Easy Sausage Stuffed Shells are loaded with meaty goodness, eggplant, spinach, tomatoes and cheese – making for the ultimate weeknight dinner. • • • This stuffed shells recipe is loaded with both flavorful sausage and vegetables. That is a balanced meal if I ever saw one!This ...
Easy Dinners
Korean BBQ Chicken Skewers | Tara Teaspoon
Korean BBQ Chicken Skewers with a simple marinade bring authentic cooking home. Tender chicken and colorful vegetables only take a few minutes to make and grill. Hold on to your bamboo skewers, because these little kabobs are going to knock your socks off. Authentic ...
Dang Delicious Slow Cooker Brisket Sandwiches • Tara Teaspoon
Dang delicious slow cooker brisket sandwiches pretty well knock the socks off of your summer cookout. A few simple steps, hands-free cooking time, and a little coleslaw make this killer meal. If you need, and I mean NEED, a juicy BBQ brisket sandwich, but don't want to tend the smoker or grill for ...
Ropa Vieja (Slow Cooker Cuban Braised Beef) • Tara Teaspoon
Ropa Vieja is a favorite dish at my local Cuban restaurant. It's a slow cooker braised beef stew with peppers and great tomato flavor. I recreated it so I could dish it up any time! This ropa vieja braised beef stew with peppers and onions resembles a heap of colorful rags, or "old ...
5-Ingredient Easy Pea Soup • Tara Teaspoon
A hint of lemon adds freshness to this easy, 5-ingredient pea soup. A summer dinner made in minutes, that the whole family loves, before racing to the soccer game. You're not dreaming! Growing up, pea soup usually meant a ham hock, simmered for hours with split peas and some herbs. It was ...
Tomato Soup With Cheese Dumplings • Tara Teaspoon
No need to serve sandwiches on the side. I made this Tomato Soup with Cheese Dumplings so you're set with an entire, delicious, meal in your bowl. Tomato soup comes together in a flash. I love making my own with a few simple ingredients. Usually a salad or crispy grilled sandwich is a great ...
Fresh Green Pesto Pasta with Lemon Ricotta Cream
Fresh Green Pesto Pasta With Lemon Ricotta Cream makes me swoon. It's is the perfect way to get a fresh taste of summer using winter ingredients during chilly months. We are right smack in the middle of that time when baby greens, herbs and veggies have started emerging from the ...
Chipotle Sweet Potato Soup With Queso Blanco
Chipotle sweet potato soup with queso blanco makes any weeknight dinner a comfort-food celebration. Cozy, spicy and easy, it's pretty much the best meal you'll have all week. You may not think of soup as a culinary experience. Especially a simple pureed soup like sweet potato or butternut ...
Curry Chicken Drumsticks With Chickpeas
Curry Chicken Drumsticks With Chickpeas is an authentic dinner using pantry ingredients! Plus the kids will love getting their own drumstick with their rice and veggies. I know what you’re thinking when it comes to real-deal-authentic Indian food made at home...no way! However, I’m here ...
Easy Dinner Potato Salmon Bake
Easy Dinner Potato Salmon Bake is one of my favorite ways to make a meal in one dish. It's a tasty and simple way to get delicious veggies and fish in on a weeknight. I like a good one dish meal. Listen, I'm not pushing casseroles here. There are plenty of awesome one ...
The Best Classic Pot Roast With Vegetables
The best classic pot roast with vegetables is, dare I say it, better than mom used to make. It's easy, comfort-food-goodness that's simple enough to cook any night of the week! It's a Sunday dinner go-to, but I can never wait for the weekend. I've made the recipe so easy it's become ...
Pork Tenderloin with Rosemary Apricot Sauce
Pork tenderloin with rosemary apricot sauce is elegant enough for entertaining, but easy enough for a weeknight dinner. This is one of my go-to meals. Pork tenderloin is a never-fail dish for me, and it always impresses. The sweet and savory sauce takes it to the next level. You'll think ...
Easy Squash And Pancetta Pasta
Easy Squash and Pancetta Pasta is anything-but-basic. Italian bacon and tender, sweet squash make for a sophisticated, but simply delicious dinner. Tasty dinners come in all shapes and sizes. You can actually choose the shape of this one! Just pick a pasta, your favorite shape, and toss ...
Ginger Thai Chicken Patties
Ginger Thai chicken patties take the boredom out of chicken dinners. With authentic flavors that are delicious for the whole family, it's set to become a new favorite. Like many of you, I usually have boneless, skinless chicken breasts in the freezer. They get pulled out for dinner about ...
Honey-Rosemary Chicken With Yukon Gold Potatoes
Honey-Rosemary Chicken with Yukon Gold Potatoes simmers right in the slow cooker, for less hands-on work and a flavorful, comforting dinner. It's the rush of the week, you need to get dinner in the slow cooker and walk away, but you're getting a little tired of stewy, heavy one-pot-meals. ...
Slow Cooker Arroz Con Pollo (Chicken With Rice)
Slow Cooker Arroz Con Pollo, with flavorful spices and smoky chipotle, is a delicious dinner that simmers and cooks while you do other things! Oh the beauty of a slow cooker. A machine designed for a simple purpose–to cook food slowly enough that you can walk away, and come back to a nice meal. ...
Warm Salmon and Arugula Pasta Salad
Warm Salmon and Arugula Pasta Salad is one of my favorite ways to enjoy this healthy fish with my greens. Who wouldn't want the addition of delicious swirls of linguini with their salad?! Salads with warm ingredients added in, wilting the greens just slightly has got to be one of the most delicious ...
Slow Cooker Turkey Vegetable Meat Loaf
Slow Cooker Turkey Vegetable Meatloaf is a dinner phenomenon. So easy, juicy, flavorful and healthy to boot! Dinner is easy tonight. It's also healthy and low-fat! Perfect for pre-holiday eating. At least that's what my scale told me last night–Oh boy!I shredded carrots, onions and ...
Roasted Grape and Pecan Stuffing
Roasted Grape and Pecan Stuffing is a savory, classic side with the juicy burst of caramelized grapes. A fun variation on a favorite. Cooking grapes brings out their flavor and juiciness. Roasted, they are perfect for a savory stuffing. I often add a little touch of tart sweetness to this ...
Roasted Vegetable Trio With Orange-Thyme Dressing + Food Styling Tip
Roasted Vegetable Trio with Orange-Thyme Dressing is a classy, delicious side dish for any holiday meal. As far as vegetables go, I think my favorite way to eat them is roasted. Name a veggie...it's probably delicious roasted! And this roasted dish is divinely gorgeous for a holiday ...
