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🙋🏻‍♀️Mom of 4, teacher, foodie and lover of all that is organized. ▪️Helping busy families save time in the kitchen with meal plans & tips. WPG🇨🇦

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Adding local ingredients to your cooking and bakin Adding local ingredients to your cooking and baking is a great way to #shoplocal and support Manitoba businesses who need our help. Pat from @brosbumpsandbeers gifted me a @kilterbrewing S’more Scout 🍺 to try and I just had use it to make some s’more stout cupcakes that echo the chocolatey, marshmallowey sweetness of this stout. Click the link in my bio for the recipe 🧁 and to hear the @brosbumpsandbeers review of S’more Scout.
Did you know that I send my weekly meal plan direc Did you know that I send my weekly meal plan directly to your inboxes every week? ✉️ I also include recipe links and prep strategies to help you tackle the plan efficiently. ✔️ Click the link in my bio to subscribe!
That’s a wrap for Halloween 2020! 🎃 We had a That’s a wrap for Halloween 2020! 🎃 We had a fun day complete with flashlight candy hunt, mystery gross box and this spooky snack board. 👻 Nobody asked about trick or treating. One of the kids said “This is the best halloween day ever .” ✔️ I’m not sad about halloween 2020. #memoriesweremade
Chicken strips were (and still are) a childhood fa Chicken strips were (and still are) a childhood favorite of mine and it appears as though I’ve passed that down to my kids. 🐓 Last week we tried the Crispy Parmesan Chicken Strips recipe from the new Now You’re Cooking with @mbchicken Youth Education Booklet. 📖 They were easy to make with the kids and are easily adaptable if you don’t have all of the ingredients on hand, but you need to satisfy that chicken finger craving! ✔️ Getting the kids involved in preparing recipes is a great way to develop life skills like reading and cooking and an excellent opportunity to teach about food safety. 🍎 Check out this week’s blog post with some tips for cooking with kids and of course, some meal prep strategies. ✔️ I am so Manitoban. Honey dill is my go-to dipping sauce for chicken fingers. What’s yours? 👇🏻
My kids’ favorite muffins are now up #ontheblog! My kids’ favorite muffins are now up #ontheblog! Double Batch Oatmeal Applesauce Muffins with Butterscotch Chips are great as a snack or in a lunch box. They’re also amazing if you sub the butterscotch chips with salted caramel chips! What is your favorite kind of muffin? 👇🏻
In our house, chicken is always a hit with the kid In our house, chicken is always a hit with the kids. 😀 While chicken drumsticks and chicken fingers are their favorites, I try to get them to branch out and try new ways to enjoy chicken. 🍗 Last week we tried the Bruschetta Chicken recipe from the Now You’re Cooking with @manitobachicken Youth Education Booklet. 🐓 It contains four recipes that are easy to prepare with kids, plus the graphics are pretty and there are a variety if chicken farming facts, food safety tips and, cooking techniques, perfect for budding young chefs! 👧🏻👦🏼 Getting the kids involved in preparing recipes is a great way to expose them to new foods and teach them about food safety. ✔️ Check out this week’s blog post with some tips to help expose your kids to new ways to enjoy Manitoba Chicken.🐓 What are your kids’ favorite ways to enjoy chicken? 👇🏻
Slow Cooker Tortilla Soup is one of our favorites Slow Cooker Tortilla Soup is one of our favorites to freeze and take for #schoollunches. ◾️Simply place all the ingredients in the slow cooker and let it cook on low for 6-8 hours. ◾️Feel free to add some toppings like a squeeze of lime, shredded cheese, avocado, cilantro and of course, tortilla chips.◾️ Link in bio for the recipe!
While heading back-to-school will be a little diff While heading back-to-school will be a little different than normal this year, what won’t change is the fact that we will still need some quick meal ideas post-summer vacation. 🍎 Shredded chicken is an easy option that can be cooked ahead of time in large batches and frozen in smaller portions. 🐓 Use it in these delicious recipes from manitobachicken.ca, like these Grilled Chicken Lime & Cheese Quesadillas, Tropical Chicken Taquitos or Char Sui Pulled Chicken. Check out the link in my bio for how to cook & freeze shredded chicken. 🐓 How would you use your shredded chicken? 👇🏻
LAUNCHING AUGUST 14th! This mini-course will get y LAUNCHING AUGUST 14th! This mini-course will get you set up to save time on your meal prep so that you can focus on getting back into that back-to-school routine. ✔️Includes: 5 steps to building meal planning and prepping habits ◾️4-week meal plan with prep-ahead instructions ◾️Prep-ahead ideas if you want to create your own meal plan ◾️Lunch builder for quick and easy lunches and more! 👉🏻 Pre-order now to get 50% off (reg.$30) Pre-order price expires on launch day! Link in bio to pre-order.
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  • S’more Stout Cupcakes
  • Crispy Parmesan Chicken Strips – Cooking with kids
  • Oatmeal Applesauce Muffins with Salted Caramel Chips
  • Cooking with Kids – Bruschetta Chicken
  • Slow Cooker Tortilla Soup

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