Hidden Ponies

A food and life blog putting the joy in enjoy!


       
  • Home
  • About
    • Why Hidden Ponies?
  • Baking Basics
  • Recipe Index
    • Baking
      • Cookies & Bars
      • Desserts & Snacks
      • Muffins, Scones & Quick Breads
      • Yeast Breads
    • Cooking
      • Appetizers
      • Soups & Salads
      • Main Dishes
      • Quick & Easy Meals
      • Side Dishes
      • Slow Cooker
    • Reader Favourites
    • Gluten Free
  • Family
  • Thoughts
  • Work With Me

Perfect Turkey Chili

March 10, 2021 by Anna 6 Comments

Perfect Turkey Chili

If words of affirmation are your love language, and you have a chili fan in your life, this chili will make both of your days. I’m not a huge chili fan, but I’m married to one, so from time to time I throw together the basics – beans, meat, tomatoes, spices, etc. – and he […]

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Popular

Roasted Veggies & Shrimp Sheet Pan Dinner

June 3, 2020 by Anna 1 Comment

Roasted Veggies & Shrimp Sheet Pan Dinner

Overall, how has feeding your family during the pandemic been going? I feel like breakfast has gotten bigger and later, and kind of runs into snack time and then lunch, all of which take a bit more mental energy than usual when everyone’s home and school work is thrown into the morning mix too. At […]

Filed Under: Main Dishes Tagged With: easy family meals, family dinner ideas, sheet pan dinner, sheet pan dinner with corn on the cob, sheet pan dinner with shrimp, sheet pan potato corn and carrots, sheet pan roasted veggies, summer meal ideas

How to make perfect ribs in the oven

May 21, 2020 by Anna 5 Comments

How to make perfect ribs in the oven

Perfect ribs have eluded me for many years. So I’m pretty excited to have finally mastered consistent, tender, fall-off-the-bone ribs. I made these multiple times last year, but when I wanted to make them for our anniversary last week I had to rack my brain (no pun intended) for how I had done it. Apparently […]

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Popular

Easy Everyday Meatloaf (with Freezer Meal option!)

February 12, 2020 by Anna 2 Comments

Easy Everyday Meatloaf (with Freezer Meal option!)

A loaf of meat. Really, we have such good names for so many things, but for this we only have meatloaf? I don’t think that’s a word that inspires excitement in anyone. Well, except my kids, obviously, or we wouldn’t be here right now saying weird words to each other. Meatloaf, aka the dinner now […]

Filed Under: Main Dishes, Quick & Easy Meals Tagged With: basic meatloaf recipe, brown sugar meatloaf, freezer meal, meatloaf

Honey Soy Chicken Lettuce Cups

December 21, 2019 by Anna 3 Comments

Honey Soy Chicken Lettuce Cups

My oldest friends (time-wise, not age-wise) live just under an hour away from me, and there’s a handy restaurant right off the highway pretty much smack dab in the middle between us. We often meet there for shared appies and dessert, and one dish that almost always makes its way to us is lettuce cups […]

Filed Under: Main Dishes, Quick & Easy Meals Tagged With: Asian lettuce wraps, chicken freezer meal, chicken lettuce cups, chicken lettuce wraps, health dinner recipe, make ahead meals

Beef & Broccoli Teriyaki (Freezer meal!)

October 2, 2019 by Anna 2 Comments

Beef & Broccoli Teriyaki (Freezer meal!)

With the number of kids home on a daily basis slowly dwindling, I’m trying to use my time more wisely when they’re away. I think I’m easing out of the stage where someone needs something all the time, and easing into a stage with a bit more time to actually get things done beyond the […]

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Quick & Easy Meals

Slow Cooker Tandoori Chicken (Freezer Meal!)

September 25, 2019 by Anna 1 Comment

Slow Cooker Tandoori Chicken (Freezer Meal!)

I’ve been on a bit of a freezer meal quest lately, determined to find things that are easy to make ahead, and still taste good cooked from frozen. A huge part of this is being willing to make freezer meals by myself when time presents itself. This means NOT waiting for a sister or friend […]

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Quick & Easy Meals, Slow Cooker Tagged With: easy dinner idea, easy freezer meal, easy slow cooker meal, not spicy indian food, slow cooker recipe, tandoori chicken, weeknight dinner, weeknight meal

Herbes de Provence Chicken Thighs

May 23, 2018 by Anna 1 Comment

Herbes de Provence Chicken Thighs

You guys, this is the 800th post I have posted on this blog. That is craaaay-zeee! It’s definitely possible that this hasn’t been the #1 best use of my spare time over the past 7+ (!!) years, but time flies when you’re having fun and the time has definitely flown. Somehow I’ve introduced you to […]

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Quick & Easy Meals Tagged With: baked chicken thighs, chicken thighs, dinner recipe, freezer meal, herbes de provence chicken, make ahead meal

Seriously Good Freezer Meals: Cookbook Review and Chicken Parmigiana Recipe

March 28, 2018 by Anna 2 Comments

Seriously Good Freezer Meals: Cookbook Review and Chicken Parmigiana Recipe

Just when I least expected it, along came a book that has snapped me out of my kitchen funk. I have been just generally sick of making dinner evvvverrry day, for so many people with different tastes, and it has been reflected in uninspired, getting-by dinners thrown together in those crazy hours after school and […]

Filed Under: Main Dishes, Quick & Easy Meals Tagged With: chicken, chicken parmigiana, cookbook review, freezer meal, Karrie Truman, recipe, Seriously Good Freezer Meals

Zucchini Basil Spaghetti

August 10, 2017 by Anna Leave a Comment

Zucchini Basil Spaghetti

The good thing about Carl going out of town is that my grocery bill is literally cut in half. The bad news is I have 4 boys who will be teenagers before I know it, and this makes me realize that I don’t think we’ll be able to afford to feed them anything but noodles […]

Filed Under: Main Dishes, Quick & Easy Meals Tagged With: pasta, summer dinner, vegetarian, weeknight meal, zucchini, zucchini basil lemon pasta, zucchini pasta, zucchini spaghetti

Next Page »
Welcome to Hidden Ponies! I'm Anna, and I'm sharing simple, tried-and-true recipes alongside life outside the kitchen. Read More!

TRY THESE TOO…

Best Ever Banana Muffins

Best Ever Banana Muffins

Five-Banana Bread

Five-Banana Bread

Favourite Pancakes

Favourite Pancakes

Garden Vegetable Muffins

Garden Vegetable Muffins

Carrot & Beet Muffins

Carrot & Beet Muffins

Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins with Streusel Topping

Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins with Streusel Topping

Chocolate Zucchini Banana Muffins

Chocolate Zucchini Banana Muffins


Follow on Bloglovin

5 STAR FAVOURITES

Easy Two-Hour Homemade Rolls

Easy Two-Hour Homemade Rolls

Gingerbread Pancakes

Gingerbread Pancakes

Blackberry Crumble Cinnamon Rolls

Blackberry Crumble Cinnamon Rolls

More Posts from this Category

POPULAR

Buttery French Toast Bake

Buttery French Toast Bake

Creamy Garlic Chicken with Bacon Alfredo

Creamy Garlic Chicken with Bacon Alfredo

Mom’s Recipes: Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce

Mom’s Recipes: Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce

More Posts from this Category

Copyright © 2025 · Third Floor Design Studio