For my birthday, my mom bought me the cookbook Our Best Bites, from the popular blog. This cookbook is chock full of great recipes that are perfect for family and entertaining. All the recipes use ready-found ingredients and are pretty easy and delicious.I tried this chicken taquitos recipe last week. I used leftover chicken that … Continue reading Baked Chicken Taquitos
Category: main dishes
Knorr Four™ Recipe Contest
BlogHer, the wonderful network of bloggers, is having a recipe contest using the new Knorr Homestyle Stock. The product is a concentrated stock (in my case, chicken), to which you add water for your recipe. Simple!For my recipe, I made a pulled pork that you can use for taco/burrito fillings, sandwiches, or just with rice. … Continue reading Knorr Four™ Recipe Contest
Homemade Pizza Dough
We love pizza. LOVE it. And I love to make it at home. It's fairly easy and low maintenance. I know on cooking shows, they recommend the easiest thing to use for pizza crust is buying some dough from your favorite pizzeria (has anyone tried that?), but I always just make it at home. My old … Continue reading Homemade Pizza Dough
Carnitas
I love Mexican food. LOVE it. When I was younger, I didn't like it because I thought it was to fattening. Seriously, what was I thinking? Granted, the only Mexican food I'd had at that point was drenched in sauce and cheese (although now, I think that's heavenly). My favorite Mexican dish of all time … Continue reading Carnitas
Simple Fried Brown Rice
In the seemingly never-ending quest to feed my kids healthier food, we bought brown calrose rice from Costco last week. My husband and I like brown rice, but I wasn't sure if our kids would feel the same way. For those of you who don't know, brown rice is considered "whole grain" because the husk … Continue reading Simple Fried Brown Rice
Slow Cooker Chicken & Wild Rice Soup with Quick Drop Biscuits
I'm not a winter person. I was born and raised in Utah where it's cold and snowy (I know, there are worse places). So I was ecstatic when I met and married someone who, although he was from Utah also, didn't like the cold or the snow either (or sports!!). Yay for me!But I do … Continue reading Slow Cooker Chicken & Wild Rice Soup with Quick Drop Biscuits
Lasagna with Ragu Bolognese
I love lasagna. Seriously, LOVE it. When I was a kid, it was my favorite thing my mom made. Granted, her lasagna was not authentic, gourmet, or healthy- it was more like this:Cheesey (yes, even cottage cheesey), bubbly, comforting.Well, I married a bit of an Italian food snob (not just a bit, actually) and apparently, … Continue reading Lasagna with Ragu Bolognese
Chicken Parmigiana
My mom has the Everyday Food Great Food Fast cookbook. As I was thumbing through it, I found this recipe. I like Chicken Parmigiana, but my husband doesn't like what he calls "big hunks of chicken" so I haven't made it. Since he's out of town, I thought I'd try it out. The recipe is easy … Continue reading Chicken Parmigiana
Chicken Croissants
After having our third monkey, several people were kind enough to bring us dinner. One dinner in particular was a huge hit at our house. I asked the preparer for the recipe. Once I got it, my husband asked me to make it that night and several times since. These are refrigerated crescent rolls filled … Continue reading Chicken Croissants
Quick Chicken Noodle Soup
The ultimate comfort food, chicken noodle soup is something I've missed the past couple years. Small children, in our family, are not fans of soup. But recently, our oldest daughter has taken to eating soup, and our younger daughter likes to do the same things as her sister. Voila! Soup eaters!I found this recipe in … Continue reading Quick Chicken Noodle Soup