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Cajun Jambalaya Recipe – Quick and Easy Dinner
Quick and Easy Cajun Jambalaya Recipe Ingredients: Turkey sausage links, cut up (3-4 links or more if you like) 2 cups frozen veggie bled of your choice 2 cups of rice (of your choice), cooked according to directions 2 cans diced tomatoes, 1 blended up in blender or magic bullet 2 tsp. Cajun Seasoning 1 tbsp. Olive Oil Instructions: 1. Heat up the veggies on med. high heat in the olive oil. 5-7mins. 2. Add everything else into the pot (rice should already be cooked). 3. Cook until heated through. *It’s healthy and delicious! Enjoy! To view more please visit my blog!
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Clean and Organize Your Kitchen – Week 1
Welcome to the beginning of the “Clean and Tidy” series. I look forward to sharing ideas and tips for cleaning and organizing your home in simple, easy to follow steps. Life is already so busy and complicated, it’s time to focus more on your family and spend less time cleaning house! Are you ready to begin? In this series I will be choosing 1 room a month to focus our energy on. (occasionally a room will need more or less time than that). But for now we are going to start with….. The KITCHEN (Week 1) That’s right, probably one of the most daily used rooms in the house! Which means it…
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Meal Plan Monday – Week 1
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday The day of the week that I plan out our family meals for the coming week, make a grocery list, and go shopping. I like to have a monthly theme and this month our theme is: Soups/Stews/Chilies. I will plan at least 1 meal for the week that goes along with the theme. Click photos or name to find the recipe! Weekly Meal Plan:Monday – Pita Pizzas, Veggies, (Dessert: Monday Nights) Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats Tuesday – Cajun Jambalaya, Salad, Fruit Wednesday – Breakfast Burritos (sausage, eggs, potatoes, cheese), FruitThursday – LeftoversFriday – Chicken/Potatoes/Veggie Bake, Fruit salad, Rolls Saturday – Sausage Egg Cheese McMuffins, Fruit…
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Living a Balanced Life – A Spiritual Perspective
It’s Spiritual Sunday! I want to share a few uplifting thoughts with you all today. I recently came across this Interview with Dr. Lane Smith, a renowned doctor of medicine specializing in psychiatry. He shares his thoughts on what it means to live a balanced life. He is the grandson of the late President Joseph Fielding Smith. I learned so much from this interview. I hope you get a chance to take a listen, you can listen to it HERE on the Mormon Channel. Here are my thoughts… *Perspective has an impact on the daily choices we make. I believe there is an eternity after this life. That we will…
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Halloween Costumes 2013
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Award Winning Crockpot Chili Recipe
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