The great snowpocalypse of Seattle helped me develop this recipe; and boy, am I glad it did! This Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin is made with a zesty marinade of garlic, ginger, lime and soy. Accompanied by tender and delicious braised onions, your family will go bonkers over this- it really is the BEST Slow Cooker…
One Pot recipes
One pot and one pan recipes. We are experts in creating delicious and easy recipes using only one pan!
French Onion Chicken
This  Easy French Onion Chicken is our new favorite fast and fresh  dinner! Simple seared chicken breasts with an easy to make pan sauce stuffed with french onion flavor! There are days I love my job and today is one of them!  I whipped up this dish is no time flat and the flavors are…
Cauliflower Rice with Mushrooms and Feta
Cauliflower Rice with Mushrooms and Feta! – This combo will make you quickly forget it’s cauliflower and not rice! Cauliflower rice where have you been all my life!  I mean I have heard of it, but I really didn’t think it would taste like rice…but it does!  Especially with a little help from my beloved mushrooms…
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
We love this 20 Minute Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup in winter or summer!  This super fast and fresh soup is healthy and full of flavor!  And at only 165 calories for a big serving you can eat this all week!  We are having so much fun reposting some of our most popular content! We…
Creamy One Pot Chicken Rice and Mushrooms
One Skillet Chicken and Rice with Mushrooms! Even the rice goes in uncooked! If you make this once, you will make it over and over again!  Simple wholesome ingredients that come together in ONE SKILLET for a dish your whole family will love! SEE THE VIDEO BELOW! With just a few ingredients and your favorite…
Easy Chicken in Tomato Sauce – A 30 Minute One Pan Meal
 This Easy Chicken in Tomato Sauce recipe is fast, fresh and healthy!  Juicy seared chicken breasts covered with tomato sauce…with just a touch of cream to make it silky and delicious! Chicken breasts do not have to be boring…I repeat, not boring!  We eat so much chicken around here I’m surprised we don’t grow feathers…
Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce
This amazing Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce is going to be your new best friend!  It comes together in a flash and oh those tomatoes, cream and pasta…..topped with a dusting of cheese.  It’s perfect in its simple little way. Sometimes, a cuppa cream has gotta hit the pan. I mean how much chicken and veggies can…
Skinny Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup
Here is one of my secret diet weapons! Skinny Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup.  Coming in at only 30 calories a cup.  (That is exactly a cup in the photo by the way).  It’s hearty and healthy and great with a half a turkey sammie for lunch. In under 30 minutes you can have…
Slow Cooker Beef Barley Soup
Beef Barley Soup in the slow cooker or on the stovetop, you are going to love this hearty soup! Perfect for anytime of the year- but during the winter this is an especially great comfort meal! Without question, my favorite food season is Fall. Soups, stews, all things that cook all day and make my house…
20 Minute White Chicken Chili
 This White Chicken Chile is our answer to HEALTHY, FAST AND FRESH FALL DINNERS!  With leftovers for lunch!  You can whip this up in 20 little minutes with a few easy ingredients. Year after year I whine about our short Seattle summers, but then I realize something.  IT’S SOUP SEASON!  I am a soup-a-naught, a…
Easy Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Pan Sauce
We love this Easy and Healthy Chicken Breast with Mushroom Pan Sauce recipe! Â With just a quick sear and a few ingredients you have the most amazing dinner and mushroom pan sauce (aka: GRAVY!). Â Busy cooks love the convenience of chicken but sometimes it can get a bit dullsville…Laughing Spatula to the rescue! This is…
One Pan Roasted Chicken with Sausage and Potatoes
This One Pan Roasted Chicken with Sausage and Potatoes is in the pan and in the oven in 10 minutes! We use chicken thighs and drumsticks alongside sausage, potatoes and onions tossed together in an easy and big flavored marinade. This is it guys… your new ‘feed the family before they eat all the Cheetos’ dinner. If…
The BEST and EASIEST Baked Mexican Rice
When I say I like easy- I really mean it. You know what else gets me? Fluffy restaurant style Mexican rice. It’s SO HARD to duplicate at home but guess what? I found a way! You will LOVE my recipe for the BEST and EASIEST Baked Mexican Rice! Yet another recipe I made up but…
5 Best Recipes To Get You From Monday through Friday (with Printable Grocery List!)
Howdy, Friends! It’s back to school for most families, which means hectic nights, busy days, and hungry kiddos. But- fear not! Laughing Spatula has ya covered.  Here’s 5 recipes for Monday through Friday to get you through that first busy week of almost Fall. WE LOVE OUR EASY WEEKNIGHT MEALS! We’ve even included a printable grocery…
Easy Baked Chicken and Rice
Easy Baked Chicken and Rice! Â A family staple. Â Everything goes in the pan, even the uncooked rice! Â We flavor ours up with lemon and a few veggies and a little sprinkle of crunchy stuff on the chicken. Â We love crunchy stuff! I think every family has a version of this recipe in their recipe box….