Do you ever base your dinner decisions on whatever is in your pantry or your fridge? I had been staring at a bottle of peanuts for weeks and was determined to figure out a way to use them in a chicken recipe. But I also wanted something that was relatively light and summery –…
Crock Pot Greek Chicken
I’ve had this crock pot recipe for years, but I haven’t pulled it out of the cupboard for quite a while. I love it because it’s so easy, uses just a few simple ingredients, and comes together beautifully. Crock Pot Greek Chicken Print Author: Lolli Recipe type: Main Cuisine: Crock Pot Serves: 6-8 Ingredients…
The Breakfast Project – Fueling Dancing Feet and Piano Fingers
My family of seven goes through half a dozen gallons of milk each week. That’s a lot of bowls of cereal, smoothies, recipes, and afternoon or evening snacks. We could survive very long without milk (or should I say…we wouldn’t survive happily without milk). Between full bowls of cold cereal in the morning and tall…
White Bean Chicken Chili
Years ago, when I first started making this recipe, I took it to a chili cook-off where it won first place. As much as I love this “white” chili, and as award-winning as it may be, I still consider this more of a soup than a chili. Of course, you could add more beans or…
Pasta Primavera with Grilled Chicken
This is a long-time favorite pasta dish that I don’t cook often enough….but I’m going to try to fix that. I made it the other night and was reminded of how much I love this simple meal. I also love that it’s chock full of veggies. I found this recipe years ago in the Betty…
Pork and Cabbage Wontons
I am obsessed with this recipe. I was craving wontons the other week, finally found wonton wrappers at the grocery store, and experimented with some of the ingredients I had on hand (I couldn’t find any wonton recipes that used cabbage and carrots, but they sounded good and so I figured I’d give them a…
Perfect Balance: #YopaYogurt
Last year, I chose the word Balance to be my word of the year. After a rough 2011, I was determined to create more balance in my home, family, work, and personal life. I kept the word balance in my head all year….but I’m not sure I really achieved it. And so I decided to…
Stuffed Bell Peppers, 3 Ways
This week I was craving stuffed bell peppers, but I feared that none of the kids would touch dinner cooked in a pepper. The kids are typically ok with things like peppers and onions and tomatoes when they’re cut up into tiny pieces or hidden amongst other things that they like (ie–lots of meat). I…
Tomato Basil Parmesan Soup
This winter may not have been a snowy one, but it certainly has been a COLD one. And there’s nothing better on a cold winter night than a comforting bowl of hot soup. To be honest, I’ve never been a fan of tomato soup. I have a distinct and disturbing memory from my childhood that…
Hidden Talents and a Giant Surprise
I’d like to say that I’m a woman of many (hidden) talents. Not quite. I’ve always considered myself good at many things and great at only a few. I’m just an ordinary, relatively unexciting girl with few surprises up my sleeve. Maybe that’s why I was attracted to my husband. CandyMan is an extreme –…