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EASY Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken

This Instant Pot honey garlic chicken is the perfect weeknight meal. Toss a handful of ingredients in your pressure cooker, walk away, and have a delicious, better-than-takeout dinner on the table in 30 minutes.

Instant Pot honey garlic chicken over rice

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I do not have the time or energy for fancy dinners these days. Still, I don’t want to settle for mediocre-tasting food, nor do I want to spend a ton of money to buy already prepared meals or take-out all the time.

Call me picky, but I want it all: a healthy, delicious, home-cooked meal that I can have on the table in 30 minutes from start to finish.

Is that too much to ask?

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Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Dinner

This hearty Instant Pot chicken and rice has become a staple in our house on busy weeknights when I need a no-fuss dinner that can keep up with the appetites of three growing boys. It’s a simple, one-pot meal that everyone loves!

This hearty Instant Pot chicken and rice has become a staple in our house on busy weeknights when I need a no-fuss dinner that can keep up with the appetites of three growing boys. It's a simple, one-pot meal that everyone loves!

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I love to cook. But I HATE the stress of trying to get a healthy meal on the table in between school, sports practices, homework, and other errands. I’ve finally admitted to myself that this is NOT the right season of life for me to be making elaborate meals on a regular basis. Instead, I’ve made it my quest recently to compile a list of healthy, homemade meals that take minimal effort. 

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Flu Fighter Chicken Noodle Soup (+ a secret-ingredient!)

This soothing chicken noodle soup is more than just the ultimate comfort food–it contains a secret ingredient that puts it over the top in taste as well as in immune-boosting power!This soothing chicken noodle soup is a must-try recipe. Beyond being the ultimate comfort food, it boasts a few powerhouse ingredients that will give your immune system a boost to beat the wintertime germs.Wintertime with kids = never-ending runny noses. And as the momma of those sick kids, I want to do everything in my power to help them feel better fast! The past month has been especially rough around our house in the “cold & cough” department, so last week I broke out the big guns…

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Loaded Baked Potato Soup (30-minute meal)

This 30-minute meal is the ultimate comfort food to warm you up on a chilly night. Full of flavor and simple to throw together, this hearty baked potato soup deserves a place in your weeknight meal rotation. This 30-minute meal is the ultimate comfort food to warm you up on a chilly night. Full of flavor and simple to throw together, this hearty soup recipe deserves a place in your weeknight meal rotation.

Is anyone else ready for winter to be DONE already? By the end of January I am always SO ready for sunshine that is above freezing…and kids that aren’t sick. Seriously, someone come disinfect my house! At least I can console myself with cooking delicious warm food–my favorite coping strategy.
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Corn dog muffins (kid-sized food is back!)

These mini corn dog muffins are the perfect weeknight meal for busy families (and picky eaters). Hearty, kid-pleasing, and super fast to make–a winner of a dinner!   These mini corn dog muffins are the perfect weeknight meal for busy families (and picky eaters). Hearty, kid-pleasing, and super fast to make--a winner of a dinner!If you know me in real life at all, you might have done a double take when you saw the title of today’s post.

Yes, my friends, you read that right. Megan just posted a recipe that involves hot dogs.

If you don’t know me in real life, let me give you a little background….

I really don’t like hot dogs….

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White Chicken Chili (Instant Pot or Stove Top)

This white chicken chili is the perfect dump-and-go Instant Pot meal for a busy weeknight. It’s full of flavor, but still mild enough to be kid-friendly. Dinner doesn’t get much easier (or better) than this!This white chicken chili is the perfect dump-and-go Instant Pot meal for a busy weeknight. It's full of flavor, but still mild enough to be kid-friendly. Dinner doesn't get much easier (or better) than this!Raise your hand if you have virtually ZERO motivation to cook in the summer time. Pick ME! We’re too busy having wild summer adventures to think about daily responsibilities…like dinner. And yet, somehow six o’clock rolls around and the little people start to expect food to show up on the table. Hmmm…

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Easy taco soup (Instant Pot + slow cooker directions)

This easy taco soup recipe comes together in minutes, is inexpensive, and makes a great freezer meal. Cooked on the stove, in the slow cooker, or in your Instant Pot…it’s the perfect weeknight meal.This easy taco soup recipe comes together in minutes, is inexpensive, and makes a great freezer meal. Cooked on the stove, in the slow cooker, or in your Instant Pot...it's the perfect weeknight meal.I know. It’s July and I’m posting a soup recipe. What am I thinking? Here’s the deal…this is one of the only soups I still make in the summertime because it’s so quick and easy, and something about the Mexican flavors makes it feel like it belongs in the heat. Plus, if you make it in the Instant Pot, you avoid heating up your house…which I’m avoiding at all costs these days….

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Kid-friendly Asian Grilled Chicken Salad {easy 20 minute meal}

Hot summer days demand quick and easy meals that still pack a flavorful punch. This 20-minute Asian grilled chicken salad is perfect for those hot weeknights when you don’t want to turn on the stove.Hot summer days need quick and easy meals that still pack a flavorful punch. This 20-minute Asian grilled chicken salad is perfect for those hot weeknights when you don't want to turn on the stove.

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The weather has finally turned warm for us here in Utah. May was unseasonably cold, but now we’re getting temperatures in the 80s and 90s. This week we broke out the kiddie pool, went to a splash pad, and did an experiment with melting crayons in the sunshine on our back deck. Welcome summer!…

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Easy BBQ Sloppy Joes (30-minute meal)

Weeknight dinners don’t get any better than this 30 minute meal that uses just five ingredients to make a delicious main dish everyone in the family will happily devour.Weeknight dinners don't get any better than this 30 minute meal that uses just five ingredients to make a delicious main dish everyone in the family will happily devour.

Does anyone else ever feel like cooking for toddlers is like playing roulette? Even if your child liked something yesterday, there’s no guarantee he will like it today. Sometimes I know when I make dinner that there is a good chance my kids won’t love it. That’s okay. I want to expand their horizons. But, there’s nothing worse at the end of the day than having my kids turn up their noses at a meal that I’ve worked hard to make and legitimately thought they would like.

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Simple Meal Planning for Busy Moms

Save yourself time and money by using this simple (free) printable menu planner to keep yourself organized at dinnertime. Plus, get over 30 ideas for family-friendly recipes to use in your planning!Save yourself time and money by using this simple (free) printable menu planner to keep yourself organized at dinnertime. Plus, get over 30 ideas for family-friendly recipes to use in your planning!

In my house growing up, when I asked the question, “Mom, what’s for dinner?” there was a good chance the answer would be one of two things…

  1. I.D.K. (interpret: “I don’t know”)
  2. Chicken something

We joked about this, and to be fair, my mom somehow always managed to pull together a tasty meal, even when she had no idea what that meal was going to be as of 4:30 in the afternoon….

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