Quick and easy from scratch dinners
Quick and easy to make meals for your family.
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Simply Homemade Sloppy Joe
This simple comfort food–homemade sloppy joe–is so much more satisfying when you know you made it yourself at home. What’s even better is the knowledge that it is way simpler than you may have thought. I love making the discovery that a meal that we, culturally, have begun to associate as coming from a box…
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How to make a refreshing pasta salad with homemade mayonnaise
This blog post is going to be written more like a “how to” post rather than a recipe because pasta salad is so easily personalized. I did not want to leave any readers feeling that they were boxed into a recipe. Instead, I hope to provide you with a good understanding of the process for…
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Mom’s Go To Beef Tips
This simple method for cooking beef tips is one of my favorite ways to use stew meat. When done right, this recipe gives you deliciously tender meat drowned in a flavorful sauce which you can then serve over pasta, rice, or mashed potatoes. I adapted and tweaked this recipe from one that my mom would…
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Salsa inspired fiesta chicken-A summer family favorite
This super quick salsa inspired chicken dinner comes together in less than 30 minutes, and is mouth-wateringly good! Tasting like a summer sunset in a dish, this dinner is flavorful, vibrant, and simple. Better yet, it requires only a few basic staple ingredients, and you can tweak or change it to provide some variety. It…
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Uncomplicated From Scratch Lasagna with Hidden Veggies
In this post, I am going to give directions for each step in the process of making a completely from scratch lasagna. We’ll make the sauce together, blend together a mixture of cheeses, and even make our own whole wheat pasta. I’ll show you how you can subtly add a variety of veggies into the…
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Simple and delicious chicken pot pie filling
We often treat chicken pot pie as one of those more special and time consuming dinners to make. Many people choose to buy this meal pre-made for an easy pop-in-the-oven kind of dinner, and there’s no shame in that! However, if you want inspiration for a quick and easy dinner that you can use to…
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Melt in your mouth creamy chicken dinner
I love using cream and milk in my cooking to spruce up an occasional dinner! This creamy chicken dinner is so easy to make, but it has that heartwarming, homemade feel. I first made this dish while cooking last minute one evening. Not wanting to simply fry chicken breast on the stove top again, I…
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Homemade Hamburger Helper with Scratch ingredients
This from scratch hamburger helper is so easy to make, it is crazy that boxed hamburger helper ever became a thing! In still less than half an hour, you can have this dish on the table while dirtying only one skillet. It is a perfect go to meal for those busy days when you don’t…
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Honey Garlic Chicken Served over Garlic Shredded Cabbage
This flavorful garlic chicken and cabbage whips together within half an hour and is full and satisfying. Even my toddler is a huge fan of this dish. It quickly became a family favorite when I stumbled upon it one day trying to use up an aging head of cabbage. This meal is easy and quick…
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In a Pinch Black Bean Casserole
I discovered this flavorful and budget friendly, meatless meal on accident when quickly preparing something to bring to a family potluck. My husband is thrilled that I am building this blog because now when I make these accidentally yummy meals, I am hurrying to jot down what I did so I can share them with…