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27 Comfort Food Recipes

September 23, 2014 By Shannah Coe 14 Comments

For the best comfort food recipes, look no further. From warming soups to cheesy pastas, these classic comfort food recipes are sure to be favorites in no time.

We are getting to the time of year where the weather is turning cooler and so we are spending more and more time indoors. Unfortunately, the colder weather also means more colds and sickies which means comfort food is an absolute must to help us feel better! I’ve gathered 27 classic comfort food recipes for you to keep on hand for when it is blustery and cold outside or maybe you are suffering from a cold and just need a little comfort.

Get ready for the cold temperatures and the yucky illnesses that come along with it by having this collection of 27 comfort foods ready to go!

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One Pot Chicken Enchilada Pasta

September 16, 2014 By Shannah Coe 3 Comments

I think every family has a go to food that they make over and over because everyone loves it. In our household, that is pasta! While I may prefer something like a butternut squash and sage pasta and Mathlete likes the sausauge and pepper version, we can all agree that pasta is what we want for dinner. Plus, pasta cooks fast making weeknight meals way easier to actually get on the table on time. How about we make it EVEN easier though by making a one pot chicken enchilada pasta?

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Spinach Artichoke Pasta Bake

August 19, 2014 By Shannah Coe 3 Comments

We are total pasta lovers in our house. From spaghetti with just a bit of olive oil and Parmesan cheese to easy pasta bakes or even rigatoni with butternut squash, we like to have pasta at least once or twice a week. Of course, we try to change it up from time to time and try out a new recipe. I was dreaming of some spinach artichoke dip one night and decided to make a spinach artichoke pasta bake instead.

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21 Recipes with Basil

July 23, 2014 By Shannah Coe 4 Comments

I have the world’s worst black thumb. Until recently, the only plant I have been able to keep alive is a Christmas cactus that I was given as a gift when my grandfather died years ago. That changed recently when I purchased a hydroponic basil plant because they were out of regular basil. On a whim, I decided to plant it and it has been flourishing ever since. The more it grows, the more I realize that I need to find ways to use it and I collected 21 recipes with basil.

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Sausage and Pepper One Pot Pasta Recipe

July 1, 2014 By Shannah Coe 4 Comments

In my dreams, summer is a time to slow down and relax. Days are spent lounging by the pool and nights are spent with delicious dinners on the deck. I’m a good dreamer, right? Reality is far different around here. Gymnastics practices are longer, camp carpools are added into the mix and getting dinner on the table becomes so much harder. Oh, add the heat into that mix and turning on an oven or stove and cooking just loses its luster. That is where the beauty of something like this sausage and pepper one pot pasta comes into play. It is one pot and a meal that cooks in under thirty minutes. Sound too goo to be true? Well, you definitely aren’t dreaming 🙂

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Shannah’s Test Kitchen – Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Shells

May 2, 2014 By Shannah Coe 3 Comments

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Um…could someone tell me where April went? I looked at the calendar and I was already supposed to be putting fives in front of my days {or technically in the middle since I write the month in the middle}. I didn’t want to skip out on my test kitchen post for the month of April though because I love this series so much. Plus, what kind of blogger would I be if I got one month into a series and already started skipping months?! So, this month’s test kitchen recipe is buffalo chicken stuff shells.

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Make Your Own Pasta Bar #ShareTheTable

April 16, 2014 By Shannah Coe 1 Comment

This is a sponsored post written by on behalf of Barilla, but opinions are my own.

We are a busy family. With two work out of the home parents, this blog, kid activities and a dozen other things going one, our schedule gets packed very quickly. A lot of our meals used to be eaten in the carpool lane on our way to one activity or another. After reading the statistics on how meals together can impact families {kids getting better grades, eating better foods and describing themselves as overall happier}, I decided that fast food restaurants had enough of my money! We decided to make sitting down for dinner together a HUGE priority in our life. I mean we all have to eat anyways {doesn’t everyone?!} so why not make it the focus of reconnecting our family? Spending time with my family at the dinner table means we get to catch up on what is happened during the day, what the kids are excited about at school and just reconnect.

Sometimes getting dinner on the table and actually being able to sit down and eat it becomes a challenge. During those times, I turn to easy to make meals that I know everyone in my family will enjoy like pasta. Of course, just like pretty much everything else in life, we all complete opposites on what we want ON our pasta so a make your own pasta bar is an awesome option for us. I cook up a few ingredients and combine them with Barilla pasta sauce and let everyone put together their favorite dish!

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Copycat Rigatoni D

March 25, 2014 By Shannah Coe 9 Comments

Ok, confession time: I love pasta. Really, who doesn’t?! I mean it is so versatile and can be paired with just about everything for an amazing dish.
One of my favorite pasta dishes is from Maggiano’s {our local Italian place does a version that is really close as well} and it is called Rigatoni D. It is full of mushrooms and chicken and just so delicious. We’re trying to eat out a lot less so I decided to try and create a copycat of the recipe so we can enjoy it anytime we want at home. I think my copycat Rigatoni D comes pretty close to the original so I am excited to have it whenever I want now.

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Cajun Macaroni and Cheese

January 15, 2014 By Shannah Coe 29 Comments

Macaroni and cheese is pure comfort food. There is just something about pasta in a creamy, cheesy sauce that feels like a warm blanket or brings back memories of your favorite comfy clothes. I tend to get a little bored with regular macaroni and cheese so I like to change it up from time to time. Cajun macaroni and cheese takes all the goodness of the classic dish and adds some spice.…

Spicy Sausage and Tortellini Soup

January 8, 2014 By Shannah Coe 35 Comments

Yesterday brought us temperatures colder than we’ve had in our area in 20 years! The schools were closed and no one wanted to go outside. Of course, what do you do on a cold day? Well, if you are me, you make soup! Soup for me is the ultimate cold weather food because it warms you from the inside out. My husband claims soup isn’t a meal so I also need to make sure whatever soup I make is really filling. That is how this spicy sausage and tortellini soup came about. …

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