Advertisements When it comes to take-away food, Chinese food is one of my family’s favorites. But it can get super spendy to order for everyone. So I’ve been trying to sort out how to make our favorite dishes at home. Most recently I’ve come up with this recipe for Easy Beef Broccoli – a classicContinue reading “Easy Beef Broccoli”
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Easy Couscous & Veggie Salad
Advertisements When it comes to pasta salads, I like to have them loaded with veggies. I also prefer to use a vinegar and oil based dressing instead of a mayo based one for pasta salads. If you like both of those concepts and some bacon then let me introduce you to your new favorite pastaContinue reading “Easy Couscous & Veggie Salad”
Fried Potato Balls
Advertisements You have probably seen these little morsels of crispy potato goodness all over the internets. Some recipes are bite bland and dare I say boring for my tastes. So I came up with my own version of these tasty bites and wanted to share them with you all. Fried Potato Balls is excellent forContinue reading “Fried Potato Balls”
Pepperjack Cornbread
Advertisements This is not your basic boring cornbread. This recipe brings the heat and cheesy goodness – giving some oomph to your cornbread. I’ve included my recipe for homemade cornbread mix at the bottom of this page but you can also use ypur favorite box or bag mix. Most of all you are going toContinue reading “Pepperjack Cornbread”
Five #MostPopularRecipes of Last Month – FEB-2026
Advertisements Looks like March has arrived and its time to look back at what went on February here on Homemade on a Weeknight. I have looks at the page views and stats to check out the popular recipes posts from last month. There are no surprises here – at least for me, maybe you missedContinue reading “Five #MostPopularRecipes of Last Month – FEB-2026”
Simple Prosciutto Crostini
Advertisements This simple appetizer or snack is a play in flavors. When you just read the recipe you may think it won’t work but trust me, it does. The sweet and salty goes so well with the crusty and cream. And that pop of fresh Mint just brings it all together. This Simple Prosciutto CrostiniContinue reading “Simple Prosciutto Crostini”
Crispy Shrimp Rolls
Advertisements When you want to have a little bit of fun and little bit of indulgence with your dinner – shrimp is always a good idea, especially when it is crispy. This is also a great weekend dinner to enjoy in the backyard once summer hits. These Crispy Shrimp Rolls will have the whole familyContinue reading “Crispy Shrimp Rolls”
Top Ten Tortellini Recipes #RecipeCollection
Advertisements I love to use tortellini to add a little extra to a pasta dinner. While you can, of course, make your own tortellini, these recipes all use store-bought pre-made tortellini. You can go fresh or frozen, but I would avoid the dried variety. The dried ones are typically much smaller and do not offerContinue reading “Top Ten Tortellini Recipes #RecipeCollection”
Baked Bacon Cheddar Sliders
Advertisements It’s been a while since I shared a burger or slider recipe, and I decided it’s time to fix that. Sliders are always a hit in my house – mostly because my daughter and I can’t eat a whole burger each so these are perfect for us, and the boys all want 2 orContinue reading “Baked Bacon Cheddar Sliders”
Confetti Chicken & Pasta
Advertisements I’m wasn’t entirely sure what to call this recipe – chicken, bacon, red bell pepper, corn, green onion, parmesan, and cream. It is quite good – just was not sure what to call it and then it struck me how colorful it turned out. So I settled on Confetti Chicken & Pasta and IContinue reading “Confetti Chicken & Pasta”