Here’s what’s on the menu this week!

Breakfasts

• Scrambled eggs, nitrate free bacon, jicama hash-browns (new recipe to try)
• cereal & banana-2x
• Overnight Apple oatmeal
• Coffee Cake Muffins (new recipe adapting this one)
• hard boiled eggs, toast, fruit
• Granola & yogurt

Dinners

• Mexican Taco Lasagna
• Chicken Quesadillas, {from my freezer- this chicken recipe to use for them}
• Grilled Pork Chops with Pesto Dressing (new recipe for me to try), Corn Salad
• left overs
• Sun Dried Tomato Feta Frittata (for me) & Cheesy Spinach Potato Frittata
• Burgers for kids (left over frittata for me & hubby)
• Over Parents for dinner

Have a fabulous 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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It’s Sunday! Time for sharing what I’m serving up for my family this week ahead! On Thursday it will be the Fourth of July, a day we celebrate the Independence of America. BBQ’s will be happening everywhere across the country and we are no exception. Ours will happen at my parents house so the kids can enjoy their nice big pool. I’ll be making two new side dishes and my parents will do the rest, gotta love that right?!!

Here’s what the week looks like for us:

Breakfasts

• Homemade Buttermilk Waffles
• cereal, yogurt, berries-2x
• No Bake Granola Bars
• Happy 4th of July!! Strawberry Honey Scones
• hard boiled eggs, fruit, toast
• Yard Sale Day! Strawberry Coconut Smoothies!!

Dinners

• Crock Pot Balsamic Pork Tenderloin, coleslaw, raw cucumber/carrots with ranch
• left overs
• Mini Turkey Meatloaves, green beans, Sweet Potato Mash
• Lightened Up Spaghetti Alla Carbonara with chicken
• Happy 4th! Cook out at my parents house! Bringing fruit cup and cucumber salad! (these recipes will be posting this week!)
• left overs
• Turkey Burgers adapting this recipe,  Fresh Zucchini Caprese Salad

Have a wonderful week and Happy 4th of July to those in the USA!

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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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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!! 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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Good Sunday to you!

I don’t know about you but I am happy to leave last week behind and move on! We had a crazy week of sickness this past one and now everyone seems on the mend so hopefully I will be able to work on my cookie recipes this week for you all. 🙂

I’m not making any new meal recipes so I can simply work on the cookies. Making ones sugar free, some gluten free, some whole wheat, healthy, tasting good doesn’t come easy or the first time made either. Usually takes me up to 3 or more times before I will publish them on my blog. At least you know they are worth the wait and if I don’t like them you will never see them! The ones you do see are really really worth it!

In the meantime you can check out some I made last year:Chocolate Cherry Refined Sugar Free Cookies, Chocolate Chip Refined Sugar Free Cookies, No Bake Chocolate Coconut Balls: Grain Free, Vegan & Nut Free, and just recently I shared with you Oatmeal Raisin Sugar free cookies! Also you might be interested in Dark Chocolate Sugar Free Truffles made last year around Easter as you will notice from the plastic egg pics LOL!

Enjoy your week!

Breakfast

• Cheesy Spinach Baked Eggs
• Personalized Steel cut Oat Cups
• Left over oat cups
• Cereal & bananas-2x
• Overnight Crock Pot Sugar Free Oatmeal
• Blueberry Oat Pancakes

Dinners

• Traditional Italian Bolognese Sauce with meatballs, pasta, salad
• Oven Fried Fish Nuggets, Sweet Potato Fries, sauteed spinach with cheese
• Crock Pot Mexican Shredded Chicken for tacos
• left overs
• Tomato Artichoke Kalamata Olives Sauce for hubby and I, (kids bolgnese sauce from Sun)
• Turkey Burgers, Baked Potato Chips, green beans, Kale Chips
• Perfect Pot Roast

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Happy Veterans Day Friends!Thank you to all men and women who have served our country!

We’re having a fabulously warm weekend here in New England! I’ve not been out yet to enjoy the great weather as I’ve been in the kitchen cooking up a HUGE Pre-Thanksgiving menu to try out some new recipes I’ll be sharing this coming week with you.

Great things ahead so stay tuned! Are you subscribed via RSS feed or email so you don’t miss any recipes?

Anyway, since we’ll have left over turkey, I planned a recipe using left overs of course. 🙂 Hubby who is a Veteran has Monday off so we’ll be taking school off as well to spend time with him and be outside to enjoy this little bit of warmness before it gets cold again.

Enjoy your weekend and get ready for some healthy Thanksgiving recipes this week!

Breakfast

• Crock Pot Pumpkin Pie Steel Cut Oats
• Cranberry Stuffed Protein Pancakes-new recipe
• Cereal & fruit-2x
• Personal Sized Baked Oatmeal with Personal Toppings-2x
• Spinach Bacon & Egg Quiche Cups

Dinners

• (Left Over Turkey) Lean Turkey Tetrazzini, salad
• Healthy Italian Spinach Pie
• Crock Pot Creamy Meatballs
• Left Overs
• Easy Chicken Enchilada Bake
• Left overs
• Crock Pot Balsamic Chicken (trying with breasts instead)

Here’s what I posted for recipes this past week in case you missed any:

• Healthy Light Vegetable Soup
• Crock Pot Balsamic Chicken
• Perfect Pot Roast
• Green Apple Veggie Juice

What do you love to do with your family when you all have free time together?

We’re happy to stay home and watch a movie but sometimes we enjoy just going for a nice drive to enjoy the beautiful fall scenery here in little RI.

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Happy Sunday!!

Here’s another no oven required menu for dinners using the crock pot more this week and using shredded left over chicken from one meal to create an new dish during the week!

I’m looking for some new fish recipes so if you have any please share!

Have a wonderful day of rest with your family today!

Breakfast

• Individual Steel Cut Oat Cups
• Blueberry Banana Bread-2x with yogurt
• Overnight Crock Pot Apple Oatmeal
• Hard boiled eggs/cereal with berries
• Egg- in- a -Hole: Ree Drummond
• Healthier Chocolate Chunk Scones

Dinners

• Crock Pot Shredded Mexican Style Chicken for tacos
• Spinach Mozzarella Flat Out Pizza’s on the grill, grilled pork chops, Zucchini Caprese salad
• Moroccan Chicken Salad using left over crock pot shredded chicken
• Crock Pot Four Bean Beef Chili, fruit salad
• Grilled Panini’s, raw cucumbers/carrots, ranch dip
• Left over chili
• Turkey burgers, grilled summer squash, steamed green beans

What’s on your menu this week? Have any great no oven required recipes to share with me?

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