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Dirty Cauliflower Rice

Dirty Cauliflower Rice

This quick meal is one of my very favorites….thankfully my family likes it, too! If your kids aren’t fans of celery and peppers, dice them into very small pieces and they’ll soften right up as they cook. I always make enough for leftovers (double the…

Cook Once, Eat Twice:  Pulled Pork

Cook Once, Eat Twice: Pulled Pork

My basic slow cooker pulled pork recipe is one of my faves…..not only is it delicious the day you make it (served with a crunchy cabbage salad and roasted sweet potatoes), but it easily fits into several other easy meals.  Make the pulled pork on…

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork is one of the easiest and most versatile things you can make and have on-hand in your kitchen.  Buy a 3 to 4 pound pork roast, cook all day in your slow cooker, then freeze it in meal-sized portions to use for later…

Cheater Chili Verde

Cheater Chili Verde

So, I reference my recipe to Chili Verde often in my menu plans, because it’s one of the few meals I make that all my kids enjoy. However, I must confess that I almost never make it the way my original recipe is written. Instead,…

Cumin Pork Tenderloin and Sweet Potatoes

Cumin Pork Tenderloin and Sweet Potatoes

This recipe is a True Winner, which means it meets my top three criteria for week-night meals: 1. It’s all real food. 2. It’s less than 15 minutes of hands-on prep time. 3. Most (meaning 3 out of 4) of my kids eat it without…

Oven-cooked Bacon

Oven-cooked Bacon

I love bacon.  Love, love, love it. I also love my glass cook-top.  Love, love, love it. However, I hate cleaning splattered bacon grease from my glass cook-top.  Hate it with a capital H. Sooo, I make bacon in the oven.  Yay! I line a…

Balsamic Pork Chops

Balsamic Pork Chops

I found this recipe in a magazine years ago and it’s a family favorite and the base for several variations.  My kids love this….and I’ve recently had to start doubling it in order for all of us to have our fill.  The original recipe calls…

Chili Verde

Chili Verde

This is a variation of Everyday Paleo‘s chili verde…..just a few tweaks here and there.  If you know me well, you know that I never follow directions/recipes just as they are written. I like to wing it, try my own thing, or just make a substitution…