This beautiful Mediterranean Orzo Salad is stuffed with veggies and comes together in less than 20 minutes. It’s fast, fresh and easy to prepare. Â Just the way we love our food around here! This salad is more like an antipasto pasta salad if there is such a thing. We added salami and artichokes to…
Main Course Recipes
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Chicken Rollatini – Stuffed with Ricotta and Spinach
Chicken Rollatini – Baked chicken breast cutlets stuffed with ricotta and spinach, rolled in panko crumbs and topped with marinara and fresh mozzarella.  Make 4 or 40. You can never have enough easy chicken recipes!  We posted this recipe several years ago and we are excited to update it!  Didn’t change the recipe much, just…
Brown Sugar & Garlic Crusted Pork Loin
This is one tasty and EASY recipe! I drizzled mine with some honey, and served it with a nice spinach salad and glass of sangria. SO summer-y and delicious! Might I say…I really do think this is a restaurant quality dish. It’s so different and really, foolproof. It is an easy weeknight meal for pork loin lovers…
Zucchini Noodles with Shrimp
If you have not tried Zucchini “zoodles” yet, this easy to prepare Zucchini Noodles with Shrimp recipe is a great way to get you started!  One pan and around 20 minutes and you have a healthy tasty meal! I am not a gadget gal.  I don’t fill my cupboard with the latest appliances. A…
Soba Noodle Salad with Peanut Sesame Sauce
This Soba Noodle Salad is SO healthy and fresh- you won’t even know you’re not eating meat! With creamy avocados, crunchy cucumber, purple cabbage, and some julienne carrots all dressed in a homemade Peanut Sesame Sauce, you’ll feel awesome- and healthy after devouring this colorful dish! I made this on a whim-tired of our usual…
Chili Lime Chicken Burgers with Avocado Salsa
Chili Lime Chicken Burgers with Avocado Salsa! – Â A delicious blend of poblano peppers, cumin, chili seasoning and lime. Â Use the same spices and veggies for the burgers and the salsa keeping this recipe as easy as it gets! I like my burgers bun free…buns I got, don’t need no more! Â If you got…
Stuffed Flank Steak with Mushrooms, Spinach and Blue Cheese
If you couldn’t tell from my last post- I‘m on a blue cheese kick! This Stuffed Flank Steak is chock full of blue cheese, spinach, and mushrooms- and it’s easy and delicious. A perfect Father’s Day dinner, or a special treat for your new graduate! I made this one up on my own, and it…
Crispy Pork Cutlets with Cauliflower Rice
Juicy, delicious Crispy Pork Cutlets with Cauliflower Rice has all the flavor we love without all the carbs and calories!  30 minutes and all in one skillet!  Chicken cutlets will work just as well. I have totally fallen in love with Cauliflower Rice!  I can say that because I am a food drama queen.  Food…
Butter-Dijon-Parmesan Crusted Oven Fried Chicken Thighs
Crispy Butter Dijon Parmesan Crusted Chicken Thighs that come together in a flash. Â Oven baked to a crispy crunch! Â Dredged in a simple concoction of butter and dijon then dipped in panko crumbs and parmesan. Â Your family is so gonna love you for this! We can’t get enough of these Butter Dijon Parmesan Crusted…
Lemon Grilled Chicken
This Lemon Grilled Chicken seriously hits the spot. It’s healthy, bright, easy, and a fool proof crowd pleaser. You only need a few ingredients- lemons, limes, garlic, olive oil, a few spices- marinate, and grill, and call it good! I’m not much of a griller- It’s hot, smoky, and sweat tends to ruin my freshly…
Chorizo and White Bean Soup
This 30 minute Chorizo and White Bean Soup is incredibly easy to make and has tons of flavor!  The chorizo does most of the flavor work for you and the added fresh veggies make this a fresh and wholesome meal! When I think about soup, and I do, a lot.  I think about the broth.  A…
Sheet Pan Fajitas
Sheet Pan Fajitas are SUCH an easy meal for the whole family! Easy.  Healthy.  Versatile. Sold! Tender fajitas with chicken, fresh veggies, all cooked up on the same sheet pan! Serve with tortillas, on top of a salad or wrapped up in a lettuce wrap. Check out this video to see how easy these Sheet…
Skillet Chicken with Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
We love this Skillet Chicken with Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce!   Simply blend up store bought roasted red peppers along with garlic, chicken stock some spices and a touch of  cream.  Pour over seared chicken breast and dinner is done! In a world full of food no’s, this Chicken in Creamy Red Pepper Sauce…
One Pan Lemon Chicken with Artichokes
 I come up with recipes on my own all the time. I like to think of them as true Laughing Spatula originals. This post was developed way back in ye olden days of Laughing Spatula- more of a giggling spoon back in the day, to be honest. Long story short- I thought I made this…
Southwest Stuffed Peppers
These Southwest Stuffed Peppers are chock full of beef, rice, corn  and beans.  Sub ground turkey or chicken for an even leaner meal! This beautiful colorful dish is so easy to make and chalk full of veggies and lean meat! How to make Southwest Stuffed Peppers Cut the ends off of your rainbow of…