This website may contain affiliate links and advertising in order to provide you with recipes. Read my disclosure policy. This week’s meal plan is all about easy, delicious meals that the whole family will love. It has all your luxury dishes that will make great leftovers! This week’s meal plan goal? Keeping dinner simple, satisfying, and stress-free. Bonus: most of these recipes make enough leftovers, so you’ll have a great start for lunch or another quick dinner later in the week! Chicken Pot Pie Casserole Chicken pot pie casserole is a fun twist on the classic pot pie. Made with … Read more

This soft, buttery rum pound cake is super easy and incredibly flavorful! We add rum to our recipe in two ways! First, we add dark rum to the batter. Then, when the cake comes out of the oven, we brush it with rum simple syrup. Very nice! This rum pound cake recipe is inspired by the Caribbean rum cake. I spent a few years in the Cayman Islands as a child, and I remember my parent’s excitement over rum cake! Now, I understand why. We infuse this pound cake batter with a combination of orange, vanilla, and dark rum, which … Read more

How to make creamy, rich, and flavorful polenta! We’re sharing Chef Richard’s favorite polenta recipe made with broth, milk, and his secret ingredient: mascarpone cheese. Trust me, this recipe is the best I’ve tried. Polenta is a classic dish made from ground corn that originated in Northern Italy. My family loves it! If you’re not familiar with polenta, it has a texture similar to creamy porridge or grits. I highly recommend Richard’s creamy polenta! It’s amazing! This recipe is the best I’ve tried so far, and it’s perfect as a side dish. My family loves it, and I know yours … Read more

Since adding this homemade Cajun spice blend to our spice cabinet, we’ve used it countless times! I like to use it to stuff everything from vegetables to seafood to meat. I bet you have most of what you need already! Cajun seasoning originates from Louisiana and is a bold combination of spices popular in Creole and Cajun cuisine. It combines influences from Native American, West African, Caribbean, and French cooking styles, resulting in a unique and delicious spice. We use it all the time in our kitchen. I put it right up front as I use it often. I especially … Read more