Using a weekly meal plan is the best way to cook healthier for your family, save money, and time! Browse all of my free meal plans which include a grocery shopping list and tons of meal planning ideas including healthy and kid-friendly meals. The hardest part meal planning is finding the ideas, and creating a shopping list, so I’ve done that for you! Click the link below to print out your shopping list, and you’re ready to go! **NOTE: You’ll notice the shopping list View the Recipe
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The Best Homemade BBQ Sauce
The easiest, BEST Homemade BBQ sauce that's perfect for marinating, dipping, and grilling. A combination of smokey, tangy, thick and sweet flavors that will have your mouth smiling with every bite. Homemade BBQ Sauce It's officially summer! We've have been playing at the pool, or on the slip-n-slide in our yard almost every day this week. It's so fun to watch and help my kids learn how to swim. Jackson has always loved the water--splashing in it, dumping it on himself and playing in it. But View the Recipe
Weekly Meal Plan (25)
Using a weekly meal plan is the best way to cook healthier for your family, save money, and time! Browse all of my free meal plans which include a grocery shopping list and tons of meal planning ideas including healthy and kid-friendly meals. The hardest part meal planning is finding the ideas, and creating a shopping list, so I’ve done that for you! Click the link below to print out your shopping list, and you’re ready to go! **NOTE: You’ll notice the shopping list includes View the Recipe
Back to School Lunch Ideas
Back to School Lunch Ideas includes lunch recipes, tips and tricks to organizing and preparing school lunches, and a free lunch ideas printable! Can you believe a new school year is already almost here?! I know most people dread the end of summer, but I absolutely love this time of year. I love the excitement that comes with kids going back to school. The changing seasons, new school clothes, school supplies, class lists and friends to make. As a parent I've just begun to experience a tiny View the Recipe
One Pan Creamy Lemon Chicken Tortellini
One Pan Creamy Lemon Chicken Tortellini - an easy one pan pasta dish that the entire family will love. Tortellini pasta with grilled chicken and fresh spinach in a warm, cheesy lemon garlic sauce. A delicious 30-minute meal! Thirty-minute meals are my jam! Especially if it's something my kids will eat. I have soooooo many thirty minute meals on the blog, but some of my favorites include: Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Wraps Fritos Taco Salad Shrimp Scampi Linguine Grilled Ham and View the Recipe
25 BEST Sides to bring to a BBQ
A list of 25+ side dish recipes that are perfect for bringing to a BBQ with friends and family. I think you will find a little something for everyone! I feel like once Memorial Day comes we can officially embrace all things summer, including all things outdoor, BBQ and party! Bring on the millions of pasta salads, fruit salads, green salads and potato salads. I could never get sick of them. Let's not forget the baked beans and the cole slaw too. Here is a compilation of some amazing, fun and View the Recipe
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Using a weekly meal plan is the best way to cook healthier for your family, save money, and time! Browse all of my free meal plans which include a grocery shopping list and tons of meal planning ideas including healthy and kid-friendly meals. An EASY (family-friendly) meal plan that includes Shrimp Scampi Linguine, One Pan Jambalaya, Turkey Club Wrap, Spinach Chicken Bowtie Pasta Salad, Kicked Up Tuna Melt. Free printable shopping list is included! The hardest part of creating a meal plan is View the Recipe
BBQ Ranch Grilled Chicken and Veggie Bowls
BBQ Ranch Gilled Chicken and Veggie Bowls served over black bean rice with delicious grilled veggies, marinated and grilled chicken, and a delicious Hidden Valley® Honey BBQ Ranch® Dressing. Why is it that once the warmer weather comes, all I want for dinner is something flavored with BBQ and/or ranch?! This Garlic Ranch Chicken Pizza is a family favorite on the weekends. Taco Salad is one of my go-to meals during the week, (especially this Shredded Chicken Taco Salad with Creamy Chipotle View the Recipe
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Using a weekly meal plan is the best way to cook healthier for your family, save money, and time! Browse all of my free meal plans which include a grocery shopping list and tons of meal planning ideas including healthy and kid-friendly meals. The hardest part of creating a meal plan is finding the ideas, and creating a shopping list, so I’ve done that for you! Click the link below to print out your shopping list, and you’re ready to go! View the Recipe
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Using a weekly meal plan is the best way to cook healthier for your family, save money, and time! Browse all of my free meal plans which include a grocery shopping list and tons of meal planning ideas including healthy and kid-friendly meals. It's snowing in Saint Louis today! I love the feeling when you wake up and everything is covered in snow outside. It doesn't happen very often here and it makes me really miss home (Utah) and skiing. This week's meal plan has come older View the Recipe
Vegetable Tortellini Soup
This warm and healthy vegetable tortellini soup is packed with all the good stuff, including carrots, green beans, celery, corn, and tomatoes! It's not even the new year yet but I'm already feeling the need for health food after this past week. Seroiusly, it would be embarrasing to list every single thing we consumed over the past week, but to list a few: Swedish Meatballs Coconut Curry Chicken and Veggie Bowls Twix Bars Mint Brownies Sugar Cookies I'll stop there, but View the Recipe
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Using a weekly meal plan is the best way to cook healthier for your family, save money, and time! Browse all of my free meal plans which include a grocery shopping list and tons of meal planning ideas including healthy and kid-friendly meals. The hardest part of meal planning is finding the ideas, and creating a shopping list, so I’ve done that for you! Click the link below to print out your shopping list, and you’re ready to go! View the Recipe
Hummus Edamame Veggie Wrap
Hummus Edamame Veggie Wrap with spinach, avocado, carrot and cucumbers. A healthy wrap that is packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber! I think one of the biggest misconceptions about eating healthy is that you have to start an intense diet, or totally change the way you eat (like go vegetarian or vegan...etc.). But for most people, the smallest changes in the way your prepare meals can make a huge difference! And even more than that, having some new ideas of healthy meals to make can View the Recipe
Creamy Lemon Chicken Piccata
The ultimate easy meal that will impress family or guests is this Creamy Lemon Chicken Piccata! The chicken is lightly breaded and pan-fried resulting in tender, juicy chicken with a crisp coating and served with a creamy lemon caper sauce. For busy families, 30-minute meals are lifesavers, but it's an even bigger bonus when they seem fancy or impressive, like this Chinese Chow Mein, Mongolian Beef, and Hibachi Chicken. We're going for amazing homemade Italian here, and I can tell you View the Recipe
Fresh Spring Rolls
Look no further for restaurant-quality Spring Rolls that are unbelievably easy to make, delicious and healthy! I like to serve them with homemade peanut sauce for dipping and they make a great light lunch, dinner or appetizer. I've mentioned before that I'm completely obsessed with Vietnamese and Thai food recipes, and I've perfected some of my restaurant favorites in my own kitchen, including Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps Pho soup and Panang curry that I make from home often. My love for View the Recipe
Spaghetti Pie
This baked spaghetti pie recipe is easy enough for a busy weeknight meal and sure to be loved by the entire family. It's also a great take-and-bake meal for a family or friend in need. This is one of my go-to dishes when we have company coming over, when I need to take someone a meal, or when I need something kid-friendly. Other's that meet this criteria include Cheese Enchiladas, Chicken Tacos, and Ham and Cheese Sliders! My family never grows tired of this spaghetti pie. Think classic View the Recipe
Garlic Knots
Homemade Garlic Knots made with a butter garlic topping are a fun bite-size appetizer or side to with pizza, pasta or salad. My family begs me to make these! This garlic knots recipe is made using my fluffy and soft homemade rolls recipe, and is right up there in terms of my favorite breads to make (along with my favorite no knead bread and bread bowls)! Garlic Knots Garlic knots are a fun twist to traditional breadsticks and they don't take any longer to make! In fact, they remind me of View the Recipe
Homemade Mac and Cheese
Classic Homemade Mac and Cheese made with bite-size pasta, cheddar cheese, and a simple creamy sauce all baked to perfection in the oven. This recipe includes tips, tricks, and photos for making PERFECT baked mac and cheese. This mac and cheese recipe has many similarities to another of my favorites; One Pan Baked Ziti. They are both creamy, and dreamy, comfort food that gets baked to cheesy, bubbly perfection in the oven. Mac and Cheese I'm pretty sure that most adults love a great View the Recipe
Chicken Tetrazzini
If you're looking for something comforting, warm and easy to make, this Chicken Tetrazzini is the perfect fit. It's easy to make and will please the pickiest eaters. Who doesn't love easy 30-minute meals? Some of my other favorites include: Chicken Caprese, Chinese Chow Mein, Creamy Chicken and Asparagus Pasta. My mom made this Chicken tetrazzini for us often growing up. She always added spinach to it, so that's how I learned to enjoy it, but you can make it without it as well. It's a View the Recipe
Chicken Caprese
This Baked Chicken Caprese recipe is a quick and easy weeknight dinner made with chicken, fresh mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, basil and a balsamic reduction. It's family friendly and delicious! Everyone loves easy chicken recipes, am I right? Like this One Pan Chicken Fajita Pasta (that comes together in just 30 minutes) or this easy Chicken Cordon Bleu. Chicken Caprese Something about the name of this recipe, "Chicken Caprese" makes it sounds like a fancy foreign dish. It might look View the Recipe
Baked Ziti
My family LOVES this easy and delicious Baked Ziti recipe, and I love that it's made all in just one pan! It's as fast and delicious as comfort food gets and ready in less than 30 minutes! Baked Ziti If you haven't noticed by now, I'm a huge fan of quick and easy homemade dinners. A lot of people associate homemade or "from scratch" cooking as being time consuming or too much work, but that's an attitude I want to squash with my blog. I make easy homemade dinners for my family almost every View the Recipe
