Quick Chicken Lasagna: No Time To Cook or Don’t Like To Cook
Quick Chicken Lasagna It’s back to school season which means everyone is running in different directions and no one has time to put together a healthy, gourmet meal for the family. An easy answer to the problem, my Quick Chicken Lasagna. Throw together jarred pasta sauce, rotisserie chicken and no-boil noodles for a delicious, fast [...]
My Favorite Chicken Chili
With Americans spending almost an hour a day on food preparation and clean up , I always recommend using recipe-ready ingredients to help cut down on meal prep time whenever possible. Use products likes bread mixes that only require water, canned soups and bases, frozen and pre-chopped veggies and pre-cooked protein, such as Tyson® Grilled [...]
Easy Chili-My Go-To Chili Recipe
Easy Chili When you want to get the family around the table together, whip up a pot of my Easy Chili. The combination of meat, salsa, corn, beef broth and beans creates an incredibly flavorful, quick and nutrition packed dish. Veteran’s Day is this Friday. If you know of any veterans in your area, [...]
Easy Pot Roast: My Family’s Favorite Roast Recipe
Holiday time is right around the corner, so it’s time to save up for gifts! Buying private label products saves you money while giving you quality ingredients at a more affordable price. I’m a big fan of private label groceries as I’ve been satisfied with almost all of my purchases. The lower cost doesn’t mean [...]
Cooking with Coffee in Meat Marinade
This past spring I gave a seminar with Matt Saurage of Community Coffee talking about using coffee in recipes. Of course, we know how to use coffee in sweets and treats as coffee really intensifies the chocolate flavor (which we all like). What people didn’t know is coffee also may be used in a marinade to tenderize [...]
Soothing Symptoms Through Food: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
It’s a pink out! Thanks to the amazing continuous efforts of many breast cancer charities, doctors, treatment centers, patients, survivors, friends and family, the word it out, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month! Pink ribbons and pink products are everywhere. Many companies, such as Lacoste, Stella & Dot, Tory Burch and Nike among many [...]
Southwestern Lasagna
Southwestern Lasagna October is here! If you’ve noticed more pink around lately, you’re right. It’s National Breast Cancer awareness month and many people express their support through purchasing pink products or wearing light pink ribbons. I’m bias to food of course, but why not whip up a family-friendly dish that’s nutritious for your friend or [...]
Southwestern Rice: Associated Food Stores Weekly Recipe
Southwestern Rice Between you and the kids’ schedules it can be hard to get everyone together for a meal. I can’t help run carpool, but I can give you an easy, healthy recipe to take the stress out of cooking and help you get a homemade meal on the table. My delicious recipe Southwestern Rice [...]
Perfect Pork Tenderloin: Associated Food Stores Weekly Recipe
Perfect Pork Tenderloin Branch away from the everyday dinner basics for the family and add this easy, tasty pork tenderloin recipe to your weekly menu. Its sweet, savory flavor will satisfy all, and you’ll know you’re feeding your family a healthy, hearty meal that fits within the budget. This perfect three ingredient marinade creates a [...]
Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya: Associated Food Stores Weekly Recipe
I enjoy entertaining and jambalaya is the perfect one dish meal to feed a crowd. A Louisiana classic made with meat, rice and vegetables; jambalaya traditionally can take over an hour to prepare. However, this mouth-watering version is full of flavor, yet quick and easy to make in half the time! Use leftover cooked chicken or [...]






