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Easy Sesame Chicken

You know how it is when you really want take-out, but you’re too tired to go fetch it? Besides, you’re hungry RIGHT NOW, and the last time you…

Unfancy Frittata

After a lifetime of cooking, how did I not know about the frittata? Of course I had heard of it, but had never made one until recently. Somehow…

Ginger and Sweet Chili Sauce Meatballs

I must be a crazy-creative mood today. This dinner started out as mini meatloaves, but after scrounging through the vegetable drawers in the fridge, it morphed into a…

Grandma Isabel’s Quick Comfort Food Dinner

Otherwise known as Hamburger Gravy over Mashed Potatoes! If this sounds like basic comfort food, you would be right. Isabel told me this recipe was developed out of…

Ideas for Your Dinner List

Yesterday I explained how having a go-to list of dinners is part of my system for being able to easily make a home-cooked dinner every night. If you…

Simple Stuffed Poblanos and Homemade Salsa Verde

I have never cared for Mexican food. After moving to Dallas, Texas, I discovered that I really do LOVE authentic Mexican food. It was the gloppy, heavy, carb-laden…

Uncle Mat’s Christmas Breakfast

Greetings foodies! I am so excited to be able to post this recipe. It’s really called a Dutch Apple Pancake, but I changed the name at my house…

Roasted Provencal Chicken Thighs

In the mood for something savory, simple, comforting, and healthy? I ran across a variation of this recipe several years ago. Weirdly, immediately after I “discovered” this simple…

Curried Eggplant with Garbanzo Beans and Spinach

I absolutely freakin’ love Indian food. Unfortunately, I have not had a great amount of success in replicating the deliciousness found at my favorite Indian food restaurant. ….until…

The Best D*mn Vegetarian Dinner Ever

Fast. Easy. Healthy. Scrumptious! Even the Official Recipe Tester, who doesn’t think a meal is complete without meat, loved this. Now, that’s saying something! The best part of…