Since we've gotten an early winter and it's freezing here, I've been making lots of new soups. Something about this sounded so good and it was relatively easy, which is a plus for me! May I introduce... Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Soup! Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Soup 3 cups of chicken stock 1 can of (10 oz) of red enchilada sauce 1 pack of shredded cheddar cheese (8 oz) 2 ... Read More
Taco Soup
The weather is finally cooling off here. Here in North Texas, we got our first 'arctic freeze'. That's code for low 40's! It's time for some soups and yummy chili. One of my favorite soups is a good taco soup. I love all the things you can pile on top of the soup too :) I know there are many versions of taco soup but here's mine... Taco Soup: 1 lb of meat (I use turkey) 1 ... Read More
Banana Oatmeal Cookies {Healthy Cookies}
These banana oatmeal cookies are so good, you won't believe that they are actually low in calories. You might even call them healthy cookies?! I found a new 'healthy' cookie that we all like! We all liked it SO much that they were gone within 24 hours! I have 'healthy' marked like that because really no cookie is healthy, but this is pretty close! No flour, no eggs, no ... Read More
The Quest for Healthy Fruit Snacks
My husband and I have been on a mission to find fruit snacks that are free of high fructose corn syrup and artificial coloring. Have you noticed Red #40 is in almost everything these days? Even things that are not red! And Yellow #5 and other dyes have been in the news a lot lately as well. If you do a little research on these dyes, you'll want to limit them where you can. ... Read More
No Bake Peanut Butter Balls
My kids love to snack. I like to give them better for you snacks and those are hard to come up with. These no bake peanut butter energy balls are both tasty and full of protein! They make great breakfast on the run ideas and also are great for good traveling snacks! I first saw a recipe floating around about 2 years ago. The recipe calls for coconut but we aren't fans of ... Read More