When beef roasts go on sale I always make sure to pick one up to make this delicious roast. It's incredibly simple, allergy friendly, and sure to please your family. This recipe takes a little bit of forethought as it takes a few hours to roast, but it's worth it. As it cooks, it makes a lovely gravy that you can pour on some mashed potatoes when you serve up … [Read more...]
Roasted Garlic Chicken with Red Potatoes
Our house is now on the market. Which means I'm in "do-all-it-takes-to-keep-it-super-clean" mode. I'm coming up with as many shortcuts and time savers as I can to keep the house clean and picked up throughout the day. We've already had 2 showings...another one on the calendar for this weekend. In anticipation of this "someone could be coming to look any time," I've decided that … [Read more...]
Ham and Potatoes with Baked Eggs
If you're looking for a recipe to use up some ham in your freezer that's left over from a holiday meal, then this Ham and Potatoes with Baked Eggs skillet should do the trick. This is easy enough that it could be a weekday morning breakfast. It does take a few minutes to get things sauteed, but only needs a few minutes to bake. So it would be easy to fit into the morning … [Read more...]
One Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Skillet...yes, please. One Dish...literally. OK, well...skillet...but whatever :) Melt the butter on the stovetop and stir in the other ingredients...then bake. You can find the specifics on One Dish Dinners! … [Read more...]
Stovetop Mac n Cheese
Jenna emailed this recipe to me from White on Rice Couple. And I was so skeptical that I had to try it...even though I rarely make Mac n Cheese because of the boy's dairy allergies. I made it anyways, and it worked out perfectly... Right before Christmas, Ryan woke up one morning with a fully body rash. After grilling him about what he ate at school the day before, thinking … [Read more...]
One Dish Dinners – Top 5 Recipes from 2011
Here are the top 5 recipes from One Dish Dinners, since we started it in March of 2011. My One Dish Dinners cookbook with these recipes and many, many, many more will be out in stores and on shelves in August 2012! Pizza Penne Bake Curried Quinoa with Chicken and Peas Southwest Mac n Cheese Loaded Potato Frittata Slow Cooker Sweet Potato and … [Read more...]
Pork Roast with Pumpkin Pie Spiced Sweet Potatoes
I discovered long ago that I could get my kids to eat any orange vegetable if I season it with pumpkin pie spices. WINNING! I decided to take that idea and kick it up a notch and apply it to Sunday Dinner. This is an easy one-pot dinner. It is also quite frugal for a fancy Sunday dinner. Pork roasts go on sale for as little as $1.49/lb. in my area, and sweet … [Read more...]
Triple Squash Soup Recipe
There's something about pureed soups filled with the flavors of fall that warms my tummy and soul. I remember the first time I had homemade butternut squash soup. It was many years ago, and I remember thinking that my stepfather was nuts for going through the extra step of pureeing. It seemed like a bit much to do. You may think a pureed soup requires a lot of work, but it … [Read more...]
Twice Baked One-Dish Potatoes
Tonight's $5 Dinner Challenge...Twice baked potatoes - as a one-dish dinner. Plus, I'm sharing my twice baked potatoes piercing trick too! Duffy T, a long time friend of $5 Dinners, sent my a note about the way they do twice baked potatoes. They turn them into an entire meal by adding either chicken or ham and broccoli and cheese to the mixture. I couldn't resist. I … [Read more...]
Chunky Spaghetti Sauce
When I first learned that Ryan did indeed have an allergy to dairy (after having suspected it for many months), I really started scouring labels. I knew for the most part what did and didn't have dairy or milk, but it can very sneaky and often finds it's way into a wide variety of processed foods. One of the items I quickly discovered that contained milk or cheese was jarred … [Read more...]