Meal Prep
Posts about prepping for your meals. Meal prep can range from meal planning to making different ingredients that can be used to make a number of different meals during the week. Meal prep is ideal for busy people.
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National Shrimp Scampi Day
Having an allergy to seafood has played a large role in my life. My mother figured it out when I was a toddler. However, my family was a regular seafood-eating bunch so I found reasons to get out of the house on Fridays. I had not interest in eating most types of seafood — although I was jealous of the hush puppies and fries at the local fast food seafood joint! But… I did like shrimp. I didn’t eat if often but I did eat it. Probably dodged a few bullets in my youth… Now I steer clear. Everyone else in the house eats seafood but they know that I…
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National Pecan Month: Pecan-Crusted Pork Chops with Plum Sauce
Another National Pecan Month recipe! When I was a child, pork chops was one of my favorite meals! Juicy fried pork chops! Yum! My mom used a basic flour recipe when making her chops. This recipe would have been a welcome addition to the dinner repertoire when I was a kid. Enjoy!
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Garlic and Chive Cauliflower Mash
It is still National Garlic Month! A perfect month for the garlic lovers of the world! Here is another garlic recipe for the themed month. The co-star in the recipe is cauliflower. The new-found love for cauliflower is weird for me. I grew up running from this veggie as fast as I could. Now, it’s everyone’s friend and in EVERYTHING! I have adapted, I think. Or is it that today’s cauliflower tastes better than the version from my youth? LOL It’s anyone’s guess…🤷🏽♀️ Back to the garlic and cauliflower mash recipe…. This tasty cauliflower mash pairs well with a large number of beef, pork, chicken, and plant-based entrees. Plus, it…
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What Groceries Should You Buy While Self-Isolating?
In the middle of a quarantine, there are a lot of factors that can influence what is or isn’t available to you and other people who are trying to keep themselves free of infection. For a lot of people facing those sorts of changes for the first time, choices can be tough, and options will seem to be in short supply. In order to give you some help, this article has some solid advice on healthy groceries to buy while self- isolating. Perishable Foods The first category of your foods are perishable foods. These are foods like dairy, eggs, meat, and produce that have a shorter shelf life. While you…
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Comfort Food: One-Skillet Lemon Chicken Orzo
Stuck in the house? This dish is also perfect for those busy weeknights when you want something quick and satisfying. Not dirtying every dish in your kitchen is a bonus. This recipe pairs bone-in chicken thighs with lemony orzo for a hearty meal you can have on the table in just over half an hour. Quite the comfort meal! For this recipe, the chicken thighs are cooked with skin on to impart extra flavor. However, the skin is removed for serving to save a few calories.
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Chunky Bacon Potato Soup
Today is Homemade Soup Day! Do you make a lot of homemade soup? It’s the perfect time for a hearty, warm soup. I enjoy making soup — one-pot wonders. After some prep work, you can put everything in one pot and walk away. Serving is almost as simple. Some bread, some salad, and the soup — easy peasy. My son is rather picky so finding dishes that he appreciates can be difficult. The bacon puts this one over the top for him! Have you tried this recipe? Let me know how it went in the comments!
