Category: Vegetarian

Easy Garlic Pasta Supper

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This recipe is so, so easy.  And it’s absolutely delicious too!

I am going to say right up front that you can simplify this recipe waaaay down from what you will see below.  This can be a one pot meal.  But, I have picky people in my house.  Sometimes Denton restricts his carbs, so he won’t eat pasta.  Liv doesn’t eat meat, so I cook it separately.  Hayden won’t touch a piece of broccoli with a 10 foot pole.  So I do each component in its own pot.  You don’t have too!  You can do the whole thing in one pot. That part of the recipe is at the bottom of this post.  It’s up to you and how picky your people are.

Here’s how I make it:

Boil your favorite pasta.  See how simple.  I also love Campanella pasta, but you can literally use anything.

After you drain your pasta, drop a whole stick of butter into the hot pot….

Put your pasta back in with the butter and add a teaspoon or seven of minced garlic…..

Shake in a half a cup of Parmesan cheese……

Or as much as you have and then use the powdered kind in the green container when you realize that someone ate all of the shredded kind and didn’t write it on the kitchen board….

Gather your broccoli….

Chop it into bite sized pieces….

Add a stick of butter to a pan…..

Add your chopped broccoli to the butter….

Salt and pepper the broccoli…. Then add 42 cloves of garlic that have been minced, or however much you like…..

Add a squeeze of lemon or a capful of the stuff that I keep in my fridge….  This part of the recipe is actually my beloved recipe you can find here.

Next choose your protein.  Most of the time I use leftover chicken.  Whatever I have on hand.  I didn’t have any chicken today so I pulled this yummy Kielbasa out of my lovely giant freezer….

Chopped it into rounds….

Fry it up in a pan and added more minced garlic to it…..

Put it all into a bowl and enjoy!!  Now here’s the kicker.  If I didn’t have picky people in my house, here is how I would make this dish:

Boil your pasta.  While it’s draining add a couple of sticks of butter to the pot.  Put in your chopped broccoli and 49 cloves of minced garlic – or to your taste.  Add a squeeze of lemon and put in your leftover cooked protein of choice.  Dump your hot pasta back into the pot.  Cover with a good Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and serve!

Easy peasy.

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Easy Garlic Pasta

The easiest, delicious pasta on the planet
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound pasta
  • 3-4 heads broccoli
  • 1 pound cooked chicken or kielbasa
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 1/4 cup minced garlic
  • 1 squeeze lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese

Instructions
 

  • Boil your pasta and drain.
    While the pasta is draining add 2 sticks of butter to the hot pot.
    Add the broccoli, minced garlic and lemon juice.  Saute for about 2 to 3 minutes.  Salt and pepper to taste.
    Add the cooked chicken or protein of your choice.
    Add the drained pasta.
    Add the Parmesan cheese and stir to combine.
    Enjoy!

Baked Cauliflower “Wings”

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Every time that I make chicken wings for supper, I make these “Cauliflower Wings” for Liv.  And we try not to eat them all before she can make her plate.  They are amazing.  They are NOT chicken wings, so don’t make the mistake of thinking that you are going to replace your regular wings with these, but when you set that assumption aside and make these –  you are going to LOVE them.

Here’s how I make ours:

I use an entire head of cauliflower.   Trust me.  It will be eaten!

Deconstruct it and then chop it into bite sized pieces.

The batter is very simple, flour…..

your favorite wing sauce…..

with milk added to thin out the batter.

Shake on some salt…

Add your chopped cauliflower pieces….

Spray your baking sheet with oil, so that all of this yumminess won’t stick.

  Put the coated cauliflower pieces onto the baking tray and bake…..

Until crispy and delicious.  I like to flip mine halfway through.

You’re going to love them!

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Baked Cauliflower "Wings"

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 head of cauliflower
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup your favorite wing sauce
  • 1/2 cup milk or water (If you need more liquid, don't be afraid to use it. You want this to be the consistency of pancake batter.)
  • salt

Instructions
 

  • Chop the cauliflower into bite size pieces. 
    Mix the flour, wing sauce, milk and salt into a batter. 
    Mix the cauliflower pieces into the batter. 
    Spray the oil onto your baking tray. 
    Put the coated cauliflower pieces on the tray and bake at 400*, flipping the pieces halfway through baking - about 30 to 40 minutes - depending on your oven. 
    Enjoy!

Taco Pie

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Taco pie.  Yum.  When you want a taco, but something slightly different, this is the recipe that you want to try.  It’s delicious.

Here’s how I make mine:

You can make this vegetarian if you use a product like Morning Star farms veggie crumbles.  This is how I make Liv’s  all the time.  Just sub in the crumbles for the meat.

Brown your ground beef….

Add in your taco seasoning mix…..

Chop half an onion and saute it with the ground beef.

Beat two eggs until very well combined.

Add one cup of milk to your eggs…..

Now add one can of chopped green chilies and one box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix.

Put the ground beef mixture in a well oiled or buttered 9 x 13 pan….

Pour your egg mixture over the top….

Cover with two cups of cheese….

And bake for 25 minutes in a 400* oven.

Glorious!

Now add your favorite toppings:  We love lettuce, onions, refried beans, tomatoes, avocados, salsa, and sour cream.  You can add anything you like or eat it plain, but either way it is absolutely delicious! 

Denton’s favorite is ranch dressing!  It is SO good!

You have to try this and let me know what you think!!  We love it.

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Here’s the handy dandy printable:

Taco Pie

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/2 onion
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 can chopped green chilies
  • 1 box Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
  • 2 cups shredded cheese

Taco Seasoning Mix - 1 TBSP EACH of Chili powder, Cumin and Garlic powder

    Instructions
     

    • Fry the ground beef with the onion and drain.  Add your taco seasoning mix.
      Put the ground beef mixture in a well oiled or buttered 9 x 13 pan....
      Pour your egg mixture over the top....
      Cover with two cups of cheese....
      And bake for 25 minutes in a 400* oven.
      Now add your favorite toppings:  We love lettuce, onions, refried beans, tomatoes, avocados, salsa, and sour cream.  You can add anything you like or eat it plain, but either way it is absolutely delicious! 

     

    Fajita Spice Mix Recipe

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    I like to make my own seasoning mixes to keep on hand.  I always have everything that goes into them, and this way I know exactly what’s in the mix that I’m feeding my family.  It’s very simple.

    Here’s how I do it.

    Mix all of the spices together in your bowl or container and stir or shake vigorously.  I mix a giant batch to keep in my spice drawer and then use 2 or 4 Tablespoons for each recipe.  It just depends on how much spice you want!

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    Here’s the handy dandy printable:

    Fajitas Spice Mix Recipe

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    Ingredients
      

    • 2 tsp chili powder
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1 tsp paprika
    • 1 tsp sugar you can use white or brown
    • 1/2 tsp onion powder
    • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
    • 1/2 tsp cumin
    • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

    Instructions
     

    • Stir together and use for your favorite fajita recipe. Or quadruple the recipe and store in an airtight container with your other spices for later!

     

    Easy & Delicious Banana Nut Bread

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    If you are going to take the time to bake a banana bread, you should definitely make this one.  It’s amazing.  Side note:  I HATE banana’s.  Unless they are baked into this banana nut bread, and then they are fabulous.

    Here’s how I do it.

    Spray your bread pan generously.

    Dry ingredients go into one bowl….

    Mix them together.

    Wet ingredients go directly into your mixer bowl….

    Add your banana’s now – these are okay…

    These are better!

    Not for eating, but for banana bread, oh yeah.

    Mix it all together….

    Put your mixer on low speed and start adding the dry ingredients.  Make sure your mixer is on LOW – otherwise, it will be all over your kitchen.

    Mix it all together.

    Now, its time to add in your pecans, yum.

    You can use any kind of nut, I just had a multitude of pecans this day.

    I mix these in by hand because I want the pieces to stay relatively intact.

    Pour into your prepared bread pan, and bake at 350* for about an hour.  It actually takes mine 1 hour and 10 minutes in my new oven, so you’ll need to watch it near the end.

    Once you can insert a toothpick or a piece of spaghetti and it comes out clean, cool it on a rack for at least ten minutes in the pan…. 

    Turn it out onto the rack to cool completely.  If you can wait….

            

    With or without butter, it’s superb!  Here’s the handy dandy printable:

    Easy & Delicious Banana Nut Bread

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    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
    Servings 16

    Ingredients
      

    • Dry Ingredients:
    • 2 cups flour
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
    • 1 tsp baking powder
    • Wet Ingredients:
    • 2 Egg whites
    • 1 whole egg
    • 1/4 cup brown sugar
    • 3 TBSP canola oil
    • 1 cup buttermilk I make mine with 1 cup whole milk and 1 tsp lemon juice!
    • 4 very very ripe banana's (the more ripe they are the sweeter they are!)
    • 1 cup of nuts I used pecans here, you can use any nut you prefer

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease a bread pan, generously.
    • Mix your dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
    • Mix your wet ingredients and add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
    • I mix the nuts in by hand so that they stay mostly intact. (Personal choice!)
    • Pour into your greased bread pan and bake for about 1 hour. My oven usually takes about 1 hour and ten minutes. Watch the bread! It's done when you insert a toothpick or piece of spaghetti and it comes out clean.
    • Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn out onto the rack until cool. If you can wait that long! Slather with butter and enjoy!

    Fried Potatoes

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    I cannot believe that my Mama has not outed me over this.  Every single time I talk about what I make for supper and I tell you my love of soup beans and then I show you everything that I make with them……

    I roast my potatoes and veggies in the oven almost every single week.  Because that’s easy!  And delicious.  And fast.  But growing up, the potatoes that we ate with our soup beans were FRIED Potatoes.  And.they.are.AWESOME.  They do take time, however.  Please don’t let that stop you from trying these if you’ve never had them.  They are so, so, SO good.  Denton – who is restricting his carbs right now – almost drooled when he saw I was making these.  And then he ate them.  That should tell you how good they are.  Here’s how I make mine.

    Scrub your russet potatoes.  My rule of thumb is generally one medium potato per person.

    Peel and chop them.

    Heat a few tablespoons of oil in the bottom of a large skillet.

    Dice or slice your onions.  Sometimes I do half moons.  Just because I like the look of half moons.

    Fry them together…..

    Stirring every few minutes……

    Until they begin to take on a delicious golden brown color.

    The crispy edges are the best parts.

    Yum.

    Here is where I know that I differ from my Mama.  I wait until they are almost completely cooked through to add 1/4 cup of cornmeal to the potatoes and onions.  My Mama will toss the potatoes in the cornmeal before frying.  Either way, these are delicious.

    Like so…..

    Stir to coat and cook for a few more minutes.

    You should try these tonight!  You’ll be so glad you did.

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    Here’s the handy dandy printable:

    Fried Potatoes

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    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 35 minutes
    Total Time 40 minutes

    Ingredients
      

    • 6 medium potatoes
    • 1 small onion diced or sliced
    • canola oil for the frying pan
    • salt and pepper to taste
    • 1/4 cup cornmeal

    Instructions
     

    • Scrub your potatoes, peel and chop.
    • Dice your onions.
    • Heat the oil in your frying pan.
    • Fry the potatoes and onions until almost completely cooked through and deeply golden brown on the edges.
    • Add the 1/4 cup of cornmeal to the potatoes and onions and cook for a few minutes more.
    • Serve and enjoy!

    Easy Velvety Spaghetti

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    Easy, velvety spaghetti that’s ready in under 20 minutes. You’re going to love how quick and delicious this recipe is. It will be a favorite!

    This is Liv’s favorite type of spaghetti.  She had this at one of our favorite restaurants and she couldn’t stop talking about it.  The crazy part is that this is part of the children’s menu and it’s one of the cheapest things you can order.  She asked me to try to duplicate it and I think this recipe is spot on.

    It’s so, so easy.  Here’s how we make it:

    You can use whatever pasta that you love.  We don’t have a preference, so it’s always something different at our house.  But, Liv does love Campanelle.   It has a beautiful shape to it that holds onto the sauce. 

    Boil your pasta for eight minutes……

    We do have a preference on which pasta sauce we use at our house.  I LOVE Classico sauce.  I usually find it on sale at my Kroger about every six weeks for around $1.50.  It is so, so good.  Pour it into your pot…..

    Now for the magic.  Your magic ingredient is cream cheese.  It’s so simple.  You put the entire block of cream cheese straight into the warming sauce…..

    And mix until it combines.

    This makes your sauce so rich and decadent.

    Add your pasta…..

    Mix it all together and you have heaven on a plate.

    We love this Parmesan cheese as a topper.  Of course I didn’t remember to get a photo of the completed dish before it was all gobbled up.

    But here is a small shot of it with the Alfredo that Hayden loves with my favorite garlic bread.  You’re going to love this!

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    Here’s the handy dandy printable:

    Easy Creamy Spaghetti

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    Prep Time 2 minutes
    Cook Time 8 minutes
    Total Time 10 minutes

    Ingredients
      

    • 16 ounces of spaghetti or pasta of your choice
    • 24 ounces spaghetti sauce - we love Classico!
    • 8 ounces cream cheese
    • Parmesan cheese for sprinkling at the end

    Instructions
     

    • Boil your pasta for eight minutes and drain.
    • In your hot pasta pot, pour the spaghetti sauce and cream cheese.
    • Heat through and then add the pasta.
    • Stir and serve! Add a sprinkle of Parmesan over the top.
    • It's so, so good!

     

    Fresh Corn Pico de Gallo

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    One of our favorite Mexican restaurants in the city has a salsa bar in it.  One of my favorite salsa’s is the fresh corn Pico de Gallo.  It is divine.  The first time I had this type of salsa, I knew that I had to go straight home and duplicate this recipe.  It was that good.  Here’s how I make mine. 

    Cut the corn off the cob.  If it truly is fresh corn, sometimes I don’t even cook it.  The rawness will give it an extra crunch that I love.  And you cannot beat fresh corn for sweetness.

    Dice up a tomato and onions and add to the corn……

    Salt and pepper everything…….

    Here is where you add in your fresh cilantro.  Guess who keeps killing her herbs?  So, if you are like me, and can’t keep your cilantro alive either, or if it’s January and you are craving this recipe, use the cilantro you have in your spice drawer.

    If I have fresh limes I’ll use those, but I always have this on hand……

    You also need to add a jalapeño to this for the marvelous taste it gives it.  But, this is me we’re talking about and I forgot to buy one.  Don’t be like me.  Buy the jalapeño.

    Even though I forgot to buy the jalapeño, this is so, SO good!  You should try it tonight.

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    Here’s the handy dandy printable.

    Fresh Corn Pico de Gallo

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    Ingredients
      

    • Fresh Corn on the Cob
    • 1 ripe tomato seeded and diced
    • 1/2 sweet onion diced
    • 2 TBSP fresh cilantro chopped OR 1/4 TEASPOON dried cilantro
    • 2 TBSP lime juice
    • 1 jalapeño seeded and minced
    • Salt and Pepper to taste

    Instructions
     

    • Cut the corn off the cob.
    • Seed and dice the tomato and add to the corn.
    • Dice the onion.
    • Squeeze in the lime juice and add the cilantro.
    • Seed and mince the jalapeno.
    • Salt and pepper everything.
    • Stir everything together and refrigerate. If you can keep yourself from eating it straight from the bowl!

     

     

     

    Luscious 25 Minute Caramelized Onions

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    Is there anything better than caramelized onions?  Liv and I eat them straight out of the pan, but they are so, so good on other things too.  Burgers, meatloaf, chicken, a spoon…..  Your options are unlimited.  You only need two ingredients.  Here’s how I make mine.

    Salted or unsalted butter and onions.  I always have sweet onions on hand because they are my favorite.  I use two tablespoons of butter per onion.  Melt the butter in your pan and put your sliced onions in on top, after the butter has started to very, very slightly brown on medium heat.  Add salt and pepper.  (I never count salt and pepper as ingredients, because I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have it on hand) Stir every few minutes and in under a half an hour you go from this:

     

    To this:  

    Happiness on a plate.  Or a spoon.   They are so, so delicious!

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    Here’s the handy dandy printable.

    Luscious 25 Minute Caramelized Onions

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    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Total Time 25 minutes

    Ingredients
      

    • Butter
    • Onions

    Instructions
     

    • Place two tablespoons of butter per onion in a deep skillet.
    • Slice your onions into half moons.
    • Saute the onions in the butter for 25 minutes, stirring every few minutes until deep golden brown.
    • Serve with your favorite meal or just eat them with a spoon!

     

    Broccoli with Garlic, Lemon and Butter

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    At our favorite Italian restaurant in our tiny town, there is a side dish that is outstanding.  Liv and my Mama LOVE it.  I can eat this as my meal, it’s that good.  I knew that I desperately needed to know how to make this at home.  Here’s how you do it:

    Start with a couple of tablespoons of butter.

    Add in enough broccoli for you or for 10 people.  This recipe is very forgiving, you can add more butter and broccoli for more people, or keep it all to yourself.

    Add salt and pepper generously.  Saute until everything smells like heaven and the broccoli is beginning to turn bright green.

    Now is the time to add in a heaping teaspoon of my favorite minced garlic.  You can use fresh, but I always keep the jarred stuff on hand.  It makes it so, so easy!  I add the garlic near the very end, because I do NOT want it to burn.

    Just before you pull everything off the heat, add a tablespoon of lemon juice over all of that goodness.  You can squeeze half of a lemon over this or do like I do and keep a bottle in the fridge and use a capful!

    Scrumptious food.  Make this!  It’s so, so good.

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    Here’s the printable – this recipe is VERY easy to double, triple or quadruple!  Make more than you think you’ll want, you’ll be glad you did.

    Broccoli with Garlic, Lemon and Butter

    Print Recipe

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 TBSP butter
    • 1 small head of broccoli
    • 1 tsp minced garlic
    • 1 tsp lemon juice

    Instructions
     

    • Saute the broccoli and butter in a pan until the broccoli just starts to turn bright green.
    • Add the minced garlic to the butter and broccoli.
    • Just before you remove it from the heat, add the lemon juice to brighten everything.
    • Enjoy!!