Tuna Noodle Casserole

 

Tuna Noodle Casserole

This is delicious, filling and warm, perfect for these freezing January temperatures! I like that it's from scratch, no "cream of" soups, it really really tastes better that way. The only change I made was that I added garlic, because garlic makes everything better. We all loved it. Served with green beans!

Click here for the Tuna Noodle Casserole recipe from BudgetBytes

Cookie Butter Blondies

 

Cookie Butter Blondies

My husband didn't want anything special for his birthday, but I had been thinking about this recipe for awhile. We both LOVE cookie butter so I had to try it, and it didn't disappoint. It's incredible, like literally one of the best things we've ever ate. I just made them again because we have family visiting, they are so good.

Click here for the recipe from The Mindful Meringue 

Healthy Girl Gorditas

 

Healthy Girl Gorditas

This recipe is from Makayla Thomas, it's lower calorie high fiber etc. I really liked it, but my husband did not. He didn't like the pita bread on the outside since it was kinda bland....which I get. I served it with a side salad just because I needed to use it up. They were actually super filling gorditas! I would make this again for me but probably not for the fam.

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Sheet Pan Parmesan Garlic Chicken Thighs

Sheet Pan Parmesan Garlic Chicken Thighs

I didn't even get a picture of it plated because baby was being fussy. This was super good and it will go in our rotation! I liked how easy it was and everyone loved it. I made it exactly as written using Buffalo Wild Wings Garlic Parm sauce. I bought a bag of already chopped broccoli so the longest thing was quartering potatoes, and I really could just use my veggie chopper for that. 

Click here for the recipe from Cooking in the Midwest

 

Slow Cooker French Dips

 

Slow Cooker French Dips

Ingredients:

- 2ish lbs chuck roast

- 1 can beef consomme + can filled with water twice

- 1 packet au jus

- 2 onions

- garlic

- salt, pepper, sage leaf

- provolone

- hoagies

Super easy recipe and always delicious. Heat EVOO in pan and rub salt and pepper on chuck roast and sear in cast iron skillet until brown on all sides. Remove meat and put in slow cooker, then cook onions and garlic in the cast iron skillet and scrape up all the brown bits. Transfer to slow cooker and sprinkle the au jus over top. Pour on beef consomme and fill up the can twice with water, add a sage leaf and cook on low for 8 hours. Toast hoagies with provolone then done.

Brunswick Stew

 

I forgot to grab a picture the other night when I made this, so hopefully Budget Bytes wont mind that I borrowed their picture :) 

My teenage son really liked this, my husband and I did not. It just was too sweet, maybe it was the bbq sauce we used but it just tasted sweet. I did switch out the lima beans for carrots, which I know are sweeter....but I really think it must have been the bbq sauce. We added some cayenne to ours to kind of balance it out. I also used store bought pulled pork to make it easy to throw together with my 3 month old. I served it with some crescent rolls, which are always tasty.

Unfortunately we won't be making this again.

Click here for the recipe from BudgetBytes

Pretzel Cranberry Sweet Potatoes

Pretzel Cranberry Sweet Potatoes

These are INREDIBLE. I always make the sweet potatoes every Thanksgiving and I so far haven't landed on a recipe that I'd consider to be "the one". I usually make them with a marshmallow or a oatmeal crumble topping....normal recipes. But I stumbled across this while looking once again for a recipe that I'd make yearly. Everyone loved this. It was sweet, salty, crunchy and with just a smidge tarte from the cranberries. I'll definitely be making this yearly!

Oh I made it almost exactly as written except I left out the pecans because my sons allergic. I was worried there wouldn't be enough topping so I added a half pack of maple brown sugar instant oatmeal into the topping mixture too.

Click here for the Pretzel Cranberry Sweet Potato recipe from The Girl Who Ate Everything