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Make Ahead Breakfasts
If your house is anything like mine, mornings are a well-oiled machine, children are beautifully dressed, with backpacks packed and ready to go, and you all have plenty of time to sit down for a breakfast you lovingly prepared that … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, Breakfast, children, family, funny, humor, kids, life, Make Ahead, make ahead breakfast, make ahead meals, make ahead recipes, personal, recipes, Southwest
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Cowboy Caviar
Ring in the New Year with special foods for good luck! My mother in law taught me that you have to eat black-eyed-peas on New Year’s Day. I grew up eating pork and greens for prosperity and luck. Over the … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Lunch, Snacks
Tagged black eyed peas, children, family, good luck, good luck recipes, Happy New Year, healthy recipes, life, Lunch, New Year's Day, personal, recipes, Southwest, vegetables, vegetarian, vegetarian recipes
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Crockpot/Slow Cooker Carnitas
It’s almost the New Year (how on earth did that happen? is it me, or is each year shorter than the last? ), which has me planning our menu for New Year’s Day. Have to eat the right foods to … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, carnitas, crock pot recipes, crockpot, Dinner, family, good luck, good luck recipes, healthy, life, Lunch, mom, New Year's Day, personal, pork, pork recipes, recipes, Slow Cooker, slow cooker recipes, Southwest
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Beef Enchilada Stuffed Spaghetti Squash
I love spaghetti squash – not because of how it tastes on its own, but because of how it absorbs so many other flavors so well. It’s a great vehicle for the sauces you would put on pasta, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged beef, blog, Dinner, enchiladas, family, healthy, healthy Mexican recipes, humor, life, Mexican recipes, mom, motherhood, personal, recipes, Southwest, spaghetti squash, squash, vegetables
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Cranberry Dijon Slow Cooker Pork Loin
Ingredients: 1, 2-3 pound boneless pork loin roast 1-12 oz bag of fresh cranberries 1 cup warm water 1/2 cup sugar (this makes a slightly tart sauce, if you like sweeter, increase to 3/4 cup) 3 clementines, halved 1.5 TB … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Slow Cooker
Tagged blog, children, cranberries, crock pot recipes, crockpot, family, healthy, life, Make Ahead, make ahead meals, make ahead recipes, personal, pork, pork loin, recipes, Slow Cooker, slow cooker recipes
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Crockpot/Slow Cooker Butternut Squash and Apple Soup (with optional Chicken and Apple Sausage)
This recipe is my own, but the preparation I totally lifted from someone else, so I feel like I should share that – I made this Slow Cooker Blissful Butternut Squash Soup recipe from skinnytaste.com one time, and it was so … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Slow Cooker
Tagged apples, blog, butternut squash, crock pot recipes, Dinner, fall, fall recipes, family, healthy, life, personal, recipes, sausage, Slow Cooker, slow cooker recipes, slow cooker soup, soup, squash, squash soup
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Shrimp Mason Jar Salads with Lemon Vinaigrette
Ingredients Vinaigrette: Lemon infused olive oil, 2 TB (try this amazing meyer lemon version from Queen Creek Olive Mill Red wine vinegar, 4 TB (or, if you only have plain olive oil, 3 TB of vinegar and 1 TB of … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Make Ahead, Mason Jar Meals
Tagged blog, family, fresh, life, Make Ahead, make ahead meals, make ahead recipes, make ahead salad, mason jar, Mason Jar Meals, mason jar recipes, mason jar salads, mom, personal, recipes, salad, seafood, shrimp, vegetables
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White Chicken Chili
Of the semi-processed variety. I love a good chicken chili, and I’m guessing I could come up with an even better version of this using fresh tomatillos and chilies I roast myself, but really? When the Herdez salsa people already … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, Lunch, Slow Cooker
Tagged blog, chicken, chicken chili, children, chili, crockpot, Dinner, family, funny, healthy, life, Lunch, motherhood, personal, recipes, Slow Cooker, slow cooker recipes, soup, Southwest, spicy, vegetables
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Weekly Meal Plan for, well, um….
So sometimes, despite your best laid plans, and trying to wait on things (like not launching a blog until you are absolutely certain you’ll be able to keep up with it), stuff happens. I have spent very little time in … Continue reading
Posted in Meal Plans
Tagged blog, children, crockpot, family, family meal planning, funny, healthy meal planning, humor, kids, life, make ahead meals, meal plan, meal planning, meal prep, motherhood, personal, reality, recipes, weekly meal planning
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Lasagna Soup
All the delicious lasagna taste, without as much work. And this is a short cut type recipe – as I used jarred sauce. You could certainly use your own homemade as well, or the jarred of your choice. Ingredients: Soup: … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, children, Dinner, family, fresh, healthy, healthy meal planning, healthy recipes, Italian, lasagna, lasagna soup, life, make ahead recipes, motherhood, recipes, soup recipes
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