Pasta salad is a great make-ahead dish, especially on hot days! A box of pasta is pretty cheap (usually about $1.00/box), and if you have a university meal plan, you can get lots of toppings for the salad from your campus dining locations. Even if you don’t have a meal plan, there are lots ofContinue reading “Recipe: Pasta Salad”
Category Archives: Recipes
Recipe: Fruit Crisp
Fruit crisp is such a delicious and satisfying dessert, it’s hard to believe how easy it is to make! We make it whenever we have people over for dinner or want to make something extra for dessert – it’s great served warm with vanilla ice cream, or even cold leftovers the next morning (the fruitContinue reading “Recipe: Fruit Crisp”
Recipe: Easy Cinnamon Apples
Apples tend to be pretty inexpensive and easy to come by, and you can make so many yummy recipes with them – a pie or a galette; fruit salad; or one of our favorites, pan-fried cinnamon apples. Delicious on their own or served with vanilla ice cream, cinnamon apples are an easy and well-loved dessert! Continue reading “Recipe: Easy Cinnamon Apples”
Recipe: Zucchini Chips
These zucchini chips make a great healthy summer snack! Fresh food tends to be more available in the summer, which means more yummy veggie recipes. Zucchini chips are indulgent and fresh, which makes them the perfect snack to eat by the pool or as a side dish at a cookout. We find that Trader Joe’sContinue reading “Recipe: Zucchini Chips”
Recipe: Beans and Rice
This dish is one of the very first meals we learned how to cook at school! Beans, tomatoes, and peppers mixed with rice leads to an easy and simple but satisfying dinner. We’ve made it in the microwave and in a slow cooker, and you could easily adapt the recipe for stovetop as well. PlayContinue reading “Recipe: Beans and Rice”
Recipe: Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup
Whether you live alone or with other people, and whether you cook every day or just once in a while, a slow cooker is one of the best kitchen appliances you can invest in! We have a small, two-quart slow cooker that we bought from Target, and we use it almost every week at school.Continue reading “Recipe: Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup”
Recipe: Breakfast Hash
When our campus dining hall serves hash browns for breakfast, we always grab some extra to make this filling, delicious dish! It can be made with leftover hash browns like we do, or you can make it with tater tots, chopped potatoes, or even leftover french fries. It makes a great breakfast or an easyContinue reading “Recipe: Breakfast Hash”
Recipe: Roasted Veggies
We probably make this roasted veggie recipe at least once a week during the school year! It’s easy and basic, but super delicious. You can roast practically any combination of vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, asparagus, tomatoes, and bell peppers are some of our favorites. Usually, we also decide to roast chickpeas or potatoes withContinue reading “Recipe: Roasted Veggies”
Recipe: Gnocchi with Spinach and Mushrooms
When it comes to making a quick Italian-stlye dinner, nothing is better than pre-packaged gnocchi. These little pillows of potato heaven will please everyone you are feeding, and they are super versatile, shelf stable, and often inexpensive! Our favorite way to prepare gnocchi is with sauteed spinach and mushrooms. We cook the gnocchi ahead ofContinue reading “Recipe: Gnocchi with Spinach and Mushrooms”
Recipe: Easy Garlic Knots
We’re back with another crescent roll favorite – garlic knots! We made these for the first time just a couple weeks ago, and they were so good we had to share the recipe ASAP. These garlic knots are super easy to pull together as a side dish, appetizer, or just as an afternoon snack. AllContinue reading “Recipe: Easy Garlic Knots”
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