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Sheet Pan Sausage, Broccoli, and Delicata Squash

Recipe: $12.69 | Per Serving: $3.17 | Yield: 4

Is there anything more satisfying than a rich and flavorful sheet pan dinner in the middle of a busy week? This simple gluten-free sheet pan dinner requires just three main ingredients: delicata squash, broccoli, and sausage!

I love making sheet pan recipes on weeknights so I can prep it in advance and get in some last-minute work while dinner cooks. And I especially love these meals in the fall and winter when the oven really helps to warm up my first floor!

This recipe is pretty straightforward. As you can see from this photo of the ingredients, it is just a few easy ingredients and no fussing around.

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Smoked Salmon Pumperknickel Toasts (gluten-free, dairy-free)

November 19, 2021 By Caitlin Leave a Comment

Recipe: $10.19 | Per Serving: $5.10 | Yield: 2 (or 16 small appetizer toasts) We are keeping it simple today with delicious smoked salmon toasts, paired with chive cream cheese and capers, and served atop pumperknickel (or GF “pumperknickel) bread. Make this as an easy appetizer for the upcoming holiday season! If not an appetizer,…

Ground Turkey and Vegetable Salsa Skillet

November 14, 2021 By Caitlin Leave a Comment

skillet with colorful vegetables, beans, turkey, and decorative slices of avocado with chips, salsa, and cilantro

Recipe: $6.03 | Per Serving: $1.51 | Yield: 4 Let’s make one of the easiest, most delicious weeknight dinners, which cooks in about 25 minutes. This ground turkey salsa skillet is a complete meal with vegetables, beans, sweet potatoes, and ground turkey. And it is perfect for meat eaters who are looking for ways to…

Slow Cooker Italian Pork Chops with Potatoes and Green Beans

November 7, 2021 By Caitlin

italian dressing pork chops on black plate with baby potatoes and steamed green beans

Recipe: $10.45 | Per Serving: $2.61 | Yield: 4 This easy slow cooker recipe is one you’ll come back to again and again. Tangy (homemade or store bought) Italian Dressing is poured over rich pork chops and potatoes and slow cooked all day long to infuse the flavors. It’s a weeknight winner!

Herbed Ground Pork and Vegetable Soup (AIP)

November 2, 2021 By Caitlin

Recipe: $14.56 | Per Serving: $2.43 | Yield: 6 Make this cozy herbed ground pork and vegetable soup (which is AIP compliant!) all fall and winter long! This baby is bringing all the healing vibes in the form of vegetables, dried herbs, fresh lemon juice, and broth, paired with the rich flavors of ground pork…

Canned Mackerel, Hummus, and Veggie Crudité Plate

October 27, 2021 By Caitlin

blue background with cutting board with hummus, crackers, canned mackerel, and colorful vegetables

Recipe: $7.11 | Per Serving: $3.55 | Yield: 2 I love a snacky kind of no-cook meal, and this is one of my favorites! Take rich and fatty canned mackerel, pair it with tangy red wine vinegar, and you have the main dish for an easy no-cook light meal or snack. And what a great…

Frankenstein Avocado Toast

October 22, 2021 By Caitlin

avocado toast decorated with nori and olives to look like frankenstein

Recipe: $2.26 | Per Serving: $1.13 | Yield: 2 Looking for a super easy Halloween treat? This Frankenstein avocado toast is the perfect easy snack for adults and kiddos – and it is a super easy Halloween Cooking Project! (And yes, I know, this is Frankenstein’s monster, not actually Dr. Frankenstein. But, ya know, searchers…

6-Ingredient Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken Dinner (gluten-free)

October 16, 2021 By Caitlin

Slow cooker with pineapple, vegetables, white beans, and chicken thighs, topped with BBQ sauce

Recipe: $9.57 | Per Serving: $2.39 | Yield: 4 Whip up this easy slow cooker barbecue chicken dinner for a delicious weeknight dinner. We are taking all the flavors of a barbecue chicken pizza and tossing them in a slow cooker to make this easy hands-off meal. Zac is super in love with barbecue chicken,…

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