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Meatball Subs

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Are you looking for an easy fifteen minutes dinner for a busy weeknight? Then this one is for you!

Frozen bag of fully cooked Italian style Turkey meatballs, a jar of tomato pasta sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese and sub rolls.

Preheat the oven on the grill option.

Sauté the meatballs with a little of olive oil to get them warm, add tomatoes sauce and simmer covered for five minutes.

Cut the sub rolls, I like to make the slit on the top that way the sauce stays in.

Add a little or a lot of mozzarella cheese to the bottom of the roll, add as much as you like of the meatballs and sauce and cover with more cheese! I added six meatballs for each and it was plenty.

Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place the subs on it and grill for one to two minutes depending on how hot is your oven!

Enjoy!

Serves six to eight.

Thanksgiving day

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Happy thanksgiving to you and your family everyone, we are thankful for all we have! Our health and family…

Let the festivities begin with delicious homemade vegetable and salami plater…. homemade bbq beef sausages…. And delicious assortment of crackers. Homemade onion and ranch dips…

Be safe everyone…

Pinto Beans Stew

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Pinto Beans Stew

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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 You’re meatless Monday just got extra delicious with this amazing pinto beans stew.

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Broccoli Cheese Soup

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Broccoli Cheese Soup

  • Servings: 6-8
  • Difficulty: easy
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 I have been on a healthy lifestyle for a year now and one of the vegetables that I could have on this diet is broccoli, it does not matter if its fresh or frozen as long as I have it with any of my meals..So I have a lot of bags of broccoli in my freezer..

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Butternut Squash soup

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Butternut Squash Soup

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Butternut squash soup is one of my favorite soups, flavorful, healthy and delicious… I love to serve this soup as a healthy meal for a light lunch or dinner when it’s cold outside.

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Spinach Pasta

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Spinach Pasta

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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When I made my Chicken with Pesto dish I had to make some kind of pasta dish to complement it.

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I wanted a light sauce but full of amazing flavors and easy to eat….Pasta is such a perfect partner to a chicken dish no matter how its cooked… Continue reading →

Barbeque beans

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Barbeque Beans

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Few days ago I made my Pulled Beef , a dish that I had cooking in my slow cooker doing the day while I was working… And I had too for sure to pair it with BBQ beans,  because what else goes with this amazing dish beside BBQ beans and creamy coleslaw!

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Stuffed Peppers

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Stuffed Peppers

  • Servings: 2-4
  • Difficulty: easy
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I had three poblano peppers and two orange bell peppers left in my produce drawer after I made my Eggplant and Bell pepper dip the other day…

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Turkey Breast

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Turkey Breast

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Few days ago I was in the thanksgiving mood so I cooked this delicious thanksgiving meal, well not quite the entire bird or the cranberry sauce or pies, well you get the picture…

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Rice treats

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Rice Treats

  • Servings: 12
  • Difficulty: easy
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My granddaughter texted me few days ago and asked me if I could make her some Rice treats and of course I had to deliver….I am madly in love with her, very smart, intelligent and beautiful inside out…And I do love making treats for my kids and grandkids…

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Sirloin steak stew

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Sirloin Steak stew

  • Servings: 2
  • Difficulty: easy
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Stew is one of the easiest dishes to prepare when using the slow cooker, any dish is easy to prepare and cook in it for that matter!

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Baking cookies

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After All the Banana chips cookies Banana chips cookies I made the other day were gone; (thats how delicious they were) I had to bake another batch, but this time I doubled the recipe to accommodate the demands for these delicious cookies…

Today I had a helper in the kitchen to help me bake, she is as cute as she can be, my two years old gorgeous granddaughter Bella and my one year old handsome grandson baby Isaiah!

So here is how Bella’s day went baking the cookies…

I am concentrating here!

How many cups you said!

You said to mix them by hand now? Ok I do it! I do it!!

I think they are mixed!!

I know how to scoop them out, I could do it! By the way did you notice my apron?? How cute Am I!!

Ok one more scoop…

I am working hard here for my cookies

Scraping the bowl to get the last bit of these delicious cookies…

Not me…..I am chilling watching my movie…. I don’t do kitchen!!

Checking if I got everything out of that bowl…yes I think I did…

Time to put the banana chips on top, see I am good at following recipes hehehe

I think I got them all, hummm did I? I think I have…

Time to bake the cookies…

My work here is done for now….

The apron is coming off!

I worked soooo hard today I needed a drink to relax until the cookies are done!!

Did you notice how good I am!!! I am just ignoring the photographer!! No smile here…

No matter how hard she try I am not smiling! Just ignore her…….Anywaaaay orange juice is sooooo good for you after a hard day working in the kitchen…

Yummmm juice is that good!! Ok ok I cracked a little smile for her but still ignored her at the same time… she is pushing it isn’t she?!

Yep setting here and looking as handsome as I can be watching my movie…

Which one!!!

Oh this one looks good to me, yummm!

Are you kidding I have to do the dishes? Why me!!

Here I go again doing all the work around this kitchen…

Actually I am just playing with the water hahahah I tricked that photographer…

Ask Isaiah to wash the dishes!! He didn’t do anything! Just watching his movie…look at him! He is a bum…

Sorry big sister you are on your own, just let me know when the cookies are done!! Look at me!!! See how handsome I am…

Thank you for reading my story for today, talk to you soon, love Bella…

I wanted to share this story with everyone to just show how much fun and exciting it is to have kids in the kitchen no matter how old they are… to let them help you and share the experience with them is the most rewarding feeling you could ever have..

I enjoyed the same experience with my older granddaughter Nashwa when she was Bella’s age, she just celebrated her eleventh birthday few days ago and one of the smartest young ladies you will ever meet, and becoming more gorgeous every single day I might add…she learned at a young age to love and appreciate homemade cooking and baking…

Baking cookies

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After All the Banana chips cookies Banana chips cookies I made the other day were gone; (thats how delicious they were) I had to bake another batch, but this time I doubled the recipe to accommodate the demands for these delicious cookies… Continue reading →

Chicken Tikka Masala

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Chicken Tikka Masala

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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There is no doubt that Indian cuisine is one of the flavorful and aromatic food out there, I love Indian food as much as I love middle eastern food…I enjoy cooking Indian food and I really love it when the delicious aroma fills up my kitchen, the spices, the texture and the flavor are amazing.

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Chicken Quiche

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Chicken Quiche

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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It was cold and crazy windy outside today and this is the best kind of days for me to bake and tests recipes, oven on for a long time and that’s for sure will keep the house warm. Also it was clean the fridge from leftovers kind of day…

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Chocolate cake

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Chocolate Cake

  • Servings: 12
  • Difficulty: easy
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I think Chocolate is one of the most loved sweets on earth, I am not that big of a fan…(I know everyone thinks I am crazy) but let me tell you I surprised myself after I tasted my own creations…this chocolatey cake is one of the best cakes I came up with and everyone agrees with me…

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Cheese cake

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Cheese Cake

  • Servings: 8
  • Difficulty: easy
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Tomorrow we are having another birthday celebration at the office so I decided to change the cake for this birthday.

I try to get everyone at the office to tell me what are their favorite cakes and I choose one of them to make as a surprise for their birthdays. Continue reading →

Grilled Vegetables

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Grilled Vegetables

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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These panini press you have hiding in your kitchen cabinets are not just for making a panini sandwiches, they are an amazing tool to use as a grill, last night I used it to grill vegetables and I often use it to grill steaks or chicken.

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Spaghetti Squash

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Spaghetti Squash

  • Servings: 6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Recently I became a big fan of Spaghetti squash, its a healthy alternative to regular pasta.

I was really skeptical about it and about how would it taste with pasta sauce, and I always wondered what was the rave about it….but I became a believer once I had a taste of it.

Trying to have a healthy lifestyle made me try and experiment with food that I never thought of eating, but I been feeling good about choosing the healthier food for me and my family…

The first time I tried spaghetti squash was the frozen kind that I bought at the grocery store but I thought to my self it would taste a whole lot better if I make it at home and thats when I became a big fan of this delicious healthy food !

This is how I made them

Preheat oven to 440

2 large spaghetti squash

Healthy cooking spray

1/4 tsp sea salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

Wash and dry the squash.

Line a cookie sheet with aluminum paper (easy clean up), spray with cooking spray and set aside.

Cut the washed spaghetti squash in half, scope out the seeds and discard.

Spray the squash with cooking spray and sprinkle the top with salt and pepper.

Bake face down for 40-55 minuets..

Turn face up and bake for additional 10 minuets, I like them to have a chard top it adds smoky taste to the dish!

After baking let it cool for 15-20 minuets.

With a fork scrap out the inside of the squash to a bowl and you will have a delicious spaghetti ready to devour…

I packed the squash in small freezer bags to keep on hand when I need it, cheaper and healthier than the store bought version!

Enjoy!

How to cook Spaghetti Squash

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How to cook Spaghetti Squash

  • Servings: 6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Recently I became a big fan of Spaghetti squash, its a healthy alternative to regular pasta.

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Cranberry and Protein powder muffins

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I made these babies yesterday, these are made without flour or butter, I used the protein powder shake that is sold at the Health stores….

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Chocolate birthday cake

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Tomorrow we have two birthdays at the office, so i am making my delicious chocolate cake…

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Fiesta chicken

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Fiesta Chicken

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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We are the kind of people that could eat chicken every night and tonight was a no exception it was a slow cooker fiesta chicken night!

I called it fiesta chicken because of the the mix of the spices i used, this mix of spices added the most delicious mild spiced flavor!

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Mahalabia pudding

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The best desert to eat in this cold weather is this delicious, tasty, hot and flavorful pudding!

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Winter is coming

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I love everything about winter!

I love the clothes and how crisp and clean the air…. Continue reading →

Thanksgiving Treats

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My oven was having a pie party tonight, i been baking for a while and i am officially done with the pies for thanksgiving!

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Sweet potatoes pie

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My oven was having a pie party tonight, i been baking for a while and i am officially done with the pies for thanksgiving!

The house smells like heaven, I made a delicious homemade sweet potatoes pie, a pumpkin pie and a mix of cherries and blueberries mini pies, they all look and smell delicious!

I made it easy on myself this year and used readymade pie crusts and no shame in that! And did I mention that they all sugar free? Yes they are!

I will be working on my turkey tomorrow to get it ready for the big day!

I love thanksgiving, its my favorite holiday!

Cheese sauce

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Cheese sauce

  • Servings: 8-12
  • Difficulty: easy
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I tested a cheese sauce last night and it turned out delicious, hearty,
and cheesy goodness… And the meat added an extra delicious flavor.

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I also used the same sauce to test my homemade Nachos and it turned out as
delicious as the Penne dish.

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Also tested this sauce with steamed vegetables and there are no words to
describe the flavor, all I could say that it is absolutely delicious.

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I am still in the testing stages with this sauce; I have to try and work on
it few more time, so I won’t post it just yet.

I promise I will once I get it perfect and up to standard to post.