Italian Chicken, Mushroom, and Zucchini Skillet is a super easy dinner recipe for busy school nights. It features pan seared chicken tenderloins, zucchini and sliced mushrooms in garlicky herbed tomato sauce. Such an easy Chicken Skillet Recipe! Save this recipe for Italian Chicken, Mushroom, and Zucchini Skillet to Pinterest! Why I love this Chicken Skillet …

One Skillet Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce is the perfect, easy comforting pasta dish. Baking it in a single skillet makes for quick preparation and very minimal clean up. Perfect for a weeknight dinner! Click HERE to save this recipe for Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce to Pinterest! Easy Baked Ziti Recipe Today I needed …

This is the BEST marinara sauce! It’s the real deal and the only marinara sauce recipe you’ll want to use from now on! Crushed tomatoes simmer all day with extra-virgin olive oil, oregano, crushed red pepper, plenty of garlic, and a generous helping of Italian red wine. This homemade marinara sauce is rich, but delightfully …

Take advantage of summer’s colorful and delicious produce and make this Roasted Tomato Crostini with Walnut Almond Pesto and Goat Cheese. Crostini is a great summer appetizer to serve while sitting out on the patio in the evening. This recipe for Roasted Tomato Crostini with Walnut Almond Pesto and Goat Cheese created in partnership with …

This super simple one-pot pasta features fresh spinach and sun dried tomatoes for a pop of flavor and color. Mix up this sun dried tomato pasta by adding the protein of your choice — Italian Sausage or Chicken are both great! — or keep it as a simple meatless dinner option. Click HERE to save this …

This Italian Sausage Soup with Orzo is a great clean out the fridge recipe! It’s packed with veggies, Italian sausage, orzo, and more! Italian Sausage Soup with Orzo I think we’ve officially crossed the line into fall here in Colorado. We’ve had plenty of cooler days, changing leaves, and pumpkin patch visits, but just as many warm, …

We have had so much rain lately. Thursday was the last day of school and it doesn’t even feel like summer. I’m so over it. I am majorly missing the sunshine. I’m ready to go to the pool with the kids, go on afternoon bike rides now that school is out, and to wear shorts …

I’ve been thinking so much lately about getting back to family meals with intention, reclaiming the kitchen, and making the evening meal a priority. Our focus has been on creating and serving meals for our little family that we all eat in one way or another. With varying schedules and somewhat unpredictable toddler palates on …

A simple, just-spicy-enough arrabbiata sauce you can make from pantry ingredients. Serve it with anything — chicken, sausages, pasta, even your morning eggs! Click HERE to save this recipe for Arrabbiata Sauce! I wish moms got sick days. Like so many families this time of year, we’ve had a round of sore throats and colds. …

I am an official brand advocate for Bel Brands in 2013. While I receive compensation for participation as a brand advocate, opinions are my own. A few years ago I made this recipe for Sun Dried Tomato and Spinach Lasagna Rolls. That was the first time I had ever made lasagna in the roll form, …

National Spaghetti Day is January 4th, so I have teamed up with Barilla Pasta to share a healthy Spaghetti Recipe and offer you an opportunity to win a year supply of Barilla Pasta! I’m sharing a recipe for Baked Turkey Sausage and Vegetable Spaghetti to celebrate National Spaghetti Day. By sharing your own healthy spaghetti …

This Pasta with White Beans, Tomatoes, and Sausage dish was one of the last real meals I cooked before life started to get really crazy with moving. Looking back, I am not entirely sure how I managed to feed my family at all for the past 6 weeks. We have been on an endless cycle …

Right now I need easy food. Really, really easy food. You see we recently packed up a lot of the kitchen. We’re operating on an “essentials only” basis right now. And I don’t have a lot of time to cook. But I don’t want to give up eating well either! Enter these Herbed Ricotta and …

We had a slight break from snow and cold here the past two weeks. It seems Mother Nature was a tad bit confused and sent up temps in the mid-50’s. No complaints from me! But I think things are cooling off again. We had a few snow flurries yesterday afternoon and I feel a bit …

I recently made these Spinach Calzones with Ricotta, Mozzarella, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes and was surprised with how simple they actually were to make. I made the full batch which makes 8 individual sized calzones (meaning you only need 1 per person) and froze most of them for use another time, either lunches or dinner. Now, …

This recipe for Shrimp Scampi with Tomatoes and Artichokes is the perfect easy, yet romantic, pasta dinner for Valentine’s Day. Do you usually go out for Valentine’s Day or do you cook a romantic dinner at home? For us, we almost always stay in. It’s so crowded to go out for a date on Valentine’s Day …

This recipe for Chicken Parmesan with Sundried Tomato Sauce is our very favorite recipe for Chicken Parmesan. Make a double batch of the sauce and freeze some for later! Chicken Parmesan feels like home. I’ve been making it for so long that I barely remember the first time that I made it. I know that …

Ricotta is mixed with a combination of primavera style vegetables, parmesan, and fresh herbs to create a tasty primavera stuffing to fill manicotti pasta. The manicotti primavera is then baked smothered in homemade marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese for a comforting meal. I came across this lovely looking vegetarian lasagna recipe recently. I had it on …

I hate to admit this, but it turns out that I haven’t been a very good gardener this year. In fact, I almost wish I hadn’t planted at all except for some herbs and a tomato plant. This summer ended up being much, much busier than I anticipated. With a conference, vacation, busy kids, work, and …

We had kindergarten orientation for Logan today. He has been so ready for summer to be over and get back to school (he loved preschool and loves to learn). I have been ready for him to go back to school (summer has been particularly trying this year). We got up all excited and anticipating a …

I love lasagna. But really, turning the oven on for that long in the summer just isn’t an option. Then I saw this recipe featured in Jaden’s TLC column and I couldn’t believe I hadn’t thought of the idea for a No-Bake Lasagna. DUH! The grilled vegetables just alone tossed with some feta would be …

I don’t know about the rest of the moms out there, but this past week has been incredibly hectic and emotional with school ending. Logan is a very sensitive guy. Even the slightest change from routine throws him off, and unfortunately school ending and summer beginning has been a HUGE change. Luckily, I have wonderful …

We made this recipe for Pasta Alfredo with Broccoli and Mushrooms a lot back when we had broccoli growing in our garden. I loved that it tasted like a nice Italian meal, but it was really simple to put together. This Pasta Alfredo with Broccoli and Mushrooms doesn’t contain any fancy ingredients, just good quality basics …

Focaccia bread is a wonderful side to any meal, but add your favorite toppings to this garlic focaccia and you have the best pizza I’ve tasted with this recipe for Pizza Caprese with Garlic Focaccia Crust! I have been struggling to make a pizza crust at home that I really, really love. I’ve seen a …