Beef and Potato Enchiladas

    Something I haven't made in a really long time is enchiladas.  The night before I had used half of the ground beef we had to make meatballs, and I wanted to use up the other half tonight.  We've also had potatoes laying around, so I decided to incorporate them into the filling. ...

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Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Sauce

    I had a jar of roasted red peppers in the cabinet and have been wanting to use them up.  I finally came up with the idea of making a pasta sauce with it.  After looking for inspiration from recipes online, I needed one dairy free, that I was able to come up with this.  We...

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Vegan Basil and Spinach Pesto

    As you know, we have a dairy allergy in our house.  We've been wanting to have pesto for the longest time, but couldn't because of the parmesan cheese and pine nuts.  Although my daughter has been cleared to eat pine nuts, why take the chance?  Plus, we have lots of fresh...

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Greek Tacos with Lemon Rice and Creamy Cucumbers

       Here it is Taco Tuesday again and expanding the kids palettes.  We had Greek Tacos using pitas for the taco shell instead of tortillas.  It was also a night of baseball, so we had split dinners with the kids eating at the game and David and I ate when we got home. ...

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Baked Ham, Turkey, and Cheese Sandwiches

    Have you ever had one of those days when what you planned for dinner, just didn't work out?  This meal was a result from one of those days.  Lately, I've been doing the grocery shopping for three households: ours, my parent's and David's parents.  I'm able to go shopping...

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Ready for an unexpected thriller?

 This is the second book I've read by Colleen Hoover.  The first book I read was Regretting You, which I thoroughly enjoyed.  This book did definitely not disappoint.  I've read through so many fantastic reviews on Goodreads about Verity, that I figured it was time to see for myself,...

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Penne Pasta with Ground Turkey

     Have you ever just had a taste for pasta with meat sauce?  A comforting meal just for the heck of it?  Even though it could be 90 degrees outside, David had a rough few days with work and I figured he needed something for dinner that A) didn't take a lot of effort and B)...

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Slow Cooker Italian Beef

       Normally when I make this recipe I will use a chuck roast and let it cook all day long.  I made a quick switch of dinner the other night, so I used what I had on hand, stew meat already pre-cut.  I used the same seasonings that I would for when I make the chuck...

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Chipotle Chicken Burgers with Chipotle Mayo

      I am always wanting to try new things and new dishes for my family.  Sometimes I will use my husband and I as guinea pigs when all of the kids aren't home (with their other parent) to determine whether or not the kids would like certain dishes.  This happens to be...

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Taco Pasta Salad

Taco Pasta Salad with Cheese Quesadillas        We have a longstanding joke in our family about this pasta salad.  I have mentioned many times before that we are a baseball/softball family.  Inevitably games are often scheduled during lunch and dinner times, so we...

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Tomato and White Bean Soup

        I had such a taste for soup today.  I went grocery shopping this morning for my in-laws and one of the items on their list was soup.  Yes, it would have been "soup"er simple to buy a can and heat it up when I got home, but for me, it's more rewarding to make...

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Avocado Toast

    I started making Avocado Toast last year sometime.  My daughter and I love it!  We are also huge fans of guacamole, and normally when I buy avocados, I use them to make guacamole and not think until after the fact about making avocado toast.  When making the Avocado Toast,...

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P.S. I Love You and Postscript

    When I finished P.S. I Love You, I knew I needed to start reading Postscript immediately.  I fell in love with the characters in these books.  I must live under a rock, because I never saw the movie, although so many have.  Ahern captivates you from the very beginning thinking...

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Aglio e Olio Pasta

    Who's ready for a quick, easy, and inexpensive pasta dish?  Me!!! This dish sounds fancier than it really is!  In a nutshell: cook the pasta to package directions, saute minced or grated garlic in olive oil, add red pepper flakes, drain pasta, add to pot with garlic and...

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Homemade Pizza

    I LOVE Homemade Pizza nights.  Yes, it's always fun to get pizza delivered from your favorite pizza place, but nothing beats homemade pizzas when you can cater your pizzas to what your kids like.  When I make our pizzas, I start making the crust in the afternoon.  Don't...

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Taco Tuesday "Tot"chos

Taco Tuesday "Tot"Chos with Mexican Coleslaw    Every Tuesday we switch things up for "Taco" Tuesday.  This week I made "Tot"Chos.  We made two versions, one with dairy and the other non-dairy.  They were delicious!!  Nicky helped me assemble the non-dairy version,...

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