One Dish Wonders

Chicken and Rice Italian Bake

This week was one of those weeks…too busy! Activities every night and the last week of school (and therefore work, for me). I needed something quick, would produce awesome leftovers, and that didn’t require any pre-planning. After looking around Pinterest, I found this recipe for Dump and Bake Italian Chicken Rice. It sounded good, but… Continue reading Chicken and Rice Italian Bake

One Dish Wonders

Chicken Divan–no canned cream soup required

Chicken Divan is a recipe that I knew nothing about ten years ago. I’m embarrassed to admit I’d never heard of it. When it arrived at our house as a thoughtful gift, my husband and I examined it and were immediately skeptical. However, after tasting it for the first time, we were both hooked. It… Continue reading Chicken Divan–no canned cream soup required

Breakfast foods · One Dish Wonders

Dilled Asparagus and Bacon Quiche

Spring in the Midwest brings one of my favorite veggies…asparagus! I wait all year to have this tender little green shoot, and I get excited about new ways to fix it. A few weeks ago, I posted a recipe for another spring beauty–rhubarb. Though I love rhubarb, asparagus is beautifully versatile. I’ll roast it, sauté… Continue reading Dilled Asparagus and Bacon Quiche

Other Desserts

The Easiest Homemade Oreo Ice Cream

Birthdays are a special gift. Every birthday that I can remember, I’ve celebrated with Oreo ice cream. Specifically, this recipe for super-easy homemade Oreo ice cream. I don’t know where my mom found it, but I know that it’s been one of our family favorites for well over thirty years. Thirty wonderful, glorious, years of… Continue reading The Easiest Homemade Oreo Ice Cream

Salads & Sides

Rhubarb Salad–only two ingredients!

It’s spring and one of my favorite fruits is ready for use! Rhubarb!!! Sadly, I feel like rhubarb gets a bad reputation for being sour, stringy, and flavorless. That is hardly the case! Though I very much enjoy a good rhubarb crisp or pie, this fast and easy rhubarb salad is wonderful as a side… Continue reading Rhubarb Salad–only two ingredients!

Candies and Snacks

Homemade Peanut Butter–clean eating at its finest!

Next to chocolate, there is one other food that I could not even THINK about doing without…peanut butter. If I don’t know what else to eat, I’ll have homemade peanut butter on something. It might be a sandwich, an apple, a banana, crackers, pancakes, toast, oatmeal, stirred into Greek yogurt…the list goes on and on. A… Continue reading Homemade Peanut Butter–clean eating at its finest!