This post is part of a wonderful campaign with al fresco in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month in October.  They have created a group of influencer’s called Team Pink to help spread the word about how we can support those who struggling with their health and share ideas on how to make simple changes in our eating to stay healthy. It’s simple ways we can #fightbackbetter in our daily choices to help fight against sickness, illness and disease. I’m honored to be partnering with al fresco on bringing awareness to Breast Cancer Awareness in October.

You don’t often think a calzone might be the type of food considered to be healthy for special diets, but this one is. Whether or not you live a low carb life style, a calzone stuffed with peppers, onions, chicken sausage and cheese is hard not to love and make. No yeast in the dough equals no time waiting for the dough to rise, but what’s even better is knowing the dough is perfect for anyone who has allergies to wheat, gluten, grains and even tree nuts. It’s a perfect family allergy friendly meal to bring to a friend in need and exactly what I would make for someone struggling with their health.

If you have a healthy recipe you have made using al fresco products be sure to tag them on Twitter or Instagram using @alfrescogourmet and the hashtag #fightbackbetter.

Every time #fightbackbetter is used, a meal will be donated through the Ellie Fund to someone who might be suffering with breast cancer.

The Ellie Fund’s Mission is to provide essential support services for breast cancer patients to ease the stresses of everyday life, allowing the focus to be on family, recovery and healing. Providing transportation to medical appointments, childcare, housekeeping, groceries and nutritious prepared/delivered meals free of charge through their Healing Together Patient and Family Care Program  which helps to relieve a patient’s burden while in treatment.

Making healthy swaps is part of what makes this #fightbackbetter campaign amazing. It’s all about finding simple ways to better your life, being little things you might be able to incorporate on a daily basis to fight against disease and illness, especially once flu season comes into play.

The better the food choices we make, the better your body can be in fighting against sickness.

1. Choosing fewer refined carbs is one of those ways to make healthier choices using vegetables instead. A simple idea to reduce the amount of refined carbohydrates is to swap traditional spaghetti for zucchini noodles or spaghetti squash instead. Cauliflower is also a great way to reduce carbs. Try this recipe for Cauliflower Mock Tater Tots, kid approved!
2. Reducing sugar is always a good idea, whether you’re on a low carb diet or just getting started into a “less refined sugar” life style. Sugar feeds illness so reducing it can only help fight against sickness better. Try these tasty grain free Pumpkin pancakes you won’t even notice they are sugar free and low carb!
3. Make your own snacks so you will be less tempted by store bought products full of sugar and carbs. Try this easy recipe for granola made in the crock pot!

When someone you know is in need, the best way to help is always just bringing them a hearty meal. Not only is this simple calzone quick to make it’s something that can be refrigerated and heated up whenever you’re hungry. Because let’s face it, when you’re not feeling well you often lose your appetite. The delicious smells of this meal will bring them coming for more.

It’s easy for kids to heat up on their own as well so mom won’t need to worry if she’s not feeling well. It’s even good room temperature so it’s perfect for a packed lunch as well.

Here’s a quick video showing how easy the dough is to make. Then just add these fillings, fold over and bake!

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Low Carb Grain Free Chicken Sausage Pepper Calzone

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 45 minutes minutes

Servings 14

Calories 258kcal

Author Brenda Bennett | Sugar-Free Mom

Ingredients

• Fat Head Grain Free Dough recipe
• 1 12oz. package al fresco roasted garlic chicken sausage
• 1/2 cup sliced sweet red pepper
• 1/2 cup sliced sweet yellow pepper
• 1/2 cup cup sliced sweet green pepper
• 1/2 cup sliced onion
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4 ounces tomato sauce
• 1.5 cups mozzarella cheese

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Prepare pizza dough and spread dough out like you would for a pizza on a parchment lined baking sheet, but do not bake it! Set aside.
• Slice chicken sausage and set aside.
• Cook the peppers and onions in oil in a large skillet over medium heat until tender.
• Add the sausage to the peppers then add tomato sauce, mix to combine.
• Stir in 1 cup mozzarella cheese.
• Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of cheese down the middle of the pizza dough.
• Place filling on top and roll up one half of the dough using the parchment paper to fold over.
• Fold over the other half and use your fingers to press dough and seal together.
• Keep seal side down and bake for 20-25 minutes until browned.
• Allow to cool 10-15 minutes before slicing.
• Enjoy!

Notes

Net Carbs: 9.7g

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 12.3g | Protein: 16.7g | Fat: 16.4g | Saturated Fat: 7.7g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 556mg | Fiber: 2.6g | Sugar: 1.2g

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A family friendly meal that also is healthy and weight watcher friendly is not an easy task but can be done. I have never wanted to have to make two meals while trying to lose weight, one for my family and one for myself. So these recipes I share in my meal plan are really for the whole family whether you are trying to lose weight or maintain and keep it off or whether you just want to make healthier food for you family.

Here’s what we are having this week ahead:

Breakfasts

• Crock pot Apple Oatmeal
• Blueberry Buttermilk Corn muffins
• cereal, yogurt & berries -2x
• Whole Wheat Banana Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins ( trying to adapt these to be gluten free)-2x
• Egg McMuffin Sandwiches

Dinners

• Traditional Italian Bolognese Sauce with brown rice pasta, salad
• Healthy Italian Spinach pie (adapting to make crustless)
• Sloppy Joes
• left overs
• Spinach & Cheese Baked Stuffed Flounder, rice
• Asian Turkey Lettuce Cups/ tacos for kids, raw carrots, cucumbers
• Chicken Burgers, Corn Salad

Have a great Sunday and week ahead!

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Today is not going to be a restful day as I usually like to enjoy but it will be productive!! Food prepping for the week ahead is essential today as the 3 kiddies and I will be having cubscout day camp all week. Yep, I’m the den leader, rain or shine we are all going. Heat wave or not, yep, we will be outside. We will love every minute of it (well maybe they will more than I, but I do it for the memories!) 🙂

So I’ve got the hubby doing a lot of grilling this week for us and I just don’t want to come home from being outside all day and have to cook inside and heat up the kitchen. I’ve got only one new dinner recipe planned this week and a a new make ahead breakfast recipe for myself I can’t share yet but that’s about all I can handle this week!

So you’ll see me posting my usual recipes in the early morning and you most likely will not see any comments form me till late afternoon or evening since they do not allow us to use our phones except for picture taking.  But If you’re on Instagram or Twitter with me, you’ll catch more of my everyday pics of my life. It’s a lot easier to upload pics to Instagram than FB so I post more there, I hope you’ll follow me!

Here’s what’s cooking this week at our house!

Breakfast

• Strawberry Honey Scones (replacing with blueberries instead)
• Personalized Baked Oatmeal- once for breakfast and the rest for snacking
• Banana Bread Muffins-2x
• cereal & fruit-2x
• Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Nitrate Free Bacon

Dinners

• Grilled Cornish Hens, mashed potatoes, grilled zucchini/squash, fennel salad
• From my freezer meatballs, brown rice pasta, broccoli
• Crock Pot Shredded Chicken to make quesadillas
• Grilled Pork Chops with Mango Chutney (new)
• Meatloaf, boiled red potatoes, steamed broccollini
• Date Night- Kids at a karate party
• Grilled Steak, Corn on the cob, Veggies & potato in foil pouches on grill

Have a fabulous week ahead friends!

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Tomorrow is Mother’s Day!!! A day for mom’s all over to get pampered right?? Well we hope so anyway! I’m taking the day off from the computer tomorrow to spend the day off line relaxing with the family so this menu is being posted tonight rather than my usual Sunday routine. Not only is it Mother’s day tomorrow, but on Monday, May 13th, 2013 my oldest son turns 13!!!!! OH MY! I will have a teen!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

Breakfasts

• Overnight Crock Pot Berry French Toast (adapting this recipe)
• Bday breakfast- Baked Cheesy Spinach Eggs
• cereal, berries, yogurt-2x
• Homemade Egg Mcmuffins-2x
• Apple Oatmeal Muffins

Dinners

• Mother’s Day-Out to eat!!!
• Bday Dinner- Son requested sushi but haven’t made it homemade yet so I’m adding Shrimp to these Fresh Veggie Spring Rolls instead.
• Sloppy Tom’s (need to take new pics/adapt recipe a bit), salad, Crock Pot Baked Beans {new recipe}
• Coconut Curry Chicken with broccoli & brown rice
• Oven Fried Fish Nuggets (need to take new pics as well), Oven Fried Broccoli/cauliflower, Garlic Fries
• Older boys off to a camp out, daughter going to a bday party, so littlest man and I will have a son/mommy date night out to eat!
• Over Parents house!!

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Good Sunday Morning to you! I woke up with joy in my heart and gratefulness for many things this morning!

Here are just a few:

• The man responsible for the awful bombings in Boston was caught!
• My family & friends in MA are safe and well!
• We de-cluttered in the attic & basement filling 8 bags of trash and 20 boxes ready for a yard sale!
• The weather is getting warmer and warmer each day here in little RI and it makes me happy! Love the Spring time!

We have a short week ahead (just 3 days) for school this week since we’ll be attending a home school convention on Thursday and Friday. I made some new recipes this weekend so I won’t be making anything new during the week ahead, (well at least I don’t plan on it but sometimes I’m spontaneous LOL!)

Here’s what we’ll be eating this week:

Breakfasts

• Personalized Baked Oatmeal (and freeze half)
• cereal & berries -2x
• Crock Pot Cocoa Steel Cut Oats
• Low Cal Bacon Egg Burritos (freeze left overs)
• Breakfast at Home School Convention -2x

Dinners

• Out to Eat (Got our tax return, Yahoo!)
• Parmesan tilapia, creamy risotto, steamed broccoli
• Baked Stuffed Chicken & Spinach, brown rice pasta, salad
• Crock Pot Beef Burgundy, brown rice, oven fried parmesan zucchini rounds
• Overnight for a Home school Convention
• Overnight for a Home school Convention
• Hubby & Oldest at a camp out so over my parent’s I go with the younger two!

Enjoy your Sunday friends!

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Good Sunday Morning! It’s menu plan day!! Yesterday shopping was easy since I already knew what was needed for the week ahead. Having a menu surely helps to decrease fresh food spoilage and unnecessary purchases!

Here’s what’s on our menu for the week:

Breakfast

• Overnight Crock Pot Apple Oatmeal
• Bacon Egg Cheese Quiche Cups (replacing bacon with left over Easter ham I froze)
• cereal & berries, yogurt-2x
• Blueberry Muffins
• Mini Upside Down Fruity Steel Cut Oat Cakes

Dinners

• Homemade Gnocchi (new for me recipe)
• Pan fried flounder, brown rice, sauteed spinach
• Crock Pot Burrito Casserole (new for me recipe), raw cucumber/carrots/ranch
• Mini Turkey Meatloaves, Carrot & Parsnip Fries, caprese salad
• Crock Pot Chicken & Bean Stew (using cooked chicken in my freezer)
• Mom’s Night Out (Daddy on own 🙂 )
• Salisbury steak, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans

Have a fabulous Sunday with your family!!

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Good Morning! Did you switch your clocks an hour ahead last night before you went to bed? Daylight Savings is tough when you lose an hour and even harder when you’ve not slept well. 🙁

But the day must go on whether I’m ready for it or not. Maybe I’ll be able to sneak in a little nap this afternoon.  Here’s to making the best of the day on little sleep!

The week ahead is looking pretty easy this week, not a lot of extra activity besides the usual kid stuff we do. I hope you enjoy your Sunday and get to relax and even take a nap if you want to. Lucky for me today I don’t have to do any cooking. My boys helped at a scout function last night and took home lots of yummy stuff. Sauce, meatballs, etc so they can munch on that and I will nap. 🙂

Happy Day to you!

Breakfasts

• Chocolate Zucchini Bread
• Quinoa sesame bars-recipe coming soon
• Pumpkin Vanilla Millet Porridge
• cereal, fruit-2x
• Egg Bacon Spinach Quiche cups-2x

Dinners

• Chicken Patty Melts-new recipe
• Meatball Kabobs & grilled veggies, Italian Potato Salad
• Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili
• left overs
• Fish Piccata (same recipe as chicken piccata but with fish), spinach risotto
• Marinated London Broil, baked potatoes, Blue Cheese Fennel Salad

Tomorrow I will be turning in pics and stats to begin on Tuesday with the March FitFluuential DietBet. I’ve been struggling with 5 pounds for a lonnnnnnggg time and think this will be great motivation to really be disciplined to get it off. 4 weeks to lose 4% body weight is very realistic and the fact the money pot is almost $5000 is not too shabby! You still have time to join in if you’d like some motivation as well and the group support that goes with it! You can read more about it here, Join SFM in the March DietBet!

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Happy Sunday!!! It’s my weekly menu planning day!! I’m sad to say my sweet and helpful hubby is traveling out of town this whole week BOO!!! But fortunately my sister-in-law will be visiting from CT to join us this week while he is away, so yeah!

I planned some easier meals with left overs a few times this week, except today I’ve got a new recipe in the works and can’t wait to see how the family and I like it!

Here’s what we’ll be eating this week ahead:

Breakfasts

• Banana Bread Muffins
• Cheesy Spinach Baked Eggs
• cereal & berries-2x
• Overnight Oatmeal
• Granola Bars (recipe being posted tomorrow)
• eggs, turkey bacon, toast

Dinners

• Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breasts with a new recipe for flourless cheese stuffed crepes.
• left overs
• Mini Turkey Meatloaves, mini zucchini cheese bites,Quick Spinach Risotto
• left overs
• Balsamic Chicken thighs, Italian Potato Salad, steamed broccoli
• Pizza Night! I’m going to try a cauliflower crust, but in case it stinks I’m making: whole wheat thin crust pizza dough and roasted asparagus mushroom onion pizza
• Homemade Burgers & Garlic fries, Brussels Sprouts with bacon

Have a joyous and wonderful Sunday and week ahead!

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Happy Sunday! It’s a snowy morning here in New England, so much snow and wind that church has been canceled! Last weekend we had the blizzard so we are getting hit hard, but it is typical of New England! I’m going to take advantage of not having to leave early for church by adapting my banana bread recipe into muffins for breakfast and making them gluten free for me. 🙂

We have the week off from school as do the public schools here so I’m planning on some fun play dates for the kids, some sleep overs and some plain old relaxing with them!

If the weather cooperates for this afternoon hubby and I will be starting the vacation by taking the younger two kiddies (oldest is 12 and it’s not cool for him he says) to see Scooby Doo Live today. I was excited to win some tickets from The MommyHood Chronicles!! I never win anything!

Here’s what the menu looks like for the week ahead for us but always subject to change if need be:

You can always check out my Menu Plan page with many many more weekly menu’s that you can browse through!

Breakfasts

• Banana Bread Muffins (adapting Blueberry Banana bread to GF and into muffins)
• Scrambled eggs, toast, turkey bacon
• cereal & berries
• Oat & Granola with yogurt (adapting granola to be nut free)
• Personal Low Fat Baked Oatmeal-2x

Dinners

• Crock Pot Meatballs
• Spaghetti alla Carbonara (new recipe)
• Turkey Pot Pie
• Chicken & Veggie quesadilla’s
• Crock Pot Burrito Casserole (new recipe)
• left overs
• over parent’s house

Do your children have the week off from school for winter break? What plans do you have ahead?

Have a wonderful Sunday Funday with your family!

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Happy Sunday to you!

We are not much of a football watching family unless the Patriots are in the Super Bowl but we will probably watch a little of the game. But even if you are not a football watching family on Sunday you can still enjoy some yummy snacks for dinner and at least have fun watching the COMMERCIALS!!!

Also as we head into another week, I just want to say I am always thankful for the wonderful SFM readers and fans who appreciate my recipes! Thank you for all the sweet and kind comments you send via email and on FB. I truly appreciate hearing from you! 🙂

Here’s out plan ahead:

Super Bowl Dinner Menu for us:

• Chicken Salad Cucumber Bites, Homemade Salsa, Mini Zucchini Cheese Bites, Roasted Parm Chickpeas, Whole Wheat Garlic Pita Chips, Brown Rice Tortilla Chips, Ranch Dressing, Raw veggies, Gluten Free Chocolate Brownies

Other Super Bowl Party Food you might like:

• Healthy Chimichangas
• Turkey Enchiladas
• Easy Chicken Enchilada Bake
• Baked Stuffed Turkey peppers
• Turkey Stuffed Sliders
• Lightened Up Chili
• Homemade Hummus
• Mayo Free Cheesy Spinach Dip with Veggie Kabobs
• Bacon Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
• Sugar Free Chocolate Brownies
• No Bake Chocolate Coconut Balls
• Dark Chocolate Truffles

Breakfasts

• Blueberry Banana Bread
• Cereal & Berries-2x
• Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal-2x
• Egg Burritos (Freeze half)

Dinners

Sunday is Super Bowl: See menu above for dinner, Lunch is below

• Sunday lunch: Mexican Taco Lasagna, salad
• Meatless: Mac & Cheese Soup with Spinach
• Crock Pot Pork chops, mashed potatoes, green beans
• Roast Chicken, roasted veggies, broccoli/cauliflower
• Tacos for kiddies (Asian Lettuce wraps for me & hubby)
• Hubby & Oldest on a Camp Out, Mom’s Night Out, Kiddies with Auntie
• Over parents house

Have a wonderful Sunday with your family and week ahead!

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Happy Sunday!! I’m looking forward to my week ahead are you? We’ve got a field trip planned this week to the Boston Museum of Science! Love me some field trips! And now that my youngest is older, not having to use a stroller in crowded places is a blessing!

The hubby and I will also get a date night on Friday since the karate school my oldest attends has a “bring a friend or sibling” night once a month so parents can go out! Only $5 per kid which is a very cheap fee, cheaper than getting a babysitter, whoohoo!

So here’s what I came up with for our week, taking into account we’ll be leaving early on Thursday to head to Boston so crock pot it is! I also still have a ton of cooked turkey breast in my freezer and since the kiddies LOVED my new kale rice turkey soup, well….. course I’m making it again and a pot pie they loved as a well!

Breakfasts

• Pumpkin Pie Pancakes
• Apple Oatmeal Muffins
• Cereal & Banana-2x
• Overnight Crock Pot Oatmeal
• Hard Boiled eggs, toast, turkey bacon
• Raisin Bran Muffin (New recipe)

Dinners

• Gluten Free Lasagna Roll-ups, Salad (doubling to freeze one)
• Crock Pot Turkey Kale Rice Soup ( Kids loved it!)
• left overs
• Low Fat Chicken Piccata, green beans, brown rice pasta
• Creamy Crock Pot Meatballs, mashed potatoes, broccoli
• Date Night (kiddies at a karate party)
• Turkey Pot Pie (Freeze left overs for hubby lunches)

Have a great week!

Brenda

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Thanksgiving week is upon us! Seemed to come so much quicker this year! I love this holiday and love it even more that I don’t have to do all the cooking at my house. Hubby and I make a few sides and desserts and head the family to my mother’s! As long as she doesn’t mind we’ll keep going to her house. Although when you go to someone else’s house you don’t usually get much for left overs right? Right. So we like to cook up our own turkey the day before with sides so on Thanksgiving night once we are home and the next day we have something to enjoy. Works for us!

Here’s what our week looks like!

Breakfast

• Whole Wheat Berry Puff Pancake
• Cranberry Banana Smoothies
• Cereal & yogurt
• Eggs, toast, fruit
• Thanksgiving Morning: Clean Eating Strawberry Scones (switch strawberries to pumpkin/chocolate chip)
• Individual Whole Wheat Puff Pancakes with Personal Toppings

Dinner

• Crock Pot Balsamic Chicken Breasts
• Salisbury Steak with Baked Sweet Potato Fries, broccoli
• Baked Parmesan Tilapia, brown rice, roasted Brussels sprouts
• Cooking a Turkey with Garlic Mashed Potatoes, butternut squash, cranberry jelly
• Thanksgiving at my mom’s
• Left overs
• It’s My Birthday! Out To Eat!

Recipes I posted this past week in case you missed them:

• Low Calorie & Low Sugar Pumpkin Pie
• Crock Pot Applesauce
• Garlic Mashed Potatoes
• Healthier Whole Wheat Apple Pie

More Thanksgiving Recipes to come this week like: Cranberry Jelly, Pomegranate Cheese Cucumber Bites, and Cranberry Lime Spritzer! AND for after Thanksgiving I’ve got an awesome Mayo free Cranberry Turkey Salad to share with you!

Don’t forget the new Meal planning you can set up since I’ve partnered with Ziplist. You can add in all your favorite recipes and make your weekly menu! Or click on any of these recipe in blue and you will find the save button. Simply set up a free account with Ziplist and you will be able to save them in your recipe box on my site and any other sites that use Ziplist.

I hope you have a wonderful week and Thanksgiving! I’m grateful for so many blessings in my life and one of them is all of you! Thank you for being a part of my life!

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Happy Sunday Morning!!

I hope today finds you well and back to normal after a crazy scary last week with Hurricane Sandy! I’m truly grateful for God’s protection over family and friends during that storm. We never lost power but I know many that still are without in New York and New Jersey. My family and I helped my sister-In -Law pack supplies to bring to those we knew in NY. More supplies will be collected this week and brought to others in NJ. It was so heartbreaking to see such devastation and the lose of so many peoples homes and personal life treasures lost. Things like this make you realize how blessed we are.

My prayers continue for all those suffering today. God never fails us and always supplies our needs. I have no doubt He will work through others this time as well.

Now looking ahead at our family schedule, unless I am forgetting some appointments this week, it looks like we have a pretty quiet week ahead of us and I’m certainly not complaining! So here’s our menu plan which is always subject to change, but nonetheless, I like somewhat of a plan even if I change it.  Keeps me sane. 🙂

Breakfast

• Cheesy Spinach Baked Eggs
• Crock Pot Overnight Apple Oatmeal
• cereal & fruit, yogurt-2x
• Strawberry Coconut Protein Smoothies-recipe coming soon
• Oat & Fruit Breakfast Bars
• scrambled eggs, toast, turkey bacon

Dinners

• Beef & Blue Cheese Quesadilla’s- new recipe
• Turkey Meatball Kabob’s on the grill, microwave butternut & apple risotto
• Mac & Cheese soup-new recipe
• Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes, mini zucchini cheese bites
• Meatloaf with oats, Garlic Mashed Potatoes-new recipe, steamed broccoli
• Grilled Arugala Romano Pizza, cheese/pepperoni for kids, salad
• Over a friends house for dinner

Here are the recipes I posted over the last 2 weeks in case you missed any:

• Pumpkin Protein Pancakes: Family Style
• Mayo Free Tuna Salad
• Green Coconut Protein Smoothie: Dairy Free
• Sweet Potato & Turkey Sausage Chili
• Vegetable Quinoa Salad with Balsamic Dressing
• DIY Baked Taco Shell
• Healthy Turkey Stuffed Pumpkin
• Honey Vanilla Caramel Apples
• Pumpkin Vanilla Millet Porridge: Dairy & Gluten Free

Definitely can’t say I don’t bring you variety LOL! 🙂

Have a wonderful week friends!

{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

Brenda

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Happy Sunday to you! I’m excited my hubby and oldest will finally be coming home today after being away since last Sunday for boyscout camp!

This is our last official week of summer, boo! We will be headed out to Cape Cod for a couple of days and begin school next Monday. SO the menu plan is limited to take into account left overs before we leave and time for me to make some new recipes since when I’m out of town I can’t. It’s still pretty hot around here so I tried for another week of using the oven less for dinners. This is what I was able to come up with so I hope you can find something here to use for your family.

Have a blessed day 🙂

Breakfasts

• Cheesy Spinach Baked Eggs
• Blueberry Oat Pancakes– Tripling recipe
• Make Your Own Fruit on the Bottom Yogurt cups from The Kitchen
• Out of Town
• Out of Town
• Make Ahead Oatmeal Smoothies from The Yummy Life
• Oatmeal Breakfast Cookie- new recipe

Dinners

• Coconut Curry Chicken with broccoli and brown rice
• Creamy Crock Pot Meatballs with pasta, salad, oven fried zucchini rounds
• Left Overs
• Out of Town
• Out of Town
• new recipe
• Healthy Chimichangas ( wrapping in foil and cooking on grill), carrot & apple slaw

And now for some Sneak Peak Pics of upcoming recipes this week!

Avocado Bean Salad

Ham & Cheese Puff Pancake

And a great idea from Pinterest……….

Have a wonderful Sunday fun day with family!

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Happy Sunday!!

Start your week with a healthy menu and you will increase your chances of having a less stressful week and you will most likely stay on target with your healthy weight loss or maintaining goals!

My menu never has the days of the week on it because I like to be a bit more flexible. These are the recipes I know I can make with the food I have in my fridge and pantry. If one day is more hectic or changes in plans occur, I can pick something else from the choices that might be less work to prepare. I always have a cooked meatloaf in the freezer ready to defrost if or when needed. 🙂

Breakfasts

• Parmesan Spinach Egg Bake-recipe coming
• Personal Sized Baked Oatmeal with Individual Toppings– 2x
• Healthy Blueberry Oat Pancakes
• cereal & yogurt, fruit- 2x
• Overnight Banana Steel Cut Oats

Dinners

• Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Breasts, steamed broccoli, boiled red potatoes
• Mediterranean Tuna Stuffed Pepper/ Kiddies Tuna Melts, raw cucumber/carrots
• Low Fat Crock Pot White Chicken Chili (My kids LOVE this!), fruit cup
• Healthier Potato Spinach Cheesy Frittata, salad, Mini Zucchini Cheese Bites
• Pork Piccata with Kale & Lemon Sauce over pasta ( changing kale to spinach)
• Kiddies at a Party, Hubby & I on a dinner date
• New Recipe

And now for some PINTEREST LOVE!!

Have a menu to share? Post your link.

Have any recipes that could use a healthy make-over?

Tell me what’s cooking in your house today?

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