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Cleaning and Cooking in the Kitchen

January 4, 2014 By Shannah Coe 36 Comments

I love to cook! In fact, if I had my way, I would totally spend all of my free time cooking in the kitchen. I hesitate to call myself a chef though because what I do in the kitchen is definitely more playing than anything of actual skill.

Of course, with playing around in the kitchen, comes a bunch of big messes. I’ve been known to knock over full boxes of quinoa onto the floor or have little pieces of pasta fall onto the floor when I break the spaghetti in smaller pieces for my kids to eat. There is a little corner in my kitchen that gets all the little extras that fall and don’t get noticed because I am focused on the food and not the clean up. Then, when I run the little mini vacuum around the kitchen to do our nightly cheerio pick up, that food just gets bypassed because it is too far in the corner for the little vacuum to reach.
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Peppermint Chocolate Chip Rice Krispie Treats

December 21, 2013 By Shannah Coe 2 Comments

Hi everyone! If you are here from the 25 Days of Christmas series, welcome! Even if you aren’t here from the series, I am so happy to have you here. Be sure to check out the awesome giveaway for $400 cash going on while you are here!

Christmas for me means tons of peppermint so I had to make a peppermint dish to share you with you all. My mom and daughter actually made these peppermint chocolate chip rice krispie treats over the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Orecchiette Pasta with Sausage and Parmesan

November 27, 2013 By Shannah Coe 10 Comments

I love pasta. Who doesn’t right? It can be used in anything from a side dish or become a star in a main course. I tend to skip the more traditional pasta in red sauce dishes though and look for ones that get most of their flavor from simple ingredients. When I made orecchiette pasta with sausage and Parmesan, the freshness of the ingredients were where the dish got almost all of the flavor. Yummy!

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Thai Red Curry Stuffed Peppers

November 19, 2013 By Shannah Coe Leave a Comment

A lot of people think, when I tell them that I am trying to eat cleanly, that all I get it is meat and veggies. To a degree, that is pretty true because the focus of clean eating is whole foods like meat and vegetables. But, that doesn’t mean all I get to enjoy on those items is salt and pepper. As I was playing around with different food ideas, I made Thai red curry stuffed peppers. These stuffed peppers on the face are really meat and vegetables with a few clean ingredients added in that add so much flavor.

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Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers Recipe

October 30, 2013 By Shannah Coe 71 Comments

Make a healthier take on a Tex-Mex favorite with this Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers recipe filled with chicken, beans, vegetables & melted cheese!

I was so happy with how this recipe turned out that I wanted to share it here with you all as well. The idea for this recipe came about because of my husband’s love of enchiladas and my desire to be a little healthier in the way I eat.

We won’t call it clean eating because I am far from perfect when it comes to that. This is really just more a focus on increasing our vegetable intake when possible. I created a Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers recipe by substituting peppers for traditional tortillas in this recipe.

This is the best chicken enchilada recipe because it allows me to enjoy these shredded chicken enchiladas without feeling like I am piling on the carbs and calories! This stuffed bell peppers recipe is filled with so much deliciousness but they are pretty healthy too thanks to all of the vegetables!

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Nicoise Pasta Salad Recipe

September 26, 2013 By Shannah Coe 49 Comments

Turn a classic French salad into the perfect pasta salad for your light lunch or summer picnic. Niçoise pasta salad has all the classic flavors but swaps the traditional lettuce for pasta.

A traditional Niçoise salad is made up of tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, olives and anchovies. You’ll find quite a lot of variation in the ingredients and dressing though with the more modern version including potatoes and green beans such as this Niçoise pasta salad had.

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Crab Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

September 24, 2013 By Shannah Coe 6 Comments

Clean eating can still be delicious! I combined crab and other yummy ingredients to create Crab Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms. They make one amazing dinner!

When it comes to cooking portobello mushrooms don’t be intimidated, it’s easier than you think!

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Turkey Taco Cups

September 19, 2013 By Shannah Coe 9 Comments

Back to school doesn’t have to mean more fast food! Make a delicious dinner of Turkey Taco Cups in under 30 minutes that everyone will love!

With school back in session and all that comes with it {homework, after school activities, PTA, etc.}, dinner can fall pretty far down the list of priorities. That typically means more take out and/or more trips to fast food restaurants. BUT, it doesn’t have to be that way!

Turkey Taco Cups are super fun for kids and the perfect serving size.

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Mason Jar Fever: Chocolate Eclair Cake in a Jar

September 10, 2013 By Shannah Coe 8 Comments

Chocolate Eclair Cake in a Jar is a super simple dessert that requires no baking and is served in a mason jar! It is guaranteed to be a crowd pleaser and one of the easiest desserts you will ever make! It’s even easier to serve to a crowd because it’s in a jar!

Way back in the day {like before I knew what natural light for photography was}, I shared a family recipe that is always a hit: Chocolate Eclair Cake. It is one of those non-baker desserts that you literally cannot.mess.up but always pleases a crowd.

Check it out but ignore the awful pictures please {although a few of them are updated}! One problem we sometimes have with the cake is serving it so I decided to do the food version of “put a bird on it” and put it in a jar.

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The Perfect Summer Side Dish: Zucchini Carpaccio

July 10, 2013 By Shannah 12 Comments

Summertime meals call for fresh flavors and lots of produce. At our recent parent’s day out, one of the couples brought a dish I fell in love with and had to figure out to make once I got home. For me, the combination of flavors made it the absolute perfect summer side dish. I hit up the farmer’s market to make sure I got the freshest produce I could find.

Carpaccio is typically a dish that consists of raw meat that is sliced or pounded thin and served as an appetizer. I took a little different approach though and sliced zucchini extremely thin to make my carpaccio. I did keep the traditional flavors of lemon juice, olive oil and pepper though.
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