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Dirty Red Beans and Rice

  My hubby and I were making a meal plan for the week and were thinking of different recipes that we can have as a family! My hubs suggested I make “Dirty Red Beans and Rice”…. and I had NO idea what this was… so I did some research and it sounded pretty  ...

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BBQ Turkey Meatloaf

Ingredients: 1/2 lb lean turkey ground meat 1/2 lb 90% lean ground beef (or 1 full lb of lean ground turkey meat) ½ cup dry oatmeal 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon dijon mustard 4 tablespoons sugar free barbecue sauce (I use G Hughes from Walmart) 1 tablespoon  ...

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Crockpot Baked Ziti

Ingredients: 2 (25 ounce) jars of pasta sauce 15 oz tomato sauce 1 pound UNCOOKED penne pasta (I used gluten free made with Quinoa from Aldi) 1 lb lean ground beef 1 lb lean ground turkey 15 oz ricotta cheese 2 eggs 1 cup frozen chopped spinach 1 cup of freshly grated parmesan cheese 1/2  ...

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Taco Lasagna- Healthy Version

My kids have been asking for lasagna and I am trying hard to make good choices with food and stay healthy for this pregnancy, so I decided to make a different type of lasagna and have fun with it! The kids LOVE soft tacos, so we took it to another level! TACO LASAGNA IT IS!!! Ingredients: 1 lb  ...

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Beachbody Summer SALE 2017

Who doesn’t love sales and getting fit for summer all in one!?! I am a HUGE bargain person, so I thought I shouldn’t keep this to myself!!! I know so many people say “being healthy is expensive”…. well, so is being unhealthy my friends!! McDonalds, Arby’s, or  ...

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Staying Fit with Pregnancy #3!

Hey everyone, happy Monday!!! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and are ready to get back to the grind!! If you haven’t followed my journey yet, I’ll give you a little background!! I have 2 boys ages 6 and 4, and 3 bonus kids ages 9, 7, and 4…. and my husband and I are  ...

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Skinny Chicken Enchiladas

Cinco De Mayo was here and I have been wanting to make some sort of healthy alternative to a Mexican meal… because we all know not all Mexican food is healthy despite having some veggies on top! So I put together this dish that was so so good!! Very simple to make, and it’s a  ...

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Apple Walnut Turkey Burgers

One thing I love is the fact that my husband is pretty amazing at coming up with some fun, new, exciting ways of cooking food with me! He supports us as a family to eat healthy, and is doing a lot of the cooking! Yesterday, he came up with the idea of making apple walnut turkey burgers!  I  ...

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