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Dinner In A Flash

Easy and Garlicky Grilled Salmon

It’s decided to be a bit muggy here in Wisconsin this week, so I’ve been avoiding the stove.  Anything I can do to reduce the heat in our non-air conditioned home is...

Adding Kale To A Thai Green Curry

For the longest time I stayed away from making green curries at home.  For one, I was worried that green curry meant that it was crazy hot, so the kids wouldn’t eat...

Pasta Puttanesca with Kale

I have long been a fan of kale- well before it became in vogue to be a fan of kale.  The reason I have been a fan of kale really has little...

My Favorite Grilled Salmon

I honestly can’t recall a time where I didn’t have a salmon dish that I loved.  Every recipe I’ve ever tried has been delicious, and every time I make salmon I wish...

Spinach and Tortellini Skillet Dinner

This past weekend was our first dance competition of the season for our veteran dancers.  Both kids did spectacular with their dances, and we all had a wonderful weekend.  Monday was a...

Swordfish Tacos

There should be more Swordfish Tacos in the world!  Yesterday was an oddball day where it was just me home alone for dinner.   You wouldn’t believe all the possibilities that rolled through...

Baked Chicken with Leeks and Apples

Yesterday Andy asked for a simple baked chicken for dinner.  I was good with that, and I was making a grocery run, so I could pick up whole chicken legs, which I...

The Easiest Pasta Sauce!

One of the many challenges with our new schedule is trying to not make the same things over and over.  There are several nights a week where I need to make a...

Easy Basil Pork Chops

This was one of those meals that I needed on the fly.  I had pork chops… and no inspiration as to what to do with them.  We’d had several meals of stir-fries...

Philly Cheesesteak

I’ve never been fortunate to have a real Philly Cheesesteak.  I mean, I’ve had them out and about, but I’ve only ever been in Philadelphia once in my life- and that was...

New To Us: Golden Honey Pork

Oh, this was good!  This one was really good- way better than I expected, that’s for sure.   This week for a stir-fry I decided to pull out my Big Book of Wok...