Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken With I Heart Naptime
Chances are if you’re a mom, you’re familiar with the blog I Heart Naptime. It’s a treasure trove of family-friendly meals and crafts, activities and DIY’s for kiddos, that are a godsend if you’re a...
View Article30-Minute Caprese Chicken Recipe
This recipe is brought to you by DeLallo Foods There are many things that fall brings, but at our house, extra time in the day is not one of them. Because there’s work. Why, oh WHY didn’t I win the...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Smoky Pulled Pork Tacos
To be the most efficient in the kitchen calls for a wee bit of planning. But I’m the type of cook who has a habit (good or bad?) of adding a dash of this and a bit of that and ultimately departing...
View ArticleRoasted Chicken, Butternut Squash and Guacamole Rice Bowls
This post is in partnership with Wholly Guacamole Hey rockstar! Who’s ready to make beautiful music in the kitchen with me? This is one of those recipes that you’ll be applauding all week long. Why?...
View ArticleOrange-Spiced Salmon with Spaghetti Squash
Happy October, friends. Whoa, did I really just say that? Let the good eating commence! October is THE month for comfort food. It’s when we’ve finally pulled up the last of summer’s tomato plants, put...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Tortellini Soup with Sausage and Kale
This post is in partnership with McCormick. “Oh babe, this is so good. Hey! Don’t eat all the broth! That’s mine.” My husband. He’s usually really good about sharing. “Oh. This is really good.” Until...
View Article40 Cloves of Garlic Roast Chicken
The stinking rose. Dracula’s repellant. A bad blind date’s breath mint. This is the beauty of garlic. I don’t recall where I first read about a recipe calling for 40 cloves of garlic, but I do...
View ArticleSalmon Cakes with Roasted Red Pepper Cream Sauce
I have very vivid food memories of my childhood and I’ve shared so many of them with all of you here on the blog, with more to come. But one of the challenges I’ve struggled with over the past year or...
View ArticleBaked Sausage and Cheese Rigatoni
This post is in partnership with DeLallo Foods Crusty and melty. Officially these descriptions are opposites. But not when you’re talking baked pasta, because then they go hand in hand. If there’s one...
View ArticleThe Cheesiest Spinach and Cheese Lasagna
This post is in partnership with Kroger When Kroger asked me back in July to join them for a blogging event at Kroger HQ in Cincinnati, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. When they said we’d be celebrating...
View ArticleThe Easiest Whole Dungeness Crab Recipe
This post is in partnership with Universal Pictures The holiday season is fast approaching and all I can think of is, “What’s on the menu next?”, and for a very good reason. A few weeks ago my festive...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
You know how the saying goes. It’s what waiters around the world have used for years to push the daily special. “This meat is so tender it falls off the bone.” And then sometimes it is. And sometimes...
View ArticleCrispy Smoked Paprika Chicken Recipe with Barefeet In the Kitchen
Some cooks seem like they were born with a wooden spoon in hand. But food blogger Mary Younkin’s cooking skills didn’t bloom until after marriage. “When I was a newlywed, I couldn’t cook,” she admits....
View Article10-Minute Maple-Crusted Salmon
Featuring a lifestyle that’s a little bit healthy with a whole lot of clean eating, we’ve been smitten with the pint-sized Boston blogger Lexi Kornblum of Lexi’s Clean Kitchen ever since we enjoyed a...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Mexican Pot Roast
This post is part of my year long partnership with Reynolds and I’m telling you now…this slow cooker Mexican beef pot roast recipe could set the record for fastest and easiest clean-up of a dinner...
View ArticleBeef and Butternut Squash Enchiladas
This post is in partnership with Kroger For the past few months, I’ve been focusing on creating meals that take a little more planning, and doing a lot more batch cooking when I use my weekly meal...
View ArticleSoba Noodles With Sriracha Meatballs
Long noodle, long life. I’d say that’s a pretty great way to start the year’s resolutions off right. I shared the recipe for these Slow Cooker Sriracha Meatballs a few weeks ago as a favorite meatball...
View ArticleBBQ Chicken Chopped Salad
Back in the day when I had office co-workers who weren’t four-legged, who didn’t bark every time someone (or something) walked down the street, and weren’t continually nudging me with their nose for a...
View ArticleSesame Shrimp With Asian Greens Rice Bowl
You’re right there with me, aren’t you? Please say yes. All the new year resolutions are in full swing. Exercise more. Be kind. Take 10,000 steps. Drink less wine. Drink more water. Get organized....
View ArticleButternut Squash Beef Stew (Instant Pot, Pressure Cooker or Slow Cooker)
If there’s one addition to my kitchen that I can’t quit raving about, it’s my Instant Pot, the slow cooker/pressure cooker/steamer and more 7-in-one cooker I’ve become a die hard fan of. I think it’s...
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