Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full
I’ll be honest…I get every morning and check the weather hoping we have turned the corner and are getting some cooler, fall weather. It hasn’t happened consistently yet but I am waiting semi-patiently. In the meantime, I totally eating like it is already fall. Last week, I made winter squash gnocchi and it was a huge hit. I loves how simple it was to make too.
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Ok, we’ve all been there. We are running in 10 different directions, with a to do list that is at least 5 pages long, and solo parenting on top of it. Then, one kid comes home with some major school project (due tomorrow), or it is the weekend of the big gymnastics meet/dance recital/soccer tournament. I’ll admit I am living that right now and so we are having pizza night, and I’m earning my “Running on Fumes” Red Baron® Baroness Patch. I am including a stone fruit salad with our pizza night, but that is just because I can’t go soft and give up on my “fruit and vegetables with all dinners” rule.
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Our fall season is always super busy with school, sports, family activities and trying to spend a ton of time outdoors before it turns too cold. I adore fall foods like pumpkin, squash, and sweet potatoes. But, while we love all the comfort foods that fall brings, I find it can be difficult sometimes to cook some of those meals in the time we have. Plus, we are trying to eat a little healthier and add in lots of vegetables where possible into our diet. With shrimp vegetable noodle chow mein, I can still get my fall butternut squash fix and reach my healthier meal goal in a quick and easy meal my family loves.
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I am a total chip addict. If there is a new chip out in the store, you can bet I have to try it. Of course, when we host parties, chips and dip are a mainstay. We have a few friends who have gluten sensitivities and I, honestly, have not found a delicious, gluten free chip at the store. So, instead, I created my own 2 ingredient gluten free chips.
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We are all about tacos (especially on Tuesdays, haha) in our house. Of course, having the same old tacos every week can get kind of boring no matter how good they are. So, when we get tired of our regular carnitas tacos, turkey and black bean tacos or even, chicken bacon mango tacos, I make shrimp scampi tacos to change things up a bit.
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Football season is officially underway and that means TONS of football watching parties, tailgating and other events. Of course, in addition to the game, everyone is also crazy interested in the food table too. From wings to dips, every good football watching party has yummy food for everyone to enjoy between plays. One winner at our house right now: crab Alfredo lasagna dip.
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When you are a working mom of 2 busy kids, relaxing is pretty hard to do. Our version of relaxing tends to come in the form of being able to sit down for more than two minutes and not drinking/eating on the go. With the kids heading back to school, I am looking forward to having a few extra hours a week to enjoy simple things like everything bagel chips, veggie cream cheese, and a tall glass of iced tea.
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Over the long weekend, I had a few friends over to help me taste test some upcoming recipes and cocktails. It was loads of fun and I am already mentally planning another one because I loved getting the feedback.
One of the resulting cocktails from our taste tests is this grapefruit prosecco smash and I have to tell you…it is quite possibly my favorite cocktail ever (well, maybe a close second to my wine slushies).
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On my current list of favorite things: peaches, corn and grilled chicken. Typically, I wouldn’t have that all together but, with this curried peach corn salsa, I just had to grill up some chicken to put it on top of! The salsa is amazing with chips of course but I love it as a topping to grilled chicken, pork or even fish.
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Ok, so I know we are all kind of starting to think about pumpkins and comfort food for the upcoming fall and winter months. Heck, it was even chilly enough yesterday during the rain that I wore a sweatshirt. But, there are still summer days left to enjoy and, with them, a melon arugula salad to eat.
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