Crispy 3 Ingredient Black Bean Tacos Recipe

Remember those amazing PERFECT BLACK BEANS we made the other day?  If not, I link them ( HERE ).  They're absolutely delicious on their own, I mean, I literally eat them by the bowlful.  However, I realize that's not everyone's jam, so I have come up with a few recipes to use them in sta…

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How to Make the Perfect Tofu Tacos

Most of you would totally click out of this recipe as soon as you saw the word TOFU, but hear me out.  Yes, we are a mostly plant-based home, but listen, MEAT IS EXPENSIVE.  Yes ma'am it is.  You are looking at $7 dollars or more for one pound of ground beef where as tofu is a couple of dollars…

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Easy Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

I finally did it.  I finally jumped on the rotisserie chicken bandwagon and let me just say there is NO GOING BACK!  Not only is it a great time saver, but a wonderful money saver as well.  Long story short with the meat and stock I got from this chicken, I saved myself $7.48 at the store.  But no…

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Crockpot Birria Tacos Recipe

Last year at my nephew's birthday we all gathered at one of our local Mexican restaurants.  We all ordered our usuals except my husband.  He reached outside of his proverbial box and ordered Birria Tacos.  The waiter brought out this AMAZING platter of food and the smell...oh my heart the smell…

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Cheap and Easy Sheet Pan Soy Curl Fajitas Recipe

Mmmmm fajitas.  There's nothing quite like the sound of the sizzle as they head toward your seat in your favorite Mexican restaurant.  And the smell, the smokey, spiciness that wafts through your nostrils.  It.Is.Heaven!  But I know what you'er thinking, "A basic veggie fajita just won…

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Baja Chicken Taco Recipe

On Taco Tuesday last week I wanted to jazz things up a bit.  Instead of making my basic, everyday, beef tacos, I made these beautiful and exotic looking Baja Chicken Tacos !   They are vibrant, colorful, and the best part...HEALTHY FOR YOU!  That's right, I said healthy for you!  This recipe is…

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Fiesta Stuffed Peppers

Have you ever been at that place where it's the end of the month, the grocery budget is looking a little bare, and its time to get creative?  Yeah, that's where I was at last week when I came up with these Fiesta Stuffed Peppers .   I needed to get dinner on the table, I had no meat thawed,…

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Easy Southwest Crock Pot Chicken Recipe

For your convenience, this post contains affiliate links. I don't know about you, but the struggle for healthy meals, that won't break the bank, everyone will like, and are super simple is real. REAL I tell you!  That is why I love recipes like my Easy Southwest Crock Pot Chicken.  You just…

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Easy Vegetable Chili Recipe with Homemade Bread Bowls

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. # YesYouCan  #CollectiveBias  February seemed to be one of the craziest months I have had in a while.  Every time I turned around there were more obligations than time, and the next thing I knew i…

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Chicken Fajita Pasta Recipe

I love quick and easy meals.  You know the ones I'm talking about, those meals that literally come together in minutes.  No fuss, no muss.  It's for that very reason that I ADORE this Chicken Fajita Pasta .   Last week I had a couple of heavy blogging days and lost track of time.  Studhubs …

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Mexican Fried Rice Recipe

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #YesYouCAN  #CollectiveBias If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you know that I'm a hard core advocate of the pantry.  When your pantry is well stock, dinner on busy weeknigh…

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Quinoa Enchilada Casserole

I am not what you would call super health conscious, but I do care about what I am putting into my family's body. Because of this I try to exercise at least one meatless meal a week.  It's usually on Monday, and I call it Meatless Monday.  However, when you are not used to cooking vegetari…

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Sweet Chili Ranch Chicken Casserole

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #WhatsYourRanch #CollectiveBias Life is busy, and we all need that go-to recipe for nights when time is not on our side.  I'm talking the kind of recipe where you literally pop open a few c…

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Cilantro Lime Rice

Sometimes at the end of the month I have more meals left than budget.  That's when I try to get resourceful and stretch my dime the best I can.  It's from that place that my recipe for Cilantro Lime Rice was born.  I was having friends over for a dinner party and didn't have a lot of m…

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Perfect Pico de Gallo

With the weather warming up my body craves fresh foods.  I want color in my diet.  Reds, oranges, yellows, purples, greens, I want it all!  And my summer condiment of choice is Pico de Gallo !  To me it is the perfect embodiment of the freshness of summer and it's ALWAYS in my fridge.  It is so…

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Tequila Lime Chicken

I love chicken. I would go so far as to call it the tofu of meats!  I say that because, on it's own, it doesn't have a lot of flavor, but when you season it just right, OMG! One of my favorite ways to prepare chicken is with my tequila lime marinade.  It is PACKED full of flavor, super sim…

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Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Round-Up

This has been an AMAZING week of delicious Mexican recipes!  Today, it just keeps getting better as I share with you some wonderful Cino de Mayo recipes from many of my blogging friends!  I know you are going to love it!! Let's Get Started!

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Perfect Simple Guacamole

I will never forget the first time I tried guacamole.  I was visiting my sister in New Jersey, it was our last night there, and we were going to visit some friends that we had met at her wedding.  They are from Costa Rica, and the mother was going to make us a Latin feast!  I kid you not, they lit…

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Grand Rapids Wet Burritos

My husband grew up in Grand Rapids Michigan, and for as long as we have been married (15 years next week!) he has talked about a gal named Maria, and the Wet Burritos she made at the Mexican Restaurant he and his family frequently visited.  I assumed that a wet burrito was a burrito with salsa on …

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Winter Salsa

Even though I am not Mexican, I love celebrating Cinco de Mayo.  Basically it's because it gives me the freedom to eat as much Mexican food as I want!  But let's be honest, does one REALLY need a reason to eat Mexican?  No, I think not.  *lol* ANYWAY, the one downside to Cinco de Mayo bei…

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