Food We Currently Love

We are SO thankful for our moms and how much time they spent watching our games and toting us around to practices, rather than cooking us fancy foods. They kept our bellies full and that is all you really need.

ALL THAT TO SAY, I did not come into marriage with a recipe book full of yummy foods to feed my husband. I had a few staples (moms spaghetti & manwich sloppy joes), but I have explored Pinterest a million times to find some quick and easy meals that us picky eaters can enjoy. I work as a teacher and do not get off until 3:30 (after 5:00 during cheer season with practices). Some days, I stay after school and tutor, and most other days, I head to the gym after work. Josh does not get home until after 7 most days, so I like meals that I can go home and cook and have waiting for him when he gets home. I do enjoy cooking, but am trying to find a balance for time I spend in the kitchen and the amount of time I spend cuddling my dogs.

 

1 – They must take under 30 minutes of prep time

2 – They must not include fish (unless its on the grill for Josh and I can eat something else)

3 – They must include easy-to-find ingredients

4 – They must be (mostly) wholesome and good for you foods

 

So without further ado, food we currently LOVE – 

• Lettuce Wrap Tacos (inspired by this wonderful blogger) with our toppings of choice
• Turkey Meatballs (sometimes with cheese & sometimes without)
• Tortilla Pepperoni Pizzas (this is my inspiration)
• Chicken Quesadillas (with my favorite clean eating tortillas)
• Pulled Pork/Chicken (literally insert pork butt & chicken broth in crock pot and cook until it shreds easily – try it on a pretzel bun, it\’s delicious)
• Chicken & Dumplings (hereon the stove & here in a crock pot) – pushing it on the “healthy”
• Sloppy Joes (we use this and sometimes use ground turkey) – again, not SUPER healthy
• Cabin Chicken (this is what we call it, but it is basically just chicken tenderloins cooked in a pan with a tablespoon of butter and seasoned with Lawry’s seasoning salt. I don\’t know why the butter and Lawry\’s make the perfect combination, but it does. We cook them as tenderloins until cooked through, then but into bite size pieces and throw back into pan just to crisp the ends)
• Breakfast for Dinner (Kodiak Protein Pancakes – topped with blueberries or chocolate chips)

Besides this, we just grill EVERYTHING and have a side of broccoli or asparagus (which is what we eat about 4 nights out of the week). We rotate between chicken, pork chops, pork loin, steaks, burgers/turkey burgers, and sometimes beer brats or salmon for Josh. We typically have a “cheat meal” kinda meal once a week where we indulge in some pizza or hit up Duck Donuts.