You guys know by now that easy weeknight dinners are my jam. I love sharing them with you and they are a necessity in my life and probably yours too! Nothing makes me happier than having a home cooked meal on the table for my family almost every night of the week, but if it takes too much effort or too much time, then it just isn't going to work on a weekday! That's why I try and create recipes that will make your life easier on those days when dinner seems impossible! I figured it would be nice if you had one post to come to to resource when you are a stuck in the weeknight dinner rut, so I am combining my top ten favorite easy weeknight dinners right here!
Happy Monday! How was your Easter weekend? We had family in town and the kids dyed eggs, ate their weight in candy, played in the mud, and just had the best weekend together! Yesterday I am pretty sure that 90% of Parks' diet was sugar and I wasn't far behind him! So now that Easter is over and my excuse to eat candy is no longer valid, I am meal planning for the week and I am all about preparing light meals that the whole family will love while keeping me on track! My sloppy joe stuffed peppers are just the kind of meal that is super satisfying while being low carb and healthy at the same time!
Y'allll...easy weeknight dinners are something that I cannot live without. They have to be ready in under thirty and have to be easy enough to be cooked with a toddler distracting me at every turn. Yesterday, for instance as I was making this very dish on Instagram Live, mid-video I had to run outside and chase Parks down the side of the house because he had escaped outside. He also proceeded to try and dump a large amount of salt into my pan, needed a new snack every second, and needed to make sure his voice was heard talking over me every chance he got! Days like yesterday (most days) can be a little stressful when all I want to do is get dinner on the table. Enter Healthy Sweet and Sour Grilled Chicken Quinoa Bowls...
We've been on a taco kick lately. Tacos for breakfast, tacos for lunch, and tacos for dinner. Matter of fact, we are having tacos for dinner tonight too! I can't get enough of creating different flavor combinations to throw into a taco shell and call it a day. For a while now I have been making banh mi bowls for dinner and my guys go crazy over them. I got to thinking, wouldn't these be amazing in taco form too? Why yes, yes they would...and they are! My slow cooker beef banh mi tacos are just the easy weeknight meal that you have been waiting for to spice up your weekly meal routine!
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Living a nutritious conscious lifestyle is something that I strive to achieve with my family, which starts with what I am putting in my body and what I am feeding my family. I am always looking for ways that I can make my favorite recipes lighter by swapping out simple ingredients that make a big difference in the long run. A recent study has found that adding Mazola® Corn Oil to one’s diet resulted in lower cholesterol levels than coconut oil. A previous study found that corn oil can also help lower cholesterol more than extra virgin olive oil.
Monday whipped my booty y'all. I am not going to lie, it was a little rough. I didn't sit down until well after 7:00pm (but for real) and then when I attempted to take a bath, my toddler hijacked it. Like straight up, "mommy Parks take bath too." And I mean of course I couldn't tell him no, so I took a cold bath and he swam in a sea of bubbles and was the happiest kid on the block. Which, in turn made me the happiest mama on the block too, but man I had been looking forward to that bath. When I put him to bed, I yawned really big and he said "Mommy sleepy"...yes buddy mama was super sleepy last night. I totally get it now why my mom would fall asleep as soon as she would sit down my whole life! This mom stuff is no joke! So while we are on the topic of days where you literally don't have energy to think about dinner, let me help you out! My 30 minute gluten free cilantro pesto chicken pasta is a cinch to make on any day of the week, (even the exhausting ones.)
