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Yesterday I was watching Dr. Oz. Alton Brown was talking about he’d lost 50 pounds and kept it off for over 2 years now. It was a good segment. At the end he and Dr. Oz put together a Chocolate Pie recipe that was actually GOOD for you. Minimal calories and protein to boot. It [...]
It’s cold and rainy here… the snow’s heading in this afternoon. A perfect day to have the crockpot creating a fabulous smell through the house. Hope you enjoy this one! 4 Hour Chicken and Sweet Potatoes What You Need: 3 T canola oil + 2 T canola oil 2 lbs chicken thighs boneless and skinless [...]
Groceries are expensive, and healthy meal ideas can lead to an even higher grocery bill. The good news is you don’t have spend a fortune to add healthy meal ideas to your weekly meal plan. You don’t need to spend a fortune either. Here are five quick, easy and cheap family meal ideas. #1 Beans [...]
I again tried to slip a vegetarian dish into our dinner menu ~ which didn’t go over very well. I thought this dish was AMAZING, but the other two ~ not so much. If I tried this again I would probably add meat to it, the meat that comes to mind is kielbasa ~ or [...]
This is one of my all time favorite vegetarian recipes. It’s quick, easy and delicious. I first found this recipe from This Week for Dinner ~ a great site for healthy meal ideas. Vegetarian Chickpea Burgers What you need: – 1 15-oz can chick peas, rinsed and drained – 1 4-oz can diced green chiles [...]
I am a huge fan of chicken and dumplings. I have made our traditional “family recipe” for many years. However, last year I came across this chicken and dumpling stew recipe and decided to give it a try. It is fantastic!! I absolutely love it and it’s now become my go to chicken and dumpling [...]
I love lasagna… but for some reason it feels so hard to make. I recently saw a recipe for Lasagna roll ups and it has now become my go to Lasagna recipe. It’s so quick, easy, and the little ones can help! Here’s what you need: Lasagna noodles Jar of spaghetti sauce (watch out for [...]
As part of our meal planning, I plan meals for the week, and we do our grocery shopping on Sunday. There are some benefits of shopping on Sunday ~ Ryan can come and help with the kiddo ~ but there are downfalls as well. I think the produce is not so great on Sundays… and [...]
I absolutely love my crockpot. I also like to cook once and eat (at least) twice… that’s exactly what I did yesterday with my crockpot. The plan for last night was crockpot roasted chicken, later in the week we’re having pulled BBQ chicken sandwiches, so to make it easier and cheaper we’re doing it all [...]
It can be really easy to try to make meal planning complicated, and think to eat healthy you have to make some crazy things, that are really complicated… but you don’t. You can keep it super simple and super yummy. Here’s what we’re doing this week… Ham and Beans ~ made these in the crock [...]
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