My boys are obsessed with our air popper. (It's very similar to this one...we've had it since our wedding and use it all the time.) I think they love the popper because of the anticipation of the popcorn pouring out of the popper. They may or may not have said some inappropriate boys things about the popper peeing out popcorn and such. (Sorry, I live in a house full of … [Read more...]
Pepperoni Pizza Bagels
This one might be in the running for easiest dinner ever. Like ever. Seriously. Bagel - pizza sauce - cheese - pepperoni - more cheese - 7 minutes in the oven. See...don't you think this should win "easiest dinner ever"??? What's your easiest dinner ever meal??? Pepperoni Pizza Bagels So easy and the kids will love these! 12 plain mini bagels, … [Read more...]
Gnocchi Minestrone Soup
Yes, yes...I know...2 Minestrone Soup recipes in one week. This one below is a typical minestrone soup that uses gnocchi in place of pasta. A few weeks back, I found a 2 pack of 24 oz. gnocchi bags at Costco for $5.99. That makes 4 meals worth for us and it significantly less expensive that what I see at my grocery store. So...I bought a pack and dropped them into … [Read more...]
“What Is This New FreezEasy Thing You Keep Talking About And What Makes It Different…?”
"What is this new FreezEasy thing you keep talking about and what makes it different from the meals plans you already have?" This is an email that I received this morning and I thought a prompt answer was in order. :) (I also answered this on live video here just now. Watch now!) Great question and I want to be really clear about this with you... First, you need to know … [Read more...]
Salsa Verde Layered Chicken Enchiladas
Holy yumness! Yummy, yummy, nummy, yumness! I adore the salsa verde flavor...it's the perfect tangy green salsa with just a tiny bit of "zip" and "zest." If you've never cooked with salsa verde...it is not spicy. On a "Thai food restaurant scale of spice, it's a negative 3. That makes it not really spicy at all. It has a tiny bit of zip and zest, like I said. But it's not … [Read more...]
15 Bean Minestrone Soup
See that soup right up there...this is a soup that resulted in a "fight over the leftovers" ;) My husband and I had to duke it out for what was leftover from this soup. This is a hearty and filling soup that we gobbled up! It makes a ton so there were some leftovers after my boys were through with it. Oh, and if I ever write a "Feeding Teenage Boys on a Budget" cookbook, … [Read more...]
Green Chicken Burritos
It seems that I just can't get away from the shredded chicken recipes. If you haven't heard yet, we just finished up a month of sharing shredded or rotisserie chicken recipes every day! {31 Days of Rotisserie Chicken Recipes} Welp, we're back with another one...this time using tomatillo salsa and other green tex-mex-y toppings, like cilantro and avocado. These are some … [Read more...]
FREE DOWNLOADS! Freezer Cooking Tips Sheet & Freezer Inventory Sheet
Friend. I'm so so so so so stoked about what's happening next week! We are exactly one week away from the FreezEasy freezer cooking meal plan release. I've been hard at work getting 5 (yes, 5!!!) brand new meal plans ready for you. I have set up 5 different sets of meal plans with all different recipes for FreezEasy, and I've tweaked some existing freezer cooking meals … [Read more...]
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
I need you to RUN right now to the store and buy one of the following. Or just buy them all, so you can make these over and over in all the different ways! Chocolate chunk baking chips & "Caramel Bits" Rolos & chocolate chips Caramel filled baking chips Oh, and I assume you have the basic ingredients for making cookie dough...if you don't grab all that … [Read more...]
Gnocchi Mac n Cheese
Alright my friend. Let me tell you about this homemade mac n cheese sauce. The closest thing I can describe it to would be the Stouffer's freezer mac n cheese flavor. Except this is so much better, and fresher, and tastier. (aka not-processed sauce, so better tasting!) If you've never made a homemade cheese sauce, don't fret...I'm going to talk you through it. It looks … [Read more...]