Taco Soup (so easy!)

This is a recipe I've been making for a long time, but after a little tweaking, it's finally ready to make its appearance!  My sister gave me this recipe back when I was a single college student and I have made it many times since!  This taco soup is SO EASY, but it's also so tasty and it makes a great meal when you are low on time - or when you're just in the mood for a delicious soup!  I always use ground turkey, but ground beef works great too.  You just cook up the meat with some onions and garlic, and after that it's just dumping in cans and spices.  My husband and my kids LOVE this soup, so for me - that makes it a winner!

Grilled Marinated Flank Steak

It may still technically be winter, but not for long! We fired up the grill on Sunday and made this delectable flank steak. Yum! I'd never made flank steak before, but I will surely be making it again! I got this recipe from the America's Test Kitchen magazine (given to me by my mother-in-law - thank you!) and therefore it is of course a no-fail recipe. The marinade took a couple minutes to prepare, then it just sits in the refrigerator for awhile, and then it literally took 10 minutes to cook. So easy! It had lots of flavor and made for some excellent steak fajitas with the leftovers! Yummy.

Leftover Roast - Beef Tacos

Growing up, we always had a roast every Sunday along with mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots & peas, salad, etc. Now that I'm grown up (somewhat) it's still one of my favorite meals, although I don't make it every Sunday. When I do make it, like I did on Mother's Day, I always have a lot of leftover roast, and this is one of my favorite ways to use it up. It is so super easy and if you need a quick meal some night and you have some leftover pot roast, give this a try! It is juicy and flavorful and delicious. You can use it for burritos, tacos, or whatever you like. It would probably work great with a pork roast too (as long as it's tender enough to get all shredded), but I've just always used beef.

My favorite Lasagna

I love lasagna - especially good lasagna. When I met Jeremy he said that was his favorite food and I see why. This recipe comes from his mom and it is delicious! I've made a couple of little changes, but other than that, it's the same. Homemade lasagna is so much better than frozen (in my opinion) and it's really not that hard. It's a little time consuming to simmer the sauce, but just make it on a day that you can be home for awhile. I usually assemble the lasagna in the morning and then just keep it in the refrigerator until I'm ready to bake it. I've also cut this recipe in half many times and it works great (in an 8x8). Sometimes I'll do the whole thing and freeze half for later and that works great too! Just double the baking time if it's frozen.