Category: Recipes
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Quick and Easy Enchilada Casserole
This week, I made a variation of a meal that I have thrown together on many occasions. It is a quick and easy dinner that can be prepped ahead and refrigerated or frozen, and it is easily adaptable using whatever ingredients you have on hand. I hope you enjoy! The Recipe Ingredients 2 15-oz cans…
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Crabapple Nut Muffins
This week, A was very curious about trying to use the crabapples on the tree in our yard in some way. I started researching crabapple jelly recipes, but I had some reservations about that option because we do not have a water bath canner or a good piece of kitchen equipment for pressing the juice…
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Vegan Enchilada Quinoa Dip
This week, I improvised a slow cooker meal and I was very happy with the results. My kids were less enthusiastic, though they ate the leftovers with fewer complaints so maybe it was just a mood. Do your kids ever look at the food you’ve made and make a face – before they have even…
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Gluten-free Chocolate Peanut Butter Zucchini Muffins
This week… The need to use the overwhelming supply of zucchini coming from our garden prompted me to make a variety of muffins. It all began with a basic whole wheat chocolate zucchini muffin. But then I decided that a chocolate peanut butter zucchini muffin would be better. And then I wanted to share these…
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Peach Jam
This post is not affiliated and any products referenced are purely for informational purposes. This week, we finally scored some peaches on sale and made peach jam! Each year, we try our hand at canning and/or jelly making, but we had yet to attempt any group canning efforts. I had made a variety of refrigerator…
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Fridge clean-out dinner winner
This week… I messed up my Spanish rice. I was attempting to pre-make Spanish rice for my family birthday dinner, and I decided to try rice in the InstaPot for the first time. It did not go well, presumably because I didn’t follow the venting instructions after the fact. The rice ended up mushy and…
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Strawberry Banana Peach Smoothie Bowl
This week… I hit the discount produce jackpot. I don’t know if your local grocery store does this, but in my area, several of the big name grocery stores frequently offer a variety of very ripe or near-spoiling produce for a steep discount. Some days this discount produce stand, located in the far rear of…
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Freezer Clean-out Smoothie Bowl
This week, I need to make a smoothie bowl in a pinch. I have been obsessed with smoothie bowls for several months now. I’m not sure what it is about these. I’ve been enjoying smoothies regularly for many years but these are so much more satisfying with the added crunch and texture from the toppings.…
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Greek Spiralized Zucchini Salad
This week is all about the insane amounts of zucchini coming out of my garden. Our zucchini plants have exploded. I think these are dinosaur zucchini plants. I have gardened many, many times before. I have had successful zucchini crops. But I have never seen zucchini plants like these. While the plant is amazing, the…
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Fridge Cleanout Salad
This week… I watched my nieces and nephew for a few hours and cleaned out a bunch of miscellaneous ingredients left in the fridge to throw my own lunch together in the process. The end result was a pretty delicious salad – proof that you can always eat your vegetables! Dump-the-fridge Salad Ingredients Yellowing arugula…