French Cranberry Chicken is one quick and easy with only 4 ingredients. It can be prepared in the oven or in a crockpot. It is delicious with rice and a green vegetable like sautéed green beans, steamed broccoli, or grilled asparagus.
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.
Cheesy Spiral Pasta
Cheesy, tomatoey, beefy... this easy casserole for the freezer is satisfying and delicious. It's quick to put together and makes two pans - one for dinner and one for the freezer.
Cheeseburger Soup with Velveeta
Classic Cheeseburger Soup with Velveeta cheese is delicious, easy, and perfect for a hearty supper. It's an easy stovetop recipe that can be ready in under an hour, and it's packed with vegetables.
Turkey Calzones
Calzones are easy to make and a nice change from pizza. The bread dough makes a delicious crust for the calzone and using frozen bread dough saves time. If you'd like a healthier version and have a wheat grinder, you could make your own bread dough from freshly ground whole wheat.
Primavera Pasta Pie
This easy and colorful dish is a hit every time I make it. Since my teenager is choosing to eat a vegetarian diet right now, I've been using more vegetarian dishes in our personal menus. Since the whole family is not eating vegetarian, I try to accommodate my daughter without forcing the rest of the family to adopt a vegetarian diet.
Creamy White Chicken Chili
This White Chicken Chili is delicious and a great way to use up leftover chicken. We are using cooked chicken from the freezer, but when I buy a rotisserie chicken or make a roast chicken, I make broth from the carcass (just simmer overnight with water in a crockpot) and use the broth and leftover chicken in soups like this.
Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole
Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole is one of those recipes that falls into the category of "never underestimate a cook with some chicken and a can of cream of chicken soup." It's a creamy and delicious classic casserole that uses the popular combination of cream of chicken soup and sour cream and is topped with a Ritz cracker and butter mixture.
Seasoned Green Beans
This is one of the sides that we eat regularly and is an easy way to bring extra flavor to fresh or frozen green beans. I've made it here using fresh green beans, but I often use frozen beans (petite green beans work well).