• Dinner

    Chicken Strip Salad

    With all the crazy the last month before the wedding our meals took a turn towards the easy side as time was extremely limited. These chicken strip salads were amazing, and combined a comfort food with a healthy base. We all desire to eat bad every once in a while. I figured this was the perfect way to help keep my figure and let us have chicken strips at the same time. I love making our own chicken strips as I know exactly what goes into them. While the ease of picking up a bag of already made chicken strips at the store is desirable, there are way to many…

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  • Dinner

    BBQ Chicken & Sweet Potato Bowls

    You are probably wondering why in the world I haven’t posted a recipe in a while. Well the truth is life has been crazy. These last 2 months have been consumed with house projects, work and our wedding which is coming up in October. Where does time go? I have been trying to get back on the cooking every night train, but at the end of the day I have been a bit exhausted. I made these BBQ Chicken & Sweet Potato Bowls the other week and they were heavenly, and I didn’t feel guilty eating it (not going to break the wedding dress).  It has been quite the struggle…

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    Caprese Chicken with Pesto Noodles

    It fathoms me every time I go to the grocery store and see yet another veggie product in the produce section. I absolutely love that our grocery store, Sprouts, has so many different options. One of my favorite things, that I believe has been added to the store in the last year (could have been longer and I just didn’t know) is veggie noodles. Sprouts has 3 or 4 different types of fresh veggie noodles you can buy all ready to go. This gives you no excuses not to substitute veggies for those pasta carbs. I grew up in the country in Wisconsin, where we always had a garden out…

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