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...]
Baked Sweet Potato Chips
It's a new month with 31 Days so we are featuring a brand new, month-long series for 31 Days of Healthy Snack Recipes! Here's our first one: Holy-this is my new favorite snack-moly. I was working in the kitchen the other day and started my cooking sesh with getting these babies into the oven. Then I moved onto dinner prep. I pulled these out of the oven and set them out … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Shredded Pork Nachos
Doesn't this photo from Amanda make you want to be her neighbor, so she'll share nachos with you. And make you want to lick your screen. And make you want to buy an Instant Pot right now. It does me... ;) These pork nachos are made using the all-purpose pressure cooker shredded pork we shared last week. And check out the cheese sauce that Amanda makes for these … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Pork Gyros
"You had me at Gyros." Oh wait, that's not it. "You had me at hello." It's like these lovely gyros with their homemade tzatziki sauce are calling my name... and I'm responding, Renee Zellweger style. What I love about the all-purpose pressure cooked shredded pork that we shared on Monday is how versatile the leftover pork is...exhibit A being that lovely gyro … [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...]
Instant Pot Shredded Pork Carnitas
All Purpose Instant Pot Shredded Pork that can be turned into pork carnitas and more! I'd like to introduce you to my friend from Amanda over at The Homemade Cook. She's kinda obsessed with her Instant Pot and has offered to share a few great recipes with us! Now, pardon me while I try to figure out how to reach through my screen for a bite of this shredded … [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...]
Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe
Homemade cream of mushroom soup or sauce is bazillion times better than the canned version. Because they taste better...fresher...and because you know exactly the ingredients that were added to the sauce. You can pronounce them all. And then there's the you can season it as you like. Give it some garlic flare. Or a punch of onion flavor. I began making homemade 'cream of … [Read more...]