Hey, hey back to school-ers!!! It is that time of year when the frenzy gets frenzier (more frenzied?) and the impossible task of getting dinner on the table is, well, impossible. In an attempt to stay out of the drive through lane in the early evening, and to keep my children fed for lunch (my brain has a tendency of staying off before 8 am!), I had a little … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Sesame Ginger Chicken
So this is totally Type A nerdy...but I've totally been "practicing" for back to school time. The older boys start school on Monday, and little-middle starts preschool after Labor Day. So we've been trying to get back to a more normal "eat dinner time," which has been completely erratic all summer (as it should be). I've also been running the boys around all over town for all … [Read more...]
Grilled Pork Chops with Peaches, Mango & Pineapple
This meal is inspired by 2 things... Grilled Pork Chops with Grilled Peaches recipe. A family favorite. And conversation that I had with a food stylist that helped me out with a recent media segment. We got to chatting about what goes well with grilled pork chops...I said peaches, she said mango, I said pineapple...and here we are. A tropical fruit trio. Pork chops … [Read more...]
Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Muffins
Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Muffins are absolutely as delicious as they sound! These muffins make for an easy make ahead breakfast option, perfect for school lunches, and a great holiday brunch recipe! Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Muffins Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Muffins are a quick and easy recipe for make ahead breakfasts, lunches. Also great for holiday brunch … [Read more...]
Orange Thai Beef Sliders with Cilantro Slaw
This beef y'all. Seriously. The orange juice did a beautiful thing to this beef as it was cooking. I'm still debating whether or not the leftovers were tastier than the tacos and these sliders. (There was a little more than 1 portion leftover from the 2 meals...and I'm not-so-secretly grateful that my husband was in Austin teaching earlier this week, so I got the leftovers! … [Read more...]
Increase Super Foods in Your Child’s Diet
As parents we want our children to be as healthy as possible and we strive to be good examples to them in our food and exercise choices but it can still be tough to encourage them to eat foods that are good for them. It is surprisingly easy to find ways to Increase Super Foods in Your Child’s Diet. Many of the common “super foods” are things easy to adapt and fit into meals … [Read more...]
Yellow Squash Pizza Boats
It is that time of year. The time of year where every gardener has to dig deep and get creative or else let bushels of squash go to waste. The kids are wise to my squash-hiding tricks, so I had to pull out my secret weapon: Pizza! It may seem a little underhanded, but kids have a hard time resisting pizza and I used that to my advantage when I created these yellow squash … [Read more...]
Shredded Orange Thai Beef Tacos
Happy Monday y'all! I've got a "2 for 1 recipe" for you tonight...but I'm only sharing the first part tonight and the other idea later in the week. I was on the hunt for a 1.25-1.5lb-ish roast, but couldn't find one. They were all 3 lbs+ that afternoon. So I did a little meal plan rearranging while in the store and decided that I'd double up on the shredded beef and make 2 … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Italian Stew Roast
This recipe is part of the 20 Slow Cooker Freezer Packs from Costco for $150 meal plan. Note that this is written as a single recipe, but is doubled in the Costco meal plan, so you will have enough ingredients to make 2 packs. This recipe is your basic roast ingredients...just using stew meat! Had to get a little creative to use up the stew meat in the plan! … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken & Potatoes
This recipe is part of the 20 Slow Cooker Freezer Packs from Costco for $150 meal plan. Note that this is written as a single recipe, but is doubled in the Costco meal plan, so you will have enough ingredients to make 2 packs. This chicken is fantastic...I adore BBQ chicken in the slow cooker. The way that I sliced the potatoes and added them to the slow cooker freezer packs … [Read more...]