Pad Kee Mao or Drunken Noodles is a popular Thai noodle dish famously named for its effectiveness as a hangover cure. This quick one skillet dish won my family over to Thai food. Wide rice noodles are tossed with a beautiful savory sauce and the veggies and protein of your choice. The best tip I’ve …
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I love chicken and wild rice soup during the cold winter months. It’s so comforting and my mom is going to read this and be like WHAT?! because I HATED wild rice as a kid. I hated wild rice with the kind of deep loathing most kids save for things like broccoli or being stung …
Cajun Orzo is an incredibly creamy pasta dish with a kick that comes together in under 30 minutes. Studded with shrimp and andouille sausage it is decadent enough for date night but easy enough for a busy weeknight. Orzo is a big pantry stable for us because it is quick, cheap, and kid friendly. We …
Zucchini and parmesan Orzo is a kid friendly one pot wonder. My kids love this meal. It’s the ultimate comfort food, creamy and decadent like risotto but ready in a quarter of the time and much healthier. When I say my kids love this recipe I mean LOVE. Hop to and grate all the zucchini …
A Spanish chicken and chorizo tray will warm you up after a cold winter day. I love ice skating and playing in the snow with the kids, a rare treat in North Carolina. We were snowed in for about five days in January and I loved taking the kids sledding and then coming in to bowls …
We love pot pie but this Turkey Pot Pie with Bacon and Wild Mushrooms is something special. Under a layer of crispy perfect puff pastry is a hearty filling with turkey, bacon, wild mushrooms, and butternut squash covered in a creamy delicious sauce that has so much flavor. I love turning leftovers into something new …
I love having a giant batch of soup on hand in the winter. It’s mostly nostalgia that has me stocking our freezer for a New England blizzard rather than the mild rain and three days of snow customary in North Carolina. I have tried many tomato soup recipes