Sweet Chili Chicken Some dinners are planned for hours. The others happen because you look in the refrigerator at four o’clock and realize dinner has to figure itself out. And…

Some recipes are here to stay in the dinner rotation because they make life easier. This sweet and sour kielbasa with pineapple is one of those recipes in my house,…

Biscuit Beef Casserole This was made on a night I didn't want anything complicated but I needed to get a real dinner on the table. I looked in the fridge…

Chili Mac Casserole This was created on one of those nights I didn't want to make something complicated but I still wanted to have something warm and filling on the…

Beef and Mushroom Crescent Cups I made these on a night when I didn’t feel like cooking anything requiring real effort. I had ground beef in the fridge, a can…

Garlic Butter Tortellini I made this recipe on a Friday night when I didn't feel like making a complicated dinner. It was a long week, the fridge looked bare and…

Chicken Francaise I first made this recipe on a night when I wanted something a little nicer than my usual weeknight dinner, but didn't want to spend an hour standing…

Cheesy Taco Crescent Pie I made this one of those nights when I wanted tacos but didn’t want to go through the whole process. You know the drill — brown…

Creamy Mushroom Beef Bake I made this on a weeknight when I didn't want to do much of anything. You know those evenings when you still want dinner, but you…

Celery Soup Pot Roast This is a pot roast I made on one of those days when I didn't want to do anything complicated. The weather was colder than anticipated,…