Lemon Garlic Chicken is my latest crock pot chicken recipes discovery- and it’s amazingly flavorful and SO simple! We enjoyed this with roasted veggies, but you could just as easily pair it with fried rice for an Asian spin. I just love it when a recipe is *that* versatile, because it’s always great when leftovers…
Quick Cajun Dirty Rice Recipe
This cajun dirty rice recipe is a hearty, savory, and FAST one pot meal that my family loves. I first tried the recipe DirtE Rice from the Coers Family blog. Oh. My. Word. Although I really adore ethnic recipes, I’ve never really tried my hand at Cajun food. Well, I’m sold. My whole family loves…
Beef Stroganoff Recipe
My Beef Stroganoff Recipe gets an lower fat (Trim Healthy Mama E style) makeover in this family favorite recipe. This savory beef dish boasts a flavorful, creamy gravy- it’s the perfect compliment to pasta or rice; and it’s also super quick and easy to make! (This is a reblog of an older recipe from my…
Taco Salad 3 Ways
Today is Taco Salad day here at Gwen’s Nest, on this fine Trim Healthy Tuesday. I’ve been asked to blog about how I like to eat my taco salad, and my answer is–ANY way you make it! I love tacos and Mexi-fare so much that it pretty much has its own day on my weekly…
Lime Chicken Soft Taco Recipe
This Lime Chicken Soft Taco recipe is really a staple menu item for the summer. I found the recipe years ago on AllRecipes.com, and it was an immediate hit with the whole family. It’s a fantastic Fuel Pull meal starter that is super quick to pull together. And it can easily be converted to all Five ways…
THM Chili Mix & E Style Chili Recipe
This THM chili mix recipe is basically a re-working of my family favorite chili mix recipe. I’ll give you the ‘test batch’ recipe, and the jar-full recipe, as well as a DELICIOUS E style chili with ground beef! Making the chili mix recipe in a big batch means it’s just as convenient and quick as…
Pretzel Dogs & Pig in a Blanket Recipes
When I first started making the No-Knead-Refrigerator-Dough-easy bread recipe, I thought it was pretty spectacular. It’s the recipe that I’ve gotten the most positive feedback about so far, so I think you guys are liking it too. The more I experiment with it, the more I realize that I really underestimated how life changing this…
Homemade Pizza Recipe [E]
This homemade pizza recipe is very, very dangerous. It’s so easy, and so delicious, that I’m temped to make it WAY too often. And it’s *so* easy. Even my two year old thinks it’s great fun to make pizza! We have this at least once a week, on our Friday Family Night. Fridays are the…