Merry Christmas from the Chases! It's been a big year of transition for our family with new schools, new work schedules, new clients and sending a child across the pond for his freshman year at Florida State. Recent months have been filled with adventures (and a few mis-adventures! lol) and we have done our best to laugh (and cry) our way through them all. I had … [Read more...]
VIDEO: How to Cook Award Winning Chili
The Best Way to Deepen and Enrich the Flavor in Your Chili! Learn why cooking chili in the Instant Pot gives you that award winning flavor. Plus, I’m sharing an easy affordable recipe, plus a few ways to dress and spice it up. New cooking videos are released weekly, so please Like this Video & Subscribe to the $5 Dinners Channel! Video: How to Make Award Winning … [Read more...]
VIDEO: How to Make the Best Pureed Soups
From Pot to Bowl: Crafting Creamy and Delicious Pureed Soups at Home! In this episode, I’m teaching the ins and outs of making the best pureed soups plus how to avoid a blender volcano! New cooking videos are released weekly, so please Like this Video & Subscribe to the $5 Dinners Channel! Video: How to Make Pureed Triple Squash Soup Featured Products: How to … [Read more...]
French Dip Slider Bake
All the Flavors of Your Favorite French Dip Sandwich in a Slider Bake Around here, we love a good slider bake. (I have a list of our faves below!) And this one is getting added to the list. It starts with a sweet slider bun. And ends with a garlic-Parmesan butter drizzles. And the in-between is just as magical: mayo + onion soup mix. Sliced provolone and … [Read more...]
Baked Mississippi Chicken
The baked + chicken version of the amazing Slow Cooker Mississippi Beef Roast: it's just as delightful! Our family loves the Slow Cooker Mississippi Beef Roast. It's regularly included in my MyFreezEasy freezer meal preps in my kitchen. It is so simple to prep and so delicious. I decided to try it as a Chicken Bake vs a shredded chicken made in the slow … [Read more...]
Instant Pot One-Pot Spaghetti with Sauce
I'm all about One Dish Dinners. I wrote an entire cookbook with One Dish Dinners. And am currently experimenting with One-Dish Instant Pot Dinners. This one is a winner-winner-spaghetti-for-dinner. Spaghetti is always a favorite and if you're wanting to move into "one-dish instant pot" meals, I'd recommend starting with this one! It's simple to prep and goes like … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Sweet Potato Tacos
These scrumptious sweet potato tacos with corn and black beans will be your new family favorite! During "Saucy September," I was grabbing a few different sauces to try from Trader Joe's and also picked up a jar of their Corn & Chile Tomato-less Salsa. I had never tried it before and thought it would be a good alternative to salsa, guac and would be great … [Read more...]
VIDEO: How to Make Homemade Stock
Pinch Every Penny: Mastering the Art of Cooking Homemade Stock! In this episode, I’m teaching you how to make the perfect homemade stock to save money. Also, I’m sharing 5 important guidelines that will help you make the perfect soup every time. New cooking videos are released weekly, so please Like this Video & Subscribe to the $5 Dinners Channel! Video: How to … [Read more...]
Hurry Up Chicken Recipe
My boys ask for this chicken all the time and this is the fastest way I know how to make it: Hurry Up Chicken Recipe! Here's why I rave about this recipe and why it's become a "repeat around here." Side note: dinner repeats for a food blogger is pretty rare, but this one has definitely hit that repeat dinner rotation at our house. It's a repeat from me because it … [Read more...]
VIDEO: How to Cook Breakfast Overnight
Learn How to Cook Breakfast Overnight and Wake Up and Smell the Slow Cooker! In this week’s episode, I’m sharing a how to cook an egg casserole in the slow cooker overnight, as well as cooking Steel Cut Oatmeal overnight in the Instant Pot. New cooking videos are released weekly, so please Like this Video & Subscribe to the $5 Dinners Channel! Video: How to Cook … [Read more...]