With my husband and I eating healthier and cleaner it has actually been a challenge to get creative with the few foods we choose to make meals with. We are not eating rices, pasta, breads or cheese. The only grain we allow ourselves is a slice of ezekiel bread in the morning or whole grain bars. This Best Healthy Ground Turkey Lettuce Wrap recipe is easy to make and very healthy.
The best part about this recipe is the flavor of the meat and the versatility of the recipe. You can easily substitute your own spices for mine. You can also choose your own toppings. In this recipe we top our wraps with diced tomatoes and raw almonds we crush. The crunch of the romaine and the almonds is fantastic.
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This post is in no way sponsored by Wishbone but I use this in many recipes including this one because we are in love with this product. It is the Wishbone Avocado Oil- Roasted Garlic.
See all of the recipes at Parenting Healthy HERE. You can also find more great recipes and product reviews from our friends at the Village Bakery.
My husband and I stared a low carb diet and he is watching his red meat intake. This leaves us having to get real creative on cooking poultry, lean pork and seafood that isn’t loaded in sauces and cheeses. I have had an Instant Pot for a few months now and had only used it twice because I feel lost in how to use it. Then I got The I Love My INSTANT POT Recipe Book.
I chose to recreate the lemon garlic chicken legs recipe that is in the recipe book. It was so easy and cooked up great. My husband son and I polished them off. I even had leftover lemon and garlic for the asparagus.
Lemon Garlic Chicken Recipe
1/3 C Olive Oil
1/4 C Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
1 Tbsp Lemon Zest
4 Garlic Cloves (minced)
1/4 Tsp Sea Salt
Pinch of Cayenne Pepper
(I also adde pinch of smoked paprika)
2 Lbs. Chicken wings or legs
1 C chicken broth
Mix all but chicken and broth. Add chicken and marinade in fridge for at least 1 hour (I threw all in a large ziploc to marinade). Add chicken broth to the pot. Insert a steam basket (I don’t have one yet so used tad less broth and laid in there-came out great). Fix so not overlapping. Lock Lid. Set to manual 10 minutes. When timer beeps, let pressure release naturally for 5 minutes, Then quick release pressure until float valve drops and unlock lid. Place cooked chicken onto parchment-lined baking sheet and put under oven broiler for 3-5 minutes until browned.
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If you are like me and use Amazon to buy books you can pick up this recipe book on Amazon. It is full of great Instant Pot recipes.
Those Easter baskets can be so hard to fill sometimes. We have 3 boys ages 8, 19 and 25. That is a child, college student and adult. I can’t buy packs of Pokemon cards and split and one boy likes chocolate and one is trying to stay away from sweets. The youngest has a list full of wants and then the older boys have needs. So what seems to be a good divide? Socks, sweets and unique school supplies.
Imagine it is the year 1914 and you can order wrapped snacks to be delivered that were baked fresh that same day. Of course this was a small business in a small town. Today they are Tastykake and offer everyone fresh-tasting individually wrapped snacks.
I only wish I could locate these in retailers near me. According to their website they are available in supermarkets and other retail outlets throughout the East, Southeast, and Southwest. The kids will love these sweet treats in Easter themes.
Remember when getting socks was the worst gift ever? Then remember entering adulthood where you have to budget every item you buy and getting socks becomes the best and most useful gift ever? I love getting socks and with older children they appreciate the gifts that stock them up on everyday items they now don’t have to go out and get themselves.
The reason why Gold Toe socks make a great gift is that they have styles and fits for everyone. I love Gold Toe because I wear ankle socks most and they never slip into my shoe. I have bought so many socks that slip when I walk or wear after just a few washes and have to toss them. My Gold Toe socks last and stay put.
Have a student? They need writing supplies. They may not admit it because they’d rather have gift cards and cash but I always like to attach gift cards to useful gifts for our college student. Attaching cash or a food gift card to a package of pens or highlighters make the git a bit more fun.
Target has some fun Pilot pens and markers that write smooth and are erasable. Find Pilot Frixion erasable pens and marker pens in different colors. They also have erasable highlighters. The Pilot Precise V5 writes so well as a pen and now they have a deco collection in fun colors and designs. Also find these on Amazon.
Visit these fun brands for more fun and retail locations.
Ideas gathered from fellow Bloggers posts. Credits attached to each
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I bought several of Girl Scout cookies from our niece and some girls in front of our local stores. I will not eat all of these cookies so I started browsing for creative ways to gift some of them. I came across some great ideas and wanted to gather my favorites and share them with you.
This is a fun printable to attach to boxes of cookies. It reads “Thanks to you I’m one smart cookie”. Makes a fun teacher of care provider, tutor gift. I found this at Pearls on Pigs Blog
Here is a fu Thank You gift idea to attach to a box or two of cookies. It reads, “Here’s a SHOUT OUT from us to you. With a great big THANKS for all you do. So eat a cookie. Make it two. And with each bite know that WE LOVE YOU.” I found this at Green Acres Hobby Farm
Grab some fun ribbon and wrap up some boxes of cookies. Then attach simple tags that read, “We were ‘mint’ to be”; “You are the Caramel deLite of my life”; Cookie variety is the spice of life”; “When life gives you lemons, eat Lemonades”-source unknown with image I found.
Everybody loves Thin Mints! How about attaching a simple tag that reads, You are MINT to teach. You can modify that to read more than just a teacher gift too. I found this at The Sweatman Family
Cookies always look good behind a little cellophane. How about this idea to wrap the cookies and attach a tag like these for Teacher? I found this at Happy Home Fairy.
How about a gift basket? I found a fun post that shows you which wines to pair with each Girl Scout cookie type. See it at HerCampus.com
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