Weeknight Favorite Recipes

Broccoli and Prosciutto 3-Cheese Personal Pizza

This pizza tastes as terrific as it looks and you just might be fooled at how easy it is! We are big fans of grilled pizza with homemade dough, but shortcuts can also produce amazing results. Start with a whole wheat pita, some leftover broccoli, and a few items from the deli counter and you…

M&M Pretzel Bark

With just three easy ingredients, a salty-sweet treat is simple to make and will rival your favorite store-bought candy!     I originally discovered this deliciously easy treat in an effort to use leftover chocolate from my annual Easter candy-making ritual. For those who may be wondering, I’m referring to what countless family, friends, and…

Baked Egg in a Potato

Sadie, Silvia, Polly, and Peppy are our backyard chickens, and they keep us well supplied with fresh eggs! I am always dreaming up creative ways to use the eggs, and I recently saw a picture which inspired this easy dish my whole family adored. The recipe is very loose. Basically, you bake an egg in…

Healthy Cornbread Muffins (Gluten-Free Optional):

Cornbread is one of my husband’s favorites. Over the years, I have acquired a rather hefty collection of cornbread recipes–sweet, savory, with-a-jalapeno-kick, muffins, breads…the list goes on. Many of them, however, rely on butter and added fats to impart moisture, as many of the traditional recipes are inherently dry. So, I got to tinkering with…

Potato Chive Salmon Cakes

Canned salmon and leftover potatoes form the base of a wholesome, inexpensive meal the whole family with enjoy! Salmon has has long been a favorite of mine. In recent years, I have been buying more wild-caught salmon as opposed to farmed. The downside: limited availability and higher cost. When I noticed how inexpensive canned wild…

Grass-Fed Beef and Lentil Soup

A hearty soup thatโ€™s also healthyโ€“perfect for a cold winterโ€™s night or when you need a little comfort food. I think leftovers are great if they donโ€™t taste likeโ€ฆwellโ€ฆleftovers! This recipe will make plenty of leftovers youโ€™ll be grateful to have. Freezes well, too, although the recipe can easily be cut in half. Perfect as…

Secret Recipe Page ❤️

Welcome to an ever-growing treasure trove of reader favorite recipes that I hope will become an online version of a well-used, time-honored community cookbook.    I recently discovered that a local cafe I’ve long enjoyed has a “secret menu.” How did I not know about this? (Clearly it was a well-kept secret!) And what have…

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