Lesson learned: don't try to substitute imitation crab for real lobster.

This chicken chop suey is pretty much a chicken & veggie stir fry over rice. Comes together quick, and extremely versatile, this recipe is not too bad for quick weeknight dinner!

Our next cookbook adventure will be through Betty Crocker's Lost Recipes! A collection of updated vintage recipes, classics, and perhaps some things that were better left in the past.

Finishing off our trip through Hollis' Real Life Dinners cookbook, we try out a fantastic one pot recipe. But a questionable substitute takes things a little too far...

A pleasant spin on several of my pantry staples, this recipe ticked most of the boxes for us (with the addition of some ever-required meat).

You'd think I'd have learned by now that meat + greens does not count as a meal to my husband.

Taco Tuesday, doesn't get much more straight forward than that. But we also go on some dessert tangents and a walk down berry memory lane.

Simple, kid-friendly, tasty tasty pizzas. 

We wrap up the first week of Hollis' Real Life Dinners with some good ole fried chicken! I mistakenly made the side dish planned for this recipe earlier in the week so had to do a little improvising.

Adam wants to know when I'll stop trying to pass a vegetarian soup off as dinner-worthy. Not today, I guess!