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Instant Pot Chicken Chili Mac and Cheese

Instant Pot Chicken Chili Mac and Cheese

  Chili Mac and Cheese! Oh yes! This is pure and simple comfort food. You know those days when the weather starts to turn and you want something warm and wonderful? This Chicken Chili Mac and Cheese will do the trick! The best part? It’s […]

Instant Pot Beef, Tomato and Spinach Pasta

Instant Pot Beef, Tomato and Spinach Pasta

Back to school! Already? How are the first few school days going? All of a sudden, there are going to be days when you need dinner on the table fast! This is an Instant Pot recipe that whips up really quickly and is full of […]

Slow Cooked Pork and Potatoes

Slow Cooked Pork and Potatoes

Back to school! Ugh! Basically, you now have less time to get everything done. Or maybe it just feels that way! Hands up if you have very little free time during the work week. Most people I know, between their jobs, classes and/or families, have […]

Butter Me Up Chicken

Butter Me Up Chicken

The other day at work, we were (surprisingly, haha) talking about food. Tracy mentioned that she was having people over for dinner and that she was planning to order Indian food. I suggested that she make some of the items herself, then mentioned that Butter […]

Roasted Garlic-Parmesan Cauliflower

Roasted Garlic-Parmesan Cauliflower

I love cauliflower. Even though people have been eating it since 6 BC, it seems like all of a sudden it has become super popular this year. I don’t know if it’s because people started to eat it as a gluten-free option (cauliflower can be used […]

Breakfast for Dinner (Spaghetti alla Carbonara)

Breakfast for Dinner (Spaghetti alla Carbonara)

There is some argument on the origins of Spaghetti alla Carbonara. One school has the classic Roman dish created during the war, using military rations from American soldiers. Another side argues that the name comes from “alla carbonara”, a dish eaten by coal workers. (The heavy […]

Spicy Penne Alla Vodka

Spicy Penne Alla Vodka

  One of the nicest things about having your kids go away to school is that they develop a much greater appreciation for your cooking after eating residence food. It’s  kind of nice when they look forward to dinner and make meal requests. I recently […]

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