It is my pleasure to share one of our favorites here at the cottage. This recipe was originally printed in my cookbook, Miz Helen's Kitchen Table.

  This is a delicious retro recipe that I made for my kids when they were in high school. It was always a great recipe to go to when they would bring 3/4 of the football team home for dinner. It has great Italian flavor and is a real easy recipe to make even at the last minute. This is a great go to recipe still to this day!

  I love the fresh flavor that lemon gives this delicious Lemon Skillet Chicken With Orzo and Spinach. This is one of those great family meals that is easy to make and goes on the table in a short time. I have even served this for an informal dinner for friends and it was great, everyone loved it. The chicken has a great marinade that gives the entire dish a very special flavor. The Orzo and the Spinach complete the dish making it a true one dish dinner.

One Pot Chicken Piccata Spaghetti is a delicious creamy chicken piccata with delicate seasons and a great flavor. Prepared in one pot makes this a great recipe for a family dinner that is easy to prep and cooks up in a short time to get on the table for a hungry group. When I was a young homemaker and beginning to cook for my family we called these recipes one dish dinners, and it is still a one dish dinner. We just add some garlic bread and a salad and it is a great dinner.

This Pizza Casserole has seven layers of Italian flavor. This casserole is great to serve on a big game day or a Sunday Fun Day. I have taken this casserole to parties and served it to family, everybody loves this casserole. One of the things I love about the casserole is that it freezes well up to three months. I usually put it into serving portions and freeze for individual meals, they are a perfect size for the lunch bag gang. This casserole is a great go-to recipe for a crowd.

I was helping one of my Granddaughters with some recipes the other day and she wanted my Mac N Cheese recipe. After she asked me for it I realized that I did not have it on my blog yet, so I got busy and am posting it today. I can't remember how many years ago I started making this recipe, but through the years I have changed it from time to time as new ingredients come on the market, but the basics of the recipe have remained the same. We still love our Mac N Cheese and this is definitely one of our family favorites.

I love a salad that can be the star of lunch or dinner and that is exactly what this recipe is. It has a wonderful base of pasta and chicken filled with Tex Mex flavors. This is a great salad to take to a Pot Luck lunch or dinner and it is a winner at the family dinner every time!  I used chicken that I keep on hand in the freezer, I grill or poach the chicken, cut it up, package it in 3 cup bags, then freeze it. I can always put together a great chicken dish from the little freezer bags.

Cabbage and Sausage are a great combination of flavor and I added a little pasta to the skillet and a secret sauce to make it a great one pot meal.  There are some combinations that just work and we love this skillet of goodness with or without the pasta. This is a recipe that can be on your table in very little time to feed a hungry family. We have really enjoyed this recipe and sure hope you enjoy it!

I remember my Mother and her friends called a recipe like this a One Dish Dinner and today we call it a One Pot Meal. It is really great to have a go to recipe for a very busy day when there is no extra time to be spent in the kitchen. This One Pot Meal, uses fresh vegetables right out of the garden or the farmers market. A harvest in the pot, add some chicken, and this is a fabulous One Pot Meal in less than one hour. This is one of our new recipes from Garden to Table, and sure hope you enjoy it as much as we have!   

When you don't have much time to create a great dinner dish, then it is Ravioli Lasagna to the rescue. The flavor of this dish is delicious and it takes very little time to put it together. Often times we have unexpected dinner guest and this is a dish that I recently served my dinner guest and had them coming back for seconds, it is really that good. This is a great dish for those busy days when extra friends and family come to the table to share a meal.

I love a great recipe that is quick and easy with just a few ingredients that pack big flavor. This is one of those recipes that has just that, it has big flavor and can be on the table in less than 30 minutes. This recipe calls for greens, and we have several different kind of greens in our garden that I have used in this recipe, kale, mustard greens, collards and spinach. All of the greens are good with just one or mixed together, but today I am using some fresh spinach with some cherry tomatoes that came from the garden this morning. Bacon and Greens Pasta Bacon and Greens Pasta Miz Helen's Kitchen Ingredients 8 ounces cooked Penne Pasta 6 to 8 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled 8 ounces greens,chopped or whole 3 cups cherry or grape tomatoes 1 medium size onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 6 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons pepper 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped 3/4 cup Parmesa...

When my friend Amy Green of Simply Sugar and Gluten Free came out to visit me one weekend, she said what is the secret in your pantry? I told her to look in the pantry and see if she could figure it out, when she finished her inventory, she declared it was the pimento, because I had more pimento on my pantry shelf than they have in the super market. (We laughed and laughed) She was right I am apt to put pimentos in anything, we just love them. Another dish we love is Mac N Cheese, so why not make a dish that made both of these a star. Hope you love it as much as we do. Mac N Pimento Cheese Mac N Pimento Cheese Miz Helen's Kitchen Ingredients 5 cups uncooked large elbow macaroni For the Sauce 1/4 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 cup butter 3 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce 3 cups whole milk 1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded 1 1/2 cups Velveeta Cheese, shredded 1 cup pimento's, chopped...

We attend at least one or two Pot Luck Dinners every month and there is always so much wonderful food. One of the events we went to recently had an Italian Night so I decided to take my Slow Cooker Lasagna. Through the years this recipe has gone to sports events, family reunions, and many ladies events. It is a recipe that is full of Italian flavor and yet so easy to put together and then go on with your day and enjoy the party. Slow Cooker Lasagna Slow Cooker Lasagna Miz Helen's Kitchen Ingredients 1 pound Italian Sausage 1 pound ground chuck 2 cups diced tomatoes with juice 1 medium onion, chopped 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoon oregano 1 tablespoon parsley 1 tablespoon basil 1 teaspoon anise seed 1 1/2 cups tomato paste 3 to 4 cups water non stick cooking spray 1 package uncooked lasagna noodles 32 ounce container of Ricotta Cheese 4 cups Mozzarella Cheese, grated 1 cup Parmesan Cheese, ...

We just love Ziti and this is a recipe that I have been making for years.  A friend had stopped by for dinner the other day and we were having this dish for dinner, after dinner she asked if she could have the recipe, guess what I didn't have it written down. Ziti Bake is a very flavorful Italian pasta casserole. The sauce for this Ziti has tiny little meatballs!  So this one is for all my friends who wanted the recipe, I  finally wrote it down, enjoy!

Who doesn't love a great Mac N Cheese so we are combining that with chicken and a lot of flavor to make this delicious Mac N Chicken.  This is a dish that can be perfect for a weeknight or dressed up for a company dinner. I had so much fun developing this recipe and sure hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

There are days when we don't have time to spend endless hours preparing a gourmet meal for our family and this is a great recipe for a day like that. It is also a great dish to take to a covered dish or fellowship meal. Busy Day Goulash Busy Day Goulash Slow Cooker Miz Helen's Kitchen 2 pounds lean ground beef or Ground Turkey 2 medium onions chopped 1 green bell Pepper chopped 1 1/2 cups Tomato Sauce or 114 oz. can 1 1/2 cups Diced Tomatoes with juice or 1 14 oz. can 1 3/4 cup corn or 1 14 oz. can 4 cups beef broth or 2 14 oz. cans 3 teaspoons chili powdered 1 tablespoon oregano 1 tablespoon parsley 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 cups dry Elbow Macaroni (of your choice) 1 cups sharp Cheddar cheese grated 1 cup Monterrey Jack cheese grated Salt and Pepper to taste Option: Dash of cayenne pepper Brown beef, onion and pepper in a hot skillet, I do not use oil. Add 1/2 cup of water to the skillet to remove all the goodies from the bottom. Pour the beef, onion,...

We are coming to the end of our growing season for tomatoes and I made some Oven Dried Tomatoes the other day, they are so delicious. I use the  Oven Dried Tomatoes (Here) as a base for this recipe. I just love this recipe, because it is so versatile. You can have it as a cold salad or a hot casserole, it is the greatest! As A Salad As A Casserole Two Way Pasta Miz Helen's Kitchen 4 cups cooked chicken chopped 1 pound Rigatoni cooked 1 cup Zucchini sliced 1 cup yellow onion chopped 1 cup Red Bell Pepper chopped 1 cup black olives, drained and chopped 1 cup  Oven Dried Tomatoes chopped 6 ounces tomato paste 1 tablespoon dried oregano 3/4 cup fresh basil chopped Salt and Pepper to taste  1 cup mozzarella shredded 1/2 cup Parmesan shredded 3 cups water 2 tablespoons olive oil Pour 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil into a hot skillet and saute the zucchini, onion, red pepper on medium heat until the onion is clear.  Add th...

Recently Tina at Mom's Crazy Cooking, invited me to participate with over seventy other bloggers in a  Crazy Cooking Challenge. I have been very excited to participate in the challenge. Our first challenge to find The Ultimate Macaroni and Cheese from somewhere in bloggerland. The minute I got the challenge I knew where to go to get the best Macaroni and Cheese, and that is where I went. I am very excited to introduce my challenge recipe, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse Chipotle Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese from Brenda at Brenda's Canadian Kitchen .  Brenda is a great cook that I have been following along with for about a year now. I saw this recipe the day she posted it and could not wait to try it and now I have the opportunity to share it with all of you.   Fleming's Prime Steakhouse Chipotle Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese Brenda's Canadian Kitchen Prepared In Miz Helen's Kitchen 1 lb. pasta (curly or cavatappi 2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon veg...