Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Enchiladas are easy, delicious, and a crowd pleaser.  I find that a Mexican (not exactly authentic, but still tasty) feast is great for feeding a lot of people.  I once fed a house full of people with these enchiladas, tortilla soup, and Spanish rice.

Quick Personal Pizzas

Now of course the idea of personal pizzas did not originate with me, but I would still like to dedicate a post to them because they are a really nice thing to have in your recipe repertoire.  They can be a fast, delicious, very customizable, and reasonably healthy meal, fun for everyone involved.

Easy Quiche

My Aunt Amy's quiche recipe is one of my favorites.  It's easy (because it's crust-less), delicious, easily customized, and makes outstanding leftovers.  It's great for feeding a crowd for brunch, and a good standby for any meal!  I have adapted it a bit, and it's a very flexible recipe, so feel free to play with it.

Cheese Stuffed Tomatoes

These stuffed tomatoes are sure to be a hit!  Stuffed with wholesome brown rice, homemade cheese (see previous recipe) and fresh herbs, they make an excellent appetizer or snack. They impress even more when the tomatoes are homegrown!

Easy Homemade Cheese

Fresh cheese is a wonderful treat, and making homemade cheese never fails to make me feel pretty darn proud of myself.  Like the vast majority of my recipes, there is a lot of room for personalization.  It comes together in a snap, it typically wows a crowd, and its versatility makes it a great starting point for a lot of other recipes.  The best part about this cheese is its simplicity.  The basic cheese only has two ingredients.  Seriously.  Two.  You read that right.

Sangria

I don't know about everyone else, but I really enjoy sipping on a nice cold drink with a friend or family member on a hot summer day.  One of the most delicious, and certainly most beautiful, of these drinks is sangria.  A great thing about sangria is you can make it however you want, based on your tastes and/or what you have on hand.  A pitcher of sangria is very eye catching and typically goes over very well at any gathering.  Below are some ways you can mix up this simple and delicious beverage.

Roasted Chickpeas

This is one of the most addicting, irresistible snacks in my book.  Chickpeas are good for fiber, protein, and other nutrients.  Made this way, they are packed with flavor, with crispy outsides and creamy insides.  They are super easy to make too!

Rosemary Pork Chops and Potatoes

This is a very simple and flavorful recipe that is a nice standby.  The ingredients come together in a snap and the end result is very tasty!  I don't have measurements below because I don't measure, I just kind of add ingredients to taste.

Banana Bread

This recipe makes very good muffins

My grandma's banana bread recipe is delicious and easy, and it is well loved by many members of my family.  In addition to the original recipe, below are also the ways my mom has adapted it to make it healthier.

Fruit Cookie

Now this is by no means original, but this is a reminder that you can do a super easy, delicious dessert that never fails to wow your culinary audience.  This fruit cookie (AKA fruit "pizza") comes together very quickly, and there is a lot you can do with it in terms of seasonal toppings and design.  Not only is it very tasty and visually striking, but most of the dry ingredients are probably already in the pantry!

Individual Frittatas

I happened to get some wonderful farm fresh eggs from a friend, and had some leftover spinach from the lasagna I made earlier tonight, so I decided to make some easy-to-grab breakfast treats with the leftover spinach and a few other ingredients.  These are great because you can put whatever you want in them, and they are a quick, satisfying, and healthy microwavable breakfast on the go. I'll be honest, I didn't time this one. I put it in the oven while the lasagna was cooking after I decided to make them.  Here is how I made them:

Veggie Lasagna

Delicious gooey layers

This is a recipe that, as with so many of my recipes, I made with stuff I happened to have on hand, and there are tons of variations.  I typically don't measure anything (some ingredients were leftover from other recipes), so make with stuff to your taste! I had spinach so I did a more Florentine approach.  Here is what I did: