You wanna know when I pat myself on the back? When I'm grabbing snacks out of the freezer for the kids...and even better, when they are grabbing their own snacks from the freezer. My second son pops those frozen yogurt blueberries like they are candy. And having sliced quick breads and cookie dough or baked cookies available at a moments notice is reason to pat yourself on … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Mango Salsa Chicken
Lately, I've been a bit addicted to slow cooker shredded chicken - and adding as many great and delicious flavors as possible. This Mango Salsa chicken is PHENOM-ENAL. It's the perfect about of sweet and spicy, thanks to the salsa and fresh mango. Let it slow cook the day away, then you just shred the chicken with 2 forks and spoon it all into flour or corn tortillas, taco … [Read more...]
Minestrone Soup
Today is a soup day. Yes...in San Antonio...in the middle of August. Some kind of freak weather pattern and it's been low of 72 all week. I know...not really that cold, but cold enough for fleeces and soup ;) We'll be back to tank tops and flipflops next week! (Not really...but I'm sharing this now because it's freezer friendly, delicious and needs to be on your menu … [Read more...]
Sweet Orange Ginger Chicken
This is really a copycat Sweet Fire Chicken. Complete with real orange peels. It's what makes this meal perfect! It's the sweet Thai chili sauce with the orange peels that leak out all their flavors and aromatics into the sauce. Perfection in a bowl right there. Sweet Orange Ginger Chicken A quick and easy fake-out take-out recipe! 2 large … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwiches
This kind of sandwich makes me drool. The beef gets to hang out in the slow cooker all day, soaking in all the amazing flavors. Then you shred up the beef with the peppers and onions...serve it on a bun with some cheese. Drool. DROOL. So good. Just so good. I didn't add this in the recipe, but you could even run these under the broiler to really get the cheese nice and … [Read more...]
16 Freezer Friendly Lunch Recipes
I feel like lunch is the forgotten meal of the day. Maybe because I'm not usually home for lunch...sometimes, I am...but usually not. I do lunches during my "morning time block" and then we all rush off into our day with "something for lunch." But it feels like an after thought...probably because of the mad rush out the door that happens every morning. Lunches are tough … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Shredded Pork with Thai Peanut Sauce
We love shredded meats. Like, really love them. They are so easy to make (usually in the slow cooker) and you can 'sauce-ify' them easily to give them such amazing flavor. Then you can use the shredded meats in tacos, enchiladas, on "haystacks" or in soups, etc. This didn't start out as a "haystack" kind of meal...but ended up as one after I finished adding all the … [Read more...]
Freezer Friendly Cilantro Lime Chicken
I like to call meals like this "double cook" meals. It doesn't mean that they are harder to cook, or take twice the amount of time. It just means that they cook in two ways. In this case, the chicken is browned on the stovetop, then baked in the oven. All in the same cast iron skillet. The flavor in this sauce is off the hook. It's cray. It's bae. (Please pardon my … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
Ever heard of wanting to face plant into your dinner? Apparently it's a 'thing' and this is the kind of meal that makes me want to plant my face right into the bowl. Because YUM. LOL I love the contradictions that happen with this soup. Like, it's soft but chunky. The sour cream and milk give it a soft consistency, but the beans and shredded chicken make it chunky. It's … [Read more...]
ROUNDUP: 13 Freezer Friendly Breakfast Recipes
I'm not a morning person. Like, at all. I once was. My husband likes to remind me that he "thought he married a morning person" because we went on a mountain biking date at 5 am when we were dating. I told him that I was a morning person...until the boys came along. And then, I stopped sleeping...sorta. Then I started sleeping again, and now there are those nights that … [Read more...]