Beef Lo Mein

Making your own Beef Lo Mein at home is easier than you may think. A few classic Asian ingredients from the grocery store will result in better than takeout in just minutes at home.

Making your own Beef Lo Mein at home is easier than you may think. A few classic Asian ingredients from the grocery store will result in better than takeout in just minutes at home. This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please read my disclosure policy. I’ve always loved having simple, minimal ingredient

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Instant Pot Turkey Noodle Soup

Instant Pot Turkey Noodle Soup uses your leftover turkey from Thanksgiving to make a hearty, flavorful soup in the Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Turkey Noodle Soup is the perfect way to warm up and use all that leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. Can you believe it’s already Thanksgiving week?! Fall has been flying by as usual and we’re just a few days away from turkey day. Will you be hosting Thanksgiving or are you going to be

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Corn Casserole

Corn Casserole is a family favorite that graces every holiday table. A super simple ingredient list and even easier preparation.

This corn casserole is a family favorite that graces every holiday table. Creamy, cheesy, simple perfection. *Update: the photos and text within this post have been updated since the original post date in 2011. You guyyyys. The photos on the original post were SO bad. Like, so hard to look at. With the holidays just

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Camp Macaroni and Cheese

My kids would live on macaroni and cheese if I would let them. And well, so would I if I could get away with it and still present myself as a mature adult. So naturally when I asked them what sounded good to eat while we were camping, macaroni and cheese was one of the

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Pad See Ew

Pad See Ew is one of my favorite dishes to order when we go to a Thai restaurant and I don’t know what took me so long to try it at home. It makes me really happy I made the resolution to cook new cuisines and go a bit outside my normal routine. Who knows

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Veggie Stirfry

This veggie stirfy is almost always the meal I make when Joel is working late or has something going on that takes him away at dinner time. I wait until Noah goes to bed then whip this up and eat my dinner in peace all by myself! As much as I love those boys of

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Pad Thai

Joel and I love Pad Thai but for some reason it’s something that I have never attempted to make at home. I love cooking Asian food and do probably once a week so naturally this has been in the back of my mind to whip up. I think it just seemed intimidating but turns out

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Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup {Crazy Cooking Challenge}

The Crazy Cooking Challenge is back again…this time with Chicken Noodle Soup. I have been putting off making my soup for quite awhile because we just haven’t been having soup weather. It’s been in the 40’s and 50’s recently which is incredibly unusual for Minnesota in January. I’ll take it! I finally got to making

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Stir-Fried Noodles

I’m an Air Force Brat. I have lived in Alabama, Germany, Georgia, Nebraska, North Dakota and Minnesota (the last 2 as an adult). As a kid, I didn’t mind it too much until our move to Nebraska after my 6th grade year. It was hard to leave my friends and I’m sure I was unpleasant

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