Category: Family Meals

These recipes are tried and true family favorites that you will want in your menu rotation often! Weeknight cooking doesn’t have to be a chore. Many of these recipes are under 30 minutes, One-Pot, and deliver major flavor!

Beef oven pot roast with red wine

Grandma's Sunday Oven Pot Roast

March 20, 2018 12 Comments

Nothing beats this recipe for a flavorful, fork-tender recipe that is in the oven in 15 minutes with pantry ingredients and a bottle of red wine.

easy veggie burger recipe. Gluten-free veggie burger!

easy Veggie Burger recipe

March 6, 2018 2 Comments

I mean, come-on... your family won't even know the difference. Promise! My 15 year old son scarfs these like they are McD's. So good!

Turkey Crescent Roll bundles | Timeless Traditions Recipe

November 2, 2017 No Comments

These little bundles of carbs, meat, and dairy are called Turkey Crescent Roll bundles and, to me, they are more than piles of goodness. This recipe reminds me of my Grandma Bunny and Thanksgiving every time I make them.

homemade pop tarts made with pie crusts. So easy to do!

3 ingredient Homemade Pop Tarts

October 27, 2017 No Comments

Boom! 3 ingredients and these homemade Pop Tarts are done. Breakfast made, family is happy, and now you can move on with your day!

fast & easy One-Pot Hawaiian Chicken

June 27, 2016 3 Comments

This Hawaiian Chicken is a meal that is fast, easy, and delicious. One that you will want to keep and use again and again. Over and over. Your family will ask for it at least once a month, if not more.

easy Thai curry recipe

Easy Thai Curry Recipe

January 12, 2016 3 Comments

Skip going to the Thai restaurants and make your own curry dishes at home. Start with this easy, fast, and absolutely flavorful red curry that the whole family will love!

simple, easy, and decadent butternut squash soup. Easy to make for even the beginning cook!

Classic Butternut Squash Soup

January 6, 2016 13 Comments

This classic butternut squash soup recipe is a classic! Tasty, fast, fresh, and easy! A great recipe for the beginner cook.

Kale Wild Rice Salad

August 23, 2015 4 Comments

I'm all about this kale salad right now. I make it in single batches for my lunch AND in giant batches for us for dinner. So fast, easy, nutritious, and delicious! Those ingredients! Lovely baby kale, wild rice, blueberries, goat cheese, and almonds. All topped off with

How to Make Homemade Pasta for the beginner. With tips, tricks, recipe, and tutorial.

How to Make Homemade Pasta (tips, tricks, & recipe)

August 7, 2015 1 Comment

Learning how to make homemade pasta is a skill you will enjoy using again and again. I'm a good mom. I really am. Sometimes I screw up and yell or have a short-temper. I nag and I worry too much. Or I forget to show thanks and

Yogurt chicken salad with carrot turmeric rolls. Complete recipes for both on nelliebellie.com

Easy chicken salad and carrot turmeric rolls

April 6, 2015 4 Comments

Do you have a go-to dinner for those nights when you have had a crazy, busy day but need to put a hearty, healthy meal on the table? Mine is my easy chicken salad recipe. It's a family favorite and always a family pleaser in a short

Homemade Pizza Crust 101: all the tips, recipes and more you need!

January 24, 2015 4 Comments

Any good pizza is only as good as its crust. And oh boy, do we have crusts. Generally, I stick with a traditional crust, but I often like to pull out a whole-wheat or cauliflower pizza for funsies. And gluten-free pizza crust is my fave! This post is full of tips, tricks, and recipes. You are bound to leave knowing exactly how to make the best homemade pizza crust for your family regardless of dietary needs!

shrimp tacos are an easy, healthy dinner. This recipe uses Jalapeno Cilantro Coleslaw that is yummy!

Shrimp tacos.

January 16, 2015 No Comments

See that plate of goodness? That is a homemade tortilla topped with shrimp and jalapeno cilantro slaw. It's awaiting a bit of tomato and cheese, I think. Not sure what I want to put on my taco today. I may leave it plain. Because, honestly, that shrimp

homemade spaghetti sauce recipe that is easy, classic, and one you'll use again and again! nelliebellie.com

classic Spaghetti Sauce recipe/tips & tricks for perfect Spaghetti dinner

December 27, 2014 4 Comments

I made a delicious and easy dinner using Johnsonville® Meatballs as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars #MeatballMasters. Find our full disclosure here. Is there anything more revered for family meals than Spaghetti and Meatballs? Not in our home, at least. It seems that everyone will cancel

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