Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook

Tuna Pasta Salad
Budget-Friendly Meals Fish / Seafood Main Dish Pasta Salads and Sides

Tuna Pasta Salad

Tuna Pasta Salad is timeless and perfect for potlucks, family dinners, or summertime cookouts. This version is a melodious blend of pasta, tuna, celery, roasted red pepper, pickle, onion, and dill. A mayonnaise based dressing brings everything together. I love canned tuna in any shape or form…as a sandwich, a noodle casserole, or even as a dip. In the summertime, a good tuna pasta salad …

Ramen Noodles with Peanut Sauce
Asian Inspired Budget-Friendly Meals Main Dish One-Pot Meals Pasta Salads and Sides

Ramen Noodles with Peanut Sauce

Need a simple, easy side dish or main course? Ramen Noodles with Peanut Sauce is the answer. It’s flavorful and peanut buttery and it cooks in no time! This ramen noodle dish is great for a busy weeknight. What’s more, it’s super flavorful with peanut butter and hoisin sauce as the base ingredients. The sauce is creamy and peanut buttery with notes of saltiness, sweetness, …

Loaded Vegetable Minestrone Soup
Budget-Friendly Meals Light and Healthy Main Dish Pasta Soup

Loaded Vegetable Minestrone Soup

For a healthy and balanced meal, try this Loaded Vegetable Minestrone Soup. It has pasta and beans and is packed with vegetables in a tomato-y broth. The broth consists of a secret ingredient that adds great flavor as well as a nutritional boost. This vegetarian soup is just as filling as it is comforting! This soup will warm you from the inside out and make …

One-Pot Tortellini with Sausage and Zucchini
Main Dish One-Pot Meals Pasta Pork

One-Pot Tortellini with Sausage and Zucchini

This One-Pot Tortellini with Sausage and Zucchini is a meal the entire family will love. Cheese tortellini and Italian sausage make it hearty while zucchini adds summer freshness. Cook the dish on the stovetop and finish it off in the oven for a stress-free weeknight dinner. I love that zucchini is plentiful this time of year. It is such a versatile vegetable. There aren’t many …

Easy Jerk Linguine Alfredo with Shrimp
Fish / Seafood Main Dish Pasta

Easy Jerk Linguine Alfredo with Shrimp

Spice up pasta Alfredo with jerk seasoning! This Easy Jerk Linguine Alfredo with Shrimp is creamy and has a little heat. Zhooshed up store bought Alfredo sauce makes it perfect for a quick and easy weeknight dinner. I love seafood and pasta dishes. They are filling, always satisfying, and can usually be on the table quickly. This has linguine in a creamy semi-homemade sauce consisting …

Seafood Lasagna
Fish / Seafood Main Dish Pasta

Seafood Lasagna

This decadent and delicious seafood lasagna is loaded with crab, shrimp, and scallops. It is a seafood lovers’ delight and is perfect for a special occasion or entertainment. This post was published on April 2013. I updated the content and images. Minor changes were also made to the original recipe. My family always gets excited over seafood lasagna. We all love shrimp, scallops, and crab. …

Ham and Peas Macaroni Alfredo
Budget-Friendly Meals Main Dish Pasta Pork

Ham and Peas Macaroni Alfredo

Large casserole macaroni with ham and peas in a cheesy Alfredo sauce makes a quick 30-minute meal. This is a great way to turn unused deli ham into a main dish. Update: This post was updated on January 10, 2021, with new images, but the blog content remains the same. The recipe has also been updated since its original publication on October 2013. Avery, a two-year old …

Chicken Butternut Dumplings
Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish One-Pot Meals Pasta

Chicken Butternut and Dumplings

Get a taste of fall comfort with this easy one-pot Chicken Butternut and Dumplings. It has a creamy broth, tender shredded chicken breast, sweet butternut squash, herbaceous sage, and pillowy soft dumplings. Serve alone or with biscuits to amp up the comfort level even more!  Pair this dish with my Garlic and Herbs Boursin Biscuits for a cozy home-cooked dinner. We recently embarked on a home …