Smashed Brussels Sprouts! These crispy morsels with a touch of ย cheese are going to become your new favorite way to eat vegetables. Smashed Brussels Sprout Recipe Crispy outside, creamy soft inside with just a pinch of cheese to make it go zing! ย Can a Brussels sprouts go zing? ย Well I think these can!ย You can…
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12 Healthy & Flavorful Recipes to Keep Your New Years Resolution Game Strong
These healthy recipes will keep your New Years diet game STRONG! 2017 was a seriously good year; but in our world- with fun, usually along come the calories, too. 2018 is all about BALANCE for us girls at Laughing Spatula. This year, we’re going to try to balance FUN with calories, and instead of a…
30 Minute Shrimp and Orzo with Sun Dried Tomatoes
30 Minute Shrimp and Orzo with Sun Dried Tomatoes! – And did I mention its all cooked up in one pan? We are crazy for Orzo around here! ย It’s cooks up super quick and is a nice change from plain old rice. ย After you toast it up it kind looks like Rice-a-Roni, the San Francicso…
Twice Baked Potato Bites
Twice Baked Potato Bites! – These were a huge hit and so easy to make! ย Not sure I can have another ย party without them! I love little bites….I could live on appetizers alone! ย These beauties are about two bitefuls and were a hit at my last party! Nothing says yum like double stuffed anything…
Sheet Pan Quiche
Sheet Pan Quiche! – This super easy quiche recipe makes a great appetizer for a crowd or a wonderful breakfast or brunch! Looking for a quick and easy appetizer to feed a crowd? ย These Sheet Pan Quiche Bites are perfect! Easy to make ahead of time and easy to tote to your next party!…
Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese Galette
Roasted Butternut Squash and Goat Cheeseย Galetteย – ย A galette is a fancy word for a rustic tart. ย Around here ‘rustic’ means lazy! This beautifully unformed savory tart comes together in a flash. I love the simplicity. ย Store bought pie crust filled with roasted squash, goat cheese and topped with arugula and pomegranate for a pop…
Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Ricotta, Spinach and Sun Dried Tomatoes
Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Ricotta, Spinach and Sun Dried Tomatoes! ย An easy and super flavorful chicken breast recipe! Looks soooo fancy but takes less than 30 minutes to make! ย I love the colors, almost looks like a holiday dish! I guess you could stuff these babies with just about anything. I had a hard time…
Sloppy Joes Italian Style!
Sloppy Joes Italian Style! – You know when you dip a hunk of french bread into the spaghetti sauce right before dinner and it’s just soooooo good! ย Well that’s what this tastes like, only you get that bite over and over again! This one pot meal comes together in less than 30 minutes and will…
Easy Italian Chicken Skillet Dinner
Italian Chicken Skillet – A super fast and fresh one pot meal that you can customize a hundred different ways! This one pan meal is what I cook, when I don’t feel like cooking! It’s been a whirlwind last 6 weeks. ย Turns out retirement is exhausting, fun and fattening! ย As my BFF says, fun weighs…
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Breasts
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Breasts!ย ย Three ingredients…three! ย This juicy chicken will quickly become your favorite go to meal, for weeknights and gatherings. ย Fabulous meal prep as you can make one or twenty! The best three ingredient recipe I have every posted…well actually, it may be the only three ingredient recipe I have ever posted, but either way,…
Oven Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice Casserole
Oven Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice Casserole! ย Everything in the pot and in the oven! ย Even the uncooked rice! I think everyone has a version of this recipe in their list of faves. ย A lot of them have a can of cream of ka ka in them…but not this one! ย Just some chopped veggies, rice,…
Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup!ย Comforting chicken and rice soup chalk full of veggies and wild rice with the most amazing broth! ย All this in 30 minutes! Hard to believe it’s almost Fall! ย ย Soup and casseroles. ย Soup, casseroles and pumpkin! ย Soup, casseroles, pumpkin and….okay, you get it :). ย Basically fall means food!…
Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta
Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta! ย A 20 minute no fail recipe! Tomatoes, garlic and shrimp round out this super healthy and fast dinner! I have been rummaging around the blog basement for some of your favorite recipes that need a facelift! ย This super easy to make shrimp dish has all the components you…
Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole!ย ย Whip up this easy casserole on a lazy day! Using store-bought rotisserie chicken and canned enchilada sauce, this family favorite comes together in a flash! We all know I am a bit of a lazy cook. ย And the older I get, the fewer dishes I wanna wash!But I also love, love,…
30 Minute Sheet Pan Marinara Sauce
30 Minute Sheet Pan Marinara Sauce! Imagine making your own fresh marinara sauce…now imagine it taking less than an hour and done on a sheet pan! It’s tomato season and I have an abundance of them! It pains me when I don’t use them up after spending months coaxing the plants to proliferate! I am…