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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 to make quick meals like this hearty noodle soup that is a cinch to whip up on the stovetop and feed a crowd.

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 […]

How to Fry an Egg

Whether you love a sunny-side-up, an over-easy, or over-medium egg, today’s post will be the perfect start to your day because today I’m sharing step-by-step instructions on how to fry an egg, plus a few delicious recipes so your egg doesn’t have to be all alone. In this video, I am going to show you […]

When to Flip Pancakes

It’s happened to all of us. You make the pancake batter, you start making pancakes, and they’re either burned on one side or gummy. How do you know when to flip pancakes so they’re fully cooked inside, but they don’t burn?

Shrimp Pesto Pasta

Some nights all you need is a simple, one-skillet meal to make everyone happy, and this shrimp pesto pasta recipe is one of them. Whether you use homemade pesto or buy it, this simple meal tastes like you’ve spent hours in the kitchen but it was more like 15 minutes.

How to Cook Spaghetti Squash in the Oven

Spaghetti squash is a fantastic healthy side dish or substitute for pasta that’s low-carb, high in fiber, and delicious. Today, I’m showing you how to cook spaghetti squash three ways- in the microwave, oven, and slow-cooker!

How to Cook Frozen Chicken Breasts on the Stove

I’ve been where you are: another night trying to figure out what to make for dinner only to find a ton of frozen chicken breasts staring back at me. No problem! Read this post and watch the video to learn how to cook frozen chicken breasts in a pan so they turn out juicy and […]

5 Best Skirt Steak Taco Ideas

Make your taco night EPIC, with any of these skirt steak taco recipes from the Taco Tuesday Cookbook. They are quick and easy enough for busy weeknights and packed with loads of flavor.

Almond Flour Substitute for Recipes

After years of baking with almond flour and converting recipes back and forth -from traditional recipes to grain-free and vice versa, you can say that I’ve learned what works and what doesn’t as an almond flour substitute.

Meal Prep Burrito Bowls | Low Carb Lunch Idea

This recipe is everything you love about restaurant style burrito bowls at home! Made with simple and fresh ingredients, these burrito bowls are low carb and the perfect lunch idea to meal prep!

Bell Pepper Pizzas

Bell Pepper Pizza: A fun way to make grain-free pizzas and use up extra veggies in the fridge. Plus, this is a keto-friendly pizza recipe that the whole family can enjoy together.

Chick-Fil-A Nuggets Copycat Recipe

My kids love the crispy outing, the seasoning, and the slightly tangy flavor or the original Chick-Fil-A nuggets at the restaurant. And once in a while, we buy them. However, as a large family, it gets expensive because we need trays, not a 6 or 8pc box.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies (Nestle Toll House Recipe)

These Gluten-free chocolate chip cookies are chewy, soft, and irresistible! They’re easy to make and will have everyone begging for the recipe. I adapted this recipe from the classic Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, and yes it’s just as good gluten-free.