Some of Our Favorites...

A lot of our menu planning is about ease, flavor, and repeatability.

     Does this meal take a while to make?  If so, I'll make it on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday
     Is it good?  Would I eat this over and over?  If so, yeah, that'll be on the rotation.

I ALWAYS follow the recipe the first time (the only thing I'll tweek is maybe a little less chili powder and less oils).

We also only pick out 5 meals at a time so our veggies don't go bad.  I mean, let's be honest, sometimes you just want to go out to eat or you make plans with friends... And that's ok!  Real life, people!


Here's a few of our favorites that we're not above eating over and over:


One Pan Healthy Sausage, Chick Peas and Veggies


One Pan Roasted Garlic Parmesan Chicken and Veggies  (oh... my... god.  this stuff is SO good)


Copycat Panera Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup  -  I haven't seen this soup back at Panera in a couple of years and it's my FAVORITE.  I use a whole rotisserie chicken in this


Sausage and Veggie Hash  -  When I make this again I'm not going to use russet potatoes - they're just too mushy for my taste.


Spicy Shrimp Tacos with Avocado Salsa and Sour Cream Cilantro Sauce


Sweet Potato Hash  -  Oh man this is one of our favorites!!  For the breakfast sausage I use the this turkey sausage (for you Fargoans, I get it at Hornbacher's) -  UGH!  SO GOOD!!!


Turkey Meatloaf with Zucchini and Feta  -  Holy moly, this is my favorite.  And I don't like meatloaf. I half this so we only get 4 servings, but you can make the whole recipe if you've got a bigger household.


One Pan Healthy Chicken and Veggies  -  I feel like this is a given, but when you make these one pan dishes use fresh veggies.  You don't want the mush that comes along with canned or frozen veg.


One Pan Chili Lime Chicken and Rice


Mango Chicken with Coconut Rice - for this I just buy two mangos and I basically take one and smoosh it up to make my own "nectar"


Lime Cilantro Chicken with Mixed Rice and Black Beans


Herb and Citrus Oven Roasted Chicken  -  oh man, this stuff is SO good


Honey Lime Chicken with Pineapple Salsa


Honey Lime Chicken with Cowboy Caviar


Shredded Chicken Verde


Creamy White Chili Recipe


Crock-Pot White Chicken Chili  -  again, I never use my crock pot, but you sure can!!!


Cilantro Lime Baked Shrimp


Chipotle Lime Grilled Chicken


Chili Lime Steak Fajitas


Blackened Fish Tacos with Pineapple Cucumber Slaw -  This is one of our absolute favorites!


Avocado Salmon Rice Bowl  -  We use tilapia and cod with this, too