easy recipes for everyday busy lives

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Simple Oven Roasted Ginger Carrots

Simple Oven Roasted Ginger Carrots

Oven roasted ginger carrots are going to be your new favorite side dish. It’s fancy enough for the holidays but simple enough for everyday dinner. The fork tender soft carrots roasted in herbs and ginger really make these carrots irresistible. I was a late-39 years …

Easy Candied Pecan Green Beans

Easy Candied Pecan Green Beans

Candied pecan green beans are the best way to do beans. Green beans have always been a favorite of mine and these sweet crunchy candied pecan green beans are ideal for leveling up the green bean game. Sweet and savory, stove-top sautéed green beans tossed …

Bourbon Cinnamon Scalloped Sweet Potatoes

Bourbon Cinnamon Scalloped Sweet Potatoes

These bourbon cinnamon scalloped sweet potatoes are a delicious twist on the traditional sweet potato casserole. Sweet potatoes are baked to perfection in layers of deep rich flavors of toasted bourbon, vanilla and cinnamon. Warm, cozy and a little but of moody, this gorgeous dish …

Skillet Chicken with a Mushroom Pan Sauce and Creamy Parmesan Polenta

Skillet Chicken with a Mushroom Pan Sauce and Creamy Parmesan Polenta

Skillet chicken with a mushroom pan sauce is a super simple cozy weeknight dinner, perfect for those chilly nights. Pan seared chicken perfectly browned and tender, complete with an herb-mushroom sauce. Served with creamy nutty parmesan polenta. It’s ultimate comfort. A Mushroom Person, maybe? There …

Cheesy Butternut & Spinach Stuffed Shells with Crispy Prosciutto

Cheesy Butternut & Spinach Stuffed Shells with Crispy Prosciutto

Cheesy butternut and spinach stuffed shells topped with more cheese and crispy prosciutto is a perfect weeknight dinner. This recipe is all about those comfort flavors we crave as fall sets in. The days are growing shorter, the days are blissfully chilly and the leaves …

The Kiddo’s Lunchbox – Back to School

The Kiddo’s Lunchbox – Back to School

Lunchbox packing is quite a task. Now that we have been back in school for a month I’m here to share our new finds, likes, dislikes and everything in between. Last year, I was new to the lunchbox game and decided to take it to …