Chicken Noodle Skillet

Chicken Noodle Skillet is an easy to make one pot chicken and noodles recipe that everyone loves for dinner. It is filled with chunks of chicken breast, carrots, celery and peas with a butter panko bread crumb topping. 

If you love easy one pot dinner recipes you will also love Cheeseburger Helper, One Pot Cajun Chicken Pasta, and One Pot Ground Beef Stroganoff.

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Tuna Berry Mango Avocado Salad

This recipe is sponsored by Bumble Bee® Tuna. 

Are you ready to have your socks knocked off?

I'm always trying to come up with easy clean eating ideas, and this Tuna Berry Mango Avocado Salad definitely makes the favorites list!   The flavors are amazing, and I just can't get enough of it lately! 

The kids have asked repeatedly to have this for lunch or dinner the last few weeks. It is that good! 

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Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff

Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff is a favorite twist on my Beef Stroganoff From Scratch by slow cooking a cheap cut of stew meat. The cool wet days of fall have arrived in Washington and I'm sure they won't be leaving anytime soon. 

I've had to force my cold achy body out of bed and into the shower, after snoozing the alarm clock one too many times and contemplating asking Lorna to make her own breakfast and lunch. 

Ugh..Nothing about cold mornings and rolling out of bed before the sunrises I love, I much rather stay in my warm bed and hide with a cup of coffee.. Thank God he made weekends! 

I love fall, I just don't love the mornings. The smell of walking through the door after a long day of errands and appointments to dinner done is one of the reason's I love fall, all the comfort food meals like this Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff make for a great end to any day. 

Plus I am a boots, sweater and scarves girls. I love watching the trees change colors and the fresh apples at the market. Enjoying apple cider, watching the fireplace snuggled under my favorite knitted blanket with one of my babies..

So for now I pray I adjust to the cold mornings and the lack of light.

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Slow Cooked Bourbon Peach BBQ Pulled Pork Recipe

Slow Cooked Bourbon Peach BBQ Pulled Pork is a family favorite easy crock pot recipe that's loaded with so much flavor.

I have a love for all pulled meat. I don't know what it is but something about juicy meat cooked long and slow in a sweet and tangy sauce piled high on a bun always calls my name. This was one of those recipe that was running through my mind when I wanted to sleep or maybe it was really just a dream and I thought I was awake.Then it kept popping in my head over the next few days and I knew I had to make it and oh boy am I thankful I did..

I've been trying to plan more crock-pot meals to help ease the dinner time burden. Our afternoon's have been filled with a lot of appointments, leaving us in a dinner time rush with the kids back to school. 

Slow Cooked Bourbon Peach Bbq Pulled Pork is a perfect fix it and forget it dinner.

I started the pork in the morning as the kids were headed off to school and by the time we came home from the chiropractor it was done and the house smelled divine. The sweet peach sauce with a hint of bourbon and a little chipotle peppers made a perfect sauce to infuse the pork. Sweet but tangy with a touch of heat. A perfect end to a busy day! 

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Fudgy Black Bean Brownies

I've had chocolate on my mind, and Fudgy Black Bean Brownies hit the spot. It's a bad habit but there's no way I'm willing to give it up!

I've seen different versions of black bean cakes, and brownies all over the internet, but the two biggest problems I had with the recipes I came across was either they had barely any black beans, or all black beans, but the texture didn't look quite as appealing. Most recipe's called for about 2/3 to 1 cup sugar more then what I used.

So last night in my brownie craving state I decided I was going to come up with a black bean brownie recipe with more beans but a traditional fudgy brownie texture and to try and reduce the sugar down. 

Let me tell you these are fabulously chocolaty and fudgy! Score!

I think the first bite I might have been able to taste a hint of the black beans but by the second I really couldn't tell.

Colt and the kids said these are some of the best brownies ever. When I told them I loaded them with black beans for protein, and fiber, Colt asked,"Are you pulling my leg?" He said he really couldn't tell so the black bean taste in the first bite might be all in my head. 

I am so very critical of the recipes I make, and pass on to you, because I know these are being fed to your husbands, wives, kids, families, and friends. 

Now go makes some fabulously Fudgy Black Bean Brownies! 

They really are divine.

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Fudge Brownies With Caramel Swirl

Oh sweet Fudge Brownies With Caramel Swirl you are divine!

I will let you in on a little secret the edge pieces are so super yummy. It has this nice little bit of chewy caramelly goodness.. Straight from heaven.

These were made for a game night over at our friends house. and I think I was in a bit of trouble from their teenagers when I took the last 2 brownies home. 

I hadn't taken a picture yet and I felt rather guilty, I usually leave any extra for our wonderful hosts to enjoy later.. 

My hubby has already been hinting for me to make these again... 

Oh sweet dessert lusciousness... You will be made again soon.. Maybe tomorrow..

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How To Make Mashed Cauliflower Potatoes

Did you know 1 cup of Cauliflower only has 27 calories compared to 116 calories in 1 cup Diced Potatoes. Mashed Cauliflower Potatoes are a great substitute if you're looking to reduce carbs.

This Mashed Cauliflower recipe is so tasty, and a great substitute for mashed potatoes. L.J. and I tried these out on Wednesday night while the other kids where at friends houses and he couldn't even tell the difference. 

There is a slight texture difference, and the cauliflower has a slightly sweeter taste then potatoes but by the time it was fully loaded it served the prefect accompaniment to my fried pork chops and Sautéed Beet Greens.

 Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes are easy to make and an easy way to sneak in more veggies and cut carbs. 

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