We serve this with crackers and a green salad. I hope your family enjoys it as much as my bunch does.

These two recipes, cheesy Italian chops and quick and easy gumbo, help make an easy week night meal that is a cinch to put together! It can be made in thirty minutes and is so simple that even the newest of cooks can easily make this for the family.

 
Nessa is a full time wife and mother of two, living the small town life in rural Texas. She loves cooking everything from tried and true recipes to her own wonderful creations. Catch her blogging at Ramblings of a Texas Housewife and on Twitter @Nessa_TX.
Snacks for a Couples’ Game Night
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There are lots of good cobbler recipes around. A fast and easy short cut is to mix up a yellow butter cake mix. Read on for the directions and photos of this delicious blackberry cobbler recipe!

Everyone loves breakfast for dinner, which is why our menu plan this week is filled with breakfast recipes! Your kids will love this idea, and it’s a welcome change from your regular dinner rotation.

I have created a recipe for grilled tuna steaks that makes absolutely delicious tuna steaks. Not only is it tasty, but even cooks with limited experience can make this dish and wow their family.

Our menu plan this week features easy summer recipes that are quick and easy, without a lot of fuss. Take advantage of quick cooking meals that will have you in and out of the kitchen in no time.

For grilling, I usually throw the chicken in a gallon size zipper bag with my marinade of choice the night before cooking. When smoking a chicken, I use a variety of spice blends. For this chicken I used sea salt, coarse black pepper, dill, and garlic.

Our menu plan this week features quick and easy dinner recipes that take little prep time. You want to make the most of your summer, and we’re guessing that spending a lot of time cooking dinner wasn’t in the plan!

Remember when I went to the Oscar Mayer test kitchens recently? While I was there, I had a camera crew all set up to videotape me making my latest sandwich recipe creation exclusively for Kraft Foods. Watch me showing how to make my Zesty Summer Cafe Sandwich using fresh, healthy ingredients that are easy on the grocery budget but big on taste!