Food
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Roasted Heirloom Tomato Soup—aka: Homemade Spaghetti-os
I have a tumultuous relationship with tomatoes…I want to love them, but in fact, I cannot stand them! I don’t know if it is texture, or it could be I have some PTSD from my childhood when my parents would can stewed tomatoes in the fall and it was one of the worst smells I’ve ever encountered. The smell was SO potent that my hair and clothes smelled like stewed tomatoes and inevitably some kid at school would comment on the smell. That being said, tomatoes are gorgeous! The vibrant color, the smooth texture of the skin. Heirloom tomatoes are my favorite, there is just something about their ugliness that…
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Easy Chicken Enchiladas
My family absolutely loves Mexican food. We have to have at least one dinner a week that is some sort of Hispanic recipe. I am also super blessed to have a couple of best friends who are Hispanic and amazing at cooking. So I have learned a thing or two from them. My enchilada recipe is easily in the top 5 favorites with my boys. This recipe also makes for a great freezer meal. Do you have any amazing enchilada recipes that you love? Hope y’all have an amazing week!
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Quick Chicken Noodle Soup
We have been a family full of sickos this past weekend. The weather is changing and the sun coming up later and later is causing some difficulty with staying motivated. Goob was especially miserable yesterday…but some breathing treatments, Tylenol, and a good night’s sleep have helped a lot! It’s nice to have an arsenal of quick, easy recipes up your sleeve when cold and flu season hits. My family loves homemade chicken noodle soup…noodles from scratch, fresh vegetables, and herbs…but when you don’t have the time or energy, this recipe is just as amazing in a pinch. The trick is to use egg noodles from the frozen food section instead…
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Easy Corn Salad
I love having an arsenal of side dishes in my recipe rotation. While heating up frozen vegetables or chopping up fruit and throwing it into a bowl is easy and tasty, sometimes it is nice to have more. This particular side salad is perfect for a potluck, or BBQ, or to just gorge yourself on at home…it is THAT yummy! A tiny bit of spice, a lot of cheese, plenty of vegetables. What more could a girl ask for? This particular recipe is especially delicious in the summer months when you can easily get fresh corn on the cob, but using thawed out frozen corn still makes it a special…
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Philly Stuffed Peppers
A couple of years ago when Matthew and I decided to go Paleo, I started converting my recipes to make them Paleo and even Whole 30 compliant. My Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches were one such recipe. These stuffed peppers are also Keto-Diet friendly as well. My kiddos are NOT fans of peppers, but they absolutely love these Philly Stuffed Peppers…it may or may not be due to the cheese topping-which is not Whole 30 compliant-but is sure tasty! Not only are these stuffed peppers delicious, but they are extremely easy…only 7 ingredients! These stuffed peppers are SO tasty you almost don’t miss the bread. They are also extremely filling. I can…
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Creamy Chicken Mexican Chili
The weather has finally dropped below 90°F here in Las Vegas. The stores are full of Halloween costumes and decorations. Every coffee shop is offering all things pumpkin spice. All I can think about is soups and chilis. I LOVE soup! I LOVE chili…but I cannot bring myself to consume either when the weather is hot. SO…now that the temperature is ‘cool’ by Vegas standards, I am more than ready for soups and chilis. All summer, I thought about this particular recipe. Just like with my cinnamon roll recipe, I love finding variations to chili recipes. There are seemingly endless possibilities. BUT…while I am unlucky and have zero Hispanic genetic…
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Cheesy Manicotti
A few weeks ago I decided I would involve the amigos more in meal planning and cooking dinner. I told each of them to decide on a dinner they wanted to help me prepare. Bean chose the easy way and wanted to do precooked tortellini with marinara sauce. His reasoning was if he aimed low in the beginning his only option was to move up. Then Keegs decided he wanted his absolute favorite dinner, which I refuse to make most of the time, Hawaiian Haystacks…if you don’t know what these are, then you most likely aren’t Mormon. You see…Mormons have this urge to create some of the yummiest, yet most…
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Being the mother to 4 boys, we go through bananas like the apocalypse is tomorrow. It is a rare occasion when we have overly ripe bananas that I can use to create banana bread or muffins. Goob especially loves bananas, having one for breakfast has become a ritual for him. His whole day is thrown off if he doesn’t start with a banana. By some miracle, last week I had 3 overly ripe bananas I needed to do something with. I also had some sour cream that needed to be used up. I remembered that sour cream in other baked goods causes the texture to be fluffy and light. That…
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Almond Joy Clusters
Sometimes I’m an amazing wife and I create a treat out of Matthew’s favorite candy bar. Other times I just buy him the candy bar. Over the weekend, I decided to be the amazing wife. Almond Joys…really anything with chocolate and coconut, are Matthew’s go-to when it comes to a sweet treat. He even loves to add coconut syrup to his Dr. Pepper. So when I was hurrying through the grocery store last Saturday to pick up last-minute items for dinner, and I ran right past a huge vat of raw almonds, inspiration struck. Isn’t it funny how inspiration just does that at the most unusual times? In my rush…
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Raspberry Sweet Rolls
I’ve been playing around with variations of my Better Than Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls. I know, why fix it if it isn’t broken…but sometimes a girl wants something different. This last week I decided to try my hand at making a raspberry filling. This filling was full of flavor and a nice fall addition to the cinnamon roll family. Do you have an amazing cinnamon roll variation? I am toying with the idea of doing a Nutella sweet roll next. Do you have any suggestions? Hope y’all are having an amazing day.
