I have a pierogi casserole on my meal plan for next week because I have never had a pierogi before. The recipe I'm doing uses smoked sausage. The manicotti looked so good! I haven't made manicotti in forever.
This is by far my favorite dinner video! You basically have been teaching me new recipes ever since I started learning how to cook starting a few years ago at 17 years old! ❤️
Thank you so much for doing these videos! As a SAHM I often get into a rut of feeling uninspired with cooking meals but your videos always give me new and exciting ideas for my family! 💕💕
The manicotti looks out of this world. This is something I never every tried making, but it looks fairly easy. I love adding spinach to my pasta dishes. TFS this recipe.
Such great meals, adding to next weeks meal prep. I freeze a lot of cheese. One thing I do after shtrdding cheese is pit on parchment lined cookie sheet, spread out, dont overlap and freeze, then when frozen I pop in freezer bag. Keeps cheese from clumping, and for recipes cooked in oven, i can take out what I need and zip up bag pop back in freezer. Always stays separated and dont have to thaw before use as each shredded piece separated. Hope that helps. Thanks for your recipes.
Girl I love the Cajun flavor smoked sausage. We used it. All the time and is the only one I get. It gives the dish a lot of flavor without adding much seasons. My husband is a chef and he loves it. It does get spicy the more you eat of it, towards the end of eating a serving.
I'm actually 100% a vegetarian so I rarely find anything I can vegetarianize in your channel. Even so, I really love your channel. I find your channel very soothing and I love your accent!!
Wow! This may have been my favorite what’s for dinner yet! I added the sausage recipe, the pierogi one, and the garlic chicken one to my meal plan next week.
You could try adding just a dash of cornstarch to your shredded cheese, toss it together and vacuum seal as you did. I do this when u shred cheese that I intend to use in its shredded form cus I always shred my own.
Girl where have you been I have missed you been looking for your videos I also got the food saver system for Christmas and I love it but I did not trade cheese but the trick to the meat is making sure you freeze it for a few minutes before you vacuum seal and it works wonderful love your videos I will definitely try some of these meals thank you thank you thank you
Looks great! I bet that pierogie casserole would be good with corn baked into it! And maybe I'll try adding the pierogie mix to the bowl of soup mixture and then pour it all into the casserole dish after!
I just recently subscribed to your channel and I’m throughly enjoying your videos! I especially like your lunchbox videos but also enjoy watching your What’s For Dinner ones too! I’ve been binge watching 🙂
Kristin I'm drooling over here. My Goodness. Everything Looked absolutely Delicious. I can't wait to try all of them. I'll definitely be making these. Thanks so much for sharing. I Hope That Y'all Have a Wonderful Week. God Bless Y'all 🙏. Love From your Indiana Friend.
have you ever thought of purée things when like onions/mushroom pieces? i used to be the same way and i think it was a texture thing, not a flavor thing. my grandma did it for my mom and she never knew!!
So we love mushrooms in this house but that was genius straining them out so you could still benefit using the soup. In regards to the the shredded cheese issue and the food saver, maybe you can sprinkle a little cornstarch over the cheese and mix it up before freezing it. Just a thought. Love the videos. Keep up the great content!
For tender minute steaks brown them in the skillet and then transfer it to the oven to finish. That's how my Momma did it and I do too. It turns out fork tender every time.
I buy big blocks of cheese at Sam's. I cut each into 3 pieces and vacuum seal each one individually and freeze. Then you can defrost and use as needed. Works like a charm
I just found your page & I honestly watch a few videos everyday lol . Everything looks so good & I can’t wait fo try & make it myself , thank you for taking the time to show us!
Yum everything looks delicious! Wait till you get my age, I really don't like long lines and crowds. I prefer quiet dinner and relaxing time. Blessings from Diane in Oklahoma!
those meals looked so delish , when it comes to pasta, there is something about the taste that hubby and i both agree , we dont like the ones that arent cooked first , were not keen on a lot of sauce on our pasta, and i know u have to use a lot with uncooked noodles, but i love the filling so i think i will give it a whirl but cook my pasta first...lol ... but it all looked so delish Kristin!!! ty for sharing your time , recipes and ideas with us !!
We absolutely love pierogis, always get the cheddar/potato filled ones. I tried making them a bit differently. I added some cooked Italian sausage to a garden variety pasta sauce and served the cooked pierogis with the sauce on top. We really loved it. Your pierogi casserole looks interesting.
Looks yummy. I’ve noticed if I used frozen peppers it makes them soft or soggy so any time I want them more crisp I alway use fresh. The frozen one are good if they are chopped and used in casseroles or soups
Your meals made me so hungry and made me want to cook a good dinner tonight! I have a bag of frozen spinach in my freezer and didn’t know what to do with it but now I want to make some manicotti! Thank you for the ideas!
That sausage and rice recipe is a hit in our house too! I was so shocked because, my kids are so picky. I should have made that yesterday for Marti Gras. It’s like jambalaya kind of.
I can deal with the mushrooms in the soup….sometimes. I can’t stand the chicken that’s in the cream of chicken!!!! I use my strainer also to get out the bits!!! So thankful I’m not the only one who does this 😂🙌🏻
Everything looks so good! I never liked mushrooms or peppers of any kind when I was younger and still living at home. I love mushrooms , can't get enough of them. Peppers on the other hand still can't stand the taste or the smell of them. Good to see someone else not boiling their noodles first. You can do that with lasagna noodles also, just get regular lasagna noodles don't get the sheets its cheaper to get the regular ones. The sauce will cook them just like you said. Cuts time in half! I agree with someone else you should do a cookbook. Have a good week/weekend. 🦋 I had a vacuum sealer at one time. It walked off with a roommate that I had at the time. I liked it for most things. I usually get the pre shredded cheese so I didn't know it did that. Thanks for the pointer.
Hey I've been binge watching your videos all week! I love the different recipes and ideas you have, I can't wait to try some. Are you from Kentucky too? I'm right outside Lexington but you sound farther south or maybe eastern ky. Much love 😘
Hey Kristin! Got on here to tell you that I tried your Pierogi Casserole today. We LOVED it! I got side tracked bc I was making my daughters birthday cake, and I think I let it cook for a little too long. But it was still Amazing! My daughter even loved it and shes going through a picky stage. haha. And I loved how easy it was. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!🥰
Hi Kristin! Amazing meals as always! I am defo going to recreate the sausage and rice dish on my channel, as I have had a smoked sausage hanging about my fridge for agesss and that looks like the perfect recipe! 💕💕
We need a cook book!!! Anyway, my husband is a sales man and visuals Kentucky often and we live to ride RZRs at Tackett Creek! Hey from East Tennessee.
Maybe try shredding the cheese and laying it out on a cookie sheet and pre freeze it before putting it in the vacuum sealer? It might help keep it from clumping together as much.
Girl I love smoked sausage! I’m a huge huge fan of boudin and you can’t really find good boudin prepackaged in stores but recently I discovered the brand MANDA boudin and it is absolutely amazing! You should see if you can find it and try it! They also have a really good Andouille by that brand as well. Everything looks so good girl. All of your hard work filming/editing is greatly appreciated over here!
Brown your cubed steak on both sides. They won't be done so put them in your crock pot for about 4 hours. Season how you like, make gravy, mashed potatoes, etc. Yummy and tender.
If you really want to freeze home shredded cheese you can first lay the cheese out on a cookie sheet in the freezer. After its frozen that way you can seal it in a bag and freeze it all together it wont all stick together. But honestly it's easier to just freeze it whole and shred it after thawing. Also that pierogi casserole immediately went onto my meal plan for next week! Haha
Next time you want to go to vacuum seal your shredded cheese, before you put it in a bag, coat it with corn starch, make sure you coat it good and do not take all the air out, just most of it. Your sealer should have a stop option while vacuuming. That way your cheese will not form into a solid mass again. But really, that dish looked so good.
everything looked so good! I haven't done stuffed manicotti in a loooong time! I need to make some! I do remember my husband saying when we were eating dinner, where is the meat?!! It doesn't need any! It has plenty of protein! thanks so much for sharing! xoxo
New subscriber here😀 I'm very excited to try your recipe ideas! This is the first video I've seen of you and I listened to every word lol ( within the first 3 min, I usually decide if I like it or not 🤷♀️) but I can't wait to see more of your videos..Thanks!
Everything looked fantastic, Kristin! I wonder if you had used fresh peppers that hadn't been frozen if they might have retained some of the crunch that were prefer.
Girl, you seriously need to come out with a cookbook. Everything looks so delicious. I'm over here drooling. Lol.
Thank you ☺️💜
@@KristinStepp you're welcome.
Not. Her. Recipes.
@@abimollentze7221 but she could write down how she tweaks the recipe and how she makes it fit in thr lunch box. That is unique to her
I have a pierogi casserole on my meal plan for next week because I have never had a pierogi before. The recipe I'm doing uses smoked sausage.
The manicotti looked so good! I haven't made manicotti in forever.
You are going to love it!!!
This is by far my favorite dinner video! You basically have been teaching me new recipes ever since I started learning how to cook starting a few years ago at 17 years old! ❤️
Chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans is my favorite meal since child hood! Yours looked delish
Thank you so much for doing these videos! As a SAHM I often get into a rut of feeling uninspired with cooking meals but your videos always give me new and exciting ideas for my family! 💕💕
Oh my. Saw your video pop up and realized I have missed the last several weeks of your videos. Starting the binge watching now. Thanks for sharing!
The manicotti looks out of this world. This is something I never every tried making, but it looks fairly easy. I love adding spinach to my pasta dishes. TFS this recipe.
Add a little bit of cornstarch to your shredded cheese before vacuum sealing to keep it from clumping up. Works for me!
Such great meals, adding to next weeks meal prep. I freeze a lot of cheese. One thing I do after shtrdding cheese is pit on parchment lined cookie sheet, spread out, dont overlap and freeze, then when frozen I pop in freezer bag. Keeps cheese from clumping, and for recipes cooked in oven, i can take out what I need and zip up bag pop back in freezer. Always stays separated and dont have to thaw before use as each shredded piece separated. Hope that helps. Thanks for your recipes.
That is a very useful tip thank you 🤗
Excellent idea, thanks!
I just adore how cool and approachable you are and so is your cooking!
Girl I love the Cajun flavor smoked sausage. We used it. All the time and is the only one I get. It gives the dish a lot of flavor without adding much seasons. My husband is a chef and he loves it. It does get spicy the more you eat of it, towards the end of eating a serving.
I'm actually 100% a vegetarian so I rarely find anything I can vegetarianize in your channel. Even so, I really love your channel. I find your channel very soothing and I love your accent!!
I am so hungry after watching this video. Everything looked so delicious! What a great week of meals.
The pierogi recipe looks so good!!! My night is complete after watching this.
Wow! This may have been my favorite what’s for dinner yet! I added the sausage recipe, the pierogi one, and the garlic chicken one to my meal plan next week.
Thanks for adding the recipe pins! I saved 2 of them!
That pierogi casserole looked great!
All these meals are right up my alley! Thank you
You could try adding just a dash of cornstarch to your shredded cheese, toss it together and vacuum seal as you did. I do this when u shred cheese that I intend to use in its shredded form cus I always shred my own.
Everything looks so good!!! And don’t worry, I’ve strained mushroom soup before, can’t do the mushrooms!!! 😂😂😂
That sausage rice dish turned out amazing and so easy!! Def a new staple in my house.
Kristen I have watched you for years. I love your videos!! I think your grocery shopping or grocery hauls would be a video I would love from you.
Thank you for being here 💕 it has been soo long since I’ve done one, it would be nice to change it up. ☺️
Girl where have you been I have missed you been looking for your videos I also got the food saver system for Christmas and I love it but I did not trade cheese but the trick to the meat is making sure you freeze it for a few minutes before you vacuum seal and it works wonderful love your videos I will definitely try some of these meals thank you thank you thank you
Looks great! I bet that pierogie casserole would be good with corn baked into it! And maybe I'll try adding the pierogie mix to the bowl of soup mixture and then pour it all into the casserole dish after!
I just recently subscribed to your channel and I’m throughly enjoying your videos! I especially like your lunchbox videos but also enjoy watching your What’s For Dinner ones too! I’ve been binge watching 🙂
Hi 👋. I want to try few these recipes. Thanks for your time and great meals ❤️🌻🙏
I always enjoy your videos! Girl, that chicken fried chicken brought tears to my eyes....looked soooo darn good!
Kristin I'm drooling over here. My Goodness. Everything Looked absolutely Delicious. I can't wait to try all of them. I'll definitely be making these. Thanks so much for sharing. I Hope That Y'all Have a Wonderful Week. God Bless Y'all 🙏. Love From your Indiana Friend.
I found cube steak is just normally a tough meat, nothing I’ve done has helped, so you’re not alone! I love your channel
That chicken fried steak looks so good!!! I need to try that chicken and couscous
Everything looks delicious! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful week!
I’m Drooling 🤤❤️❤️❤️ it all looked Delicious
I also ❤️ when my kids love ❤️ my food. It makes me happy 🙂.
Loved every single meal, definitely going to try the chicken first
have you ever thought of purée things when like onions/mushroom pieces? i used to be the same way and i think it was a texture thing, not a flavor thing. my grandma did it for my mom and she never knew!!
So we love mushrooms in this house but that was genius straining them out so you could still benefit using the soup. In regards to the the shredded cheese issue and the food saver, maybe you can sprinkle a little cornstarch over the cheese and mix it up before freezing it. Just a thought. Love the videos. Keep up the great content!
Slap Yo Mama seasoning makes everything taste amazing!
I use corn starch and flour when I want crispy breaded meats. It is amazing. Everything, looks delicious thank you for sharing.
What a great video! I love watching your Recipes thank you for sharing!
So gonna try the perogie casserole and the baked manicotti. Yum, yum, yum! 😊
Such good recipes ! Thanks for sharing.
Everything looks delicious! Thank you for sharing!
OH!!! And- Everything you made looked wonderful!! My son and I was just talking about some Chicken Fried Chicken this morning lol!! Tfs!
For hand shredded cheese. Sprinkle a little bit of flour in the bag to coat the cheese and it won’t stick together
For tender minute steaks brown them in the skillet and then transfer it to the oven to finish. That's how my Momma did it and I do too. It turns out fork tender every time.
Can I just say being an Aussie how much I love your accent. Love your vids too, great ideas as always 😊
Use the pulse feature on you food saver. You can control how much it vacuums the bag.. I use that with shredded cheese and it comes out perfect.
Thank you so much. I have been in such a loss for meals to prepare but I will surely be trying some of these. Thank you.
I buy big blocks of cheese at Sam's. I cut each into 3 pieces and vacuum seal each one individually and freeze. Then you can defrost and use as needed. Works like a charm
I just found your page & I honestly watch a few videos everyday lol . Everything looks so good & I can’t wait fo try & make it myself , thank you for taking the time to show us!
Yum everything looks delicious! Wait till you get my age, I really don't like long lines and crowds. I prefer quiet dinner and relaxing time. Blessings from Diane in Oklahoma!
those meals looked so delish , when it comes to pasta, there is something about the taste that hubby and i both agree , we dont like the ones that arent cooked first , were not keen on a lot of sauce on our pasta, and i know u have to use a lot with uncooked noodles, but i love the filling so i think i will give it a whirl but cook my pasta first...lol ... but it all looked so delish Kristin!!! ty for sharing your time , recipes and ideas with us !!
So many yummy dinners! Your family is lucky to have you!
I have a box of manicotti noodles that I don’t even know where they came from and had no idea how to use them! Now I do! Thanks so much!
We absolutely love pierogis, always get the cheddar/potato filled ones. I tried making them a bit differently. I added some cooked Italian sausage to a garden variety pasta sauce and served the cooked pierogis with the sauce on top. We really loved it. Your pierogi casserole looks interesting.
I have a food saver & it’s so awesome!! Love your videos….
On top of that casserole, you could try adding some French Fried onions for some crunch since you did not add onions aleady.
Bout to make that sausage recipe at 11pm for no good reason! 😋 ❤️
Kristin my hubby made your pierogi casserole tonight. I was awesome!!!❤
Yummy 😋 I hope you are having a wonderful day. Thank you so much for sharing 💕
Thank you!! I hope you are too. 🥰
Looks yummy. I’ve noticed if I used frozen peppers it makes them soft or soggy so any time I want them more crisp I alway use fresh. The frozen one are good if they are chopped and used in casseroles or soups
Also if you can use cream of celery and it works in place of other soups and taste just the same
Your meals made me so hungry and made me want to cook a good dinner tonight! I have a bag of frozen spinach in my freezer and didn’t know what to do with it but now I want to make some manicotti! Thank you for the ideas!
Such great meal ideas!!!! Thanks for sharing. Stay blessed 💕
That sausage and rice recipe is a hit in our house too! I was so shocked because, my kids are so picky. I should have made that yesterday for Marti Gras. It’s like jambalaya kind of.
I can deal with the mushrooms in the soup….sometimes. I can’t stand the chicken that’s in the cream of chicken!!!! I use my strainer also to get out the bits!!! So thankful I’m not the only one who does this 😂🙌🏻
Thank you! I am struggling to deal with a cast iron skillet… can you please tell me how you cleaned your skillet after the first meal please? Thanks!
There's tons of videos on TH-cam on how to clean your cast iron skillet Good Luck🤓
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This is my favourite channel. I especially like it when you explain everything so nicely. I wish you a lot of success with the channel and happy life.
Great meals, I especially love the chicken ones, thank you Kristin xxx
Just started watching your channel everything looks delicious
Everything looks so good! I never liked mushrooms or peppers of any kind when I was younger and still living at home. I love mushrooms , can't get enough of them. Peppers on the other hand still can't stand the taste or the smell of them. Good to see someone else not boiling their noodles first. You can do that with lasagna noodles also, just get regular lasagna noodles don't get the sheets its cheaper to get the regular ones. The sauce will cook them just like you said. Cuts time in half! I agree with someone else you should do a cookbook. Have a good week/weekend. 🦋
I had a vacuum sealer at one time. It walked off with a roommate that I had at the time. I liked it for most things. I usually get the pre shredded cheese so I didn't know it did that. Thanks for the pointer.
For the cheese to stop the clumping coat the cheese in a little potato starch before bagging and freezing.
Hey I've been binge watching your videos all week! I love the different recipes and ideas you have, I can't wait to try some. Are you from Kentucky too? I'm right outside Lexington but you sound farther south or maybe eastern ky. Much love 😘
Hey Kristin! Got on here to tell you that I tried your Pierogi Casserole today. We LOVED it! I got side tracked bc I was making my daughters birthday cake, and I think I let it cook for a little too long. But it was still Amazing! My daughter even loved it and shes going through a picky stage. haha. And I loved how easy it was. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!🥰
I shred my cheese then put in a small container and put in freezer bag then seal. The cheese doesn’t clump😊
Hi Kristin! Amazing meals as always! I am defo going to recreate the sausage and rice dish on my channel, as I have had a smoked sausage hanging about my fridge for agesss and that looks like the perfect recipe! 💕💕
Thank you!! & you’ll love it. ❤️
All these meals looked so good! Gonna have to try some of them!
Use corn starch when you freeze the shredded cheese lightly coat supposed to act as anticlumping agent
very cool, you never cease to amaze, thank you
All great ideas!
Great meals! Everything looks delicious!
this meals looks so yummy!
Thank you! I’m so glad! 🥰❤️
Toss the cheese in a little cornstarch after shredding and it should keep it from clumping back together
I’m excited to make the pierogi casserole tonight!! I have all the ingredients!!
We need a cook book!!! Anyway, my husband is a sales man and visuals Kentucky often and we live to ride RZRs at Tackett Creek! Hey from East Tennessee.
Awesome recipes, thanks for sharing 👍👍
Thank you!!
Maybe try shredding the cheese and laying it out on a cookie sheet and pre freeze it before putting it in the vacuum sealer? It might help keep it from clumping together as much.
Girl I love smoked sausage! I’m a huge huge fan of boudin and you can’t really find good boudin prepackaged in stores but recently I discovered the brand MANDA boudin and it is absolutely amazing! You should see if you can find it and try it! They also have a really good Andouille by that brand as well. Everything looks so good girl. All of your hard work filming/editing is greatly appreciated over here!
Brown your cubed steak on both sides. They won't be done so put them in your crock pot for about 4 hours. Season how you like, make gravy, mashed potatoes, etc. Yummy and tender.
If you really want to freeze home shredded cheese you can first lay the cheese out on a cookie sheet in the freezer. After its frozen that way you can seal it in a bag and freeze it all together it wont all stick together. But honestly it's easier to just freeze it whole and shred it after thawing. Also that pierogi casserole immediately went onto my meal plan for next week! Haha
Next time you want to go to vacuum seal your shredded cheese, before you put it in a bag, coat it with corn starch, make sure you coat it good and do not take all the air out, just most of it. Your sealer should have a stop option while vacuuming. That way your cheese will not form into a solid mass again. But really, that dish looked so good.
I just love your videos Kristin !
Thank you so much!
everything looked so good! I haven't done stuffed manicotti in a loooong time! I need to make some! I do remember my husband saying when we were eating dinner, where is the meat?!! It doesn't need any! It has plenty of protein! thanks so much for sharing! xoxo
New subscriber here😀 I'm very excited to try your recipe ideas! This is the first video I've seen of you and I listened to every word lol ( within the first 3 min, I usually decide if I like it or not 🤷♀️) but I can't wait to see more of your videos..Thanks!
Praying for your family💚
on this channel, the videos are so interesting, I watch with pleasure thank you
delicious recipe
Absolutely love how you've prepared this really tempting 👍👌❤️
Yum to all of these. Loved your nails!💅💙💜💗
Thank you!!
Everything looked fantastic, Kristin! I wonder if you had used fresh peppers that hadn't been frozen if they might have retained some of the crunch that were prefer.