Summer is coming. Yay! My kids as SO ready for summer; they really need a break. Summer means many tweens will be home alone and may need to make their own lunches. I'm sharing 10 easy tortilla lunch meal ideas tweens can make on their own. Tweens are growing up and many of them may be staying home alone for the first time every day while parents are away at work this summer. Tweens need some easy meal ideas so they don't end up snacking on chips and junk all day. Sandwiches are of course an ... Continue Reading...
Pizza Tortilla Roll Single Serve or Up to Four Servings
Craving Pizza? All alone but craving pizza? Don't want to order in a whole pizza just for yourself? Try out my recipe. In this recipe post I'm sharing my easy lunch or dinner recipe for Pizza Tortilla Roll. This recipe can be made for a single person or for up to four people. You choose what works for you and make my Pizza Tortilla Roll single serve or up to four servings. As a WAHM I often need a lunch just for myself and I love pizza! Pizza is my favorite meal so often when I've ... Continue Reading...
Cheddar Hash Brown Potato Jalapeno Bites Appetizer
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclaimer for details. Cheddar Hash Brown Potato Jalapeño Bites Appetizer This recipe is absolutely the best! It is so easy and so good. You will want to make this one over and over again. It requires only five ingredients, a mini muffin pan, and cooking spray. If you love spicy food like I do, you will love this recipe. Cheddar Hash Brown Potato Jalapeño Bites Appetizer will be a perfect appetizer for your football party or any group party. ... Continue Reading...
Mom’s Classic Meat Pasty & My Veggie Pasty
This recipe is so amazing and so tasty. I hope you try it because so good. This pasty recipe is divine old-fashioned comfort food cooking at its best! One recipe, two dishes! This post contains affiliate links. Please see Disclaimer for details. Tasty Mom's Classic Meat Pasty & My Veggie Pasty My family is a mix of vegetarians and meat-eaters so I cook in a hybrid recipe manner. I constantly look for and create recipes that are amenable to being half meat and half ... Continue Reading...
Last-minute Pickle Wrap Appetizer
This post contains affiliate links. I will receive a commission if you purchase through the link at no added cost to you. I have used, recommend, and love the products! See my disclaimer page for more details. In a pinch and need a last-minute appetizer? This last-minute Pickle Wrap Appetizer is so fast and easy to make. It is made with common ingredients you probably have in your fridge right now. It's made with tortillas, turkey sandwich meat, cream cheese, baby dill pickles, and a slice of ... Continue Reading...
Vegetarian OR Chicken Enchiladas as a Hybrid Meal
This recipe contains an ingredient I received for free to do a review on. The views in this post are 100% my own. The product is Briannas Homestyle Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing. I really love the flavor and quality of this product. This recipe is my creation called Vegetarian OR Chicken Enchiladas as a Hybrid Meal. We are a family of five and we all have very different tastes. Our family is a hybrid of vegetarians and meat eaters which leads me down untraditional paths in my cooking. I must ... Continue Reading...
Steamed Squash and Onion Pasta Alfredo
This post contains affiliate links. These are 100% my own opinion. Please view my disclaimer. One of my favorite pasta dishes is the squash filled ravioli but I don't have time to make and fill ravioli. To imitate that taste in a easy way I make Steamed Squash and Onion Pasta Alfredo. It emulates the flavor when you eat the squash with pasta so I get a form of a favorite dish without the work. Our family is so busy in the evenings with activities. It's a rare evening when none of my three ... Continue Reading...
No Grain Hybrid Vegetarian/Meat Jalapeno Poppers
Time for Poppers! In the fall with football season and jalapeno peppers ripe in the garden, it's time to make my favorite delicious No Grain Hybrid Vegetarian/Meat Jalapeno Poppers. I grow jalapeno peppers in my garden each year and they always grow so well. I wanted a new way to use all those peppers so I created this meat and grain free recipe to make poppers (you can easily add meat of course like precooked bacon or ham). It's great to be able to have the popper flavor without ... Continue Reading...
Cajun Julie’s Hybrid Vegetarian/Meat Jambalaya
My family is a hybrid family of vegetarians and meat-eaters so I have come up with meals that please both diets over the years. This jambalaya is one recipe that makes two dishes to satisfy two diets. This tasty dish called Cajun Julie's Hybrid Vegetarian/Meat Jambalaya can be made as half vegetarian/half meat or all vegetarian or all meat. I make it half and half. It is a versatile dish that can feed a family composed of vegetarians and meat eaters. It's one of my favorite recipes ... Continue Reading...
Quick Hybrid Vegetarian/Meat Nachos Appetizer
When I'm craving nachos (which happens to me frequently) and I want to avoid tortilla chips to reduce carbs, I make a quick healthy version of nachos using Wasa crispbread. This light snack or appetizer satisfies my desire for a plate of nachos and it adds fiber to the diet. This works as a fast light lunch also. Break two or three pieces of multigrain Wasa crispbreads in half. Arrange pieces slightly overlapping on a microwaveable plate. Sprinkle with 1/4 cups medium salsa and 1/4 cup ... Continue Reading...
