One of my 2014 goals is meal planning.  I do not like to cook at all.  I wish I liked it…it would make dinner time so much more enjoyable, but alas.  My goal is to “cook” 6-7 times per week.  This helps our budget A.LOT.  I like to use the term “cooks” loosely because it could be one night we just have bean and cheese quesadillas…insert tortillas, shredded cheese, a can of black beans and salsa…not hard.  When looking for recipes on Pinterest the word “easy” is always in my search bar…always.  The easier the better.  I’ve realized easy doesn’t always taste fantastic so when I find a recipe that’s easy and tastes delicious and is good for you it’s kind of a slam dunk.

My most favorite I’ve tried lately is this 5-Ingrediant Easy White Chicken Chili.  It is sooooooo good.  And it is sooooooo easy.  Everyone ate it right up and it’s on my meal plan again for this week.

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For the record, I did not make my own salsa verde, no way.  I did however buy a jar.  My friend Christy turned me onto this brand of salsas and they are hands down my total favorite now.  I buy mine at Kroger.  Delicious and easy.

I also revisited this Failproof-Easy-Delicious Chicken Noodle Soup (in a crockpot) recipe as well.  Made it last night.  Can’t wait to eat leftovers for lunch.  And again with all the easiness.  Totally my jam.

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I’m also still doing my whole “no sweets during the week” and last night on FB a friend had re-posted this recipe for a healthy shake that claimed to taste just like a frosty.  Ummmm, why would I not try to make it if it tasted just like a frosty and it was easy to make and healthy.  Let me just say now, unless it is actually THE frosty from Wendy’s it is more than likely NOT going to taste like a frosty especially when it’s claimed as healthy.  It was not good.  And it did not taste like a frosty.  No way.  Not even.  Never.  I did however divide it out into 3 small jars for Harper, Hudson and Solomon’s snack this afternoon after school.  Mark my words, because it looks like chocolate ice cream, they will eat it.  I’ll report back.

Ingredients to the Shake That Does NOT Taste Like A Wendy’s Frosty:  1 cup almond milk, 1 very ripe banana, 1 Tbsp. cocoa powder, 1 Tbsp. peanut butter or sunbutter, 1 tsp. honey and 1.5 cups ice. Put all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.  Oh and I added 1 Tbsp. chia seeds.  Remember…I told you it was not good, but maybe your kiddos will dig it.

On a total different food note…Solomon’s birthday is fast approaching and he has decided he would like regular ole’ brownies for his birthday, but with cookie dough frosting.  Hold the phone.  That sounds amazing.  So I did a little searching and after he viewed the pictures, he confirmed that this Cookie Dough Frosting was in fact the icing he wanted on his brownies for his birthday.  I can’t wait to try it.

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And if you really have a healthy frosty recipe, show a sister some love and share it…please!!!!!  Anyone else have some good, easy and healthy recipes out there?  I would love to hear about them.

Happy Tuesday.