I’m so proud of myself because it’s Thursday and we haven’t eaten out for dinner or had to resort to pancakes or cereal {not that there’s anything wrong with that} this entire week. After having a nice break from cooking over the holidays, it has been nice to get in the kitchen again. Did I really just say that?
I think the other reason I was excited to cook this week was because I wanted to try some new recipes. I pinned them fairly recently and was anxious to see if they were as yummy as the bloggers claimed. I’m here to tell you that they were super yummy and they have officially been transferred from my Recipes to Try board to my Recipes I Have Tried {And Liked} board.
Look at these beautiful pictures for yourself and tell me you aren’t drooling. I won’t believe you anyway!
Spicy Sausage Pasta
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Original Link HERE
30-Minute Corn & Black Bean Chili
Pin HERE
Original Link HERE
These recipes were fairly simple and required ingredients that were fairly inexpensive or that we typically have in our pantry. For the record, Pioneer Woman’s basic chili is one of my favorites, but this chili recipe has more of a Mexican flair to it which is nice too. In these cold winter months, I love having multiple chili recipes to draw from!
Both of these dishes also had a little “kick” to them, so if you don’t like that sort of thing, then you may want to take a pass {or just add some extra sour cream to the chili to tone it down}. If you are up for some flavor and spice, then these are totally up your alley!
I hope you enjoy these as much as we have this week!
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sarah, i make that spicy sausage pasta ALL THE TIME. it has become a staple dinner in our house since i first discovered it. it's so yummy! i make it with whole wheat rotini pasta, btw. i find that that rotini holds the flavor/sauce better than penne.
glad you like it too!
That's so funny, Erin! I so wish I had found it earlier b/c it will be a staple dinner in our house now too. Kev kept raving about it and I love serving something other than ground beef and chicken {I feel like those are our standard proteins most of the time}. Thanks for the tip on the pasta- good to know! 🙂
Hi. I just ran across your blog through Shay's. Both of these recipes look great, and I'm definitely gonna try them out! Thank you! 🙂
Thanks for stopping over, Jenny! Shay's blog is so fun. You'll have to let me know what you think once you have a chance to try them. We all loved them – even our little ones ate them!