This shrimp tikka masala is packed with so much flavor – you’re whole family will love this! What is the difference between tikka masala and regular masala? Tikka masala is typically a cream based sauce, while regular masala relies on many spices to get it’s depth of flavor.  I worked with a woman who was Indian the first time I make tikka masala in 2010.  I told her I was going to lighten the cream sauce. Once she heard that, she immediately said “I think it’s a bad idea” and I couldn’t have agreed more.  It gives it this rich flavor and should not be substituted. Ingredients N ..read more

The Weekly Meal Plan for Monday, 5.08.23  This week’s meal plan includes cottage cheese biscuits, bang bang shrimp, and peppered pork udon noodle stir fry just to name a few! It’s packed with flavor and dishes that are sure to keep you full and satisfied without missing any deliciousness. Recipes for Weekly Meal Plan: Please click each link to be directed to that specific recipe. Cottage Cheese Biscuits: Amazing on their own, but perfect for prepping your favorite breakfast sammies with ham, egg & cheese! Farmers Market Pizza: Pizza to enjoy either with leftover veggies you have on ha ..read more

Here is the Weekly Meal Plan for Monday, 5.1.23! This week’s meal plan theme is Asian! Sticky Asian meatballs, chicken lettuce wraps (or rice bowls), and savory shrimp fried rice are included in this meal plan. Blueberry cottage cheese scones and yogurt parfaits will keep you full in the morning to tackle anything ahead of you. Weekly Meal Plan Recipes for 5.1.23 Be sure to click the links for each recipe for full directions and to check the WW points! Blueberry Cottage Cheese Scones: Higher in protein but still a classic taste – give them a try! These are great on their own or with a sid ..read more

Happy to be back with another Weekly Meal Plan for 4.24.23!  This weekly meal plan definitely has shrimp on repeat. If you couldn’t tell, I love shrimp. It’s versatile, easy to cook with, and low on WW points – a trifecta! With warmer weather ahead of us, shrimp is such a perfect light protein that won’t leave you feeling like you ate a bowling ball.    Weekly Meal Plan for 4.24.23 Click the links for the full recipes and WW points! Broccoli Cheese Quiche – a great way to meal plan breakfasts for the week without missing any flavor! Getting veggies in before lunch? Yes please! B ..read more

Happy to share another Weekly Meal Plan for 4.17.23! How are you liking these meal plans?! This week’s meal plan has a little bit of everything: sweet, savory, crunchy, soft – but ALL delicious. The crispy buffalo shrimp tacos are the newest recipe I’ve created and I seriously can’t get enough. The strawberry lemon muffins are also a new favorite!   Meal Plan for the Week of 4.17.23 Strawberry Lemon Muffins – check out the trick I learned to get nice a fluffy muffins every time! These are light, moist, and very strawberry packed! Egg & Bean Breakfast Tacos – a staple of mine because i ..read more

My late husband would have loved my dinner last night.  Crispy buffalo shrimp tacos! Here’s the thing though – my late husband could not stand spicy food, but somehow when I added the buffalo sauce to the wet better it wasn’t too spicy for him. For my shrimp plate though, I’d always douse them in more buffalo sauce because I puffy heart buffalo sauce anything. When I posted this on Instagram, the first few questions were “can I make these in the air fryer?”  My response is I am not sure, because this is a wet batter.  But if you try it, just let me know? At What temperature shou ..read more

These strawberry lemon muffins are the perfect spring breakfast or snack. Each one is 4 WW points and around 180 calories.  Delish! I recently found Beth from The First Year on Instagram.  You can find her blog here. If you’ve been around here for a bit, you know I don’t bake much.  Because it’s a science.  You need to mix the right ingredients together and you really don’t know if it will work out until after the baked good comes out of the oven. Over the years I’ve made a base muffin recipe that I make adjustments to based on the ingredients I have on hand, and I had stra ..read more

Weekly Meal Plan for Monday 4.10.23 is here! Spring into a fresh week of meal ideas, and be sure to let us know in the comments if there are specific things you’d like to see on these meal plans. We like to offer some variety while also ensuring that leftovers are used and lunches and breakfasts are repeated to keep a grocery budget in check.  This week’s meal plan starting Monday 4.10.23 includes the following delicious, nutritious recipes: Choose from any recipes to try this week! Air Fryer Egg Bites – similar to the Starbucks sous vide egg bites! Low in points but filling and packed wi ..read more

These birthday cake donuts turned out so good! Baking is not my forte, so I looked at a bunch of recipes online to find baked donut recipes. Many of them had yeast and required a slow rise overnight in the fridge, and I wasn’t about that life. Ina Garten had a recipe that was more of a “batter” but when I saw that her 12 donuts had 1 3/4 cup sugar, and a stick of butter, I dramatically altered her recipe. So thanks for the inspo Ina! I bought my silicone donut pan online.  It’s really easy to get the donuts out after they cool.  Fill about 3/4 full.  I tapped the pan down a cou ..read more

This ground pork dandan noodles dish will soon be a family favorite.  Delish! Last weekend my friend Morgan and I went to 88 Marketplace, which is the largest Asian grocery store in Chicago. If you’ve been to H Mart, this is that times 10!  We probably spent 90 minutes in there. When we got home, we made a Dungeness crab stir fry, braised bok choy and pan fried noodles – so good!  As we were packing up stuff for me to leave, she gave me a giant bag of dandan noodles that were leftover from a dish she made for one of her clients. That is how this ground pork dandan noodles dish w ..read more