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Tomatillo Salsa

January 20, 2017 By msmart Leave a Comment

This one’s for the weekend. It’s fast enough to whip up on a Tuesday, but screams for salty tortilla chips and a cold beer on Friday night. Tomatillo salsa is one of those staples we tend to have stocked in the fridge around here, and it gets spooned onto scrambled eggs, quesadillas or tacos just about every day. Roasting the tomatillos helps…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers and Snacks, Gluten-free/Gluten-free adaptable, Grain-free, Sauces and Salsas, Uncategorised Tagged With: dips, salsa

Weeknight Lasagna

January 18, 2017 By msmart 15 Comments

For birthday celebrations and back-to-school dinners, this is our go-to family meal. It’s a creamy, rich lasagna without much effort or mess. That’s why we call it “weeknight lasagna.” You can make it even faster (and meatless) by eliminating the sausage. Then just pop open a jar of store-bought tomato sauce, open a box of…

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Weeknight Dinners: January 16-20, 2017

January 16, 2017 By msmart 2 Comments

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We’re in slow-mo over here, soaking up the three-day weekend, recipe testing and watching way too much Netflix and football. With three kiddos home from school Monday, I’m punting my weekly grocery run to Tuesday. That’s fine, the beauty of the vegetarian three-bean chili (I promise to post the recipe soon) is that the ingredients are already in my pantry and fridge. All you need are…

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Whole Chicken in the Crock Pot

January 11, 2017 By msmart 1 Comment

The slow cooker is a revelation. There may be nay sayers (you know who you are) but there are some days that just scream for plug-it-in-and-forget-about-it in my house. It’s a no-brainer dinner when you’re running in a million different directions and know you’ll be energy depleted at the end of the day, or when you’re trying to feed several different…

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Weeknight Dinners: January 9-13, 2017

January 9, 2017 By msmart Leave a Comment

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We’ve hit the ground running this month, and we’re heading into another busy week around here. I’m sticking with some of our tried-and-true favorites. The miso salmon is from Martha Rose Shulman — it calls for marinating the fish for 2-3 hours, but if you can’t pull that off, no sweat! Just marinate it for 15-30 minutes…

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Grilled Tri Tip with Chinese Black Bean Sauce

January 6, 2017 By msmart 10 Comments

Tri Tip with Black Bean Sauce

I’m not exaggerating when I say my husband begged me not to share this tri tip recipe. It’s a secret weapon we pull out for dinner parties and barbecues that not only takes 5 minutes to put together, it turns out surprisingly delicious. Lucky for you, I didn’t listen. I couldn’t help myself. It’s just too…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Grilling, Mains, Meat, Uncategorised Tagged With: Asian black bean sauce, black bean sauce, easy dinner, grill, grilled steak, meat, steak, tri tip, weekly night, weeknight dinner

Gluten-free almond cake

January 4, 2017 By msmart 4 Comments

I like to drum up excuses to make this almond cake for Sunday night dessert so I can slice away at it for the rest of the week. Morning coffee and a slice of almond cake to go? Yes! Lunchbox treat? Yes! Afternoon hangries? You get the picture… I like it best with two cups of ripe blackberries folded into…

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Weekly Meal Plan: January 2-6, 2017

January 3, 2017 By msmart Leave a Comment

New year, new you. Right? At least a new dinner plan. Here’s a week’s worth of dinners to get you back on track. These dinners are fairly healthy and low carb. Eat your turkey burger between iceberg lettuce if you want to ditch the carbs. And serve the burgers and slow-roasted chicken with a big salad and…

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Chicken Lettuce Cups

January 3, 2017 By msmart 7 Comments

Ground Chicken Lettuce Cups Chicken lettuce cups are a family favorite, and making them has become second nature to me. My kids ask for these about once a week. It’s one of those dinners that gets put together in 15 minutes once you have it down. You can work as you go, which I don’t…

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten-free/Gluten-free adaptable, Grain-free, Poultry, Whole 30 Tagged With: Asian lettuce cups, asian lettuce tacos, asian lettuce wraps, chicken, cilantro, ginger and soy ground chicken lettuce wraps, ground chicken, hoisin, sesame, soy

Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos

December 24, 2016 By msmart 8 Comments

Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos My family could survive on Mexican food alone. And I’m talking any incarnation or Americanized version — street tacos, fajitas, queso, enchiladas, nachos, you name it.  For a quick fix at home, these baked chicken taquitos are a new gold standard around here. They tend to disappear off the cooling rack, so…

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Marcia Smart is a cooking instructor, recipe developer and food writer who wants to help you make good, simple meals for your family and friends. She craves food that's seasonal and delicious and wants to share it with you. A California girl living in a Houston world with her husband and three children.

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