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plate of Hawaii-Style Beef Tomato on rice

Hawaii-Style Beef Tomato

Hawaii-Style Beef Tomato is going to be a sleeper hit in your household. Our family eats tomatoes regularly, often in some form of marinara sauce or in a salad. Growing up my family used the Noh seasoning packet to cook this dish. But I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to make this […]

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plate of 4-ingredient mushroom gravy-smothered pork chops

4-Ingredient Mushroom Gravy-Smothered Pork Chops

My 4-Ingredient Mushroom Gravy Smothered Pork Chops is a great balance of being a budget-friendly and filling meal without having to think about lots of ingredients. What makes this recipe great This is one of my husband’s favorite cheap comfort dishes. It uses a cheaper bone-in pork chop, condensed cream of mushroom soup, and lots

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Turkey Cheeseburger Bacon Pasta

Turkey Cheeseburger Bacon Pasta

Turkey Cheeseburger Bacon Pasta satisfies that craving for burger flavors at home without having to break out a grill and plan to have buns and toppings in your house. It’s a meal that no one in my house complains about – on occasion I even get a helper in the kitchen. Why this dish is

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spam and zucchini fried rice in a pan

Spam and Zucchini Fried Rice

This Spam and Zucchini Fried Rice is probably one of the tastiest fried rice dishes I’ve ever made since becoming a parent. I used to eat fried rice regularly because there are so many different versions. Sometimes it would be kimchi fried rice, sometimes it would be a Chinese-style fried rice with oyster sauce. Most

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bowl of blueberry pie cream of wheat

Blueberry Pie Cream of Wheat

This Blueberry Pie Cream of Wheat tastes like a blueberry cream pie without tons of sugar. It’s creamy from the milk, has the taste of a crust from the graham cracker and nuts, and is full of sweet blueberry flavor. This breakfast is on the regular rotation during the cold winter months in my house.

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kid-friendly chicken tortilla soup

Kid-Friendly Chicken Tortilla Soup

After much searching and recipe trials, this Kid-Friendly Chicken Tortilla Soup will become a staple in your home just like it has become one in mine. We love eating chicken tortilla soup when we go out and wanted to be able to cook it at home. However, many recipes out there make it spicy so

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Hamburger Cauliflower Japanese Curry

When you don’t know what to cook for dinner, try this Hamburger Cauliflower Japanese Curry. Quick weeknight dinners growing up in Hawaii included Hamburger Curry with frozen mixed vegetables. When the only vegetables I had were onions and cauliflower, this recipe was born and is now on the regular dinner rotation. My family is in

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stove top chicken noodle soup using frozen chicken

Stove Top Chicken Noodle Soup (using frozen chicken)

This Stove Top Chicken Noodle Soup saves the day without having to defrost the frozen chicken thighs in advance. Most of us parents have been there, you have a sick kid and you want to give them some warm soup to feel better. You don’t have any canned soup on hand, but you have the

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slow cooker lamb stroganoff without alcohol on a plate

Slow Cooker Lamb Stroganoff (without alcohol)

This Slow Cooker Lamb Stroganoff (without alcohol) takes the stress out of getting your family to eat the leftover meat you cooked/roasted a day or two before. It creates tender nuggets of meat in a succulent creamy sauce, which is the only way my son will eat mushrooms besides on a pizza.   I showed

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