From the category archives:

Quick Cooking

Grilled Tomato Pasta

July 30, 2010

I guess it has been tomato week here. Earlier this week I posted fresh salsa and how I grill tomatoes and today I have a grilled tomato pasta for you. Summertime meals to me mean simple recipes, using fresh and in season ingredients. This recipe is just that. It is simple yet full of flavor. Grilled Tomato [...]

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Emeril’s Rice

July 8, 2010

This rice is a recipe that I just quickly threw together one night when I needed an easy side dish. I was inspired by a rice recipe that my friend Jessica posted about, but I made mine a little different than she did. I know that I have mentioned several times now how much I [...]

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Grilled Buttermilk Chicken Salad

July 5, 2010

During the summer and warmer months, I often want something a little lighter for dinner. You won’t find many soups or casseroles on my menu plan right now. I am much more likely to grill something or make a salad. I love salad for dinner. It is a quick, easy, and healthy meal. However, my [...]

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Emeril’s Hamburgers

June 23, 2010

Okay, so these are not “Emeril’s” hamburgers, but they are hamburgers using Emeril’s homemade Baby Bam seasoning and they are so good. I recently posted about how much I love Emeril’s Homemade Baby Bam Seasoning. It is so easy to make at home. I use it all the time. I love it for my oven [...]

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Teriyaki Steak

June 21, 2010

It is currently quite hot here in Oklahoma. I don’t think I will ever get used to the hot summers in this part of the country. However, the one thing that I do enjoy about summer here is how much grilling we do. It makes cooking and clean up so much easier to cook outside. One [...]

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Cowboy Spaghetti

June 7, 2010

We love pasta in our house. It is usually a quick, easy, and frugal meal that the whole family enjoys. However, we like variety. We enjoy pasta dishes like my easy ragu, my quick and easy pasta sauce, and my taco pasta, but we like to experiment with other kinds of pasta and spaghettis as well. So, [...]

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Pasta with Easy Ragu

May 26, 2010

If you haven’t noticed, I liked quick and easy meals. I love to cook, but for most days, I need meals that I can put on the table in very little time. However, just because I need quick and easy meals, does not mean that I want them to come from a box or jar. [...]

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Mexican Beef and Beans Casserole

May 17, 2010

I think we all need a few recipes that are quick and easy. We need recipes that contain ingredients that we always have in our kitchen. This recipe is one of those. It is a quick and easy. This is one of those recipes that you can put on the table with very little work using [...]

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Spaghetti Carbonara

May 13, 2010

I love spaghetti carbonara. It is a perfect quick and easy meal. I have another Spaghetti Carbonara on this site. It is a great recipe and my family enjoys it. However, I think I may have a new favorite Spaghetti Carbonara. Since going gluten free, I find myself tweaking and trying different things with main [...]