containing the crazy while maintaining the fabulous
I love Indian food. It’s warm, the smell is intoxicating, the problem is that it doesn’t love me. Due to my allergy I can’t eat it so I’ve been in a quest to find recipes for DF replacements.
I finally found and easy one for butter chicken and now it been placed in heavy rotation in our house (our week meals are a funny mishmash of country, Indian, Middle Eastern, and more!).
Read MoreOne of our new fall and winter go-to dinners is hamburger soup. It is as simple as it sounds, browned ground beef, broth, spices, and chalked full of veggies. Very similar to beef stew just a heck of a lot quicker and the kiddo eats multiple servings!
Read MoreI’d say the key here is the balsamic, but is it the rosemary, or maybe the garlic, or is the butter? It’s really hard to say which one is the key element to making this simple dish an over the top winner but it doesn’t really matter! What you have here is a dish with about 10-15 minutes prep time 30ish minutes of hands off cook time (for 1.25lbs) and then some serious silence at the table while your family eats in joy.
Read MoreOK, first off. How are you doing? Weird times, huh? Is anyone else strung out on family time yet? I mean this is A LOT of family time. A LOT of togetherness. A LOT of cooking for these hungry beasts all day long. I had no clue so much food was consumed by my family. Including the dog. No clue. I mean we eat pretty healthily, even the dog likes to snack on carrots (weird - yes) but it’s still a lot of food.
Here’s one of our favorite in between weather meals - pot pie! A 9x13 pan serves our family of 3 for 2 days - these days who knows? After a long day of playing in mud puddles or being outside in the damp spring weather it’s so comforting to smell the warm biscuits and veggies cooking in the oven.
Read MoreWell that was a lovely 2 week break for fall before we dove straight into winter like weather. Pot roast is a meal that just feels right on wintery days. That being said, American pot roast is often extremely heavy with the gravy and potatoes and is just too more than I need (not that Teddy or Zach care, they will eat pot roast how ever I make it!).
Read MorePumpkin is the fall’s version of shrimp in Forest Gump. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin soup, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin … chili! While I’m not a fan of the PSL crazy I can totally get behind the rest.
Read MoreLet’s talk every one’s favorite comfort food (next to mac’n cheese and ice cream) - Chinese food. Being gluten free makes eating Chinese food hard, the brown sauces usually contain soy sauce, and many restaurants don’t have gluten free soy sauce to sub out on the spot. Totally understandable. But I still crave it. What to do, what to do?
Read MoreFresh fruit from the farmers market gets me so excited. To me peaches and apples might be my very favorite. signal a very special time of year. Just like watermelon signals summer, and crisp apple says fall, peaches stand for the middle ground between the two.
Apples I buy in droves every weekend. When I find perfect peaches at the market I tend to buy a lot and make big plans for them. Usually these plans involve desert.
Read MoreIf you were to only know me through reading my blog and recipes you may think that I only cook and eat healthy veggie packed meals.
False.
I love to bake desserts - I've never met a cookie, or cake, or muffin that I haven't wanted to bake.
Some people love to bake from scratch with a toddler and kuddos to you my friends! Not me. But I do still like to bake (and even bake with Teddy). What a conundrum you say!
Well, I'm going to share my baking secret with you. Shhhhhhhh!
Read MoreMost meals I try to make all around family pleasers. Sometimes though, I'm craving something that I know my toddler won't like. Oh well, kiddo! Sometimes mama gets to enjoy a meal without your fingers in it!
Read MoreFajitas yes, having your house smell like Chili’s for a week, no. Fresh healthy crowd pleasing food, yes, Cooking over a hot stove in the summer, no.
Enter baked fajitas!! Even though these fajitas aren’t seared in a flaming hot cast iron pan they are still packed with that southwest flavor that will leave you wanting more! I love that this easily makes a big batch, because we all love these fajitas!
Enter baked fajitas!! Even though these fajitas aren’t seared in a flaming hot cast iron pan they are still packed with that southwest flavor that will leave you wanting more! I love that this easily makes a big batch, because we all love these fajitas!
Even better, you don't even need mixing bowls for the chicken and veggies, just toss them straight onto the pan. One less thing to clean - now you are speaking my language. Now go forth and enjoy your summertime!
Read MoreA fragrant sauce of coconut and curry mixed with sweet red peppers, tender cooked potatoes, and crunchy cashews, with chicken or chickpeas, made right in your crockpot! A dish fit for a dinner party or an easy weekday night in. So so easy and incredibly delicious!
Read More15 minutes y'all. 15 freaking minutes. I made a healthy dinner, using only one pan and that we all devoured, in only 15 minutes. Do you have 15 minutes to make dinner? Read on my friends!
Read MoreWe are a busy bunch, late meetings, conference calls, school, work, practices, playdates. So even though we may crave that hearty meal, some days we forget to meal plan, or are just too tired to cook. That's where this bolognese comes in. Oh, did I mention it is jam packed with veggies and your kids won't know at all?! I call that a winning combination!
Read MoreThanksgiving in a bowl. Happiness in a soup. The non-Jew's Matzo ball soup.
Whatever you dub this soup, I am sure it is going to become part of your fall and winter family faves. Easy to make (even a day ahead of time!) and even easier to eat, this meal has all of the best part of Thanksgiving with out all of the mess and cleanup.
Read MoreThis week and last has been just what the doctor ordered (never mind the allergies). Sun and blue skies every day all day, and endless play. We spent our days outside playing and running and eating picnic lunches. Teddy was dirty head to toe every day and as happy as could be.
On days like these, making dinner is the last thing on my mind! Enter this crockpot basil curry coconut chicken.
After a week of beautiful sunny, almost summery days you might be thinking making a crock pot meal is crazy. It's warm out, the type of weather for grilling and salads. Aren't crock pots reserved for the fall and winter? Not if you have the right recipe!
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Hope you have fun!
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