Need a simple, delicious recipe for pasta with scallops and pesto sauce? This creamy pesto pasta with scallops uses store-bought pesto sauce along with a few other ingredients, making this pasta recipe simple, yet delicious. Love a great pasta dinner? Try our Shrimp Rossini Pasta or our Chicken Tortellini Alfredo - both of which are quick and simple to make, great for a weeknight dinner. Do you love enjoying scallops, but not sure how to make them? This simple, delicious pasta recipe is the perfect solution to enjoying scallops. This pasta dinner can be made in under 30 minutes, as it uses a few short-cut ingredients to keep it simple, yet delicious. What ingredients do I need to make pasta with scallops and pesto? Here's a quick reference checklist of the ingredients … [Read more...]
Creamy Tomato & Tortellini Soup
This fantastic creamy tomato soup recipe has it all! Delicious tomatoes are simmered together with Parmesan cheese, tender tortellini and topped with fresh basil. This tortellini soup is a fantastic Christmas Eve dish or wonderful anytime you're looking to warm up on a cold night! Creamy Tomato & Tortellini Soup - an amazing creamy tomato soup recipe! In my family, Christmas Eve has just as much celebration and importance as Christmas Day. Some of my fondest memories as a child are of going to my Great-Grandma Elsie's house to celebrate Christmas Eve with my HUGE extended family. There was always enough food to feed double the crew - Christmas cookies and candies, salads, desserts and the dinner was always soup! Soup on Christmas Eve has … [Read more...]
Roasted Butternut Squash Medley
One of the most flavorful, delicious ways to prepare Roasted Butternut Squash! Roasted with apples, bacon, pecans and shallots, this savory and slightly sweet side-dish is easy enough for a weeknight meal, and fancy enough to accompany your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner! Roasted Butternut Squash Medley with Apples Bacon & Pecans Have you had roasted butternut squash recently? As soon as fall rolls around, this delicious and flavorful squash begins to appear in the grocery stores and farmers markets. It is a fantastic golden vegetable that pairs perfectly with beef, pork and poultry, but especially turkey! That's right - when roasted with a few other sweet and savory ingredients, this butternut squash becomes an amazing side dish that will be a … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Sirloin Beef Stew
This easy slow cooker beef stew recipe is a delicious dinner option for any night of the week. Made with tender, delicious sirloin, along with big chunks of carrots, celery, potatoes and mushrooms this crock pot beef stew is the ultimate comfort food! As soon as the weather begins to cool off a bit, I get out my crock pot and cook up a big pot of my Slow Cooker Sirloin Beef Stew. My family and I love it, as it is a delicious, hearty meal in one bowl. I love making crock pot beef stew on a lazy Sunday afternoon and letting it simmer for hours. It fills my house with the warm aromas of autumn, and fills our bellies with a hearty, delicious meal. What do I need to make beef stew in the crock pot? Here's a quick reference grocery list of the ingredients … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup
This super-simple Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup is the perfect dinner solution for busy weeknights. Loaded with big chunks of ham, potatoes, and topped with lots of cheese, bacon and onions, this comfort food is a great for anyone who loves a hearty, delicious bowl of soup! Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Soup Fall is just around the corner. It is, without a doubt, my favorite season of the year! Back to school, football season, cooler weather, and the turning of the leaves are just a few of my favorite attributes that come with the season. We'll have several activities going this fall, including my son's baseball season, Drum Corp performances, as well as all of his school activities. It's the perfect time to get the crock pot out and make a big … [Read more...]
Lobster Mac & Cheese
Comfort food at its best! With a delicious three-cheese sauce, big chunks of fresh lobster, and al dente pasta, this Lobster Mac and Cheese is the perfect dinner any night of the week! We are big pasta eaters at our house! My husband LOVES any type of pasta, and my son is the biggest mac & cheese lover out there! I love pasta as well, so when it comes to dinner ideas, noodles are always at the top of my list! A creamy, delicious three-cheese sauce makes this Lobster Mac & Cheese absolutely incredible! Gruyere, white cheddar and American cheeses melt together wonderfully, and coat the pasta and lobster giving you a creamy, flavorful dish. Over the last several months, lobster has come down in price greatly. You can find it in most freezer … [Read more...]
Mac and Cheese with Ham and Broccoli
This Mac & Cheese with Ham and Broccoli has everything you need for an easy dinner, including smokey ham, fresh broccoli, and pasta all in an amazing cheese sauce! Best of all, this simple pasta dinner is done and on the table in under 30 minutes! Mac and Cheese with Ham and Broccoli Do you have go-to meals that you make for your family time and time again? Tried and true recipes that are easy to make that you know everyone at the table will love? This Mac and Cheese with Ham and Broccoli is one of those meals for our family. Like many kids, my 7-year-old is a HUGE mac & cheese guy, and ham is his preferred meat, so this pasta skillet is one that he loves. My husband and I love pasta and the addition of the smokey, delicious ham is a bonus for … [Read more...]
Easy Crab Cakes
An easy crab cake recipe for any night of the week! Filled with sweet, delicious Alaskan Snow Crab, and seasoned with fresh ingredients, these snow crab cakes are a perfect dinner solution. These light crab cakes are a great, healthy option! Love a great seafood recipe? Be sure to check out our Oven Baked Snow Crab Legs and our Cauliflower Shrimp Fried Rice recipes. One of my absolutely favorite seafood dishes is crab cakes! However, I will say that I've been disappointed by MANY crab cakes, from pricey restaurants to the frozen, prepared crab cakes. I'm usually disappointed because crab cakes often tend to have more "cake" than crab and are often overly greasy and heavy, and not seasoned properly. I quickly realized that if I wanted a really good crab cake, … [Read more...]
Lime Chicken Chili
This Lime Chicken Chili is a healthy, delicious dinner that's done in under 30 minutes! Made with chicken, beans and peppers along with fresh lime juice and cilantro, this chicken chili recipe is fabulous! Lime Chicken Chili - the perfect Chicken Chili recipe! Today, my son Harrison scored his very first touchdown in a flag football game! He normally plays center, and snapping the football seems to be what he's good at. However, today our fantastic coach decided that it was Harrison's turn to get into the end-zone. As he got the hand-off, he dodged the defensive players and ran it in for a touchdown. He was so excited! Lots of cheers, high fives, and fist-bumps - and that was just by the parents! The boys were thrilled to win their … [Read more...]
Shrimp Bacon and Corn Chowder
Shrimp and his best friend bacon team up together in this amazing soup! Loaded with flavor, this soup is a must-have on a cold fall or winter night. Its the ultimate comfort food! I know I've said it before, but its worth noting again; I'm pretty much always looking for and trying new dinner recipes. They need to be easy to make, quick to prepare, include simple ingredients and on the healthier side for my family. Can you relate? Once I come across something that's easy for me to prepare and my family enjoys it, I consider it a dinner victory! This Shrimp Bacon & Corn Chowder is my latest dinner victory! This soup is fabulous in so many ways! The ingredients are simple, and items that I usually have on hand in my pantry and fridge. … [Read more...]