Easy Banana Bread Recipe

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When I was a little girl I loved when ladies from the church would come to visit my mother because they would always bring little miniature loaves of banana bread with them. It was usually still warm when they brought it over and always smelled amazing. This recipe takes me right back to being that little girl all over again. It is simple and delicious and best served warm with a pat of butter. Easy Banana Bread Prep Time: 5 {Read More}

Easy Crock Pot Taco Chili Recipe

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In the winter months I always crave comfort food. Thankfully I own a crock pot, so creating delicious hearty meals is easy. I saw a recipe for Taco Chili somewhere shortly after the New Year…but when I actually looked into it, I wasn’t terribly impressed. So I googled around and found several other versions of the recipe..all of which had some elements liked..but others I didn’t care for at all. So I finally broke down and created my own version. {Read More}

Menu Plan Monday

  So here’s the menu for this week Monday- Drunken Chicken on a bed of rice We had this while camping and it was sooo delicious! The recipe can be found here. Tuesday- Hambuger Helper and warm bread I wanted something more creative than this, but Dave requested it, so here it is! Wednesday- Empandas with Spanish Rice These are great, I even got Annie’s family hooked on them! Thursday- Chicken Squares This is a recipe Annie got us hooked {Read More}

Slow Cooking Thursday

For this SCT I’m making Italian Tortellini Stew. Yum Yum! To make this recipe you will need: 1 small onion 2 medium zucchini — halved, cut into 1-inch slices 2 – 14.5 oz cans ready to serve vegetable or chicken broth 1 – 28 oz can crushed or diced tomatoes — undrained 1 – 15.5 oz can great northern beans — drained and rinsed 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper garlic to taste — (I used lots of garlic!) 1 {Read More}

Menu Plan Monday (Borrowed Recipes Week!)

So this week for MPM I decided to find recipes through other and people and websites, instead of making my own tried and true ones. This was mainly for the purpose of variety both in the food and in the kitchen (because I love to learn new things!).So here it is! Monday Pizza Pancakes with ceasar salad (Thanks Org Junkie & Betty Crocker) Tuesday Chicken Squares with rice and veggies (Thanks Annie & Hambones) Wednesday Taco Bake with refried beans {Read More}

Menu Plan Monday

Monday- Leftovers Tuesday- Pizza Pasta (Recipe Below) Wednesday- Citrus Chicken with Rice Thursday- Hamburger Helper (one of my faves thus far into my pregnancy Friday- Chicken Nuggets & veggies Saturday- Red Beans and Rice Sunday- Dinner out! Looks to me like a tasty week, or as least I hope it will be. I look forward to organizing tomorrow for the 30 day challenge!! I would like for this week to be positive one. Hope everyone enjoys the recipe and has {Read More}

Empanada Recipe (by popular request)

Here is the recipe, this is one of my favorite meals and it is sooooo easy to make!! You will need: 1 pound extra-lean ground beef 6 reduced-fat refigerated biscuits, Pillsbury Grands! are my fave! 1 envelope (1 1/4 ounces)taco seasoning mix 1/4 cup of water 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes 1 cup store-bought salsa-cheese sauce, I use Old El Paso brand (if you dont like store bought sauce, I include a way to make your own below {Read More}