Dinner · Pasta

Balsamic Cherry Tomatoes

Our tomato vines are still going STRONG! I can’t stand to see them go to waste, so I searched for a recipe so I could make the best use of these late bloomers. This is a variation of another recipe we love that uses roasted tomatoes and ravioli. You can find that recipe here. The recipe I’m sharing today is VERY close to that recipe. The one difference is that this makes up a bit of a chunky sauce poured over spaghetti. I know this…both are delicious and a fantastic way to use up those cherry tomatoes! I halved this recipe and it gave us supper for two nights. It was delicious!’

You could cook up this sauce and freeze it, too!

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Chicken · Dinner

Skillet-Roasted Chicken & Potatoes

I love watching good cooks make delicious food! It inspires me to get in the kitchen! One day I saw Ina Garten share a simple recipe on Instagram. It was Skillet-Roasted Chicken and Potatoes. It’s all done in a cast iron skillet, so there’s minimal clean-up. The roasted chicken takes on a delicious flavor from a couple simple ingredients. I couldn’t wait to try this, so I put it on my menu for that next week, and it was fabulous and simple!

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Dinner · Quick Bread

Cheddar Cornbread Muffins

If you’re a bread-lover, you know how hard it is to eat a savory meal and pass up the corn bread or the biscuits. In the effort of trying not to eat too many carbs, I really try to limit how much bread I’m consuming.

I love finding recipes that taste “normal,” yet are lower in calories and fat. Enter the Cheddar Cornbread recipe!

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Dinner · main dish · Pork chops

Pork Chops, Peas and Potato Dish

I recently saw someone posting about their plan for meals, stating that they were looking for an easy way to have dinner at home.  Their plan was to make the same recipe each weeknight.  You know what? You don’t have to have Spaghetti every Monday and Tacos every Tuesday and Meatloaf every Wednesday to get supper on the table. How? Find recipes that make it easier. Like…

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Dinner · Family life · refreshment at home

“Dressing” the Dinner Table

I recently posted about dressing ourselves, but you know, we should also be dressing our dinner table. Simply put, we should make the dinner table attractive. I post lots of ideas for recipes here on RefreshHer, but it’s only a means to get you to gather around your table. That’s where the connections happen. That’s where communication, love, relationships and nurturing thrive. There’s just so much to say about the gathering around the table. Since it’s so important, we should put some thought into making it welcoming. It isn’t stuffy or pretentious, but simple and inviting. How can we do that?

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