My absolute favorite quick and easy dinner is an easy skillet dinner! I love them so much that I even made an e-cookbook with some of my favorites (free when you sign up for our emails!). You can do so much with one big skillet! Any type of meat - chicken, beef, sausage or pork - works great in a skillet meal. Or go vegetarian! Anything goes in a skillet meal. Here are my Top ...
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Chicken Club Chicken Salad
For parents, the New Year should really start in August. The beginning of a new school year seems to instill in us the need to organize, plan, and get our lives on track to greatness (or at least a less stressful morning routine). We purchase planners and download apps, write out meal plans and buy those little divided meal prep containers that (we hope) will force us to pack a ...
Blackberry Mint Mocktail
Sometimes life demands that you have a cocktail. Everything from long days to late nights, birthdays, anniversaries and celebrations bring with them a desire to raise a glass of cheer and imbibe with friends. As a woman who has a fair amount of her life invested in a winery, I’m all for it. The tricky part comes when all of the celebrations and long days and hot nights come one ...
Low Carb Zucchini Timbale
Everywhere I go, I end up talking to someone who is practicing a low carb or keto lifestyle. Maybe they just started or maybe they’ve been going for several months, but there is no denying that is has become the “it” weight loss plan of the year. I myself have been following a ketogenic plan since the beginning of December and have lost a satisfying 20 pounds so far. I’ve gone ...
Grilled Lemon Garlic Butter Salmon Kebabs
Now that Spring has finally decided to show up, our grill is in full swing (and it goes great with dinner al fresco on the brand new deck!). Grilling season is something that we look forward to every year and since this season was a little late to start we are going gangbusters on it now. I’ll be honest, manning the grill isn’t my greatest skill. I can do it and I ...
Brussels Sprouts in a Bacon Lemon Cream Sauce
I am very fortunate to have two children who love Brussels sprouts. Since they were very little, my two babies have requested Brussels sprouts for dinner on a fairly regular occasion. I realize just how unusual this is since Brussels sprouts are not exactly regarded as common favorite vegetable, especially for children. I attribute my children’s love of these tiny cabbages ...
Bacon Blue Cheese Deviled Eggs
There are three things that you will always find in my fridge; cheese, bacon and eggs. Especially eggs. My genius idea of having a flock of 17 hens means that there are no less than 8 dozen eggs in our fridge at this moment. I can’t eat them or give them away fast enough. I make quiche and crepes and pancakes constantly, anything that I can find to put a few eggs into. We have ...
Easy Homemade Low Carb Beef Stroganoff Recipe
This post contains affiliate links for products that I highly recommend. The hard part of sticking to any diet (not just the Keto diet that I have been on for nearly 3 months now) is feeding the rest of your family who may not be joining your journey to a smaller pants size. Especially when kids are involved, working around everyone’s meal preferences can be a challenge. But ...
Sugar Free Meringues with Orange Mascarpone Cream
This post may contain affiliate links which means that I may make a very small amount of money should you purchase any linked product at no additional cost to you. So far on this keto diet I have dropped 12 pounds which for me is pretty amazing. I just don't lose weight easily. I think I could go on a 30 day fast, go back to eating, and then gain every ounce back by the end ...
Easy Baked Dry Rub Chicken Wings
I should make more chicken wings than I do. My son can eat his weight daily in the little finger foods and they do fit nicely into my keto diet. It would be a great idea to just have these Easy Baked Dry Rub Chicken Wings ready to go at all times in the fridge. Maybe if I did he would lay off the cookies and ice cream and potato chips. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking. ...
Low Carb Chicken and Sundried Tomato Alfredo Zoodles
This Low Carb Chicken and Sundried Tomato Alfredo Zoodle dish is a satisfying low carb and ketogenic one pan meal. It's full of flavor and protein and covered in a savory, creamy sauce. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I make a small amount of money should you purchase through that link. I do not link to products that I do not personally ...
Italian Braised Beef Shanks Recipe
I vividly remember saying to someone in conversation just a few months ago, “I hope we have a cold winter. We sure do need it.” We need it because it’s good for crops and bug suppression and because I love fruit and I want fresh, juicy local peaches come Summer. But I would be a big, fat, liar if I said that I am enjoying getting just what I asked for. January is shaping up to ...
Sheet Pan Garlic Butter Salmon
Even though Christmas is over, we all still have a little time left to celebrate friends and family. (Our family especially has reason to celebrate since I became a Great Aunt to beautiful baby girl.) But let’s be honest, by the time we all get through the hustle and bustle of Christmas we all want to be a little more relaxed to ring in the new year. That means celebratory ...
5 Minute Roasted Red Pepper Dip
Several weeks ago, my husband and I found ourselves lying in bed at 10AM, recuperating from a very long, very busy week. My feet throbbed with exhaustion, my stomach reminded me that we were too tired to eat dinner the night before and I discovered that somewhere along the way I had picked up a family of chiggers. It was at this point that my husband, not in much better shape ...
Muffin Tin Eggs Sardou with Quick Hollandaise
The Big Easy is known the world over as a city full of music, culture and booze. But even more than the party-all-day persona, New Orleans is loved for its food. In our distant past, my husband and I made a few vacations down to NOLA to test-drive our new love (and our livers) in the city that never seems to sleep and while we had more than I fair share of Sazeracs and ...