Our Eleven Favorite Dinner Recipes

I cook almost every night.  I think we go out to eat once every other month (not kidding), so home cooking definitely happens around here.  This is a non-comprehensive list of our favorite dinners.  These all appear regularly on our menu, and I love each and every one.  Hopefully some of them will become favorites of your family as well!  Some have been adjusted from the original source, and I rewrote them with my revisions on the blog (and in one case in the description), and some I love in their original form from the blog that is cited.

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Clockwise from upper left: Chipotle Chicken Tacos; Black Bean Soup; Quiche; Pizza
(All the photos were taken and the food was made by me)

1.  Black Bean Soup:  I talk about this one a lot, because it is a favorite.  Especially accompanied by tortilla chips.  It is creamy, thick and flavorful.

2. Tuscan Pasta (Mel's Kitchen Cafe):  Mel never fails.  Almost every recipe I have ever tried from her has been amazing, and this one didn't disappoint.  It is SO easy and incredibly good.  Great for a quick weeknight meal.

3. Chickpea Salad (Perry's Plate):  I used to be very wary of chickpeas... They kind of freaked me out (probably because of the smell), but now I love them.  This is one of my favorite ways to use them.  I substitute peanuts in for the walnuts, and almost always leave out the cilantro.  It still tastes delicious anyway. I made this when I was pregnant one time, and I think I ate 7 bowls of this for dinner... It was so good.

4. Gourmet Green Salad (Mel's Kitchen Cafe):  The dressing makes this salad, but the bacon and pear don't hurt.  This one is a home run every time.  I would half the dressing.  One time Adam made the whole thing and we were eating it for every meal for 2 weeks, and still had to throw some of it away.

5. All the Pizza:  There is so much love in my heart for pizza.  We make it about once a week with whatever is in the fridge.  It is one of my favorite nights of the week.

6. Vegetable Pot Pie: My mom made this all the time when I was growing up.  It has become a favorite in our home, too.  I almost always leave out the chicken, and have subbed in all kinds of other fillings.

7.  Bacon, Apple, Cheddar Panini:  So I may have posted them with the worst photos of all time, but this is still one of my very favorite dinners.  For a lot of people, a panini press would go to waste, but ours is a workhorse.  We use it several times a month.

8. Hoisin Vegetable Noodle Bowl (Budget Bytes): I stumbled on this accidentally, but it is my go-to stir fry.  Hoisin sauce has become a very favorite of mine, and honestly, if something has peanut butter in it, you can almost guarantee I will like it.

9. Quiche:  Another dish that my mom made a lot when I was a kid.  I always make it with a crust, because Adam says it is just an omelet in a pie pan if it doesn't have a crust.  This was a recent one that I made, but I make them a lot and throw in all kinds of veggies and meat.

10. Creamy Tomato Soup (Our Best Bites):  My mom recommended this recipe a few years ago, and I have made it at least a dozen times since then.  It is a total crowd pleaser and absolutely delicious!

11.  Chipotle Chicken Tacos: These tacos are a real win!  Every time I make them I wonder why we don't eat them every week.  They are SO delicious!