Enchilada Quiche

Note:  If you haven’t entered this week’s fun giveaway for a new printer you have until tomorrow!  Don’t delay!   Quiche is not just for breakfast.  Today’s recipe for enchilada quiche is a great dinner time option. I originally found this recipe in The Oregonian years ago and we have been enjoying it ever since. [...]

Teriayki Chicken in the Crock Pot

For a quick, easy and yummy crock pot meal click on over to Portland Mama and pay me a visit.  Leave a comment and let me know what your favorite crock pot meal is!  I’m looking for some new ones.  

Pesto Chicken Pizza

Several weeks ago I asked a question on Facebook.  If you had to pick one food to eat the rest of your life, what would it be? The answers were great and fun to read.  My answer was pizza. I love pizza and when you think about it, it is really a pretty healthy food [...]

Roasted Cherry Tomato, Garlic and Chicken Pasta

Look what I picked from my garden yesterday morning. A basket full of these lovelies. Underneath there is a nice layer of cherry tomatoes.  My husband loves to just pop them right in his mouth but my favorite thing to do with them is roast them.  It makes them so sweet, just like candy. To [...]

Chicken Enchiladas and Enchilada Sauce

Today’s recipe is the fourth in the series of recipes I promised you that make quick and easy summer meals because they start with a rotisserie chicken.  You can pick one up at Costco or your local grocery store and dinner is halfway made. I love a good enchilada.  I prefer my enchiladas made with [...]

Chicken Napa Salad

So we have been adjusting to an empty nest.  I have found one of the biggest adjustments is the way I cook. We have a lot more leftovers than we use to have.  My husband doesn’t mind because he knows he will have something other than a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to take to [...]

Chicken & Green Bean Stir Fry

One of my favorite quick and easy meal ideas that is also healthy is stir fry.  A little protein with some veggies with a yummy sauce.  Delicious and easy! Stir Fry is one of my favorite ways to use fresh vegetables, especially green beans.  In the summer we always seem to have more green beans [...]

Roasted Chicken

So today’s recipe will probably be the easiest recipe you ever see here on the blog. It may be easy but it is so good!  A juicy, moist chicken with a delicious, crispy skin. Yum!! Just get yourself a nice little chicken.  New Seasons here in Portland carries some nice free range, organic chickens. The [...]

Quick Chicken and Rice Soup

In my ongoing efforts to please, today’s recipe is per your requests for quick and easy dinner ideas.  Especially ones that are easy to pull together after a long day of running kids to ball games, practices etc. Here in the NW, those ball games and practices are pretty cold and wet this time of [...]

Kalua Pork

Earlier this week I asked for your help on Facebook.  I wanted to know what kind of recipes you wanted to see on the blog. One answer that came across more than once was quick and easy recipes, especially for those crazy nights when the kids all have something going on.  Crock pot recipes was [...]