Recipes

A hearty, easy vegetarian soup of lentils, brown rice, vegetables, and herbs seasoned with apple cider vinegar.

prep time:5 mins to make, 40 mins to cook

effort:easy

Fill a large frying pan about half full of oil. (I use a huge old cast iron one, since I usually have to cook lots of fried chicken at one time. Everyone I know loves fried chicken!) Wash your chicken

Easy weeknight casserole combining Italian-flavored ground beef, Ragu spaghetti sauce, egg noodles and mozzarella cheese — all the flavors of pizza in a baked pasta dish.

Easy one-dish potato and ground beef casserole using scalloped potato mix with celery and plum tomatoes. Everything bakes together for an effortless weeknight dinner.

Bay scallops layered in a cream of mushroom soup sauce with herbed Ritz cracker crumbs — an easy, comforting scallop bake.

quick and easy chicken in lemon & butter sauce

Crockpot quick and easy mushroom chicken dinner

quick and easy pimento cheese sauce

A fast and easy miso soup made with homemade fish broth from dashi packet, miso, scallions, tofu, and fresh ginger.

A simple, nourishing lentil soup with kale, tomatoes, and optional miso — wholesome and easy to make.

Ultra-easy Mexican casserole layered with Fritos corn chips, canned tamales, chopped onion and chili, topped with cheese. A no-fuss crowd pleaser.

scrambled tofu - quick and easy

Easy pantry casserole combining cooked chicken with six canned ingredients — Chinese vegetables, mushrooms, water chestnuts, two soups and evaporated milk. Served over Chinese noodles or rice.

Classic creamy shrimp bake in a Dijon-mustard sauce with bread cubes baked inside for body and Italian bread crumbs on top for crunch. Elegant but easy.

Simple baked shrimp and rice casserole with sautéed onion, bell pepper and celery in diluted mushroom soup, topped with melted cheddar. Slow and easy one-dish meal.

Ultra-easy smothered chicken simmered all day in cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, and French onion soups with fresh mushrooms.

A low-carb Atkins recipe for Tangy Chicken (easy and fast).

Baked beans and kidney beans combined with turkey kielbasa for a hearty, easy casserole.