Sourdough Coffee Cake

We have “Sourdough Saturdays” at our house thanks to my friend, Janinne, who shared some of her sourdough starter with us. It lives and grows in our fridge all week long and then we decide which recipe we’ll make each week to use the discard. This week we chose to make a Sourdough Coffee Cake recipe. After we make the recipe, we feed it (flour and water) and back into the fridge it goes…until the next Saturday.

This week, the kids requested Coffee Cake and settled on this cinnamon flavored pan of yumminess. It’s an easy recipe that can be whipped up quickly. Pretty standard pantry ingredients too so no need to make an extra trip to the grocery store for specific ingredients. Kenxie joined me in making the coffee cake tonight.

Kale & White Bean Pot Pie

I made this Kale & White Bean Pot Pie recipe over the weekend so had a bit more time to prep and bake. I wouldn’t have the time to make it during the week, but it was worth the effort today 🙂 It was a tasty meal! One serving was plenty to fill you up and it was a healthy meal too.

My kids aren’t crazy about kale but said that it actually tasted really good in this recipe. I’m the complete opposite…I will steam a big bag of kale for the week and eat it as a snack or side with dinner. If I don’t have anything else handy, a plate of steamed kale with an over easy egg on top is a go to meal for me. Yum!

Mac and Cheese - Quick & Easy

I was looking for a quick and easy pasta recipe to give Lexie the carbs needed for a meet tomorrow morning so…mac and cheese it is 🙂 This mac and cheese recipe fit the bill and the kids all liked the pasta. I thought it was ok…didn’t love it but didn’t hate it either. It was just an ok bowl of Mac and Cheese.

Sweet Potato Hash with Chicken Sausage

I picked this sweet potato hash recipe because knew I was going to be a little pressed for time for dinner tonight. This recipe was quick and easy to prep and cook. A bonus…it only has 3 ingredients! Yes, that’s right. THREE INGREDIENTS (and a little oil)! My shopping list this week only contained 16 items and that included 3 gallons of milk! I was able to get everything I needed for this meal at Aldi and felt pretty good about being able to prepare a fairly healthy meal with 2 of the 3 ingredients being fresh produce.

Asian Beef Bowl with Rice

This Asian Beef Bowl recipe is seriously QUICK and the flavor of the meat is absolutely delicious! I served it with cauliflower rice to add in some extra veggies but if you’d prefer the grain, rice would work well too. I know my kids would prefer it! It’s a treat in our house to have real rice 🙂 I also made a bag of Steamable Asian Veggies in the microwave to finish off the meal.

Chickpea Soup - Absolutely Delicious!

I’ve tried a number of chickpea recipes over the past few months and they have all been pretty tasty but this one, WOW, this one is AMAZING! This healthy chickpea soup recipe is one of the quickest and easiest recipes I’ve made it a long time and it was absolutely delicious! I made a loaf of sourdough bread earlier in the week so I served this soup with the bread used for dipping.

Welcome 2022!

Out with the old and in with the new…we are ready for a fresh start in 2022! Join me on my new adventure as we tackle life together (virtually 🙂 )!