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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 & workshops. WPG🇨🇦

Too Busy Livin' | Shawna
Having a quick veggie side in your back pocket mak Having a quick veggie side in your back pocket makes weeknight dinner a breeze. I improvised these spicy green beans and they were ready in under 10 minutes. ⏰ The best part? No measuring! So you can make any quantity you need. I sautéed some fresh green beans in a bit of butter, dropped in a dollop of chili, garlic, ginger paste (a new to me product) and a swirl of soy sauce. 🧄 🌶 I poured in a bit of water 💦 a put a lid on the pan to let them steam briefly, topped with some sesame seeds and they were done! Save this quick recipe for later and share your favorite quick veggie side! 👇🏻
Getting a healthy and delicious meal on the table Getting a healthy and delicious meal on the table quickly on a busy weeknight can sometimes be a challenge. ⏰ This One-Pan Chicken Souvlaki from @manitobachicken is healthy, delicious AND can be on your dinner table in about 10 minutes. 🐓 They even have a 60-second video on their website to walk you through all the steps of the recipe. ✔️ Here are some meal prep strategies you can use when making this recipe for your family on a busy weeknight. ◾️Slice, portion & freeze chicken when you bring it home from the store; ◾️Chop veggies on the weekend; ◾️Prepare marinade on the weekend; ◾️Deconstruct this meal and serve components family style to accommodate picky eaters and those with dietary restrictions; ◾️Use hands-free cooking methods like baking to free up your hands to other tasks while it’s cooking. Find out how to execute all these strategies in my latest blog post. (Link in bio.) Save this post to refer to these strategies when you do your next meal prep and tell me which strategy works best for your family. 👇🏻
🚨 Easy meal idea: Breakfast for dinner! 🚨 🚨 Easy meal idea: Breakfast for dinner! 🚨 If you have a hard time deciding what to make for dinner, add breakfast to your weekly meal plan. 🍳 In our house, this is the one meal that everyone loves and will eat without complaining. ✔️ You don’t have to stick to just bacon and eggs 🥓 🍳 (but that is of course a great option). Here are a few more: ◾️Breakfast pizza (pictured here, link in bio for recipe) ◾️Breakfast sandwiches ◾️Breakfast burritos ◾️Omelettes ◾️Frittatas ◾️Quiche ◾️Pancakes 🥞 ◾️Waffles 🧇 ◾️French toast & fruit ◾️Oatmeal ◾️Smoothie bowls ◾️Cereal (you’re not a bad parent if you serve cereal for breakfast! This is a perfect option for a low-maintenance meal when you’ve had a long day!) Save this post for the next time you’re wondering what to make. (You’re covered for 13 weeks if you want to make breakfast for dinner a weekly event!)
I learned a lot about time management and meal pla I learned a lot about time management and meal planning when I became a first-time mom. ⏰ I had to amp up those skills when I became a working mom of 4 kids under the age of four 👱🏻‍♀️👧🏻🧒🏼👶🏻 so that I could feed my family a variety of healthy meals, spend time with them and still have time for myself to relax. Now I’m sharing all of the strategies I developed and learned in customized group workshops. 🍎 Here’s how it works: ◾️You find one to three friends to join you. ◾️You fill out the booking form in my bio and choose the topics you would like to focus on, as well as the date and time. ◾️I send all the participants some follow-up questions to customize the workshop to your needs and create printable resources just for you. ◾️We meet on Zoom or Teams for two hours. 👩🏻‍💻 Head to the booking form in my bio for more details, available dates, topics and to book your workshop! Any questions? Drop them here! 👇🏻
Attention last-minute shoppers! 🚨 I just post Attention last-minute shoppers! 🚨 I just posted four easy seasoning blends that you can make and gift to your family and friends. 🎄 Most of the ingredients can be found in your pantry, or will only require a quick trip to the grocery store. 🛒 ◾️Everything Seasoning ◾️Dilly Italian Seasoning ◾️Taco Seasoning ◾️Seasoning Salt Link in bio to get the recipes. Which one will you make and keep for yourself?
It’s no secret that my family has snack boards r It’s no secret that my family has snack boards regularly. They look fancy and intimidating, but with a few tips, you can easily make one for any occasion, like: ✔️Lunch ✔️Snack ✔️Dinner ✔️Late-night snack ✔️Any time! I scrolled 🐓 @manitobachicken ‘s new website to find some make-ahead appetizers to include on our board. On this board, I made the BBQ Chicken Bites 🔥 and the Chicken Empanadas. I even had some empanada filling leftover, so I froze it and this week I’ll be using it to stuff peppers 🌶 for a quick weeknight dinner. 🕔 Work smarter, not harder! Click the link in my profile for my tips on how to assemble your snack board plus some appetizers from manitobachicken.ca that are make-ahead and/or freezer-friendly. 🐓 What is your favorite snack board ingredient? 👇🏻
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
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