Author: Susan Buonpane

Hi, I'm Susan Buonpane, a food blogger and grandmother from Ohio. I created Crafting a Family Dinner to share easy, healthy recipes that home cooks can actually get on the table. I hope your family loves this recipe as much as mine does!

Beef Dinner | Buonpane Family Recipes | Instant Pot | Instant Pot | Pressure Cooker Recipes | Main Dishes | Recipes

Instant Pot Beef Roast Recipe with Potatoes Carrots Onion Celery

Nothing says Sunday Noon Meal than a savory, full beef flavored Beef Roast with plenty of potatoes, carrots, onion, and mushrooms roasting in the oven. Perfect for a cozy family dinner with everyone home and relaxed, no specific plans but family games & movies. Now you can have this same family dinner in minutes –…

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Buonpane Family Recipes | Christmas 🎄 | Recipes | Side Dishes | Thanksgiving 🦃

Jiffy Corn Casserole Recipe, Easy Make Ahead Side Dish

Jiffy corn casserole is the creamy, buttery side dish our family has made every Thanksgiving and Christmas since 1995. You stir it together in one bowl, and it bakes up golden and fluffy every single time. The best part is you can put it together the day before and let it rest in the refrigerator…

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Back to School 🍎 | Recipes | Snacks

5 Easy Afterschool Snacks for a Special Times Together

After school snack time can be a precious time to regroup, relax and bond with your kids. Days get so busy with new teachers, and new school buildings, we need time to cuddle on the couch & review the day, and plan for tomorrow. These days with so many processed snack food that should only…

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Breakfast | Buonpane Family Recipes | Recipes | Snacks

Easy Raspberry Oatmeal Snack Bars

Easy raspberry oatmeal snack bars are a perfect snack for kids, delicious for after school. Chewy, with a crisp top, filled with soft raspberry filling. After-school snack time can be a precious time to regroup, relax, and bond with your kids. Days get so busy with new teachers, and new school buildings, we need time…

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Buonpane Family Recipes | Canning | Side Dishes | Summer Recipe 🌻

Easy Homemade Corn Relish

Homemade Corn Relish with an Electric Pressure Cooker If you grow corn in your garden or love to stock up at the farmers market, I have the perfect recipe for all that extra corn. This is our family’s sweet corn relish, and it is one of those recipes I look forward to making every single…

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Canning

Home Canning Equipment Check List

If you are a beginner at home canning or if you have been canning for years, you need to update your equipment. I have equipment form my mom and mother-in-law and I have been updating my tools and supplies. I have the best list of all the tools you will need to start canning. Listed are…

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Decluttering | Free Printables | Home Organization

Declutter & Organize One Small Step a Week

One Small Area a Week Let’s make Organizing & Decluttering fast & easy with tips that are simple to implement but have a big impact. Working 1 small step at a time may sound too simple, but what holds us back from cleaning up and getting our home in order most of the time is…

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Beef Dinner | Buonpane Family Recipes | Instant Pot | Instant Pot | Pressure Cooker Recipes | Main Dishes | Popular

Instant Pot Stuffed Green Peppers With Tomato Soup

These Instant Pot Stuffed Green Peppers with Tomato Soup are tender, hearty, and packed with a rich, slow-cooked flavor that tastes like they simmered all day — but they’re ready in just 40 minutes. How Grace Taught Me This Recipe One of the first things my mother-in-law, Grace Buonpane, taught me to cook was her stuffed green…

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Buonpane Family Recipes | Canning | Main Dishes | Meatless Dinner | Recipes | Summer Recipe 🌻

Easy Homemade Vegetarian Italian Spaghetti Sauce

A basic Italian Spaghetti Sauce rich, savory, full of flavor and so easy to make. Simple basic ingredients, fresh tomatoes for your own homegrown canned tomatoes. A traditional basic Italian Spaghetti Sauce is perfect over your favorite pasta. Check out my recipe for Beginners Canning Homegrown Tomatoes. Even if you get your tomatoes at your…

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Buonpane Family Recipes | Canning | Main Dishes | Meatless Dinner | Recipes | Summer Recipe 🌻

Canning Stewed Tomatoes: Easy Water Bath Method

Canning garden fresh tomatoes from our bumper crop of the Buonpane family’s heirloom pear Italian tomatoes is a 100-year-old tradition we are passing on to our family. Pictures and step by step instructions.

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Back to School 🍎 | Holiday Gift Ideas | Home Organization | Online Shopping Guides

College Dorm Room First Aid Kit

Is this your first year at College? Are you going to be a distance from home? Or are you mom worried that you will not be there when minor illnesses or cuts and scrapes happen? I have for you a list of all you need to make a College Dorm Room First Aid Kit. Nothing…

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Back to School 🍎 | Free Printables | Home Organization | Time Management | Time Management & Productivity Templates

College Time Management || Stay Productive with Time Blocking

Using the Time Management technique of Time Blocking will reduce your stress at college, keep you organized, and help you find more time in your week so you can build friendships & design the life of your dreams. Fill out the form to get your free printable The Best College Dorm Essentials: Items You Do Not…

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Buonpane Family Recipes | Soups

Easy Classic Pasta Fagioli Soup

Pasta Fagioli Soup is a classic Italian vegetable, bean, and tomato-based soup. It is loaded with flavor and traditionally is served with little kinds of pasta called Ditalini. They look like you cut a straw into little bits, but they are so good to eat and fun for kids in any dish. This post contains…

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Back to School 🍎 | Free Printables | Home Organization | Time Management | Time Management & Productivity Templates

Back To School Organization Time Management Free Printable

Starting a New School Year is so exciting, new school supply shopping, purchasing new fall outfits, meeting new teachers and classmates. However, it can also be stressful in keeping organized, especially if you have more than one child in more than one school building. The Solution is planning, scheduling, with multiple platforms, your phone, computer, and paper. Fill…

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Breakfast | Christmas Recipes | Christmas 🎄 | Recipes | Thanksgiving 🦃

Easy Sausage Gravy Recipe Over Biscuits

Easy Homemade Sausage Gravy & Biscuits is a big hit for breakfast, but not a lot of work. It looks like you spent hours but can be prepped ahead. I am always looking for easy breakfast ideas for the holidays. On Thanksgiving & Christmas when we have the family over I like to have an…

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Crafts | Disney 🌴

DIY Disney Clutch Cricut Iron-on Vinyl

Taking your family to Disney is such an exciting family vacation. You will want to start the excitement even before you leave the house with DIY crafts that build the excitement even before you leave the house. Creating and crafting as a family is a fun way to teach valuable skills to kids. Learning is…

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Breakfast | Buonpane Family Recipes | Recipes | Side Dishes | St. Patrick's Day 🍀

Leftover Mashed Potatoes Potato Pancakes

Take leftover mashed potatoes & make the most delicious weekend breakfast, Potato Pancakes. Using the Instant Pot, you can make potato pancakes even if you do not have leftovers. How is this related to an Instant Pot? Well, a mistake I made while making potato salad resulted in the most delicious breakfast the next day. Planning ahead…

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Beef Dinner | Buonpane Family Recipes | Main Dishes | Recipes

Easy Ground Beef Stroganoff

Easy Ground Beef Stroganoff is a classic comfort food that is a favorite back to the 50s in our family. It is simple to put together on a weeknight as the recipe is a one-pan dish and takes no time to make. All you need is wide egg noodles to serve it over. You will have all…

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4th of July 🇺🇸 | Desserts

4th of July Light Parfait Dessert

An easy, light red, white, and blue parfait dessert perfect for 4th of July, Memorial Day, and Labor Day celebrations. If you’re looking for an easy 4th of July parfait dessert for a picnic or backyard party, this recipe is a simple and festive choice. These Fourth of July parfaits are made as a layered parfait with berries, creating…

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4th of July 🇺🇸 | Free Printables | Time Management & Productivity Templates

USA Patriotic Time Management Time Blocking Worksheet

Here in the USA, we have three big Summer Holidays, Memorial Day, 4th of July & Labor Day. Picnics, Flags, & Fireworks are traditional activities that are fun for the whole family. But for busy moms like you & me, it is also a time of overwhelm. What we want to get done & what…

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