Category Cook

Recipes I find and try or (occasionally) ones I made up.

Green Bean Casserole

I love the classic Campbell’s recipe for Green Bean Casserole. I use canned French cut green beans since that’s what my mom always uses. I, also, leave out the soy sauce. I use the whole can of French fried onions…

Rolls

I made these rolls for the first time for Thanksgiving. Super easy. Like… so easy and I love that they can all be done in a stand mixer. I followed the recipe exactly except I doubled it. My mixer is…

Crispy Honey Lime Chicken

I found this recipe in The Weeknight Dinner Cookbook. I checked it out at the library and was lucky enough that someone also published it online. I also made a modified version of the Creamy Kielbasa and Sausage from it.…

Beijing Beef with Peppers

The second recipe from this cookbook and it was a BIG hit. G screamed because the meat was so good. I didn’t read the directions carefully before I started and did it in my 8 qt instant pot. It was…

Organization

AHHH RUN AWAY! Right? So hard to keep stuff organized. Below are some of the things I have purchased to help keep me organized. These pictures are real life. I did not clean up or make them pretty. This is…

Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken with Red Potatoes

This was a winner. The chicken was moist and flavorful. The potatoes were soft with good flavor too. The kids both asked for more chicken. I didn’t take a picture of mine. One, I forgot. Two, I forgot … Modifications:…

Dijon Panko Honey Salmon

I made this salmon for dinner. I paired it with roasted broccoli and a packaged jasmine rice. Super easy. Easy to clean up. Super fast. Good for a quick week night meal. The only modification I made was no parsley…

Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Rosemary

I have this friend that was a personal chef before he has a brain abscess. He’s doing great now but still working on regaining movement in his right arm. He started this amazing cooking channel on YouTube, The Single Handed…

Peanut Butter, Banana, Oatmeal Muffins

These muffins are really similar to ones I have made before. They are really yummy though. modifications/what I did. I used homemade peanut butter. Some recipes don’t like this but with baking, I haven’t had a problem. I used maple…

Kielbasa with Broccoli and Cream

I was inspired to make this from a recipe I found in The Weeknight Dinner Cookbook. I checked it our from the library. I did something similar but changed it up a little. Here’s what we did. Ingredients: 1 package…