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Black bean Sweet Potato Quesadillas

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Sorry for the lack of posting but with the end of the school year near and a kindergartener learning online at home we have been a little busy over here!  This was not a typical mean for us as it was meatless but we’ve been trying to mix up our meal plans with a meatless meal once a week. This was a delicious sweet potato and black bean quesadilla. Lots of flavours and so filling!  We have been trying to incorporate one meatless meal a week which has been fun and challenging. It has really forced me to think out of the box with different meal ideas and this one was just too good not to share. It is kid friendly which is very important in our house.  I also really liked this meal as I was able to bake the sweet potato a head of time and then have everything ready for when it was time to make dinner. It was really easy and a lot of fun to make them together.  Ingredients: 1 sweet potato 1 tbsp busters BBQ rub  I can black beans or kidney beans drained and rinsed  Shredded cheese  Diced r
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Avocado Salad

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I first had a dish like this while on a trip to Mexico, when traveling was a safe activity. I remembered it tasted fresh and light and loved the simple flavours. I came home from the trip and just remember thinking I can recreate that! This is one of our favourite spring/summer salads and it’s so fresh and reminds us of warmer weather.  First you want to chop your veggies (peppers, onion, cucumber, and tomatoes) and let them soak in vinegar and salt & pepper for at least 30 minutes. Once you're ready to serve you will scoop out the 1/2 avocado and put it on the plate. I like to put them with the pit spot up so I can fill it with the veggie mixture. This way it also catches some of the vinegar juices as well.        Ingredients: - 2 avocadoes halved - 1/2 2 different colored peppers chopped  - 1 tomato diced  - 1/2 cucumber chopped - 1/2 red onion - 1/2 - 3/4 cup white vinegar  - pinch of salt and pepper * You can adjust the flavour by adding different veggies or even trying a b
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Banana Cinnamon Muffins

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These muffins have been a hit in our house for a couple of years now. My one son (who we call the muffin man) asks for them all the time. I love this recipe too because it is so versatile. I have made them plain, added a cinnamon sugar topping, added chocolate chips and even raspberries or blueberries. My favourite is adding a blueberry raspberry mixture. My children obviously love the chocolate chips or cinnamon sugar topping.  I honestly love how easy and versatile this recipe is. It seems to taste delicious no matter what I add to it. I also love that it can be made in one bowl and I have less dishes to do in the end. BUT my absolute favourite part about this recipe is how easy it is to make with my boys. They both love to help out in the kitchen and this is a simple enough recipe for them to help out with.  INGREDIENTS: - 2/3 cup sugar - 1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil - 2 large eggs - 2 bananas mashed - 1 tsp vanilla - 1 2/3 cups flour - 1 tsp baking soda - 1 tsp cinnamon - 1/2 ts
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Sausage Soup

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 Here is another easy one pot recipe! Let’s face it, if I can’t dirty the least number of dishes on a weeknight I’m happy. I love to have more time to play with the boys which means easy cooking and clean up meals are the best. This meal is so good I couldn't even get a picture of it done as it was dished up before I could even get my phone! When it comes to this recipe you really can play around with the flavours to give it a different taste. Before kids my husband and I loved to use to diced tomatoes with chilies and hot Italian sausage. Now that we have kids who haven’t grown a liking to spicy foods yet, we usually have the diced tomatoes with Italian seasoning and a mild Italian sausage or even a honey garlic sausage to add a little different flavour.  This recipe is also great as a pasta. The only difference is that you add the entire bag of egg noodles to make it a pasta dish.  Ingredients:   - sausage (1 pkg your choice of flavour but we really like the Italian)  - 1 yellow
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Fresh Tomato Marinara/Pizza Sauce

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 We LOVE pizza in this house and any way to add extra flavour to make it better I am all over that. We had an abundance of tomatoes come off our tomato plants this year and were needing to come up with more ways as to how to use them. I was able to make soup and pasta sauce and then thought that this pizza sauce would be another great option as we eat pizza pretty regularly. I also froze a lot of tomatoes as it was hard to keep up with them all turning red at the same time. Frozen tomatoes work well with this sauce as well as they are getting cooked down anyway.  This sauce is a runnier sauce as I'm not a fan of a super thick pizza sauce and love how it adds just a touch of flavour to the pizza. If you are wanting it to thicken more, add some tomato paste to help it thicken.  Ingredients: 16 cups chopped tomatoes (Garden fresh add a lot more flavour) 1 onion 1-2 full heads of Garlic (I LOVE garlic so I tend to add more) 2 TBSP Olive Oil  2 TBSP Italian seasoning 1 TBSP Basil  2 TBS
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Chicken and Rice Skillet

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This has been the longest post break in a long time but I have been feeling extremely overwhelmed with work and home balance. As some of you know I am a teacher and teaching looks much different this year. I usually teach hockey academy and am active all day and feel happy to sit down and write a blog post. This year Hockey Academy has been put on hold and I have been asked to teach in our boards virtual school. This has been an amazing learning opportunity and I feel like my virtual classroom has really come a long way. However, with being online all day my eyes have been sore and tired by the end of the day and thus completely unmotivated to write any blog posts. I finally feel like I have a plan and an understanding of some of the different programs out there to help with my teaching and thus why there is finally a new POST!! This dish is amazing and so quick to make! What else could a mom or busy person ask for, right!?! My husband and I use to fight over who got the leftovers for
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Fried Zucchini Bites

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  This has been a busy week with back to work and being a virtual teacher. I haven’t been a classroom teacher for the past 3 years and am really trying to get back into the swing of things. I was really enjoying my hockey academy role and am hoping that once COVID is under control we can bring the program back.  This recipe is inspired by my Aunt. She made something like this or perhaps this exact recipe (I didn’t ask for it) at a family function this summer and my husband has been asking for it ever since. They’re delicious bites of zucchini that are fried and crispy!  They taste like you're eating some good old comfort food while also knowing in the back of your head that you're also getting some vegetables while you do so. I will definitely be making this recipe again. We used Ranch salad dressing to dip it into but they also taste delicious on their own. Another dip I am wanting to try these with is tzatziki sauce as I think the dill in it would really add some extra flavou
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