Recipes

 Are you looking for quick and easy meals to feed your family?  We all lead very busy lives. All too often the temptation is there to want to pick up a ready meal or a takeaway.  Having to prepare something fresh and delicious for our families every day can also sometimes seem a bit of a chore. Maybe you find yourself in a bit of a mealtime rut, cooking the same things day in and day out.Today I am sharing some weeknight dinners that are not only delicious, but quick and easy to make as well. They are also very family...

Two and a half weeks until our big move! Here’s what we ate all week as we’re getting ready… Food we’re working with I’m dwindling down our food supply, only buying fresh produce and dairy products as needed so that we hopefully have fewer boxes/coolers of food to move later this month. Here’s a picture of my pantry shelf at the beginning of this week. I’ll share a new picture each week as it empties out! You can see our freezers last week here, and compare them to this week’s pictures: What we ate all week My goal at the...

Check out my favorite Costco prepared meals that will help you get dinner on the table during busy weeknights! Costco prepared meals to the rescue! 🙌 Ever get overwhelmed with meal planning and grocery shopping? 🙋‍♀️ Inevitably, life can sometimes get crazy hectic. The high-quality prepared meals at Costco are worth keeping a yearly membership alone in my opinion. This list includes my most recent new favorite gyro kit that you have to try! I am someone who does a bunch of cooking at home in both my personal life and work life, but, sometimes, I get meal burnout. In...

How do I shop for meat for our big family? The larger our family gets, the more creative I have to be. Here’s what works for me… So long, grass-fed beef If you’ve been reading my blog for a long time, you’ve watched my evolution from everything free-range, grass-fed, and organically raised to well, surviving. And being at peace over it. As I’ve shared before: I used to care deeply about the free-range chicken. (2004) I began to question if I should care so much about the free-range chicken. (2010) I started to care quite a bit less about the...

Father's Day is next Sunday, June 18, 2023. Here are my top “guy’s guy” recipes sure to impress Dad! You can find ALL these recipes in the Meal Mentor app (or web planner). Search by name!  Start your FREE 7-day trial for immediate access to ALL the recipes. NOTE: I’ve included the🕺 icon to signify my husband’s favorites. FULL LIST OF VEGAN FATHER'S DAY RECIPES (1-48)by Meal Mentor:  American Chop Suey “Bacon” “Cheeseburger” Pasta“Bacon” & “Egg” Scramble 🕺Baconator Potaters 🕺“Beef” Stroganoff Breakfast McMuffins 🕺Buffalo (or Firecracker) Cauliflower TacosBuffalo Lasagna WheelsCheeseburger Quinoa“Clam” Chowder 🕺Creamy Pesto PastaGerman Lentil Soup 🕺Good Greens & Gravy 🕺Grandmas...