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by Kelly J. Larson This soft, breaded ring consists of ground beef taco meat surrounded with my “sixteen dinner rolls” recipe and is quite filling and gorgeous, not to mention very yummy. After it bakes, garnish the party-ready taco ring with your favorite standard toppings like lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions, sour cream and salsa. Taco […]

by Julie van den Berghe Finding a delicious, extremely easy-to-prepare recipe is well worth sharing. It’s like you have come across a great secret and cannot wait to spread the news. Here is my super easy and flavorful Roasted Tomato Sheet Pan Pasta that fits into that category. Preheat oven to 375° F. Fill an […]

My dear mom made tuna casserole for dinner far too often when we were kids and none of my sisters can stand the thought of it now. I have tried to convince Tracy, Valerie and Julie that mine is nothing like Mom’s, which I don’t think was all that bad. Although I did have a […]

My dear friend, Kristy, gave the most delicious homemade spaghetti sauce with a package of pasta and a few other goodies to help make life easier for me and several other women who were under her leadership. Her recipe took years to perfect and it is just that. Perfectly thick tomato with mild herb flavors […]

Friends rallied around us and showed me so much love and support when I gave birth for the first and only time (a huge thank you to three birth moms), showering us with baby gifts, meals and encouragement. One of my favorites was a Cafe Rio inspired pork salad that was so incredibly good from […]

This main course includes all the food groups — a stuffed bell pepper filled with ground turkey, rice, tomatoes, cheese, curry and dried cranberries. A step-by-step tutorial will show you how to make this impressive looking and flavor-packed dinner. My stuffed bell peppers recipe is perhaps the most popular savory concoction I have shared with […]

Country Chicken Casserole is something I have been making for many years, but the version I originally used is made with canned Campbell’s soup. While I like the convenience of pouring a can of cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup into recipes to put a meal together fast, I prefer to use ingredients that […]

Mushroom gravy over pork chops? Yes, please! My family really likes pork chops, and since they are fast and easy to cook, I make them fairly often.  To prepare this dish, start off by cooking the mushrooms, pork chops, then gravy, in that order.  It’s all cooked in the same skillet at different intervals.  I […]

After I posted about my plans for making breakfast burritos for Father’s Day, I decided to rename them since most people in Austin, Texas, where I live call them breakfast tacos.  They’re kind of a big deal here, and the variety and availability are rather impressive. You can easily pick up a breakfast taco at […]

The way to my husband’s heart, or at least his stomach, this Father’s Day is going to be with my homemade breakfast burritos, which he loves. A friend from Colorado, Fran, taught me how to make these years ago.  Since I’m such a visual person, I find this style of tutorial to be helpful and […]