Everyone has their own ‘comfort food’ – you know the things that you will climb mountain and swim oceans to get home for. Growing up, my mother’s Chicken Rice Casserole was one of those meals.
Sweet and Sour Spring Stir Fry
Right about the middle of May, I start getting antsy to see fresh, local asparagus popping up at newly opened farmer’s markets where I live. You see, we spend about 5 months buried under piles of snow. And where I come from, there is just something about the weather, and just the right soil conditions […]
Crock Pot Cheesy Chicken Dip
My husband originally introduced me to the recipe after he found it on the side of a can of chicken. Just typing “can of chicken” disturbs me, so I set out to make fresh and delicious meal. So forget those cans o’ chicken and head out to your local butcher! Okay, no, you don’t have […]
Easy Chicken Pasta
Try this family-pleasing, yummy chicken pasta next time you need a quick meal. Don’t forget the garlic toast! Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts (diced approx 1 inch) 1 15oz can tomato sauce 1 pkg Wishbone Italian 1/4c apple cider vinegar olive oil small sweet onion garlic (I used 4tbsp pre-chopped) chopped parsley pasta (we […]
Garlic, Herb, and Sugar Oven Roasted Chicken
One of our favorite meals as a family is to oven-roast one of our home raised chickens. My father-in-law salt-and-sugar brined this chicken so it was already tender and flavorful and I wanted to give the chicken a treatment that would complement that as much as possible. The solution was a twist on the typical […]
Restaurant Style Sweet-n-Sour Chicken
We love Chinese food. And my family goes gaga for the Sweet-n-Sour Chicken. They practically beg for it on a regular basis. What I don’t like about Chinese take out, other than the price to feed 2 growing teenagers and a little brother who tries to keep up, is the added ingredients. MSG being the […]
Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
Creamy Chicken Enchiladas This is a quick and easy dish to fix for those busy weeknights, or this can be prepared ahead for the freezer and then cooked later. The ingredients are simple, easy to store, and most likely will be things you already have on hand. Let’s begin! You will need: 3 cooked chicken […]
Stretch Chicken to Save Money
Roasting a whole chicken is easy to do and it provides the foundation for four meals for four people: an amazing bargain! When I was young, at least once a week we’d sit down to dinner and one of us kids would exclaim, “Awe, Mom! Chicken again?” Mom cooked a lot of chicken, I […]
Easy Recipes: 7 Meals Perfect for Fall
As a busy mom of many, easy recipes and meal planning are a must in order for me to get dinner on the table. I like recipes that have short ingredient lists and require little to no babysitting from me. Life is too busy to be stuck in the kitchen all day. If getting dinner […]
Parmesan-Crusted Bruschetta Chicken plus Giveaway!
The last post of our Hellmann’s Chicken Change-Up series is a twist on a classic. Remember when I posted about the time-saving baked chicken parmesan recipe? Well tonight I made a twist on that classic (and delicious) twist! Chicken Parmesan and Bruschetta Ingredients: 1/2 cup Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise 1/4 cup grated Parmesan […]
Make Your Own Chicken Nuggets With Hellman’s Budget Saving Recipes
So remember the Chicken Challenge I’m a part of? Last post on the subject I talked about Hellman’s Parmesan Crusted Chicken Recipe for time-saving meals. This week I’m talking about budget stretchers and using Hellman’s real mayonnaise for these DIY chicken bites. The recipe is Chicken Nuggets With BBQ Sauce Ingredients: 3/4 Cup Hellman’s or […]
Quick Chicken Dinner – Parmesan Crusted Chicken Entree
You know how busy I’ve been lately. So at this point, any recipe that will keep my family fed and keep me from spending too many hours in the kitchen, is a huge winner for me. Hellmann’s Chicken Change Up had a great selection of recipes to choose from in this week’s Time-Saving challenge. I […]
