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Crock Pot Chicken Recipes- Lemon Garlic Chicken

September 9, 2015 By Gwen Brown 10 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Grill It, Main Dishes, Recipes, THM E Main Dish Recipes, THM FP Main Dish Recipes, THM FP Recipes, THM Main Dish Recipes, THM Recipes by Meal, THM Recipes by Type, THM S Main Dish Recipes, THM S Recipes Tagged With: chicken breast recipes

Quick Cajun Dirty Rice Recipe

August 24, 2015 By Gwen Brown 14 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Crossover Recipes, Main Dishes, Recipes, THM E Main Dish Recipes, THM E Recipes, THM Main Dish Recipes, THM Recipes by Meal, THM Recipes by Type Tagged With: coconut free, dairy free, egg free, gluten free, nut free

Beef Stroganoff Recipe

June 1, 2015 By Gwen Brown 45 Comments

ground beef stroganoff recipe- this is one of my childhood favorites remade to be lower fat.

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…

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Filed Under: Crossover Recipes, Main Dishes, Recipes, THM E Main Dish Recipes, THM E Recipes, THM Main Dish Recipes, THM Recipes by Meal, THM Recipes by Type Tagged With: coconut free, egg free, ground beef recipes

Taco Salad 3 Ways

August 27, 2013 By Gwen Brown 20 Comments

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…

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Lime Chicken Soft Taco Recipe

May 28, 2013 By Gwen Brown 20 Comments

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…

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THM Chili Mix & E Style Chili Recipe

April 30, 2013 By Gwen Brown 43 Comments

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…

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Pretzel Dogs & Pig in a Blanket Recipes

March 22, 2012 By Gwen Brown 4 Comments

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…

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Filed Under: Appetizers & Snacks, Kid Favorite Recipes, Main Dishes, Recipes, THM Appetizers & Snack Recipes, THM E Main Dish Recipes, THM E Recipes, THM E Snacks & Appetizers, THM Main Dish Recipes Tagged With: bread, coconut free, dairy free, easy recipes, egg free, family favorite recipes, fast recipes, nut free, THM S Helper Recipes

Homemade Pizza Recipe [E]

October 31, 2010 By Gwen Brown 162 Comments

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…

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