I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #11!

LET’S TALK TURKEY (and all the delicious side dishes)!!

I’m going to leave the actual turkey to the real pros! Mine is always delicious, but I don’t have any kind of recipe, I just roast it like my mom did, and like my grandma did. 

I do however have a few side dishes that are always on our Thanksgiving table. When our girls were young we always went down to Cabo San Lucas for Thanksgiving week and the big turkey dinner was on Christmas. Some years ago, and as the family has grown, and schedules became more complicated, we went back to the tradition of a BIG Thanksgiving dinner at home. 

Wondering what we serve on Christmas? We keep it simple. We order either cioppino or tamales. Easy and delicious!

Are you ready for some delicious Thanksgiving side dishes? I’ve even thrown in a turkey recipe from a blogger friend of mine.

Let’s start with my favorite side dish.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

Here’s a classic stuffing recipe that is similar to how I make mine.

I always know that you can trust recipes from Yellow Bliss Road.

I’ve also included her MAKE AHEAD MASHED POTATOES

HOMEMADE STUFFING

It absolutely isn’t a turkey dinner without me making my Crab-Raspberry Jello Salad. 

CRAN-RASPBERRY JELLO SALAD

Green beans are a very traditional veggie to serve on Thanksgiving.

The Country Cook doesn’t disappoint with this recipe.

ALMOND GREEN BEANS

Of course you need a delicious turkey and some gravy!! Again, I know these will both be delicious and worthy of of being on your Thanksgiving table. Both recipes are from The Stay at Home Chef. If you do nothing else, you need to head on over to The Stay at Home Chef and check out ALL her Thanksgiving recipes!

JUICIEST TURKEY RECIPE

EASY TURKEY GRAVY

This salad is too pretty (and delicious), not to be served at Thanksgiving or Christmas. I’ve made this salad with both spinach or baby greens. I’ve also made it with or without the goat cheese (or subbed with blue cheese). 

BLACKBERRY SPINACH SALAD

Can’t forget the CRANBERRY SAUCE

And, because I must. Here are two old school traditional veggie side dishes. 

CLASSIC GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

CREAMED CORN WITH BACON

Are you ready to finalize your menu and do some grocery shopping now?? I know I am!!

I hope you enjoyed my Weekly Meal Ideas #11.

I’d love if you’d leave me a message and let me know. Have a great week my friends!

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I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #10!

I’m mixing it up a bit this week and sharing just CHICKEN recipes!!

Six delicious CHICKEN recipes!

First up is my Quick and Easy Bruschetta Chicken!

I love to serve this over angel hair pasta and my entire family devours it!!

30 Minute Bruschetta Chicken

I do not follow a gluten free diet, so I might change this recipe a bit,

but for those that are gluten free, here’s a recipe that I think you’ll love!!

And check out the sauce she made for dipping!

Air Fryer Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets

This recipe for Old Fashioned Chicken Stew from The Stay at Home Chef, is calling my name!

I can’t wait to make this bowl of deliciousness!

Old Fashioned Chicken Stew

How about some Green Chile Enchilada Casserole for dinner soon? It’s amazingly easy and so good!

Green Chile Enchilada Casserole

Have you heard of Crack Chicken? I hadn’t until recently, and although I’ve yet to make it, you can’t go wrong with recipes from Alyssa at The Recipe Critic. I think Crack Chicken gets it’s name for being addictively good! 

Slow Cooker Crack Chicken

And lastly, these Broiled Chicken Thighs are from one of my favorite food bloggers, Yellow Bliss Road.

How amazingly good do these Garlic Broiled Thighs look?!?

I hope you enjoyed my Weekly Meal Ideas #10.

I’d love if you’d leave me a message and let me know. Have a great week my friends!

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I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #9! We’re huge fans of Mexican food in my house! While these may not be “authentic”, they sure are good!

Chicken Enchiladas

This easy dinner is a combo of two favorites: pizza and pasta! How can you go wrong?

Easy Pizza Pasta Casserole

Tis the season for chili. Lots and lots of chili! 

Turkey Chili with White Beans

This is the perfect Fall Meal from Well Plated.

Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

How delicious and perfect does this look for a lazy weekend morning!! There’s not a thing I would change about this recipe. Except to have it sitting on my table of course!

Pumpkin French Toast Casserole from My Baking Addition

There’s still more time to make up a batch of this fun and tasty Halloween Snack Mix!! I’ll be making up one more to include at on our Halloween table.

Halloween Snack Mix

I hope you enjoyed my Weekly Meal Ideas #9.

I’d love if you’d leave me a message and let me know. Have a great week my friends!

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I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #8!

I’ve been making this Chicken Tortilla Soup for years! It’s so easy to make and my family loves it!

My mouth is watering just looking at this Apple Cake from A Family Feast!

Make sure and check out her their site for a lot of amazing recipes!

This Fall Pumpkin Chili is definitely a new family favorite of ours!

My Fall Pumpkin Chili

You can never go wrong with a recipe from The Stay at Home Chef. 

 Easy Stovetop Mac & Cheese

Manicotti is such a delicious and satisfying meal! Check out this recipe from Easy Weeknight Recipes.

Cheese Manicotti

I hope you enjoyed my Weekly Meal Ideas #8.

I’d love if you’d leave me a message and let me know. Have a great week my friends!

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I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #7!

Let’s start off this week Meal Ideas with a delicious Cheesy Taco Pasta from Dinner then Dessert.

I think this is a guaranteed dinner winner if you have a houseful of hungry kids!

Next is my Creamy Chicken Soup. It can be made in the Instant Pot or easily converted to a slow cooker or stovetop.

It’s delicious, hearty, and comforting, just perfect on a cool Fall evening. 

Creamy Chicken Soup

Savory Thoughts made these Spaghetti Squash Boats and they’re definitely on my “to make” list. I’d probably use ground turkey instead of ground beef and take a shortcut by using a jarred marinara sauce. That’s typically how I cook. I get inspired by recipes that I know I’ll love and make a few adjustments (just because). 

If you haven’t already noticed, I’m on a soup kick right now. I’ve been pulling up my all time favorite soup recipes and making at least one a week.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Hamburger Soup

Living with Landyn recently shared this Pumpkin Dream Cake. Anything pumpkin is a winner in my book.

Except, no pumpkin spice lattes for me! Nope, just can’t get myself to enjoy those. In cake, absolutely!!

Pumpkin Dream Cake

This cake is almost too pretty to eat. Almost!

Lastly, are Pumpkin Spice Overnight Oats. I’m not a big breakfast eater, but I can’t resist pumpkin or overnight oats, so I knew I needed to share these. 

Pumpkin Spice Overnight Oats from Wholefully.

I hope you enjoyed my Weekly Meal Ideas #7.

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I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #6!

This salad from Grand Baby Cakes gives me all the Fall feels and flavors! With the warm temperatures we get in the Fall,  I’d add some chicken to the salad and call it dinner! 

Fall Salad

 My Sweet Potato Chili is a hearty vegetarian chili and perfect for cooler Fall evenings. Serve with a side salad and cornbread!

Sweet Potato Chili

I made these M&M Cookies with peanut butter M&Ms, but how about a seasonally colored mix? The cookie recipe would be the same, just mix in your favorite mix of M&Ms. 

M & M Cookies

Are you a fan of sheet pan meals? Don’t let the list of ingredients scare you off (it might look a little long to some), it’s a simple quick recipe! 

Sheet Pan Chili Lime Salmon

This is such a delicious looking recipe from Cafe Delights. Yum! I’d serve this with rice and maybe a salad or broccoli. 

I know a lot of little ones will only eat chicken nuggets, but what if they help you make these Chicken Tenders? Maybe this will help them get past the nugget only stage?

Are your little ones Ketchup (Catsup) or Ranch dippers??

Cracker Crumb Chicken Tenders

Lastly, tis the season to add a pumpkin recipe. And since I like to include some sort of breakfast/sweet/snack I couldn’t resist this Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

from Sally’s Baking Addiction. 

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

I hope you enjoyed my Weekly Meal Ideas #6.

I’d love if you’d leave me a message and let me know. Have a great week my friends!

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I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #5!I’m so excited with this weeks post. It is full of delicious recipes that I’m sure your family is going to love!

Also, Fall is in the air, so stay tuned for plenty of cooler weather seasonal recipes. 

Starting off is one of my family’s absolutely favorites. The first time I made these I used quinoa as the base, but we also use brown, white, or coconut rice. The toppings and the Thai Peanut Sauce are delicious on all of them. The best thing about this recipe, beside the flavor, is how you can easily customize the toppings so that everyone in your family will enjoy them. This is one of my daughters “go-to” meal when she brings a meal to a friend. She preps it all, so all the have to do is heat and serve up their own bowls. So easy!

Quinoa Bowls

Thai Peanut Sauce

This scrumptious Baked Chicken Legs are from Julie’s Eats and Treats! My teen-age grandson would devour these as an after school snack! 

Baked Chicken Legs

I couldn’t resist sharing my favorite donut with you. An Apple Cider donut just screams Fall and being at a pumpkin patch! These delicious treats are from The Country Cook. And guess what, these donuts are baked not fried!

Baked Apple Cider Donuts

I was looking for a super kid friendly meal and as soon as I saw this from Mom on TimeOut, I knew I should share it. Kids are going to love it! Not only is it great for dinner, but with all the after school sports starting back up, this would be perfect and hearty “snack” to hold them over till they get back home for dinner. 

Cheeseburger Casserole

Lastly, I’ve been making these cookies every Fall since forever ago. I originally got this recipe from a friend when our kids were in elementary school.

It’s not Fall without a few batches of these Pumpkin Cookies.

Pumpkin Cookies

I hope you enjoyed my Weekly Meal Ideas #5.

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I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #4!

**Before I get started let me tell you one important thing that I know about cooking. Most recipes, unless you are baking (such as cookies, breads, cakes, etc) are just guidelines. Do not ever feel that a recipe must be followed exactly.

• If you need to change an ingredient to make it more “friendly” for your family, DO IT.
• If you want to switch up spices, DO IT. 
• Make changes to fit your family’s lifestyle or health requirements (allergies, gluten, etc).
• I guess what I’m saying is, don’t be afraid to make the recipe your own! JUST DO IT!

I’m starting this weeks, Meal Ideas #4, with my MOST popular recipe! It is, I might happily add, gone “almost” viral. That’s huge for me, I’m just a small food blogger.

My Baked Spaghetti & Meatballs is a perfect “back to school” meal. You can make it ahead and pop it in the oven to heat (while your making a quick salad) for dinner. Your family is going to love it, especially if you serve it with some Delicious Garlic Bread. I recommend serving it with a Homemade Caesar Salad.

I also realize how crazy your schedule might be, so by all means open a bagged salad and be proud of yourself for getting dinner on the table.

These Individual Sausage Casseroles are perfect to make ahead and have ready for a quick breakfast on a busy school morning! This delicious Recipe is from The Pioneer Woman.

Individual Sausage Breakfast Casserole

A simple sheet pan dinner is always a win on a busy (or not so busy) day. And who doesn’t love Chicken Fajitas! I could honestly eat these every single week! What a delicious meal from Budget Bytes  

Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

Have you tried Ham & Cheese Sliders?  They’re delicious for any meal of the day! These are from Key Ingredient. Make sure and check out all the recipes on their site. 

Ham & Cheese Sliders

Homemade granola is always a good idea! It’s a delicious breakfast (or snack) with some yogurt and fruit! 

Maple Coconut Granola

Lastly, how about some Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream for dessert?? Since I made this ice cream, my family is wanting a new flavor every week. Stay tuned for our latest and greatest (soon to hit the blog), S’Mores Ice Cream.

Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream

I hope you enjoyed my Weekly Meal Ideas #4. I’d love if you’d leave me a message and let me know. 

Have a great week my friends!

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I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #3! Serve this Quick and Easy Bruschetta Chicken over angel hair pasta or pesto pasta, add in a quick salad or roasted veggies and dinner is complete. And delicious!

The best part about a recipe like this is if you have picky eaters that don’t like the bruschetta, simply leave it off of theirs (more for you)!

Easy Minute Bruschetta Chicken

This Bruschetta is one of my recipes and is definitely a go-to meal in our house! It’s about that time of year when I start using my slow cooker regularly. I love it for soups, chili, and stew and now can’t wait to try these ribs.

These delicious ribs are from The Cozy Cook!

Slow Cooker Ribs

If you’re looking for shrimp recipes, you need to head over to Skinny Taste. Oh my goodness, if you’re familiar with her recipes, you are missing out!

Easy Roasted Lemon Garlic Shrimp

Another favorite and popular recipe are my Stuffed Zucchini

This is the perfect recipe to use up some of your fresh picked summer zucchini!

We didn’t grow a garden this year, but our neighbor did and we are enjoying the fruits (and zucchini) of their labor!

Amanda from I am Baker  is one of the best in the food blogging world and was also a huge mentor to me when I first got my start. 

Easy Blueberry BreadI don’t eat pasta every day, but sure wish I did! It’s always delicious! How can you go wrong with this delicious recipe from Baker by Nature

Rigatoni with Sausage, Tomatoes, & Zucchini

Cheers Mama, you’re doing a great job!! 

Scoop your little one a scoop of sorbet and enjoy this fun frozen delight!

40 Aprons has some fun cocktails on her site, including these Two Minute Frozen Fruity Margaritas

I hope you enjoyed my Weekly Meal Ideas #3. I’d love if you’d leave me a message and let me know. 

Have a great week my friends!

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I hope you find these recipes helpful. Some of the recipes will be from my blog and many of them from other bloggers that I’ve grown to know and trust. One thing I can guarantee is I’ll be sharing simple, family friendly, recipes that are “mostly” healthy and budget friendly. 

I hope you’ll enjoy my Weekly Meal Ideas #2! Smashed Potatoes, either loaded with toppings or plain are a delicious side dish to chicken or steak. Serve with a side salad for a delicious meal!

Loaded Smashed Potatoes

I love the simplicity of sheet pan meals! And, I think sausage, potatoe, and broccoli is the perfect combo for an easy family meal!

Sausage, Potato, Broccoli Sheet Pan Dinner

Mary’s Whole Life

These delicious Pancake Bites are such a versatile make ahead breakfast. Freezer friendly and perfect for on the go!

Dinner then Dessert

Pancake Muffin Bites

Nothing beats a crockpot dinner. Get it going in the morning and come home to dinner!

The Recipe Critic

Crockpot Chili

Caesar Salad is our all time favorite and goes perfect with just about anything!! I always make it when serving chili and pasta! 

Take the time to make the homemade dressing, it’s delicous!

Caesar Salad

OMG, this pasta dish has all the flavors!! And, it’s simpler to make than it looks! 

Half Baked Harvest

Roasted Tomato Ricotta Pasta

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