My favorite "brainless crowd pleaser"

and a state of the blog update

Hello friends! Coming at you one day later than planned, because the way things are going over here is like this:

I learned (not for the first time, but you know, remembered) that my children had VBS about 14 hours before it began. I do remember signing them up, although I’m quite certain that happened in a different space time continuum. Somehow the reminder email escaped my inbox, and I was a little surprised to suddenly have a fully booked schedule for the week. Oops! This is an accurate representation of my headspace at the moment.

But never fear, the recipe I’m sharing today is the one I turn to when I’ve got half frozen ground beef at 5 pm, the refrigerator is bare, and I just can’t with dinner. It’s saved my evening on more occasions than I can count, and proof of its ease is the fact that I made it both within the week we left, and within the week after we arrived to our new home1. You don’t need much in the way of kitchen supplies, the pantry staples don’t go bad, and even the …