With our squash harvest starting to come in, I wanted to try some new veggie dishes. This delicious tomato and squash dish with an Italian flavor is adapted from a recipe that I saw in the Costco Connection magazine. I'll be glad when our Roma tomatoes start producing - the Romas we bought to use in this recipe were over a dollar each! Later in the summer when we can get all of the vegetables and herbs from our garden, I will definitely be making this again.
Blueberry Banana Pie with Cream Cheese
This creamy chilled pie is my very favorite pie ever. It is the perfect summer pie - cool and refreshing and full of flavor. It makes 2 pies, which in my house is a good thing!
Broccoli Salad
Broccoli Salad is a nice alternative to a side salad. It's quick and easy when you use the bags of fresh broccoli florets available at the supermarket, but be sure to allow time for the salad to chill.
Bulk Meatballs
When ground beef is deeply discounted, we buy large quantities and prepare both browned ground beef for the freezer and bulk meatballs for the freezer. This recipe calls for baking the meatballs instead of frying them, creating less mess.
Apple Cheddar Melt
A restaurant in my town serves this wonderful open-face sandwich and every time I order it, I realize that I've forgotten how much I love it. It is delightful anytime, but it would be a perfect fall lunch with fresh-picked apples. Since I couldn't wait until fall, I'm enjoying it for lunch today.
Mediterranean Chicken and Pasta
If I had to choose the dish I would rather have than any other, it would probably be this one. It combines several of my favorites flavors: balsamic vinegar (which I believe to be The Ultimate Condiment), feta cheese, and grilled chicken. It is a quick and delicious meal that packs a lot of flavor.
Grilled Asparagus
Grilling brings out the best in fresh, tender asparagus.
Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken
Cook cranberry chicken in your crockpot when you want delicious chicken that doesn't seem like it was cooked in a crockpot.
The three (only three!) sauce ingredients meld to enhance flavor and provide a noteworthy texture, too—tender but with chicken breasts still holding their own, enveloped in the tangy, sweet cranberry-infused sauce.
Taco Mac Salad
This easy salad is one of our most requested recipes. with cool vegetables and warm seasoned beef, it can be served in summer or winter, and using taco meat from the freezer makes it a quick and easy meal.
Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup (Copycat Recipe)
This rich and creamy copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup is a perfect cool weather meal. Serve garnished with grated Parmesan cheese and toasted garlic bread.
