Love being able to make something everyone will love for dinner without making a mess? Yeah.. Me Too!

This is kind of crazy, but I have always wanted to take Tap Dance. Several Years ago I Signed up for class, but after I bought the tap shoes, convinced a friend to sign up with me, and made arrangements for my two young ones to be watched for an hour a week, I found out I was pregnant!

My doctor said as long as it wasn’t clogging I was okay to stay in the class, so I did. I tapped until a few weeks before I delivered. Put it this way, I couldn’t see my feet but I could hear them! And that was the end of my tapping.

Eighteen years later, I am signed up again and am having a total blast, but on Tap days it is nice to have something I don’t have to spend a lot of time preparing. And that is when this dish makes an entrance from stage right. (That is a little theater lingo I picked up.)

This is what Jo of Jo cooks has to say about this recipe.

Anyway, chicken and rice! Who doesn’t love a good chicken and rice casserole sorta dish. But the beauty here is that it’s all made in one skillet, quickly and before you know it dinner is ready to be served.

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Quick Tip.. This is a great dish to toss in other veggies. I love adding thinly sliced carrots in for flavor, color, and texture!

Photo and recipe courtesy of Jo and Jo Cooks.

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 You Don’t have to be SuperMOM to whip up this family favorite dinner.

Weeknights can be such a struggle to get dinner on the table. By the time everyone comes home from school, work, football or karate practice, it is late. Who wants to start making a mess?

Really! I have been there and it is a real struggle. Well this is a perfect recipe because you can actually put it together the night before. Yep, it can be marinated overnight and with minimal prep can be put in the oven.

I don’t have a large pan that I put in the oven, but I do have an enamel dutch oven and it works just fine.

The best part is that my pan is pretty enough to go right from the oven to the table! Add a tossed salad and your family will be so amazed.

There is something about being able to sit down together and recap the days events without having to deal with the after dinner mess that allows you to just sit and linger a bit longer.

This is what Jo of Jo Cooks has to say about one of her favorite recipes.

The rice is so unbelievably delicious and really cooked perfectly and flavored just right. The chicken is placed on top of the rice which also adds to flavoring the rice as it cooks, because all those juice from the chicken drip down into the rice, making it that much better.

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Quick Tip:You can marinate the chicken the night before in a zip lock bag so when you are ready to put this dish together it is ready to go.

Photo and Recipe courtesy of Jo and Jo Cooks. 

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 What happened to summer! I mean we should still be buying stuff for S’mores not stuff for backpacks.

I remember that school didn’t start until after the Jerry Lewis telethon.

Raise your hand it you remember that? Thank you. I see those hands wildly waving in the back.
Now, the school where our kiddo attends is starting in the middle of August! Goodbye summer days, hello weeknight routines!

Part of that routine is having a good meal plan. I need to know what we are having way before the kids ask that dreaded question..”What’s For Dinner?”

The other thing I don’t love during the busy nights of school activities is a huge dinner mess. Planning ahead helps with that as well. This One Pot dinner is one of those bare bones recipes that you can add to. Kind of like a blank canvas!

So go ahead. Plan to make this, but then add in the things your family loves such as olives, hot sausage, corn, you name it.

Help make dinner time a time to reconnect. A time to celebrate the little things, and a time to reflect on what is truly important in our lives.

Here is what Milisa has to say about this pasta dish.

This one pot pasta is easy to customize with your favorites. You could sub in ground beef or chicken for the Italian sausage and mushrooms, peppers, onions or spinach would be great additions.

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Quick Tip: Keep the ingredients handy for this super easy supper. Show your kids how to make it. If you are not home, they can feed themselves. Doing their own laundry so their new t-shirts aren’t pink..well that is a whole other ball of wax my friend. Best of luck on that!

Recipe and photo courtesy of Milisa of Miss In the Kitchen.

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