recipes

Every so often I buy the Cabernet Beef Pot Roast from Trader Joe’s. I cook the pot roast in my slow cooker with some hearty vegetables like potatoes and carrots. The roast is pretty large and even though I have a family of 6 we almost always have plenty of leftovers. So I use my…

So you’re going to a holiday party and you need to throw together a quick and easy dish to share with your friends. Stop by Trader Joe’s and pick up these 3 ingredients and you’ve got yourself a delicious appetizer. A few years ago I discovered this amazing combination and it’s become one of my…

This is a great Greek Salad that is great as a side dish or eaten on it’s own as a light lunch or snack. It can also be easily prepared ahead of time and stored in a mason jar for a quick on-the-go meal. To store it in a mason jar add the dressing to…

Give me all the fresh fruits and vegetables in summer. I’m a huge fan of a caprese salad or sandwich but then I discovered the peach caprese salad! I know what you’re thinking, “Peach?” YES PEACH! I’ve tried this salad with yellow and white peaches, I like both but for this recipe I used white…

Every year I take my boy to pick strawberries at a local strawberry farm. They love to load up their buckets with red juicy berries, usually more than we could possibly eat. I typically freeze some of our berries to use in smoothies and then I make a super easy chia seed strawberry jam that…

Pasta is one of our go-to meals. My kids will eat most types of pasta and on occasion I can sneak in some good vegetables without them always noticing. Recently while I was at the store I was looking for a quick dinner option and saw a frozen family meal of pasta, vegetables and chicken….

I don’t know about your kids but mine are always starving when they get home from school. I was tired of giving them prepackaged snacks so we tried something new, Apple “Cookies”. Kids will go wild for these delicious and somewhat healthy after school apple “cookies”. My kid love to mix and match their toppings…