Quick & Healthy Lentil Soup

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What is your #1 priority for a weeknight dinner? Fast? Healthy? Full of flavor? A nice hearty helping of vegetables? If so, you will love my Quick & Healthy Lentil Soup. I purchase the cooked/steamed lentils from Trader Joe’s for this super fast and healthy soup. Quick & Healthy Lentil Soup Ingredients: 2 Tbls olive [...]

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Brie, Prosciutto, Pear & Apricot Grilled Cheese

Grilled Cheese, Brie, Prosciutto, Pear, Apricot Chutney Grilled Cheese

Why yes I am on a Grilled Cheese mission. A mission to come up with as many different grilled cheese sandwiches as possible. That are all to die for and delicious. In case you missed my other melted cheese masterpieces, you can check out my Grilled Cheese Goddess which is jammed packed with white truffle butter, [...]

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Mexican Lasagna

Mexican Lasagna

Lasagna does not always have to include mozzarella cheese and your favorite tomato sauce. Sometimes it includes your favorite salsa, Mexican cheese and fresh cilantro. Mexican Lasagna Ingredients: 1 Tbls. olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 lb. ground turkey (or beef if you prefer) 2 tsp. cumin 2 tsp. [...]

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Crock-Pot Lasagna

Crock Pot Lasagna

Yes, you read that title correctly. You can make lasagna in the crock pot! You don’t have to boil the noodles…they just cook on their own in the crock pot over time. Boo-yah! I LOVE the crock pot. It is my saving grace when it comes to dinner in the winter time. I can start [...]

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Chicken, Tortellini and Spinach Soup

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My husband makes fun of me because every time it starts to get cold outside (cold being between 50-60 degrees), I get all in a tizzy and get so excited about making my *Winter Meals*. Winter meals usually involve one of two things: soup or roasting. Although summer is my favorite time of year, I really do love [...]

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Halloween Love… M & M Blondies…BOO!

Blondie Dough w/ Parchment Paper

There are 3 things that I LOVE about Halloween: 1) Chocolate. 2) Getting dressed up. 3) Seeing cute kids in cute Halloween costumes. There are 3 things that I DON’T like about Halloween: 1) The 5 extra lbs from eating the chocolate. 2) The annoying *kids* that are most likely to old to be trick-or-treating that [...]

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Banana Bread

Who doesn’t love a yummy banana bread? I am particularly fond of my banana bread recipe…it is delicious!! It is finally Fall here in California today… rain and all. I don’t know about you, but there is something about cooler weather that makes me want to BAKE. Maybe it is because during the winter we [...]

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Turkey Pasta Bake

Turkey Pasta Bake

As promised, I am giving you my beloved Turkey Pasta Bake recipe. Mmmmmmm….turkey….pasta….baaakkke. It is delicious and EASY. In case you missed it, even some kids like this recipe. Tyler had it everywhere and dug in fast here. Turkey Pasta Bake 1 lb. of ground turkey meat (or beef, whatever you like!) 1 small onion, chopped [...]

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Zucchini Bread

Zucchini & Squash

Since I have zucchini and yellow squash coming out of every crevice of my body, I decided to make some of my mother-in-laws Zucchini Bread this week. I am beginning to think my husband is a little TOO good at this growing your own vegetable thing. We literally get this amount every 2 days:      [...]

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4th of July Flag Cake

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! I hope everyone has a fabulous holiday with family and friends. In case you need a last minute recipe here is my easy flag cake recipe! It is yummy and has lots of fresh, healthy fruit on it! Ingredients: 1 box of angel food cake mix (or yellow cake) 1 container [...]

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