cheesy, creamy and good. I don't know what else to say because look at it! You could add broccoli if you wanted. That would be yummy. … [Read more...]
Cheesy Orzo with Bacon
Cheesy Orzo with Bacon is a fancy sounding side dish that is so simple to prepare. It's the perfect side to just about anything! I absolutely love bacon. So does the rest of my family, especially my 7-year-old daughter. She will ask for it as a meal. Just bacon. Can you blame her? Bacon is completely awesome. You can eat it with any meal. Do you guys like puny bacon strips or nice big strips? I love bigger better bacon like Wright® Brand Bacon. That's exactly what I used in this Cheesy Orzo … [Read more...]
