recipes

Chicken Alfredo is one of the few dishes that my entire family will eat. Therefore, when I came across the idea of making a lasagna using Alfredo sauce instead of a tomato-based sauce, I was thrilled! This lasagna relies on jars of Alfredo sauce and frozen spinach, so it wasn’t too difficult to assemble on a busy weeknight. However, … [Read more...] about Chicken Alfredo Lasagna

Casseroles make convenient dinners, but sometimes I feel like they are boring. Most are comprised of a starch (rice or pasta), a meat, some cream soup, and a little cheese. I enjoy many of these casseroles, but sometimes I want something that’s a little different. Thankfully, I came across one a couple of weeks ago that doesn’t use any … [Read more...] about Turkey and Mushroom Country Casserole

I’m usually a stickler for making things like muffins and cakes from scratch. However, we’re busy trying to get our home ready to sell, so I’ve been using some shortcuts in my cooking. One shortcut was using a blueberry muffin mix to make this delicious Berry Upside-Down Breakfast Cake. It yielded an easy-to-prepare, delicious cake that … [Read more...] about Berry Upside-Down Breakfast Cake

Last week my middle daughter had a birthday. No one in our family really likes cake, so we usually celebrate with some other type of sweet treat. We made cookie pizzas for her birthday this year! These “pizzas” had sugar cookies for crusts, frosting for cheese, and various candies for toppings. My girls had so much fun decorating and … [Read more...] about Sugar Cookie Pizzas

I’m quite surprised that I haven’t yet shared an ice cream recipe here on the blog. Towards the end of last summer, my parents picked up an ice cream maker at a garage sale. They gave it to us and since then we have made about a dozen varieties of ice cream! Several of the varieties have been fantastic, and this is one of our favorites. … [Read more...] about Brown Sugar Peach Ice Cream

Over the last couple of months, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting together menus has been a challenge. There have been many times that stores were out of what we wanted. We use curbside grocery pickup, so when the items we request are unavailable, the stores make substitutions. Because of these substitutions, we’ve ended up with nearly … [Read more...] about Creamy Garlic Meatballs

I’d had a nearly empty bag of pecans in my freezer for a while. This past week I finally got around to using them! These amazing Butter Pecan Muffins only require a couple of tablespoons of chopped pecans, so they were a perfect way to use what I had. Though they only require a small amount of pecans, they have a big, delicious … [Read more...] about Butter Pecan Muffins