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Meal One: Italian Meatloaf with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Roasted Green Beans

Tuna Pasta Salad | Recipe

This recipe is everything I enjoy: easy, quick, filling, AND fresh! It can be served warm or cold. It's perfect for this time of year.

Tuna Pasta Salad

this recipe makes about 2 hearty servings

Ingredients:

2 cups of farfelle pasta

1 can of albacore white tuna, drained

1/3 red onion, diced

1/4 of green pepper, diced

1/2 cup of mayo

1 tbsp lemon juice

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Boil pasta and cook as directed.

2. In a mixing bowl, combine all other ingredients.

3. Drain pasta. If desired cold, rinse with cold water. Otherwise, move on to step 4.

4. Add the pasta to the mixing bowl until well mixed, then it's ready to serve!

optional: I added dried dill to make it even more flavorful.

Recipe Roundup | October 2015

My goal was to try four new recipes and I tried twelve, so I'd say goal = completed. I tried some really fantastic recipes this month! 

Chili : recipe here

Slow Cooker Baked Potato Soup : recipe here 

Blueberry Crumble (CLEAN!!) : recipe here

American Goulash (pictured, left) : recipe here 

Baked Boneless Pork Chops : recipe here

Skillet Chicken Fajitas (pictured, right) : recipe here

Roasted Garlic and Parmesan Broccoli : recipe here

Braised Red Potatoes : recipe here

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies (pictured, middle): recipe here

Chocolate Coconut Cream Truffles : recipe here

Chicken and Bacon Pasta : recipe here

Easy French Bread : recipe here

What recipes have you guys been trying in October?

September Recipe Roundup

One of the things I want to start on Living is Simple is a recipe collection at the end of each month. This will be the recipes I've tried during the month and a short review of each one and an explanation of any changes I made.

Chicken Tetrazzini : recipe here

This was a hit...it was super easy and really tasty. Plus it made enough for leftovers for lunch the next day. The only letdown is that it includes "cream of" soup and I really want to get away from that. I haven't found a good substitute yet. Anybody know of any? By the way, I think the recipe would be better without the cheese on top. I'm going through a weird phase where cheese has been grossing me out. I know...I never thought this day would happen.

Chicken Scampi : recipe here

Okay...the noodle and sauce mixture was fantastic. I ruined the chicken...and I cooked a LOT of it. This was my first attempt at frying chicken, and it all went south when my oil got dirty, and I kept using it. My chicken was burnt, but still pink in the middle...apparently because I was attempting to fry it too fast. I'd recommend pounding the chicken beforehand. If I make this again I may do shrimp.

Classic Lasagna : recipe here

This lasagna was good! In fact, both of my parents agreed it was the best they had ever tried. I'll definitely make this again. Plus it made enough to freeze for another meal...there are some advantages of feeding only 3 people.

Loaded Baked Potato & Chicken Casserole : recipe here

My opinion of this casserole is that you can't go wrong with potato and bacon, right? I thought it was pretty good, but to me, the chicken felt like a random afterthought. It just really didn't add anything to it. But overall, the recipe was good. Not sure if I'd make it again.

Bowties and Broccoli : recipe here

(pictured)

So obviously, we didn't have any bowtie pasta...so I used shells. This recipe is SO simple and I actually really liked it. I've made it twice this month already. I thought it was going to be bland, but I think the crushed red pepper helps add a little spice to it. 

Apparently, September was pasta month. Wow! I didn't realize how many meals I prepared actually included pasta. Haha.

Did you try any new recipes this month? Share!