Time for your weekly meal planning session! This week’s meal plan includes slow cooker, Instant Pot and vegetarian recipes. It’s a weekend of traditions from my two home countries. Tonight kicks off Homecoming with the annual football game, followed by the dance tomorrow night. This year, both of my boys are getting gussied up in…
Slow Cooker Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe
Slow Cooker Spaghetti and Meatballs is always a family favorite. The lean meatballs are served in a delicious, easy homemade tomato sauce and clean-up is a breeze. Things have changed a little since I was a kid. Back then, when my mum asked me what I wanted for my birthday dinner, the answer was always…ALWAYS…spaghetti…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 109}
Fall is in full swing and we’re celebrating with comforting soups, stews and other hearty dishes in this week’s healthy meal plan. It’s been a week of tux fittings, corsage orders and planning for next weekend’s homecoming dance. First homecoming for my youngest and last for my oldest. Bittersweet, to say the least. I’ve learned…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 108}
Soups, stew and casseroles – it’s a comfort food kind of healthy meal plan this week! Both main dish and side dish ideas included. Comfort foods are in order around here! It appears that we’ve skipped straight from summer to late fall in Seattle area. Rain, rain and more rain. When it rains, I make…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 107}
We’re getting into comfort food season and this week’s healthy meal plan has plenty of options, both meat and meatless. What a week! To start things off, my amazing husband ran his 18th marathon on Sunday, placing second out of 600 runners, finishing in 2 hours 45 minutes. Not too shabby for a 50-year old!…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 106}
This week’s healthy meal plan has a great mix of flavors – everything from curry spices to an easy hummus dressing. It features both vegetarian and light meat lovers’ meals! Last week was my husband’s 50th birthday and this week we have two more celebrations on the calendar – my eldest son’s 18th birthday and…
10 Vegan Soup Recipes
Looking for an easy meatless dinner recipe? These 10 Vegan Soup Recipes are some of my family’s favorites. Hearty and delicious, they are perfect on the chilliest night! Vegan soup recipes are a great way to go if you’re looking for easy meatless meal options. I don’t know about you guys, but soup is pretty…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 105}
This week’s healthy meal plan is a mixture of old favorites and new easy dinner recipes. Lots of options for both busy weekdays and weekend entertaining. We have a milestone birthday at our house today. My sweet, hard-working, marathon-running, love of my life is turning 50! Yesterday, I snuck into his office early and decorated…
Poached Fish in Easy Tomato Sauce
Poached fish is one of the easiest healthy weeknight recipes you can make, and it gets even better when simmered in a quick homemade tomato sauce. 274 calories and 2 Weight Watchers SP Poached Fish in Easy Tomato Sauce Poached fish is a “must” for any 30-minute meal repertoire. Not only is it quick and…
52 Healthy Family Dinners – Meat & Meatless Dinner Ideas
No more 5pm meal time planning! I’ve got you covered with these 52 Healthy School Night Recipes, including both meat and meatless dinner ideas. 52 Healthy Family Dinners – Meat & Meatless Dinner Ideas No matter the time of year, healthy family dinners are a must for any family, but no more so than during…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 104}
With the fall schedule in full swing, it’s even more important to meal plan to be able to get healthy dinners on the table. This week’s plan has plenty of quick and easy ideas! As we transition from the ease of summertime to the surprising comfort, albeit controlled chaos, of the fall school time schedule,…
Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato Recipe
20 minute meal! These Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato recipe is topped off with a light blue cheese yogurt sauce. An easy weeknight dinner recipe! 240 calories and 4 Weight Watchers SP Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potato Recipe This Buffalo chicken sweet potato recipe has come to the rescue on many meal planning-fail occasions. I have a…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 103}
Another healthy meal plan, with plenty of summer produce-inspired recipes. Plus, one splurge night for good measure! It’s been a week of quintessential California activities and we’ve been basking in the glow of lazy vacation days, sporadically mixed with college visits for my older son (ack!) Boogie boarding, beach volleyball, walks along the strand in…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 102}
We’re diving into summertime produce with this week’s healthy meal plan. Zucchini, corn and tomatoes for days! While I’m posting a full meal plan for this week, the truth is that I won’t be cooking any of it. We’re hopping on a plane headed south to enjoy some family time, wallow in the California waves…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 101}
This week’s healthy meal plan includes plenty of recipes that will appeal to your family across the board – vegetarian, seafood, chicken and more! The weather in the Pacific Northwest is keeping us on our toes, which makes me rethink my meal planning each night. Hot and sunny on one day – that means grilling,…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 100}
Week 100 of my Healthy Meal Plans includes both meat-filled and vegetarian dinner ideas, each with nutritional information and Weight Watchers SmartPoints. Week 100 of my healthy meal plans is here! I know how easy it is to get stuck in a dinner rut. Believe me, it happens to me all the time – cooking…
Ten 30-Minute Healthy Dinner Recipes
Bring out these 30-minute healthy dinner recipes on those busy weeknights. They are life-savers! Ten 30-Minute Healthy Dinner Recipes Healthy dinner ideas are a must for keeping me on track during the week. Last night I resorted to canned soup. I could pretend that I was being a good mum, serving something that went down…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 99}
Dive into this week’s healthy meal plan for everything from a much-loved pasta salad to an easy turkey rice casserole. The boys and I just got back from a 5-day jaunt to Victoria to visit my parents. The weather was glorious and we managed to fit in a beach day, a trip to the small…
Healthy Meal Plan {Week 98}
Mid-summer meal planning means a mixture of quick dinner salads, healthy grilling recipes and plenty of fresh produce. This week’s plan highlights all of that! It’s been quite a week around here! My younger son climbed Mount Adams, the second highest peak in Washington state, with his friend’s family. Unfortunately, they had to turn around…
15 Ground Turkey Recipes & Cooking Tips
Ground turkey recipes are a great way to lighten up your dinnertime meals. With the right ingredients, they can explode with flavor, with a fraction of the fat. Dive into these 15 ground turkey recipes to make dinnertime easy and healthy. Ground turkey recipes are in regular rotation around our house. In fact, we always…