Margherita Penne Pasta

Margherita Penne Pasta made with fresh tomatoes, basil, and a cheesy milk based sauce is an easy recipe the whole family will love! I like how I can have this on the table in under 30 minutes! Many times the simplest recipes taste the best!

Pan-Seared Scallops with Corn Puree

Pan-Seared Scallops with Corn Puree is a delicious meal that is on the table in about 30 minutes. It is special enough to serve to guests or when you want to enjoy a date night at home. The perfectly seared scallops over creamy corn puree topped off with a little crispy bacon is irresistible!

Hamburger Steak with Mushroom Gravy

Hamburger Steak with Mushroom Gravy is an easy and economical dinner to make any night of the week! You can have this whole meal on the table in under 30 minutes!

Grilled Steak with Arugula Salad

I made this delicious Grilled Steak with Arugula Salad, photographed it, edited the photos, and I still had time to sit down and enjoy a leisurely lunch all while vacuuming my floors at the same time!! No, I don't have a twin, a clone, or 10 arms either! Wanna know my secret??

Easy Grilled Chicken Thighs

Easy Grilled Chicken Thighs grill up quickly in a Grill Pan! We're talking 10 minutes max folks! That's my kind of busy day dinner! The spice rub is spicy and delicious and works well with the grilled flavor. It's versatile too, so you can add more or less heat depending on how you like it!

I've said it before, but it is worth saying again - Chicken Thighs are where it's at!! The dark meat of the chicken thigh is much more flavorful, tender, and juicy than a chicken breast! AND they are less expensive too! Winner Winner Chicken Thigh Dinner!!

This chicken even made great leftover sandwiches. I topped some slider buns I had on hand with caramelized onions and some leftover spicy ranch dressing from my Spicy Chicken Pasta Recipe and we had yummy sandwiches with baked sweet potato fries for dinner! When in doubt add caramelized onions and you'll always have a winning sandwich!

Spicy Chicken Pasta Recipe

Spicy Chicken Pasta is loaded with fresh ingredients! I mean to tell you this stuff tastes good! It's so pretty too! If it didn't taste so good, I just might be able to stare at it all day long, but truth be told, I'd rather be stuffing my face with all the fresh tasting, spicy goodness of this Mexican inspired dish! Oh yeaaaaah!!

Spicy Tuna Pasta Recipe

Spicy Tuna Pasta - is really easy and makes a light meal that tastes great any night of the week! It reheats nicely too!

I've had a different work schedule for several months, and it has been a challenge trying to make the new hours fit in with our lifestyle. I tried making meals on the weekend and eating leftovers all week, which left us with a lot of...well, leftovers. I don't know what we were eating, but it wasn't the leftovers!

Clearly that wasn't the answer! Then I came up with what I thought was truly genius! I prepped something during the day and Don did the cooking while I finished up at work! He did a fantastic job! That man can cook a steak like none other, and he learned how to roast chicken breasts to perfection! I was getting spoiled, but I could tell he wasn't into it quite as much as I. What a bummer! This girl could get used to being waited on every night! It was fun...while it lasted! 

Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta

Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta with spinach and sun-dried tomatoes is a delicious blend of flavors and super easy to make! 

Homemade pesto is a truly beautiful thing. Basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, and olive oil with a bit of salt - gotta have salt - all mashed together in delicious harmony. It's glorious!! I could eat pesto on just about anything! 

Now, you can buy pesto ready to go, but why do that? It's quick and easy to make homemade and tastes a million times better than what you get in a jar! It freezes well too! Seriously! If you haven't made fresh pesto, you are missing out!! and we can't have that!

I had some basil I needed to use up before it went south on me, so I whipped up some pesto and decided to make some sort of chicken pesto pasta dish, but....

Easy Foil Packet Fish Recipe

posted by Marion@Life Tastes Good on 2013-10-05

Tilapia with Pesto Potatoes and Peas bakes quickly in this easy foil packet recipe! This recipe is so easy you can have this on the table in under 30 minutes from start to finish!! It is so fast it will make heads spin and your family will be in awe of you!! Okay, so they probably won't even notice, but you can feel good about how fast and easy it is to put a flavorful and healthy meal on the table!

This one ranks high in my book for favorite fish recipes!! And that is saying a lot as I'm not a huge fan of fish, so I go for the very mild tasting tilapia nearly every time. I know what you're thinking... but you live in FL and you're a foodie - how can you NOT like fish?  I don't understand it either, but I can tell you it is NOT for lack of trying!! That being said you don't have to stick to tilapia for this recipe! Go ahead and make this with salmon but be sure to add a couple minutes to the cook time as needed.

Ingredients

• Cooking Spray
• 4 Yukon Gold Potatoes, cleaned
• 6 teaspoons Homemade Basil Pesto
• 4 Tilapia filets
• Frozen peas
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. and heat a saucepan of water to boiling. Enough water to cover potatoes. You can do this on a grill as well! It's a great recipe for camping!
2. Slice the ends off of the potatoes and use your Food Processor to slice the potatoes. If you don't have a food processor, just go ahead and slice them thinly.
3. Salt the boiling water and blanch sliced potatoes for about 4 minutes. While potatoes are blanching, prepare 4 pieces of aluminum foil by spraying with cooking spray. Make sure the foil pieces are about 16" long.
4. Drain potatoes and run under cold water. Divide the potatoes evenly on the foil pieces fanning them out in the middle of the foil (see pictures below).
5. Top potatoes with 1.5 teaspoons of Homemade Basil Pesto each.
6. Season your fish with salt and pepper and divide evenly on top of potatoes. Top with a handful of frozen peas.
7. Bring the 2 cut sides of the foil together over the center of the fish and fold down 2 or 3 times. Fold in each side 2 or 3 times until you have a nice foil packet.
8. Place foil packets on a baking tray and bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Carefully open the packets and serve immediately. Enjoy!