These quick and easy dinner ideas get food on the table fast. They’re nutritious, kid-approved, and easy to throw together! Have you ever meal planned while hungry? I have! My imagination runs wild, and huge exquisitely prepared meals fill the menu. Lots of freshly baked goods, multiple side dishes, and desserts become essential for every meal. When I revisit that meal plan I made while I was hungry, I ... Continue Reading
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How to Menu Plan Once a Month
Try monthly menu planning to plan once and eat for a whole month! Follow these 5 simple steps to create monthly food plans so you can eat well all month long. I’m a huge advocate for menu planning. Just take a look at 30 Minute Dinners. It contains all of the menu plans I’ve ever made (250+!), comes with step-by-step cooking instructions, shopping lists, meal prep, and everything can be customized to fit ... Continue Reading
Freezer Dump Dinners: One Hour Freezer Meals
Make these 10 easy freezer meals in 1 hour. Have cozy crockpot meals like Beef Ragu, Salsa Chicken, and Carnitas ready to dump in the crockpot and go. Ever since I committed myself to doing more freezer cooking several years ago, I have realized THIS. IS. AWESOME! Having a stash of easy crockpot meals in my freezer is totally rocking my world, but it wouldn’t happen if I didn’t have a plan to get those ... Continue Reading
Freezer Meal Ideas and Tips
Use these freezer meal ideas and tips to plan your next freezer cooking session. Make the most of your time in the kitchen and freeze food! It’s a well-known fact that preparing and freezing food is an incredible way to save time in the kitchen. If you’ve never made food for the freezer before, I’m here to show you how to plan for a freezer cooking session, so you can make the most of your time in the ... Continue Reading
Cinnamon Oatmeal Blender Waffles
This Belgian waffle recipe gives you light, fluffy oatmeal waffles that are crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. Lightly sweetened and perfectly delicious, the whole family will come back for more! My husband has a not-so-secret secret love affair with this oatmeal waffle recipe. He loves that they’re satisfying and filling without being heavy. I love that I can whip them up using just the ... Continue Reading
50+ No Cook Meals for Summer
Stay cool when the temperatures rise with over 50 easy no cook meals, plus the best tips for making healthy, delicious food without heating up the house! Sometimes in summer, it’s so hot, you seriously consider feeding everyone popsicles or ice cream for dinner. And while that might be a fun treat ONCE, for most of the summer, we need actual meals even when it’s hot out. You can still eat well without ... Continue Reading
High Protein Oatmeal
With 36g of protein, this protein porridge recipe fuels me for long runs, workouts, and busy days. Naturally sweetened with fruit and maple syrup, high protein oatmeal feels indulgent and keeps me full longer. I took up running several years ago. I knew I needed less sitting in my life, and running seemed like a good way to get moving. After running consistently for a few weeks, my husband asked if I had ... Continue Reading
Cheap Healthy Meals
These cheap and healthy meals help you feel good about feeding your family. Choose any of these frugal recipes for easy, delicious dinners on a budget! Have you ever thought to yourself, “I wonder how much this dinner costs?” It could turn out that your current comfort food meal (that you thought was one of your cheap & healthy meals) could actually be costing more than you think. I am on a mission ... Continue Reading
Oatmeal Pancakes
These easy oat pancakes are healthy and delicious, with no flour or banana involved! Hearty and satisfying, these freezer-friendly oatmeal pancakes are the perfect make-ahead breakfast to add to your meal plan. Like most kids, my kids LOVE pancakes. It doesn’t matter if it’s Sourdough Pancakes or Healthy Chocolate Pancakes, I have to make a double batch to even have a chance for leftovers the next ... Continue Reading
7 Chicken Meal Prep Recipes to Cook Once and Eat All Week
Get 7 days of chicken meal prep ideas with this FREE meal plan, which includes recipes, a grocery list, AND meal prep specifics so you can get dinner on the table fast! Enjoy a week’s worth of delicious, healthy chicken dinners for the whole family. Make Instant Pot Whole Chicken or All-Purpose Slow Cooker Chicken to get started! Do you ever feel like you spend all day in the kitchen? Yeah, me ... Continue Reading
