Chicken Tortilla Soup: Slow Cooker and Pressure Cooker
This soup is simple, crowd pleasing and healthy. Serve with your favorite toppings from sliced avocado, hot sauce, lime wedges, chopped cilantro, shredded cheddar and/ or sour cream. To make…
Slow Cooker Pork Chile Verde
This is an easy, hearty and flavorful stew. I like to use a pork loin for this, trimmed of all fat, but a shoulder or butt would work also, the…
Slow Cooker Carnitas with Pickled Onions
To make this #dinnerdoneby9am I throw everything in the slow cooker in the morning, and turn to warm once the meat is done. -1 (3-4) pork loin, shoulder or butt,…
Green Chile Chicken Casserole
This is super easy to throw together, and a crowd pleaser. This takes 15 minutes (or less) to assemble as long as you’ve pre-cooked your chicken. To make this #dinnerdoneby9am…
Cilantro Lime Slaw
I serve this as a side for many Mexican meals. We especially like to pile it on top of our Fish Tacos. You can use a bagged cole slaw mix…
Beef Enchiladas
I like to add vegetables to my meat to add nutrition, color and texture. You could by all means leave them out if you’re serving picky eaters, or you could…
Quick Refried Black Beans
This is a quick and easy side for any Mexican meal, or an easy vegetarian meal when topped with avocado and/ or cheese. This mixture is so good as is…
Green Chile Strata
This is a unique twist on the traditional breakfast casserole. It can all be assembled up to 24 hours in advance then refrigerated until you are ready to bake and…
Meet Shannon
Hi - I'm Shannon! I'm a stay-at-home wife, mom to 3 boys and lover of all things culinary. I enjoy nothing more than a good meal paired with conversation with good people. With 3 kids and a busy home I like to prep dinner first thing in the morning (#dinnerdoneby9am) so that regardless of what happens during the day we have a delicious and nutritious meal ready to enjoy together. I want to provide you with simple techniques and nutritious recipes that will remove your dinnertime stress and free you up to enjoy healthy, delicious home-cooked meals with the people around you.
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