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Picadillo
Picadillo is a traditional Spanish, Cuban or Puerto Rican dish that is served either with tortillas, rice or plantains. It can also be wrapped inside of pastry dough to make…
Turkey Sausage and Cheddar Breakfast Casserole
I love breakfast casseroles! They are my go to for using up extra (or past their prime) breads, meats, cheeses and vegetables. The possibilities are endless. Plus, I usually assemble…
Chana Masala
My book club read A Homemade Life and I was charged with making the Chana Masala as our main dish for discussion night. I started with the A Homemade Life…
Red Beans and Rice
This is one of the quintessential New Orleans dishes, right up there along with gumbo and jambalaya. You can leave out the meat entirely to make this vegetarian, but I…
Dark Chocolate Sea Salted Toffee
This is m adapted version of Shauna Niequist’s Toffee from her book Bread and Wine. Every recipe in that book is amazing! Several of the recipes have been in my…
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos
I always double this recipe if serving more than me and Jeremy, but we like leftovers around here. I serve them with the goat cheese, cilantro, radishes, assorted hot sauce (I…
Jill’s Salsa
I’ve tried a lot of homemade salsa recipes over the years some with fresh tomatoes, some with canned, some hand chopped, some easily and quickly done in a food processor. …
Minestrone
This is my clean out all the veggies and legumes in the fridge, freezer and pantry soup. It so very versatile, almost any vegetables or legumes work here. For an…
Maple Balsamic Pork Tenderloin
This is yet another (slightly adapted) recipe from Shauna Niequist’s book Bread & Wine. On a side note, many of my current favorite recipes are from that book, they are…
Meet Shannon
Hi - I'm Shannon! I'm a stay-at-home wife, mom to 3 boys and lover of all things culinary. I enjoy nothing more than a good meal paired with conversation with good people. With 3 kids and a busy home I like to prep dinner first thing in the morning (#dinnerdoneby9am) so that regardless of what happens during the day we have a delicious and nutritious meal ready to enjoy together. I want to provide you with simple techniques and nutritious recipes that will remove your dinnertime stress and free you up to enjoy healthy, delicious home-cooked meals with the people around you.
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