The Weeknight Family Supper Meal is an inspiration for a meal that can be enjoyed any night of the week, offering ideas on how to prepare part of the meal ahead, how to freeze leftovers, and how to repurpose them into a new meal. With Valentine's Day next Wednesday, I thought you might like a meal for the special occasion. When my children were small, we chose to celebrate the moment with them at the family table instead of a quiet, romantic meal just my husband and me. I would set the table with fine china, crystal tea glasses, real cloth napkins, and, well, the silverware was our everyday fare. I would serve a one-pot dish, such as Shrimp Creole over buttered rice, accompanied by a green salad. For dessert, we would have chocolate cake. Oh, the memories are flooding in. sniff sniff!
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Weeknight Family Supper Meal: #3 Chicken Terrific
Weeknight Family Supper Meal is an inspiration for a meal one night of the week, offering ideas on how to prepare part of the meal ahead, how to freeze any leftovers, or how to repurpose leftovers into a new meal. Casseroles are a favorite at our house, especially those that can be made ahead, stored in the fridge, and then popped in the oven when it's time to cook supper. If a buttery topping is sprinkled on top, as this casserole has, leave it to sprinkle just before baking. Look out for the leftovers. We love this casserole almost better the next day. It is scrumptious. Did I say it is not like your typical casseroles? The ingredients may surprise you.
Weeknight Family Supper Meal: #2 Leftover Ham with Bowtie Pasta and English Peas
Weeknight Family Supper Meal , an inspiration for a meal one night of the week that may include ideas how to make part of the meal ahead, how to freeze any leftovers or how to make leftovers into a makeover for another meal. After Christmas, we always have plenty of ham leftover. This Christmas was no different. I usually buy a whole ham for Thanksgiving and a spiral ham for Christmas. I love to dice leftover spiral ham. The cuts are all uniform and the perfect thickness. They look pretty in ham salad or a pasta dish like Leftover Ham and Bowtie Pasta.
Weeknight Family Supper Meal: #1 Smothered Burritos Casserole Using Store Bought Frozen Burritos
Weeknight Family Supper Meal , an inspiration for a meal one night of the week that may include ideas how to make part of the meal ahead, how to freeze any leftovers or how to make leftovers into makeovers for another meal. The main dish is Smothered Burrito Casserole using premade frozen burritos. For the perfect accompaniment, a tasty recipe for Mexican Salad that goes all the way back to the 1960's. Sometimes we add a side dish of whole kernel corn, Mexican Rice, and chips and hot sauce. Dessert is a simple layer of crescent rolls blanketed around a fluf fy cream cheese mixture known as Sopopia Cheesecake.
Grandma's Turkey and Cornbread Dressing
GRANDMA'S CORNBREAD DRESSING STUFFED TURKEY Grandma's Cornbread dressing stuffed turkey is a whole baked turkey that is placed in a pan of cornbread dressing and then baked. The best turkey and dressing you will ever eat. And don't forget the giblet gravy. This is my Mother in law Betty's recipe. When I came into the family, I was not used to eating turkey stuffed with cornbread dressing. I grew up eating the turkey baked separately from the dressing. It did not take me long to get used to eating the turkey and dressing stuffed.
Weeknight Supper Meal: Old Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie
Weeknight Supper Meal , an inspiration for one of your meals for the week including how to make most of the meal ahead of time, how to freeze leftovers and a couple of sweets for the Super Bowl Party! Chicken Pot Pie is the quintessential comfort food in the south. We love a savory blend of, tender chicken, mixed vegetables in a creamy sauce and blanketed in a flaky pastry.
Cabbage Roll Skillet Casserole {with a low carb option using cauliflower rice}
Cabbage Roll Skillet Casserole , made on top of the stove with all the ingredients of the traditional cabbage rolls with a low carb option using cauliflower rice. Traditional cabbage rolls take time to make. You boil the cabbage leaves and then roll the leaves up with meat and rice mixture. They are truly delicious and worth every minute making them, but sometimes I just want them to make themselves...grins.
15 Best of 2015 Recipes from Cooking with K
15 Best of 2015, a collection of recipes that topped the list of the most pageviews for 2015 on the blog. It is time once again to reflect on your favorite recipes you have been so faithful to visit, comment and share this past year here on the blog. I can't express enough how thankful I am for each and everyone of you.
Baked Chicken and Dumplings
Baked Chicken and Dumplings has all the flavors of Homemade Chicken and Dumplings without rolling out the dumplings. This casserole is truly magic dumplings! Baked Chicken and Dumpling Casserole This casserole is intriguing, to say the least. The dumplings evolve from layering the ingredients, and there is one rule: no stirring. My husband loves my Homemade Chicken and Dumpling recipe, and he was a little hesitant when I told him I was going to make Baked Chicken and Dumplings . He could not imagine how they would turn out, and I was intrigued, too.
Chili Smothered Burritos
Chili Smothered Burritos are made with frozen burritos covered with sliced cheese and chili gravy and then topped with shredded cheese. To make them a little spicy, add jalapeno slices. Super Easy Smothered Burritos Super Easy Smothered Burritos are ideal for a busy weeknight meal. Pair them with Mexican rice and a salad, and your family will beg to have them in your meal rotation. When my children were school age, Chili Smothered Burritos were on our monthly menu rotation several times. We would have them on a weeknight that would be a busy one. We would have them before a Friday night football game and before going to Wednesday night prayer. I always serve them with Mexican Salad and Spanish Rice .
Creamy Skillet Lasagna
Skillet Lasagna , one skillet meal including all the ingredients of a traditional Lasagna. But this is a shortcut version cooking the hamburger, sauce, and soft cheese along with the noodles all together. One fabulous skillet meal! The recipe for Creamy Skillet Lasagna has been floating around Pinterest for a while now, and I thought I would give it a try using ingredients I had on hand and make it for my husband.
Easy Beef or Venison Pot Pie {Using Pillsbury Pet-Ritz Crust}
Beef or Venison Pot Pies, a casserole under a crust my family describes it. Long ago, the name Pot Pie came from cooking the filling in a pot on the stove and then pouring it into a crust to bake. Pot pies scream comfort food at best!! We are huge fans of pot pies around our house. You can make some of the best pot pies with leftovers. One way to transform leftovers into pure goodness.
Best of 2013
I am bringing you the top 13 recipes viewed in 2013 . It is always fun to look back and see what recipes were your favorites. Thank you for all the sweet comments and tidbits along the way. You are the best! Now I am looking forward to what 2014 holds. It is going to be amazing and I am ready for all that God has planned!
Mexican Pot Roast
Mexican Pot Roast is a pot roast with a spicy twist. Most grocery stores carry all the ingredients, such as pork roast, jalapenos, Rotel tomatoes, and spices. MEXICAN POT ROAST Mexican Pot Roast is a recipe that offers many possibilities for weeknight meals, including burritos, tacos, enchiladas, and more. The holidays are just a few days away, and I wanted to share a great recipe to cook in a crockpot. With some of the b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s that come with the holidays, cooking dinner is sometimes hard to get done. Around our house, my girls love to get in the kitchen a couple of days before Thanksgiving and make up a bunch, and I mean a bunch of pie crust for our Thanksgiving pies. We even prepare some of our side dishes and freeze them for the big day. With all of that going on, it is hard to put a meal on the table, so I like to cook in my crockpot.
Stew in a Pumpkin {Baked and served in a pumpkin}
Baked Pumpkin Stew is a flavorful beef stew cooked and served in a sugar pie pumpkin. When serving, raise the ladle up with the stew scraping the sides of the pumpkin being sure to get a generous serving of pumpkin. A true taste of Fall! To celebrate the Fall, pumpkin is so hot these days, and almost anything can be made with it. When I grew up in the 60s, pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread were the most popular recipes to make. These days that is not the case.
Crockpot Roast New Potatoes and Carrots {Has The Flavors of a Classic Pot Roast}
Crockpot Roast New Potatoes and Carrots are one of the meals I cooked a lot while we were in the hotel this summer as our house was being repaired. Cooking in the crockpot is more out of convenience for me than anything else, but in the hotel, we didn't have an oven so, the crockpot was perfect. I usually put my roast in the crockpot before I go to bed at night and cook it on low all night. Get up the next morning and turn it to warm. And two or three hours before serving it, I put the potatoes and carrots in and turn to high. Don't you just love these one pot meals!
Jiffy Chili Cornbread Pie
Jiffy Chili Pie is a one-pot wonder that satisfies the pickiest of eaters. Use leftover homemade chili with your favorite cornbread recipe that is spread across the top. CHILI CORNBREAD CASSEROLE Chili cornbread casserole is a hearty, flavorful chili dish with a crumbly cornbread topping. You just mix up your favorite cornbread and pour it over the chili. How easy can it get? Jiffy Chili Pie is one of the recipes I make on cold days. It is so easy to make. I used leftover homemade chili in the freezer, chopped onions, and a can of green chilies. I sandwiched all of that between two layers of prepared Jiffy Cornbread Mix. You can have a meal on the table in a "jiffy." Just had to say that...he he!
Easy Crockpot Mandarin Chicken
Easy Crockpot Mandarin Chicken is just what it says Easy! I have been seeing this recipe circling around on Pinterest and knew I had to give it a try. I did make a few changes to our liking. It will definitely be making a regular appearance on our menu rotations. I love the ingredients in this recipe and added a few of my own. I added onions and bell pepper to give it additional color and taste. You could add mandarin oranges or pineapple, but we prefer it with just the vegetables. Either way the flavors explode in your mouth, and you can't stop eating it. I also love the fact that I can make it in a crockpot. I have always cooked most anything in the summer so using the crockpot for me is more out of convenience than anything. The one thing that I most favor about using a crockpot is you don't have to watch the stove when you cook. You can go about doing other things while your meal is simmering away. Yes, the crockpot is...
