Adventures of a Military Family of 8
No Anchor Can Hold Us Down...
Football season is in full swing. Some of us check the standings from week to week to see where we might end up come playoff time. No matter what team you support, one thing is always true…game day wings are a MUST! So get your fryers or ovens fired up because here are 20 Game Day Wing Recipes You Will Love! Sure bet to get you prepared for kickoff! [Read more…]
As the colder weather makes us spend more time indoors, I seem to run out of ideas for new dinners. I love finding recipes to include in round-up posts because not only does it give me many new ideas, but it helps you as well! It’s a Win-Win!
Need some meal planning inspiration? Here are 21 Mouth Watering Mexican Recipes that we can all add to our dinner list. Enjoy!
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Meal planning is definitely trending as we all want to save time and money. One of the easiest ways to get those meals prepped and ready is with the magic of the slow cooker. Here are 30 Slow Cooker Entrees your Family will Love! Perfect for those busy weeks where you’d love to have dinner ready to serve when you get home.
As a Mom of 6 I am always on the run once the kids are out of school. From after School sports, to after School clubs, [Read more…]
As a Military Family we are used to spending meals apart, so we make it a point to eat together every chance we get. From the shopping to the cooking, it becomes a Family affair. The entire Family shops together,
and our go-to store is Smart & Final. We’re there 3-4 times a week, and as a Family of 8 it completely satisfies our needs. Today we were running errands all day and when we were about to go home, I realized that I had nothing for dinner. So a quick stop to Smart & Final was the “smart” move 😉 …
This week the First Street Fresh Whole Chicken Twin Pack is $ .79 per lb. I LOVE Smart & Final’s First Street brand, because it’s always quality products at great prices. First Street fresh whole chickens are grade A. Quality, freshness, and low prices, that’s what I think of Smart & Final!
We bought a twin pack of the First Street fresh whole chickens. When I say fresh, I mean fresh, no freezing here! I came home, washed the chicken while the girls peeled and cut the veggies, dinner was in the oven in less than 10 minutes!!!
The amount of “Yum” this recipe has, makes for a super-happy Family 😉
From the oven with Lovin’
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 55 minutes
1 whole fresh First Street chicken
4 carrots*
2-4 potatoes *
1/4 tsp. lemon pepper**
1/4 tsp. rosemary**
1/2 tsp. all purpose seasoning**
1/2 tsp. chicken seasoning**
2 tbs. butter**
1 tbs. minced onions**
garlic I use 1/8 tsp. per chicken**
*= depending on size **= varies to your liking ***= I spray the inside of my foil with cooking spray
I hope your Family loves this recipe as much as we do. We typically have it once a week, the kids LOVE helping with preparation & consumption; and cleaning is all left up to me 😉 We like to eat this meal with steamed rice and corn, what sides do you like?
What a great idea right? A dummies guide to leftovers! I was asked to add a recipe my Family uses with leftovers and it was an easy find. Especially the week after Thanksgiving, our kids LOVE to eat our turkey sliders.
Check out my Whrrl story to see how I make these bad boys 😉
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We eat a lot of Mexican food in this house. Now there are a ton of really good Mexican restaurants here. They are practically on every corner yet I still cook it every chance I can.
Enchiladas are a little time consuming and somewhat messy (especially with a camera in one hand) but cheap and feeds an army! I can get two nights out of one tray of enchiladas. Add some Spanish rice and re-fried beans and you will be competing with the corner restaurant! (or so I keep telling my pocket book) Now there are some shortcuts, tonight, I am using the leftover meat from The whole chicken made for tacos (I froze it) and I am using can sauce. I have made the sauce home made. It is by far better home made but time is an issue so the can will have to do tonight! If you don’t have chicken handy, take three chicken breast and bake them with salt, pepper and a little olive oil in a 350 degree oven for about 25 minutes or until cooked. Even better, go buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store or Costco! I personally like to freeze leftovers for this purpose. But that’s another blog post entirely! [Read more…]
Guess what day it is?!? It’s Foodie Friday with My Dear Friend Aricka at Shamrocks and Shenanigans. For today’s post she made an AWESOME Chicken with White Wine Gravy (Pantry Meal)
My cupboards are bare. It is the night before I shop and there is literally two nights of meat left in the freezer and a bunch a canned goods. The Fireman is home so I am expected to cook. This is where I pull out my Pantry meals. This one is an old one too. I took this from Gram (back when I was barely married to The Fireman) who probably took it from a Woman Day’s or some sort of magazine. [Read more…]
