Beans & Turkey Franks

The past week I've been telling my husband that I want to rent ''The Little Rascals''. Tonight he took me to the video store and let me rent my movie! A Childhood favorite. Not only that, I decided to make a childhood favorite meal: Beans & Franks with creamy cornbread, yummmmmmy! I'm truly a kid at heart and love to embrace past memories. Tonight definitely was one of those moments and Tom loved eating one of my favorite ''kiddie meals''.

Ingredients:

2 cans Heinz homestyle brown sugar & bacon beans
6 Jennie O turkey franks (only .98 at walmart for a 12 pack - we LOVE Jennie O products so good and healthy too.) cut into sizes that you would prefer.
Mix ingredients together in a pot on low for 15-20 minutes

Cornbread:
1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix
1/3 Cup Cream style sweet corn
Follow directions of muffin box, add cream corn, place into greased mini muffin pan and cook for 15 minutes!

In 30 minutes you have a simple & fun family meal!

Avocado Egg Bagel

 Mornings are quite busy for us. I've figured it's totally worth waking up an extra 10 minutes every AM to start off the day with a good nutritious breakfast! My husband Tom loves making breakfast and this morning he definitely spoiled me. We live for simplicity and this breakfast definitely fits into the category.

• Toast your bagel {we put ours on the panini}
• Spread fresh avocado on your bottom piece and a pinch of cumin, black pepper & salt.
• Make a over easy egg and place on top. 
• BAM! You're done, now enjoy this scrumptious breakfast!

Taco Tuesday

I love Taco Tuesdays! This week we had chicken taco salads topped with fresh avocado's, diced tomatoes, black olives, a dollop of Greek yogurt and salsa, yum! Such a simple meal to make every week and there are so many different ways to do Taco Tuesday!

• Taco shells: Aztec shells at Wal-Mart around the cheese section {they change ours every few months. Sometimes I will find it where the packaged puddings are and string cheeses.}

• Chicken is cooked in a skillet. Sauteed peppers along with onions, followed by adding a packet of taco seasoning. 
• Make sure you don't place your lettuce in your taco shell bowl until it is fully cooled, otherwise you will have wilted lettuce.
• Layering your salad: lettuce, meat, tomatoes, olives, avocado's, sour cream and salsa.
• Sprinkle a little cumin and pepper on top for extra flavoring
• ENJOY!

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Beef Pitas

This week we are making simple & savory 30 minute meals. Like many of you, last thing you want to do is come home to making a complicated meal after a long day at work. I hope these meals make your life a little less stressful, and you are able to sit down and enjoy a little extra time around the dinner table with your lovely family!

Tonight's dinner: Beef pitas with yogurt sauce. I know that yogurt sauce might sound absolutely gross to you, but plain Greek yogurt has 2/3 less fat than sour cream and taste almost the same.

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4 servings

Sauce:
1 (8 ounce) plain Greek yogurt
2tsp dried parsley
1/2tsp minced garlic
1/8tsp salt
1/4 cup diced cucumber

Pitas:
1tsp dried oregano
1tsp minced rosemary
1/2tsp salt
1/4tsp pepper
1 pound top sirloin thin sliced steak, cut into thin strips
1 large onion
4tsp olive oil, divided
4 whole gyro-style pitas

Directions:

Sauce-  In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, parsley, garlic, cucumber & salt. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Pitas-
1. Cut beef in thin slices. Mix rosemary, oregano, salt & pepper in a bowl.
2. In a large nonstick skillet, saute onion in tsp of olive oil until golden brown. Remove and keep warm. Saute beef in remaining oil until no longer pink. Mix onions in with beef, serve on pitas, then top with yogurt sauce!

Ground turkey sloppy joes

Life has been a complete whirlwind lately. I finally had time last week to sit down and make this weeks menu. I Decided that it was time to come up with some quick, easy and yummy meals that my husband and I can both make on the days we got off late.

Tonights dinner: Ground turkey sloppy joes w/ sweet potato fries.

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

1 pound Jennie O ground turkey
1/4 cup chopped green peppers
1 large onion, chopped
1 can (8 ounce) tomato sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
2tbsp brown sugar
4tbsp bbq sauce
1tbsp Worcestershire sauce
6 hamburger buns, split

Directions:

1. In a large skillet, cook the beef, green peppers, onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.

2. Stir in all other ingredients, bring to boil, then reduce to low heat, simmer uncovered for 10-15 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Add a pinch of salt & pepper then spoon 3/4 onto each bun.

Sides:

Frozen sweet potato fries: Follow directions on bag. (Place in oven the same time you start cooking the meat, so they are both done around the same time.)