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Creamy Chicken Lasagna | What time is supper??
This super easy, no ricotta, creamy chicken lasagna will alter your reality of what you think lasagna should be! This lasagna recipe will have your taste buds singing while leaving your body ready to dance! For this cream chicken lasagna is filling but not heavy! As a former athletic trainer and a fitness enthusiast, the two most important things to me for meals are: That I am eating foods that are good for my body, mind, and metabolism. That I am eating sustainable foods. Foods that fill me up without loading me down. As a mom, the two most important things to me when it comes to dinner are: That…
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Chicken Ratatouille | One Pot WonderFULL
This one pot chicken ratatouille recipe will tantalize your taste buds and satisfy your soul, all while doing wonders for your waistline! This easy dinner is packed with super healthy, super foods that are guaranteed to help speed up your metabolism! And it couldn’t be any easier to make! All you need is a large skillet, but preferably (my FAVORITE cooking vessel EVER), a cast iron skillet! The chicken ratatouille recipe below is how my family likes it, but you can always omit or add any ingredients accordingly. For example, some people like to add some fresh, juicy tomatoes. Some don’t like the spice, so they omit the red pepper…
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Classic Sloppy Joes with Tomato Soup Recipe
My mom recently gave me this sloppy joes with tomato soup recipe. Her mother, my grandmother, used to work as a lunch lady in the cafeteria of her school. This is the classic sloppy joe recipe that was used for YEARS and that my mom, a former professional chef, still uses today because it is THAT GOOD! I was telling my mom about how difficult it is for me to get my toddler to eat vegetables when she gave me this easy sloppy joe recipe. She told me that she had yet to meet a child that didn’t LOVE these classic, homemade sloppy joes with hidden vegetables. At first I…
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Easy Candy Recipe | Jell-O Candy
My toddler and I are OBSESSED with candy! It’s safe to say that we spend a minor fortune on candy at our house. For example, when at the pediatrician, my toddler looked at the food pyramid and questioned why there wasn’t a candy category… So one day, we were both wanting candy and somehow didn’t have any at home. We had to come up with something! That was the day that I created this easy candy recipe! I started with looking up different candy or gummy recipes and I found this one made with Jell-O but it also required gelatin. I didn’t have any plain gelatin. I decided to go…
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Easy Easter Side Dishes | All You Need is a Microwave
The holidays can be stressful! Especially if you are doing the cooking! With most of staying home this year for Easter, it may be the first time you have to cook Easter dinner! Take the stress out of dinner prep with these seven easy Easter side dishes! All you need for these amazingly easy Easter side dishes is a microwave! Save yourself some time and the mess of cooking without sacrificing any flavor! These easy side dishes never fail to impress! All you’ll need is a microwave, a microwavable casserole dish with a lid and a few other staple kitchen tools (like a bowl and potato peeler) and you are…
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Toddler Truffles | Easy Peanut Butter Truffle Recipe
If you have been a follower of Struggle Shuttle, then you already know that I have a picky toddler! If it’s not fries, candy or cake she probably won’t eat it. She loves her sweets! For example, she was perplexed the last time we were at the pediatrician as to why there wasn’t candy on the food pyramid! If you have my article, Nutrition for Kids | 5 Nutrition Sneaking Hacks then you know that I am always looking for ways to sneak nutrition into my daughters’ diet! I recently came up with this peanut butter truffle recipe that is packed with protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals! My daughter loves…
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Bang Bang Shrimp Pasta Recipe
One of my first jobs was as a hostess at Bonefish Grill. While I was there I fell in love with Bang Bang shrimp and ordered it for dinner every day that I worked! When I got married and bought a house we were no longer close to a Bonefish Grill location so I started missing my Bang Bang shrimp! That is when I started to try to make it at home! I tried so many variations of the copy cat Bang Bang shrimp recipe that I found online, but I still couldn’t find one that satisfied my craving for the real thing. That is when I started trying my…
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Quick and Easy Irish Soda Bread Muffins
These quick and easy Irish soda bread muffins are one of my favorite additions to any meal! Also, they have recently become one of my go-to breakfast choices. As a mom, I am always trying to find quick and easy to make breakfasts that I can take with me anywhere! That is why I started making my Irish soda bread muffins! They are so easy to make that even my toddler knows the steps to baking them! Irish soda bread has been around since around the 1830s. During this time, in Ireland, there was a financial strife and ingredients to cook with were hard to come by. So as an…
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