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Archives for November 2020

Weekly Meal Plan // November 29-December 4

November 29, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

What a great Thanksgiving week! A few quiet days without homework, stress, and routine is the perfect entry to the holiday season. My family is bringing down decorations from the attic as I hide in the dining room to write this. We have tons of extra produce to use up this week, which I’ll work…

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Membership Pop-Up!

November 28, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

Smart in the Kitchen School Membership Guess what? The doors to Smart in the Kitchen School are open for one week only! What is Smart in the Kitchen School, you say? It’s an online cooking school for home chefs. During the early days of the pandemic, I started working on this online cooking school as…

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Filed Under: Friday Love List, Uncategorised Tagged With: cooking membership, online cooking classes, online cooking school, smart in the kitchen school

Thanksgiving Week Meal Plan

November 22, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

Weekly meal plan

It’s a busy week of cooking so let’s not wear ourselves out, right? Thanksgiving week meals should be uncomplicated. And since our refrigerators are full of turkey and provisions, let’s use this week as an opportunity to clean out the fridge and pantry! I shared my Thanksgiving recipes yesterday. Be sure to have a game…

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Filed Under: Uncategorised, Weekly Meal Plans Tagged With: family dinner, meal plan

Thanksgiving Day Recipes

November 21, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

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Some of My Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes Guys. You’d think since it’s just my family of five, I’d be able to do a low key Thanksgiving. I tried. Really I tried! But the requests just keep coming. The newest one today was for homemade mac-n-cheese. Y’all, we NEVER have mac-n-cheese for Thanksgiving, but we’re adding it…

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Filed Under: Holidays, Uncategorised Tagged With: Thanksgiving menu, thanksgiving recipes

Cranberry Margaritas

November 18, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

This cranberry margarita is the perfect cocktail for the holiday season.

Cranberry Margaritas What to do with leftover cranberry sauce? Cranberry margaritas! Fresh, bright and colorful, they’re the perfect holiday cocktail. I make them non-stop from Thanksgiving through New Year’s and never tire of their tart-sweet taste. These are equally good with leftover homemade cranberry sauce or canned sauce in a pinch. Although homemade cranberry sauce…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Cocktails Tagged With: cocktail, cocktails for a crowd, cranberry margaritas, easy cocktails, holiday cocktails, margarita, tequila cocktails

Weekly Meal Plan // November 15-20

November 14, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

Instant Pot Chicken and Sausage Gumbo (Whole30) recipe by Smart in The Kitchen

Here we go! It’s the week before Thanksgiving and planning mode is in full swing. If you haven’t ordered your turkey from your local butcher, the time is now. Or if you have the freezer space, buy it now and bring it home. I get an organic heritage turkey, but an organic free range turkey…

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Filed Under: Uncategorised, Weekly Meal Plans Tagged With: family dinner, meal plan, weekly meal plan

Simple Mashed Potatoes

November 10, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

This simple mashed potatoes recipe works just as well with skim milk as it does with whole milk, just use the variety you have on hand. Or substitute nut milk, coconut milk or chicken stock for a dairy-free version.

Simple Mashed Potatoes For a couple years, the only part of Thanksgiving dinner my youngest would eat was the mashed potatoes. Seriously, I couldn’t blame her. They are crucial to Thanksgiving––what better way to soak up all the gravy––but they’re also delicious on a regular old Tuesday night. Mashed potatoes don’t need to be complicated,…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Gluten-free/Gluten-free adaptable, Grain-free, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Vegetable Side Dish, Whole 30 Tagged With: easy mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes, side, side dish, simple mashed potatoes, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving side

Weekly Meal Plan // Nov 8-13

November 8, 2020 By msmart Leave a Comment

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Quick meal plan this week! I’m enjoying a quiet 24 hours out of town with my husband. Starting tomorrow, I have cooking classes every day for a week. We have a few more openings for private holiday classes if you’d like to book a class! I’m gearing up to celebrate my daughter’s 17th birthday next…

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Filed Under: Uncategorised, Weekly Meal Plans Tagged With: family dinners, meal plan, weekly meal plan

Meal Prep vs. Meal Plan

November 2, 2020 By msmart 2 Comments

The “One Thing” Strategy Those of you who’ve been here for the long haul know I’m a big fan of meal planning. As a working mom of three who values family dinner with my crew, there’s no way I could pull it off without a plan. And that doesn’t mean that every night is an…

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Filed Under: Kitchen, Uncategorised Tagged With: meal plan, meal prep

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