Recipes

Thick, hearty lentil and sausage soup (or stew?) with a little spiciness. Simple and delicious, very easy to make.

A kid-friendly but still sophisticated pasta dish with chicken sausage. Can easily be modified to your liking. We used a mixture of pastas (penne, farfalle, rotini) because 2-year-old Brian mixed the boxes together!

This veggie-forward sheet pan frittata has tons of Mediterranean flavor, thanks to garlicky chicken sausage, briny feta, and fresh dill. It's a cheap and easy meal that's fit for company whether served as a weeknight dinner or weekend breakfast. Easy to make with minimal clean up, I would make this over omelets any day! Serve with buttered toast.

Two of my favorite ingredients, pesto sauce and sausage, come together to make one of my family's favorite foods: pizza! They loved how crispy, melty, and cheesy it was! Feel free to adjust ingredients according to your personal tastes.

This is a great new paleo version of your favorite Italian recipe with spaghetti squash. I like to sprinkle a bit of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese over mine.

Chicken apple sausage, sweet potatoes, apples...so many wonderful fall flavors packed into one skillet! Super easy to make and tasty! Garnish with more brown sugar if you like.

A light-tasting dish with mild flavors that is quick to prepare as long as you prep the gnocchi in advance.

A tasty Italian chicken sausage soup with white beans and vegetables that's quick and easy to make.

For a light dinner, try this simple sausage-stuffed zucchini recipe. With an Italian-style chicken sausage filling and a Parmesan and tomato breaded topping, it's delish!

This recipe originated with my son, who makes it with very spicy chicken sausages. I loved it so much that I adapted it to suit our taste. Because my husband prefers less spicy food, I use milder chicken-apple sausage. This is one of our favorite dinners.

This chicken apple sausage recipe with cabbage makes a great cold-weather meal, although it's delicious any time of the year.

This baked chicken sausage recipe is so easy to make and perfect for fall! Chicken sausages, apple, onion, and cabbage make this family-friendly, one-pan dinner totally irresistible.

For this chicken apple sausage sheet pan dinner, you’ll use small red potatoes, baby carrots, and whole green beans to streamline the prep. Any herb blend will work for this family-friendly sheet pan supper. We especially like the 21 Seasoning Salute from Trader Joe’s.

In this Italian chicken sausage and peppers recipe, tart balsamic vinegar brightens up bell peppers, sweet tomatoes, and juicy chicken sausage for flavorful Italian fare. Bring it all together with toasted bread and fresh oregano.

My mom developed this recipe after many attempts at gluten-free meatballs. We now have a delicious and healthy way to eat a food we love!

Easy to throw it all together and let it cook in the Instant Pot.

Our recipe for Instant Pot Tuscan Bean and Sausage Soup is reminiscent of Italian wedding soup but is even easier since you're adding chicken sausage instead of making meatballs. Cannellini beans and kale give it extra goodness while Swanson Chicken Broth, garlic, onion, and Italian seasoning give this soup fabulous flavor.

This sausage green bean potato casserole is a great dish for a chilly weekend, when you want to warm up the kitchen and enjoy a comforting casserole. I used a chicken-apple sausage, but any flavor sausage will work. There might not be enough time for this on a weeknight, but you can also assemble this casserole the night before, and bake it the next.

This creamy chicken sausage orzo skillet is a one pot-and-done comfort food dish. It can easily be doubled, and you can use any chicken sausage you like. It is delicious!

For this one pan chicken sausage, vegetables, and orzo, everything goes into one skillet. You will want to cut up and measure the ingredients before you start cooking, because this colorful dish comes together quickly. If you like, put some bread in the oven to warm and make a small Caesar salad while the orzo cooks, and your complete dinner will be on the table in under 45 minutes.

This cottage cheese sausage pasta is a hearty pasta dish featuring sautéed bell peppers, mushrooms, and zucchini with savory chicken sausage, all tossed in a rich and creamy cottage cheese and Parmesan sauce.

This boilermaker tailgate chili recipe is made a little healthier by using lean ground beef and chicken sausage. It's great for feeding a crowd during football season — and the rest of the year!

This one-pan sausage gnocchi is a rustic yet refined skillet meal, with the added convenience of easy cleanup.

A rich and creamy sauce coats chicken breasts in this quick and comforting dinner. If you don't have chicken cutlets (thin-sliced boneless chicken breast) on hand, you can make your own by slicing two 8-ounce chicken breasts in half horizontally.

The secret to a good cream sauce is always the same: not too much cream or it can be overpowering, masking the more delicate flavors. Here it contains a bountiful amount of mushrooms and is served over chicken breasts.

This blue ribbon beef chili is the tastiest, easiest recipe you'll ever find. I recommend serving it with sliced jalapeño chile peppers and crackers or cornbread.

This slow cooker chili is packed with beans, veggies, and spices, and simply simmers away in your crockpot to make a delicious beefy chili.

This homemade chili is delicious and goes great with cornbread or over corn chips for a chili pie! I like to use spicy pinto beans but if you use regular beans, you can up the chili powder in this recipe.

This is my best chili recipe. After years of adjusting recipes that were either too spicy or too mild, everyone loves this. Even my fiancée who hates chili.

These super creamy and rich restaurant-style potatoes will be gobbled up fast. They are excellent as leftovers warmed up in the microwave with eggs and bacon the next day. They are not a light or low-fat dish. Save this for a special occasion.

This crockpot cream of broccoli soup is a most excellent soup and very easy to make in the slow cooker. The kids love it!

This meatloaf recipe doesn't take long to make at all, and it's very good!

These cinnamon buns are soft and tender and topped with a sticky glaze. They'll fill your kitchen with a sweet, delicious aroma. So good when they're gooey and warm!

An easier version of my family's favorite snack. I used to make them as a wrap but I find this so much easier! Serve with whole wheat crackers.

These sheet pan breakfast potatoes in the oven are quick and easy! With potatoes and six simple ingredients, it's so simple to whip up these tasty, crispy potatoes. I know they're called breakfast potatoes, but you can enjoy these any time of day or night!

This fried rice recipe only takes 15 minutes to cook and tastes just like you get at your favorite Chinese restaurant. Leftover rice, plus a couple of eggs, baby carrots, peas, and soy sauce is all you need. Garnish with sliced green onions, if desired.

Wondering how to make salmon cakes? This is a recipe for my grandmother's famous salmon cakes. It's a family recipe that has been passed down through generations. Serve them with macaroni and cheese or any other type of side dish.

These mini donut muffins with a secret ingredient of nutmeg taste just like cinnamon-sugar donut holes!

This Mexican cornbread has got to be the tastiest and the most moist cornbread I have ever made. It is the most requested thing I cook, so I am sharing it. Don't let the ingredients fool you. It's unbelievable.

Want a roll that stays soft for days? Try these fluffy, soft rolls made with butter and love. This is my Grandma's recipe. The rolls are quick to rise due to the two packages of yeast. A special thanks to Baking Nana for writing the directions that are clear and easy to follow.

A classic potato salad recipe. Most potato salads look and taste better when made with low-starch red boiling potatoes. You can use any size of this variety, but the small new potatoes cook 10 to 15 minutes faster than the larger ones. Choose potatoes that are all roughly the same size, if possible, so they cook in the same time.

This cauliflower pasta recipe was given to me by friends in Sweden. It is one of my husband's all-time favorite meals and is often requested by friends.

Chocolate cookies rolled in confectioner's sugar. We have called these 'Ahortas' after a 'being' in the original Star Trek series -- can you tell how long I have been making these?!

This is a family recipe passed along by my late cousin David. It is so simple...just four ingredients thrown in the slow cooker! Not only is it great to come home to a hot delicious meal...your home will smell wonderful too! The brisket is great with the extra gravy spooned over egg noodles or mashed potatoes.

Buckeyes are peanut butter fudge candy balls dipped in chocolate. They're called buckeyes because they look like the nuts that grow on Ohio buckeye trees. This recipe for buckeye candy is so good that I double it whenever I make it.

This decadent chocolate pie has a rich chocolate filling in a buttery pie crust, topped with fluffy baked meringue. I got this easy recipe from a dear friend a long time ago!

This recipe was made in my best friend's family for years. She has since passed it on to me. The children love it!

Great as a snack on crackers, especially butter crackers. This tuna has a little kick.

These easy cinnamon rolls are simple to make using prepared bread dough for a quick and delicious breakfast treat. They have a buttery cinnamon filling and are topped with a sweet glaze. Super yummy and gone in a flash at my house!

These are the best peanut butter cookies you'll ever have! This is my boyfriend's special recipe, which makes the softest, chewiest, and most peanut-buttery cookie I have ever tasted.

This is the best sugar cookie recipe and the only one I use. Whenever you make these cookies for someone, be sure to bring along several copies of the recipe — you will be asked for it, I promise! Note: I make icing with confectioners' sugar and milk. I make it fairly thin, as I "paint" the icing on the cookies with a pastry brush. Thin enough to spread easily but not so thin that it just makes your cookies wet and runs off.

These "potato fries" might only be half as tall as Tater Tots, but personally I think they're twice as good! With just a handful of ingredients and no messy stovetop frying, get ready to enjoy these crispy, caramelized potato pancake poppers. Pipe sour cream on top and sprinkle with chives to serve, or arrange on a platter and serve alongside an amazing dip, like a garlicky pesto aioli. They also make for truly fantastic breakfast potatoes to serve with bacon and eggs.