Lunch Meal Prep Idea – Taco Bowls!

Lunch Meal Prep Idea – Taco Bowls!

Why I Love Meal Prepping Lunches Lunch Meal Prep Idea – Taco Bowls! There’s something so satisfying about opening the fridge and knowing lunch is already taken care of. This one-skillet meal prep is super easy and packed with flavor—plus it gives me a head 

Bibigo USA mini wonton review

Bibigo USA mini wonton review

Have you seen these Bibigo USA mini wontons at your local store – in the freezer section?  The next time you go – stock up!  Here is my Bibigo USA mini wonton review. According to Cornell University the average adult makes 226 decisions about food….every.single.day!  

My Best Stir Fry yet!

My Best Stir Fry yet!

I’ve made so many stir fry’s over the years. It’s a great way to get lots of vegetables in one bowl. The combination of marinades I used made this my best stir fry yet! A few weeks ago I was at the store and saw 

Jerk Chicken and Vegetables

Jerk Chicken and Vegetables

Typically every week I cook chicken breasts for dinner – but always make leftover so I can morph them into something else. This is such an easy lunch or dinner idea – literally ready in 10 minutes. I do have a few shortcuts to make 

How to make Air Fried Spaghetti Squash Boats with pasta sauce!

How to make Air Fried Spaghetti Squash Boats with pasta sauce!

It’s taken me many times trying spaghetti squash and now I love it! I think it was the texture maybe – or maybe I was cooking it too much and it was mushy? In this post I show you how to make air fried spaghetti 

Air fried potato bowl

Air fried potato bowl

Most of the time, I don’t really know what I’m going to make for lunch. Sometimes I meal prep – but other times I think of one ingredient and go off of that. I really had a taste for air fried potatoes! I love how 

Delicious Taco Stuffed Baby Bell peppers

Delicious Taco Stuffed Baby Bell peppers

How to use baby bell peppers to make any meal or create a new meal using leftovers. One thing I try to do is not waste food. I have a problem when I’m making dinner for my family to make too much food, so there 

20 minute weeknight ramen bowl dinner! Healthy and better than takeout!

20 minute weeknight ramen bowl dinner! Healthy and better than takeout!

My inspiration for tonight’s dinner: This dinner was inspired by Inquiring Chef. How many of you go to Pinterest to look for ideas of what to make for yourself or your family? Even though I’ve been cooking my whole life and I still go to 

Marion’s Kitchen Marinade

Marion’s Kitchen Marinade

Marion’s Kitchen marinades were introduced to me by my twin sister Biz. She kept showing recipes she made using the marinade and I finally got my hands on some. So sorry I waited so long – my lunch was outstanding. This isn’t really a recipe, 

Baked potato soup

Baked potato soup

I know its still summer, but I can eat soup all year round.  It’s chilly in my office, and if I have the air on at home, my family doesn’t mind having soup in the summer either.  This recipe is by far my most favorite 

Claire soup!

Claire soup!

Before going to the grocery store this weekend, I thought I would make a batch of soup for my lunches this week. I just put in whatever veggies I had leftover from the week so I wouldn’t have to throw them out. My daughter Claire, 

Tortellini Soup

Tortellini Soup

The first time I made this soup was May of 2009! I sometimes forget to go back to recipes I’ve made that are worth making again. This is one of those recipes. I printed out a recipe from Spark People for what I thought was 

Quinoa feta spinach salad with chicken

Quinoa feta spinach salad with chicken

I’ve never made this dish before, but I will be making it again. I was thinking about what to make for dinner over the weekend when I knew I wanted to make some type of side dish with quinoa in it. I make a cold 

Red quinoa salad

Red quinoa salad

Happy Thursday! This week is flying by so far! I made the most of yesterday by power walking at lunch for 30 minutes, and then walking home as fast as I could for 30 minutes, so I felt really good about that! AND, another day 

Muir Glen Reserve Tomatoes/Biggest Loser re-cap

Muir Glen Reserve Tomatoes/Biggest Loser re-cap

When I got home from work last night there was a package waiting for me. I knew exactly what it was, so I was excited to open it up. Muir Glen was nice enough to send me a free box of their reserve Organic canned 

Leftover veggie soup!

Leftover veggie soup!

I had some leftover orange cauliflower, a few potatoes, a few carrots, some red onion and fat free half and half, so I made a go at turning that into soup! First I cut up the cauliflower, peeled and cut the potatoes and cut them 

Thinking about Thanksgiving already!

Thinking about Thanksgiving already!

I subsribe to so many different cooking sources via e-mail that the last few days all the Thanksgiving recipes have been making me excited for Thanksgiving!! I wanted to share a few links with you if you are hosting the event yourself or just need 

Corn and green chile chowder

Corn and green chile chowder

This week, my sister is hosting BSI (Blogger Secret Ingredient) cooking contest and the ingredient this week is: Chiles!! I was searching for recipes where I wouldn’t have to buy too many ingredients and when I found this recipe on Cooking Channel’s website, I had 

What’s the difference between canned Tomatoes??

What’s the difference between canned Tomatoes??

I kept wondering this question when I am at the store. I make homemade pasta sauce pretty much every week. Sometimes I buy whole tomatoes, sometimes pureed, sometimes crushed, why so many varieties, and what should you buy for what you are making? So, I 

Pumpkin/banana bread + awesome salsa

Pumpkin/banana bread + awesome salsa

This recipe I got from The Cooking Club of America. To be honest, I didn’t play around with it too much to try to make it less calories, I made it as is, and tried to keep the portion I ate smaller! This bread is 

Williams-Sonoma White bean soup

Williams-Sonoma White bean soup

I get the monthly catalog from Williams-Sonoma and I love drooling over all the fancy gadgets and pans. PLUS, they always showcase a handful of recipes. When I read the recipe for this, the one thing that stuck out is that you can easily make 

Roasted Tri-Color Pepper Soup

Roasted Tri-Color Pepper Soup

Over the weekend, I bought this really cute bag of mini peppers for only $2.49! I used about less than half for this soup recipe. I knew I was going to make the soup, but when I made the cauliflower gratin yesterday, right before I 

Winners of Lea & Perrins coupons/purple & white cauliflower gratin

Winners of Lea & Perrins coupons/purple & white cauliflower gratin

Over the weekend, I made a huge stir fry and still had a fair amount of purple and white cauliflower, so my sister just so happened to make a great side dish which I decided to make. It’s a Cauliflower Gratin. She used a combo 

Chicken/rice/pesto dinner

Chicken/rice/pesto dinner

One of my favorite things to do is try to put together a great dinner when it seems like we have nothing in the house. Such was the case the other night. I hadn’t gone to the grocery store over the weekend, so while I 

Best baked potato soup ever! + Inspiration video Ben’s 120 pound journey!

            I’ve posted this recipe already, but it’s worth posting again. As soon as it starts turning into fall, I start getting out my soup and stew recipes, I can’t wait to make them again! The best part about this