Sauteed Zucchini and Garlic that Even Kids will Love We love all vegetables, but we love fresh garden zucchini just a little bit more! Garden zucchini that is fresh and crisp! Sometimes simple is the best recipe for getting kids to eat more veggies and zucchini is one of the most popular vegetables on the […]

Cilantro Rice With Lime This easy Cilantro Rice recipe with lime is perfect for something a little different for your side dish for dinner. This cilantro rice goes great with your dinner tacos or burritos or any Mexican-style dish you serve. Here is a great way to transform boring, basic rice into something extraordinary with […]

Spanish Rice with Salsa that is So Easy to Prepare Easy and delicious Spanish rice! We love Spanish rice and prepare it in many different ways. Here is one our favorite rice recipes that uses jarred salsa to make this delicious Spanish rice when you don’t have time to fuss with a side dish. Spanish […]

Crockpot Refried Beans – How to Make the Best Refried Beans in Your Crockpot If you LOVE refried beans as much as we do then you will LOVE this easy refried bean crockpot recipe! Move over baked beans, there’s a new bean on the dinner table and they are simple and delicious. Do you have […]

Sauteed Cherry Tomatoes Do you love cherry tomatoes but want something a little different other than eating them on your tossed salad? This sauteed cherry tomato recipe is one of the best ways to use those pints of fresh cherry tomatoes from the farmers market or roadside produce stand. You will love the wonderful flavors […]

Canned Green Beans with Bacon Recipe We eat a lot of fresh garden green beans, but there are those times when we love to throw some canned green beans and a little bacon into the crockpot and let them cook until the flavors are well blended and the beans are nice and soft. These canned […]

Greek Lemon Rice Pilaf Rice pilaf is made by cooking the rice in butter or oil and then adding hot stock and popping the dish in the oven. This delicious Greek lemon rice pilaf dish is a little quicker “American” version of rice pilaf. We love using noodles in our pilaf and just a touch […]

Basic Tossed Salad Recipe We have probably eaten a million tossed salads in our lives. Well maybe not a million, but we bet that’s a pretty close number! What’s a great way to add more nutrition to a meal? Serve the meal with a tossed salad!  A basic tossed salad can bump up the nutritional […]

Butter Garlic Noodles made with Egg Noodles If you have butter and you have egg noodles, you have dinner. Add in a little garlic and a little chicken soup base and you are 10 minutes away from a super-delicious dinner! Egg noodles and butter also makes a great comfort food combo for when you need […]

Green Bean Almondine Easy Recipe Another farm fresh favorite of ours in the summer is green bean almondine. Freshy-picked green beans are in abundance everywhere you look, from farmers markets to grocery stores. Green beans are in season June through September, so that’s a lot of fresh beans to eat! We have many ways to […]