$10 Pasta e Ceci con Patate 🇮🇹

Italian Heritage Month 🇮🇹 and a $10 dinner ❤️ Rustic pasta with chickpeas, potatoes and pancetta. Simple, hearty and full of flavor. This is what my family eats 🇮🇹 #ItalianHeritageMonth #10DollarDinner #ItalianFood #PastaECeci #BudgetMeals #ItalianCooking

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Steakhouse Creamed Spinach

This creamed spinach tasted like it came straight from a steakhouse and was SO easy to make. 🤤 I sautéed shallots and garlic in butter, added 2 bags of fresh spinach, then finished it with half & half, Parmesan, salt, pepper and a little cornstarch to thicken it up. Creamy, cheesy and hon

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Black Beans and Chorizo

Chorizo & black beans over rice 🤤 Hearty, flavorful, and made with dried black beans that cook down until they’re nice and creamy. The chorizo adds so much flavor to this one. Ingredients: 1 lb dried black beans, 12–16 oz chorizo, 1 onion, 1 green bell pepper, 4–5 cloves garlic, chicken

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Saturday Sandwich

This sandwich had NO business being this good. 🤌 Fresh mozzarella + mortadella piled onto good bread with arugula, tomato, a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic glaze. And because I can’t leave well enough alone, a few olives from the olive salad on the side. Simple. Italian. Exactly what I wan

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Salisbury Steak Meatballs

If you have 2 pounds of ground beef and a McCormick Meatloaf Seasoning packet, MAKE THESE. 🤤 Salisbury steak… but make it meatballs. I used the meatloaf seasoning packet in the meatballs, then simmered them in a rich mushroom and onion gravy until they were tender and full of flavor. Serve

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White bean Chicken Chili

White Bean Chicken Chili 🤍🌶️ This was such an easy crockpot dinner and came out so good! Perfect for a busy weeknight when you want something warm and filling without a lot of work. White Bean Chicken Chili • 2 lbs chicken breast • 2 cans white beans, drained & rinsed • 1 can corn, d

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20 Minute Chicken Teriyaki

Dinner in 20 minutes 🙌 Made this quick chicken teriyaki tonight and it was SO easy. Chicken, veggies, teriyaki sauce, and rice—and dinner was on the table in about 20 minutes. Perfect for those nights when you want something homemade but don’t feel like spending forever in the kitchen. #C

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Sundays are Family Days

Sunday dinner 🍝 Went LIVE while I cooked tonight — antipasto, pasta with homemade sauce, meatballs and sausage. Thanks to everyone who hung out and cooked with me! #SundayDinner #CookWithMe #TikTokLive #ItalianFood #PastaNight #HomeCooking #ItsWhatMyFamilyEats

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Stop buying croutons! Use your old bread!

Homemade croutons are SO much better than store bought 🙌 I had some sourdough bread to use up, so I cut it into cubes and tossed it with melted butter, a little olive oil, Dan-O’s Cheesoning and SPG seasoning. Baked them until they were golden and crispy and that’s it! 🥖🧀 Perfect for salad

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Getting Ready for Sunday Sauce

Rubino’s haul 🇮🇹🛒 Picked up some of our favorites and a few things for dinners this week. Here’s what came home with me. #Rubinos #GroceryHaul #ItalianMarket #ItalianFood #GroceryShopping #RochesterNY #DinnerIdeas #FamilyMeals #ItsWhatMyFamilyEats

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Not homemade sauce, but not the worst sauce.

I tried the McCormick Thick & Zesty Spaghetti Sauce Mix so you don’t have to 😂🍝 I browned a pound of ground beef, added the seasoning packet, tomato purée and water, then added a little extra garlic powder, salt and pepper. Was it easy? Absolutely. Was it bad? Not at all. But if your fami

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Easy Weeknight Dinner

Korean BBQ country ribs 🤤 These cooked low and slow until they were fall-apart tender, then got coated in a sweet, sticky Korean BBQ glaze. So much flavor, so easy to make, and perfect for a busy weeknight! #KoreanBBQ #CountryRibs #CrockpotRecipes #EasyDinner #WeeknightDinner #Din

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One Pot Greek Zucchini and Rice

What do you do when someone gives you a zucchini the size of a baseball bat? 😂 Apparently I make a Greek zucchini casserole. I chopped it up and added red pepper, red onion, tomatoes, garlic, parboiled rice, feta and Greek seasoning and threw the whole thing in my braising pan. Honestly, I

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Enchiladas from Left over Pot Roast

Leftover pot roast got a whole new life tonight 🙌 I turned it into low-carb, high-protein shredded beef enchiladas with homemade red chile sauce made from dried guajillo chiles 🌶️ I simmered the shredded beef right in the sauce, rolled it up in low-carb tortillas, topped everything with more sau

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Let's Go Buffalo!

Bills Sunday at our friends’ house! ❤️💙🦬 Good friends, a ridiculous amount of food, and the Bills on TV — pretty much the perfect Sunday. 😂🏈 And obviously I had to get a video of everything we were eating! What’s always on YOUR game-day spread? GO BILLS! ❤️💙 #GoBills #BillsMafia

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Garlic Studded Pot Roast

Sunday comfort food at its best 🤤 I cooked this pot roast low and slow until it was fall-apart tender, with carrots, celery, onions and plenty of gravy. Served it over creamy mashed potatoes with roasted Brussels sprouts on the side. Nothing fancy—just a really good, cozy Sunday dinner. ❤️

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BJ's Haul $318

Another two weeks, another BJ’s haul 🛒💸 This week’s total: $318 😳 Stocking the house back up with all the things my family will actually eat for the next two weeks. Somehow I go in thinking I’m going to keep the total down…and then we get to checkout 😂 How much are you spending on your biw

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30 Minute Ground Beef Soup

I didn’t record the recipe while I was making this, so here it is! 🥣❤️ Easy Vegetable Beef Soup • 1 lb ground beef • Potatoes, peeled and diced • 1 bag frozen mixed vegetables • V8 juice • Beef broth • 1–2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce • Garlic powder • Dried basil • Dried oregano • Drie

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What are you having for dinner?

Not feeling my best tonight and honestly just exhausted, so we kept dinner simple. Spaghetti with sauce and fried chicken cutlets. Sometimes comfort food is exactly what you need. 🍝❤️ #WhatsForDinner #DinnerTonight #ItalianFood #ChickenCutlets #Spaghetti #ComfortFood #HomeCooking

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Sticky Korean BBQ Wings

Korean BBQ wings tonight 🔥🍗 Sticky, sweet, a little spicy and SO good. And these were baked — no frying needed. Here’s how I made them: Wings • 2 lbs chicken wings • 1 tbsp oil • Salt & pepper • 1 tbsp cornstarch Toss the wings together and bake at 425°F for about 40–45 minutes,

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What my family eats 🇮🇹🍝