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Archives for June 2015

Pulled Pork Tacos with Avocado Cream Sauce

June 17, 2015 by eghassett

Pulled Pork Tacos with Avocado Cream Sauce

These authentic tacos start with slow cooked pork, get topped with sweet and spicy slaw and finish with a drizzle of avocado cream sauce. The pork gets slow-cooked the night before as part of our Mini-Weekly Menu for Pulled Pork Sandys with Bbq Sauce and Homemade Slaw.  The coleslaw gets made ahead for last night’s meal as well, leaving…

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Filed Under: Easy dinner, Pork, Summer!, Taco Tuesday Tagged With: crock pot, crock pot pork, pork tacos, Taco Tuesday

Pulled Pork Sandy with Bbq and Homemade Slaw

June 16, 2015 by eghassett

pulled pork sandy with bbq and slaw

  I have fallen in love with homemade cole slaw!  And the texture combination of cool slaw alongside tangy Bbq sauce and hot pulled pork in this sandwich is divine. This sandwich is super easy and better yet will provide most of what’s needed for tomorrow night’s Pork Tacos.  Pork cooked slow in the crock…

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Filed Under: Easy dinner, Pork, Sandwiches, sauces and sides, Summer! Tagged With: crock pot pork, easy dinner, homemade coleslaw, pork sandwich, slaw with bbq

Red, White and Boozy Cocktail

June 11, 2015 by eghassett

Red, White and Boozy Cocktails

Tomorrow night is the second Women’s World Cup game for Team USA!!  They won their first game against Australia and I can’t wait to cheer them on again tomorrow as they face Sweden at 6pm MST.  Soccer is a passion of mine and I LOVE watching all the world cup games, cheering loudly, decked out in…

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Filed Under: Cocktails Tagged With: fourth of july cocktail, patriotic cocktail, red white and blue cocktail, rum drinks, world cup soccer party

Warm Pineapple Chicken Quesadillas

June 2, 2015 by eghassett

Warm Pineapple Chicken Quesadillas

Have you ever had grilled pineapple?  So yummy!!  If you have time to grill some pineapple for this recipe it would be even better! However, this recipe is designed for a quick mid-week meal to piggyback last night’s Simple Lemon Chicken.  I am working to create smaller weekly menus that combine your efforts, resulting in…

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Filed Under: Caribbean, Chicken, Easy dinner, Spring Goodness, Taco Tuesday Tagged With: chicken quesadillas, easy dinner, mexican, pineapple and chicken, quesadillas

Simple Lemon Chicken

June 1, 2015 by eghassett

Simple Lemon Chicken

This recipe brings back wonderful memories of my oldest brother, Blake.  Blake is a wonderful big brother who has taught and inspired me my whole life.  He is one of those people who is good at everything, including cooking!  He taught me this recipe years ago and it is still one of the easiest, yummiest things…

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Filed Under: Chicken, Easy dinner, Italian, Spring Goodness Tagged With: angel hair, easy dinner, lemons and chicken, parmesan

Hi, I’m Gena!

I love snow, kids and pure maple syrup!

More importantly, I am the happy mom of three, with a busy weekday schedule. I believe in balance, good ingredients and fun! I spend a lot of time planning our weekly menus and want to share my efforts with you!

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