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kid-friendly chicken tortilla soup

Kid-Friendly Chicken Tortilla Soup

After much searching and recipe trials, this Kid-Friendly Chicken Tortilla Soup will become a staple in your home just like it has become one in mine. We love eating chicken tortilla soup when we go out and wanted to be able to cook it at home. However, many recipes out there make it spicy so […]

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poi overnight oats in a bowl

Poi Overnight Oats

Poi Overnight Oats came about when I really loved eating and feeding my baby poi with mashed apple banana. It was so thick and sweet, and I was so happy that I didn’t have to add spoonful’s of sugar to make my poi palatable. What made me not so happy was slow digestion the next

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stove top chicken noodle soup using frozen chicken

Stove Top Chicken Noodle Soup (using frozen chicken)

This Stove Top Chicken Noodle Soup saves the day without having to defrost the frozen chicken thighs in advance. Most of us parents have been there, you have a sick kid and you want to give them some warm soup to feel better. You don’t have any canned soup on hand, but you have the

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Portuguese Sausage Meatloaf

Sometimes you just need to eat a hearty beefy meal, and this Portuguese Sausage Meatloaf fits the bill. This meatloaf is great for cooking for a large family or hosting friends with a simple meal. You can cook a double batch without worrying about changing the recipe. It freezes well so you can meal prep

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ham and cheese cornbread muffins

Ham and Cheese Cornbread Muffins

Ham and Cheese Cornbread Muffins make for a quick breakfast on-the-go, a light lunch when paired with a salad, or an afternoon snack when you’re starved and have several hours until dinner. Using my Moist Whole Wheat Cornbread recipe, just add diced ham and shredded cheese. We like it heartier with 2 cups of ham

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Corn and Black Bean Salad (with avocado)

I had been making this Corn and Black Bean Salad for years as an alternative to salsa. The recipe was inspired by the Black Bean and Corn Salsa from the Summer 2014 edition of Island Scene magazine put out by HMSA. After recently resuming watching the Food Network, I learned that this is called Cowboy

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Canned Corned Beef Hash Patties

Canned Corned Beef Hash Patties are what kids in Hawaii grew up eating. Hurricane Season in Hawaii began on June 1 and Hawaii households keep about two weeks-worth of canned and other non-perishable food in their cabinets in the event of a bad storm cutting off power to their homes. Canned corned beef and corned

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creamy cranberry chicken salad as a sandwich

Creamy Cranberry Chicken Salad

This Cranberry Chicken Salad is easy to prepare and will help you save money by making it at home. Growing up, chicken salad for our sandwiches was just canned chicken breast mixed with mayonnaise and a little black pepper. (Tuna salad was prepared the same way.) As an adult buying lunches from the nearby coffee

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