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Steel Cut Overnight Oats with Banana

These bananas foster overnight steel-cut oats are an epic breakfast that tastes like dessert. Simple ingredients, loads of New Orleans flavor in each bite.

Easy Turkey and Rice Soup

When you need a delicious way to use up Thanksgiving leftovers, this effortless turkey and rice soup checks all the boxes.

Homemade Gluten-Free Panko Breadcrumbs

If you’re mid-recipe and realize you’re out of breadcrumbs, no worries! I’m going to show you how to make easy, homemade gluten-free panko breadcrumbs. Plus, this recipe is gluten-free so it’s the perfect alternative to traditional panko while still keeping that crispy texture we all love.

35 Healthy Dessert Recipes

Satisfy your sweet tooth with zero guilt! From a clean chocolate cake recipe to no-bake treats, there’s a healthy dessert recipe here for everyone!

How to Thicken a Smoothie

If you like thick smoothies you can eat with a spoon or tend to eyeball it when making them and they turn out runny, you’re in good company. I’ve made plenty of great-tasting smoothies that have turned out runny and below I share what I add to make them thick before I blend and how […]

Best Banana Oat Pancakes

Banana Oatmeal Pancakes made FAST in a blender that are naturally gluten-free, easy to make, and utterly delicious.

Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

Sautéed sweet potatoes, baby spinach, and chorizo sausage topped with a runny egg- this sweet potato hash can be served as a delicious start to your day or epic breakfast for dinner.

Roasted Asparagus with Lemon

Roasted asparagus with lemon is a game-changing recipe you’ll want to keep on hand for an impressive and easy side dish.

Healthy Meals For Kids

With 3 kids and a hectic evening schedule, having go-to healthy meals for kids that are easy and quick to prepare is a must-have. Even better, when they’re delicious, and they’ll actually eat them! If you like visuals, watch this video or, scroll down to the list of kid-friendly recipes.

Quick Chicken Taco Soup

When you are craving chicken tacos but a little lighter, I can’t think of a better solution than this rotisserie chicken taco soup recipe.

Quaker Savory Oatmeal with Summer Vegetables

This post is sponsored by The Quaker Oats Company. All opinions are my own.  This incredible savory oatmeal is topped with simple and fresh summer veggies, Pico de Gallo, and a fried egg making it the perfect start to your morning, nutritious brunch recipe, or family meal.

Savory Oatmeal with Summer Vegetables

This incredible savory oatmeal is topped with simple and fresh summer veggies, Pico de Gallo, and a fried egg making it the perfect start to your morning, nutritious brunch recipe, or family meal.

Rotisserie Chicken Noodle Soup

Rotisserie chicken is my favorite shortcut for weeknight meals my family loves, and this chicken noodle soup is at the top of our list.

Crockpot Sweet Potatoes

Baking sweet potatoes in the oven and microwave have been my default, but when you’re craving a hot baked sweet potato but don’t feel like turning on the oven, cooking them in the crockpot is a hands-free way to prepare a healthy meal ahead of time.

Savory Butternut Squash with Garlic & Parmesan

This savory butternut squash tastes like a million bucks, thanks to the garlic butter and Parmesan cheese. Check all my tips and you’ll soon add this recipe to your side dish rotation.

Easy Banana Breakfast Cookies

You can feel good about starting the day with these banana breakfast cookies. These monster-sized cookies are deliciously chewy and made with wholesome ingredients to keep you energized for hours. While I wouldn’t recommend eating cookies and milk for breakfast every day, this is one recipe you could do just that and get away with […]

Healthy Meals Picky Eaters Will Eat

When it comes to feeding our picky eaters, it can be tough to find recipes that provide nutrition while pleasing the pickiest of palates. For this reason, we’ve put together a list of healthy meals picky eaters will eat and have some nutritional value in them so that we can worry a little less.

How to Make Instant Iced Coffee

If you want a pick-me-up that tastes great in less than one minute, this instant iced coffee recipe is bomb. Yes, you heard me, you’ll get the caffeine in your sytem super fast.

Grilled Marinated Beef Kabobs

There are few things more delicious than a perfectly grilled beef kabob. My kids love anything served “on a stick” from chicken and veggies to shrimp and beef.

How to Make Pancakes without Milk

Whether you ran out of milk or just want a recipe for pancakes without milk that uses water, today’s recipe and tips will show you how to make fluffy pancakes every time!

Thai Chicken Meal Prep

If you love good takeout food that takes your taste buds to another level, this Thai Chicken recipe is going to blow you away. Juicy chicken in a homemade peanut sauce, with crispy fresh veggies over rice… It’s everything you want right now!

Perdue Farms Thai Chicken Meal Prep Bowls

If you love good takeout food that takes your taste buds to another level, this Thai Chicken recipe is going to blow you away. Juicy chicken in a homemade peanut sauce, with crispy fresh veggies over rice… It’s everything you want right now! Another reason I love this recipe: it’s super easy to meal prep. […]

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pancakes

Pumpkin pie for breakfast? Almost! Try these fluffy, gluten-free pumpkin pancakes and your family will feel like you’re serving them dessert first thing in the morning.

Turkey Stew Recipe

This turkey stew is perfect to use up odds and ends from Thanksgiving, not that you need a holiday feast as a reason to make this recipe. It’s super delicious and simple to make for any occasion or weeknight meal.

Strawberry Overnight Oats

These easy strawberries and cream overnight oats are so delicious you’ll want to have them for desert too!

Shrimp Dinner Ideas for Families

Quick, healthy and delicious dinner ideas using shrimp! These recipes are kid-approved and the perfect dinner you can pull off tonight.

Korean Chicken Lunch Meal Prep

If you’re looking for a healthy lunch that’s Asian take-out inspired, this sweet and tangy Korean chicken bowl is just the thing you need to make!

Perdue Farms Korean Chicken Lunch Bowls

If you’re looking for a healthy lunch that’s Asian take-out inspired, this sweet and tangy Korean chicken bowl is just the thing you need to make! This post is sponsored by Perdue Farms. The opinions shared are my own. 

Easy Ground Beef Dinner Ideas for Families

If you are looking for some family-friendly ground beef dinner ideas to use with that pound, you thawed out this morning – this one is for you! Today I’m sharing some simple recipes using ground beef to help make your evening a little bit easier with dinner ideas you can make tonight.

When is Snacktime? Healthy Snacking for Active Moms

Whether it’s after a workout or mid-morning, when the urge to snack takes over, I’m all over it. And when I share on social that I’m snacking (again), I’m often asked: is there a best time to snack? There is, and it depends on your day and the purpose for that snack.

Defrosting Chicken in Water

Found the perfect recipe to make for dinner tonight but stuck with a frozen pound of chicken? This is the post that will help you defrost chicken in water quickly.  Chicken is my favorite protein to cook because it creates so many amazing dishes my family loves. Over time, I’ve picked up many tips and cooking […]

BLT Salad Recipe

Everyone’s favorite sandwich loaded with beloved bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes; deconstructed into this healthy and easy meal prep lunch salad. Watch the magic happen:

Healthy Breakfast Burritos with Veggies

If you want a way to bulk up your burritos without loading on the extra calories, a healthy breakfast burrito packed with protein from eggs and stuffed with roasted veggies full of southwest seasoning is the way to go!

Bruschetta Chicken with Balsamic Glaze with Perdue Farms Chicken

Can you imagine eating anything more delicious than high-quality chicken, mozzarella cheese, juicy red tomatoes, and fresh basil baked to perfection? Well, maybe if we drizzled this Bruschetta Chicken with a tangy-sweet balsamic glaze? Oh yes, this easy chicken recipe is one you’ll incorporate into your meal plan again and again! This post is sponsored […]

Pancake Cereal Recipe

Can’t decide between pancakes or cereal? Why not both! This Pancake Cereal recipe is made in the blender with Quaker old fashioned oats for a fun and delicious breakfast!

Chicken Udon Soup

This incredibly easy udon soup recipe was made at home with simple ingredients to appease my hardest critics: my kids! I’m a big fan of udon soup from my favorite take-out place in NYC but seeing that I live outside of New Orleans… I had to make my own.

How to Flip an Egg

Have you ever wanted to learn how to flip an egg in a frying pan without using a spatula? How about flipping it, so the egg yolk doesn’t break? If that’s you, you’ve come to the right post because today, I’m going to share both a video and step-by-step instructions so you can make your […]