With Prime Rib being the centerpiece of many holiday dinners, I thought I would share a recipe that accompanies it beautifully. The majority of my family enjoys beef, but I have found having the addition of shrimp to our holiday dinners is not only a special treat, but it also makes some of my guests, who prefer less red meat, happy because they have another option. Shrimp is a great way of doing this, so today I'm sharing my Shrimp Scampi recipe.
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Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken pot pie is one of my top favorite comfort foods. In the early years of our marriage, there was no way I would have made it homemade. Seemed so complicated. We did have it at home, but it was almost always a frozen variety. I ordered it in restaurants too. I remember choosing it during our 3rd wedding anniversary date night to Marie Callendar's restaurant.
I've come a long ways from that time and I think my family is quite happy that I have. If I say we are having chicken pot pie for
Black Bean & Sausage Enchiladas
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We might be the only family who does this, but....
We celebrate new TV shows starting.
I make no secrets that we have lots of favorite TV shows. We usually DVR most and then watch as our schedule allow. But there is some shows that we are so crazy about that we watch right away. On Sunday, that's exactly what happened.
Chicken & Artichoke Pasta with Mushrooms
I love creamy pasta dishes. Seriously, what's not to like about them? Well, okay, the calories and fat content? I would agree. But that's why we don't eat them daily. We have it in moderation and enjoy them when we do. Good stuff.
One of the newer favorites in our house is this pasta dish that I call Chicken & Artichoke Pasta with Mushrooms. Not a fancy sounding name, but it does the trick. The family raves about it - even those that say that they don't like mushrooms or artichokes (two
Rosemary Garlic Chicken Breasts with Parmesan Linguine
My oldest daughter has to wake up for work VERY early. I am usually still awake when she gets up for work. We also tend to eat dinner much later than your average family, so many nights, she is in the routine of going to bed before dinner is ever done. When she wakes in the morning, she eats the dinner for her breakfast. It's a switched around way of living, but it's working for her (and us) at this point.
Herb Roasted Chicken and Gravy
Herb Roasted Chicken with Gravy is wonderful for a Sunday night dinner, or for a smaller Thanksgiving dinner.
You know how sometimes a recipe will tell you that you can use your choice of broth, stock, wine, or water for the liquid it needs? Prior to about two years ago, if a recipe gave me the option, chances are I would have chosen the water. Water is cheap and I wanted to spend the least amount possible on our groceries. And, yes...I know homemade stock is inexpensive to make too, but
Tuna Noodle Casserole
I've been making tuna noodle casserole for as long as I have been married (21 years now) and most of the time, it involved cream of mushroom soup and/or Velveeta. I grew up having it with the cream of mushroom soup, but it never included the Velveeta, and it always had crushed saltine crackers on top. My husband, on the other hand, grew up and loved a similar version, but it has a loaf of Velveeta cheese mixed in, minus the crushed saltine crackers. This became the version I started making for
Sports Bar Grilled Steak Tacos
I'm so excited to share this with you all! Recently I was one of several lucky bloggers selected by Smart & Final to participate in their Grill Up Your Summer promotion. The challenge? Create one of my own grilling recipes using their line of Cattleman's Finest beef. That's a challenge I gladly accepted!
Daily Photo: Omelet & English Mufffin with Peanut Butter
Today for breakfast I made us a quick omelet with 1/2 cup Egg Beaters (1 WW Points+) and 2 Laughing Cow Light creamy Swiss cheese wedges (2 WW Points+). I added a Thomas' Light Multi-Grain English Muffin (3 WW Points+) with 1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter on each half (5 WW Points+). Altogether, it was an 11 WW Point breakfast -- with nearly half of those points being the peanut butter. A pretty hefty price for some peanut butter! But, it was SO worth it.
Daily Photo: Edamame Snacktime!
I have a new favorite movie snack: Edamame (in the pods). When settling in to watch some movies, I wanted to snack on something and went looking around in the kitchen. There was other options, but when I opened up the freezer, I saw the 16 oz bag of frozen edamame. Hmmmm....we've had it with dinner, but never to just "snack" on. Then, I looked on the back of the bag and saw that a 16 oz bag was just TWO servings. That means a LOT of edamame since just David and I were sharing it.
I steamed