bulk beef, a staple in my freezer

Bulk Beef, A Staple in my Freezer

TweetThere are very few meals made from ground beef or turkey that don’t freeze well. It just loans itself to quickly freezing and reheating is a snap. It also doesn’t dry out when reheating which is key to enjoying your prepared meals. I use a lot of ground beef or turkey when cooking. Mostly ground turkey because of my food…

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Weekly Meal Plan for 4/8

TweetBetter late than never. However, this is still going to be a very harried post. If you are on the facebook page then you read that I wasn’t putting up a menu plan for last week. I had no need. We spent most of it at one or the other set of in-laws. Our weather came out awesome for once…

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tamale pie

Weekly Meal Plan for 3-11

TweetYikes, can you believe how far behind in posting I am here? I can’t! I’ve been so good about getting recipes and articles up the last 2 years and then bam. Well in my defense I’ve done a TON of cooking in the last week. To the point I got a little, ok a lot, tired of cooking. That didn’t…

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Tangy Cranberry Pot Roast and Gravy

TweetSure the holidays are over but that doesn’t mean I don’t still love cranberries in my food. Especially the canned cranberry sauce. It’s like a sweet jelly with the tartness of cranberry added in. Perfect for changing up recipes. Roasts are so easy to make with just a few ingredients. I just love to find new recipes for roasts. It’s…

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crock pot spaghetti and meatballs

Easy Spaghetti and Meatballs

TweetSometimes there just isn’t the time to cut up ingredients for the slow cooker. In those cases I grab some easy ingredients and just pour them together. I prefer using some homemade meatballs I’ve frozen ahead of time but whatever is in the freezer will work in a pinch. While I do keep spaghetti sauce in the freezer, I also…

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tot casserole

Tater Tot Casserole

TweetI made this for the first time this summer. YES, summer. Of all the times right? My daughter requested it for her birthday dinner. Hell yeah, how cheap is that? Sadly we’ve brought our kids up to love many finer foods and it’s not odd for them to be requesting lobster and steak on their day. lol Oh well, we…

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pot roast in the crock pot

All American Beef Crockpot Pot Roast

TweetAs the name suggests this is the typical pot roast people make in the slow cooker. How can you not? It’s amazingly easy and so good. If you are running low on time you can toss everything into the crockpot but I suggest browning the meat first to seal in some of the juices. This has your full meal all…

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Monday Meal Plan 1/14

Tweet I know these meal plan posts are popular but for some reason it always seems to be difficult for me to get to them. They aren’t something I do ahead and schedule. I could, but I like to honestly post what our meal plan is going to be. Last week I snagged what looks like a brand new slow…

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red polka dot dress

Dress Ready for the Holidays

TweetGone are the simple days of starving myself to fit into cute prom dresses. But it is that time of year that involves Christmas parties and family dinners so a dress still must be worn in some fashion but what about all the good food I’ve waited all year to have? See the problem? Okay, I’m lying, I don’t do dresses…

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Mexican Lasagna made of leftovers

No One Knows It’s Leftover Mexican

Tweet I talked about this recipe on facebook on Tuesday. Posted the picture and wanted to make sure I got the recipe posted to go with it. Now I have a recipe in the weekly meal plans on week 14 for Mexican lasagna but this isn’t it. That one is much more lasagna’ey (like that word?). This one is only…

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