Simple Family Friendly Cooking
Here you will find ideas for mains and one-pot dishes that are ideal for dinner. If you are looking for side dishes check out our Sides category.
Dishes in this category will include both meat and vegetarian options. If you are specifically looking for either one of those, see their specific categories.
You’ll make this simple cashew chicken a part of your weeknight menu once you try it. It’s simple, quick and the kids love it! A simple cashew chicken on rice is the perfect weeknight meal. Despite the many ingredients, there are three key steps: chop, […]
Bigos, or Hunter’s Stew, is essentially a sauerkraut and meat stew. It’s full of flavour and the perfect winter comfort food. This sauerkraut stew, also called Hunter’s Stew or Bigos in Polish, is a staple in Polish cooking. It’s especially popular around the holidays because […]
This comforting meal of spaghetti and meatballs is the perfect meal prep meal. The buttery meatballs with thick stewed tomato sauce make for the perfect family meal. One of my favourite non-Polish comfort foods is spaghetti and meatballs. You may already know that I love […]
This warm, creamy, silky smooth garlic and potato soup will warm you up on the coolest of days. It is light and healthy but has all the comfort you expect from a bowl of soup. This recipe for creamy garlic and potato soup is my […]
The depth of flavours in this roasted veggie power bowl with quinoa is unbeatable. The mix of textures are brought together by the creaminess of a peanut sauce that which you’ll want to use in all your dishes. The flavours of a mix of delicious […]
This healthy Tuscan chicken on rice is a light and very satisfying dish. It’s simple enough to make as a weeknight meal and fancy enough for your next dinner party. We love the flavours of our sun-dried tomato pasta with chicken but sometimes we want […]
This basic spaghetti carbonara is the perfect weeknight dish. Its quick, its simple, its tasty and there is very little mess. If spaghetti carbonara is not already one of your favourite 20-minute meals then you need to add it now! This is the absolute simplest […]
A homemade chili cheese dog is just the treat you were looking for for your next game night. It’s easy, delicious and the perfect comfort food. Chili dogs are the ultimate comfort food and although we don’t make them often it is a key reason […]
This perfect chicken cacciatore can be baked or strewed and either way it results in perfectly tender chicken in a buttery tomato sauce. This fall-off-the-bone perfectly cooked chicken cacciatore is to die for. My whole family eats it up including my one-year-old. Well not everyone, […]
An easy one-pot Mexican chicken and rice dinner is a lifesaver on a weeknight. This dish is full of flavour and requires very little prep. A one-pot meal is always worth a try but this one-pot Mexican chicken and rice with beans is going to […]
Fall-off-the-bone ribs with delicious dry rub and saucy sauce are the perfect summer meal. The slightly sweet and BBQ smoky flavour is finger-licking good. Who doesn’t love the perfect rack of ribs? With a slightly sweet and slightly smoky flavour, this recipe is foolproof. Ribs […]
This incredibly filling and flavourful quinoa power bowl is absolutely perfect. The sesame flavour combined with the roasted vegetables will wow your taste buds. The best part is that you can also serve it as a warm side or turn it into your favourite meal […]