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Turkey Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

March 16, 2020 by Jeanette 23 Comments

Turkey Shepherds Pie

Turkey Shepherd’s Pie is the ultimate comfort food. I crave comfort foods in times of trouble and uncertainty. For me, these foods are cozy meals like this shepherd’s pie, macaroni and cheese, and pot roast. I first featured this recipe on my blog in October of 2012 when we got hit with Hurricane Sandy and…

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Filed Under: Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses Tagged With: healthier shepherd's pie, healthy comfort food, Hurricane Sandy, turkey shepherd's pie

Puppy Love #5: Forgive and Forget

February 13, 2015 by Jeanette 12 Comments

Australian Labradoodle 16 weeks

Here’s some weekly puppy love from me to you, including my thoughts on Forgive and Forget. “We need lots of love to forgive, and we need lots of humility to forget. Humility completes forgiveness, before we forgive somebody we need to know that we too need forgiveness, and it is here that humility of the…

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Filed Under: Family, Parenting, puppies Tagged With: Australian labradoodle, dog, forgive and forget, forgiveness, Mother Theresa, parenting, pet, Puppy

Transitions and The Next Stage of Life

September 2, 2014 by Jeanette 27 Comments

Kaanapali Beach © Jeanette's Healthy Living

I knew this day would come. But I still wasn’t ready. Just over a week ago, we were swimming and snorkeling in the blue waters of Hawaii, all six of us ~ my four boys, my husband and me. And now, just three of us are left at home staring at each other. It seems…

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Filed Under: Family Tagged With: college, college bound, family transitions, Hawaii, Maui, next stage of life, vacation

50 Easy Healthy Meatless Pasta Recipes

September 1, 2014 by Jeanette 9 Comments

Healthy Meatless Pasta Recipes

You’ll want to refer to this collection of Easy Healthy Meatless Pasta Recipes often for quick dinner ideas throughout the school year. Pictured (left to right, top to bottom): Fresh Tomato Mozzarella Pesto Pasta, Asparagus Pasta Salad with Creamy Peanut Dressing (The Lemon Bowl), Healthy Pasta Salad with Artichokes (Food Faith Fitness), Pictured (left to…

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Filed Under: back-to-school, Clean Eating, Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses, Meal Planning, Pasta and Noodles Tagged With: back to school, dinner ideas, easy pasta recipes, healthy pasta recipes, meatless meal, Meatless Monday, vegetarian

Happy Father’s Day and the New York Rangers

June 15, 2014 by Jeanette Leave a Comment

YeYe and Michael © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Today, I’d like to wish all of the fathers a Happy Father’s Day, including my dear husband, my father-in-law, my father and my brother. The love and sacrifice that men demonstrate through their daily work and family relationships often goes unnoticed and under-appreciated until the kids are much older and perhaps have their own kids….

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Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Father's Day, memories, New York Rangers, Ye Ye

5 Tips and 25 Healthy Recipes for Hungry Teenagers

May 27, 2014 by Jeanette 10 Comments

5 Tips and 25 Healthy Recipes for Hungry Teenagers © Jeanette's Healthy Living

If you’ve got teenagers in your house, these 5 Tips and 25 Healthy Recipes for Hungry Teenagers should come in handy. Recently, I received an email from a mom who has been facing challenges feeding her teenagers. As a working mom, it can seem daunting trying to get a home-cooked meal on the table. In this…

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Filed Under: chicken, Dinner, Family, healthy choices, main courses, Resources, side dishes Tagged With: cooking for teenagers, cooking for your family, healthy cooking for families, home cooking

Slow Cooker Filipino Chicken Adobo Recipe

September 30, 2013 by Jeanette 36 Comments

Slow Cooker Adobo Chicken © Jeanette's Healthy Living

 This Slow Cooker  Filipino Chicken Adobo is a simple and humble dish, modernized a bit by the use of Yondu Sauce. Filipino Chicken Adobo is one of the dishes I remember my mom making. It has a tangy vinegary sauce, kind of like salt and vinegar potato chips. I’ve made it for my kids over…

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Filed Under: Asian, chicken, dairy-free, Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses, Pantry Recipe, Slow Cooker Tagged With: chicken crockpot recipe, chicken slow cooker recipe, Filipino food, yondu sauce

Eggplant Pepper Mushroom Turkey Sausage Hash Recipe

August 7, 2013 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Eggplant Pepper Mushroom Sausage Hash © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Eggplant Pepper Mushroom Turkey Sausage Hash is great served as a bed for a poached egg or in an egg omelet. It makes for a hearty breakfast or brunch. My kids love to sleep in, so most weekends, I end up digging through my refrigerator and freezer to see what I can conjure up…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, csa, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices Tagged With: eggplant, eggplant recipes, Food Network, healthy breakfast, healthy breakfast hash, healthy brunch, low carb breakfast hash, Summer Fest, using up leftovers

Grilled Thai Chicken with Sweet Chili Garlic Sauce

June 10, 2013 by Jeanette 29 Comments

Thai Grilled Chicken with Sweet Chili Garlic Sauce © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Grilled Thai Chicken with Sweet Chili Garlic Sauce is perfect for a quick and easy dinner. Made with ready-made pesto, it comes together quickly. This Grilled Thai Chicken with Sweet Chili Sauce is something I threw together for dinner one night when I was late getting dinner started.  As the school year winds down,…

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Filed Under: Asian, chicken, dairy-free, Dinner, dips and sauces, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses Tagged With: BBQ Thai Chicken, Gai Yang, Grilled Thai Chicken, Sweet Chili Garlic Sauce, Thai chicken

A Healthier Crock Pot Meat Lovers Pasta Sauce Recipe

March 13, 2013 by Jeanette 17 Comments

A Healthier Meat Sauce © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Kids say the funniest things sometimes. On the way back home from a basketball game recently, I asked my son’s friend what he liked to eat. He replied, “I eat anything…except vegetables.” So, of course I had to dig a little deeper. “You must eat some vegetables – name any vegetable that you eat.” “I…

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Filed Under: Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses, Pasta and Noodles, Slow Cooker Tagged With: Cooking Light, healthier pasta meat sauce, how to get kids to eat more vegetables, lighter pasta meat sauce, myplate, pasta meat sauce, turkey sausage, vegetables in meat sauce

My Mom’s Beijing Biscuit “Shao Bing” Recipe (北京燒餅) – An Heirloom Recipe

February 27, 2013 by Jeanette 32 Comments

This Shao Bing recipe is one of my mom’s best known recipes that she used to make for my dad. These little biscuits are filled with savory stir fries or meats. Today, I have a very special recipe to share with you, so please indulge me. Although my parents immigrated to the United States over…

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Filed Under: Asian, Breads, Family, healthy choices, Recipes For Foodies, whole grain Tagged With: Beijing Shao Bing, Chinese biscuit, Mom's recipe

Balsamic Glazed Roasted Vegetable Meatloaf Recipe (gluten-free)

February 20, 2013 by Jeanette 33 Comments

Roasted Vegetable Meatloaf Dinner © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Balsamic Glazed Roasted Vegetable Meatloaf is full of flavor and a great way to include vegetables in a family-friendly meal. You’re either a meatloaf lover or a meatloaf hater. I happen to like meatloaf, but I know plenty of people who have an adverse reaction at the very mention of it. Several years ago, my…

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Filed Under: Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses, whole grain Tagged With: Food Network Comfort Food Feast, gluten-free meatloaf, healthy comfort food, healthy meatloaf, lighter meatloaf, low-fat meatloaf, oatmeal

Chinese Braised Chicken with Chestnuts Recipe

February 6, 2013 by Jeanette 28 Comments

Chinese Chestnut Chicken © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Chinese Braised Chicken with Chestnutsis a tradition Chinese recipe that is pure comfort food. Chinese New Year is coming up soon – February 10, 2013, and it’s the Year of the Black Snake! I’ve been thinking of what dishes I’m going to make for my family, and this Chinese Braised Chicken with Chestnuts is a…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses Tagged With: chestnuts, Chinese New Year dishes, Chinese New Year recipes, Comfort Food Feast, Food Network, Shanghai recipe, Year of the Black Snake

Easy Stir-Fry Broccoli and Red Bell Pepper Recipe

December 12, 2012 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Stir Fry Broccoli and Red Peppers © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Stir-Fry Broccoli and Red Bell Pepper is an quick, easy and healthy side dish that goes with almost any meal. This dish is kid-friendly with its colorful mixture of broccoli and red bell pepper. I try to make broccoli at least once if not twice a week for my family. Whenever I find a vegetable…

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Filed Under: Asian, Cooking For Cancer, cruciferous vegetables, dairy-free, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, side dishes, vegetables Tagged With: Colavita Roasted Garlic Cooking Oil Blend, Fish Sauce, Food Network Fall Fest, Oyster Sauce, Stir-Fry Broccoli, Stir-Fry Red Peppers, Stir-Fry Sauce

Healthy Thanksgiving Turkey Leftover Recipes

November 21, 2012 by Jeanette 12 Comments

Leftover Turkey Soba Noodle Soup

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and before you know it, you’ll be staring at all the leftover turkey and side dishes. Some people actually make extra food for Thanksgiving hoping for leftovers. I usually make just enough food to have leftovers for one or two more meals. As I’ve shared in the past, one of the things…

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Filed Under: Dinner, Family, Holidays, main courses, Thanksgiving Tagged With: how to use Thanksgiving leftovers, leftover turkey, turkey broth, turkey congee, turkey shepherd's pie, turkey soup, turkey stock, using Thanksgiving leftovers, What to make with leftover turkey

Hurricane Sandy Update – Hot Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Recipe

November 5, 2012 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Hot Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal during Hurricane Sandy

These past seven days, like many families affected by Hurricane Sandy, we have been without power. I just learned that our home is in an area that sustained more damage than other parts of our town, and because it involves coordination between bordering towns, that power restoration will be more complicated. With a Nor’easter on…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Cooking For Cancer, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, whole grain Tagged With: Apple Oatmeal, gluten-free hot breakfast, Hurricane Sandy

Crockpot Chicken Bean Chili and Chili Cheese Dip

October 29, 2012 by Jeanette 28 Comments

Hot Chicken Chili Cheese Dip with the Fixin's

Crockpot Chicken Bean Chili is a healthy recipe made with three types of beans. Extras make a delicious hot chili cheese dip. Today is “reveal day” for Group D of the Secret Recipe Club, hosted by Sarah of Fantastical Sharing of Recipes. This month, I was assigned to Laura of A Healthy Jalapeno. First of…

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Filed Under: Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, lunch, main courses, Slow Cooker, Super Bowl Tagged With: chicken chili, chili cheese dip, chili dip, healthy chili, healthy football snacks, healthy kid snacks, meat and bean chili, turkey chili

Asian Chicken Stew in a Crockpot Recipe

September 3, 2012 by Jeanette 17 Comments

Crock Pot Asian Chicken Stew

Now that the slow days of summer are over and school is in full swing, I’ve been thinking a lot about make-ahead meals, quick and easy recipes, and anything that can be made in the crockpot. Depending on my kids’ after-school schedules, sometimes it’s best to have dinner ready in the crockpot so the kids…

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Filed Under: Asian, chicken, csa, dairy-free, Dinner, Family, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses, Pantry Recipe, Slow Cooker Tagged With: Asian chicken stew, crockpot chicken stew, Korean chicken stew, slow cooker chicken stew

Guacamole Salsa Recipe (Kids Cooking)

August 27, 2012 by Jeanette 11 Comments

Guacamole Salsa

Hi, this is Kyle on Kids Cooking. Today, I’m going to show you how to make some Guacamole Salsa. It’s made exactly how it sounds, by combining the best elements of my two favorite dips, guacamole and salsa. Not only is Guacamole Salsa delicious, it’s also great as a cool-down snack after a long, hot summer day….

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Filed Under: appetizers, dairy-free, dips and sauces, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, Kids Cooking, snacks, Super Bowl, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: guacamole salsa, kids cooking, kids in the kitchen, recipe for kids

A Healthier Gluten-Free Crawfish and Crab Gumbo Recipe

August 21, 2012 by Jeanette 23 Comments

A Healthier Gluten-Free Crawfish and Crab Gumbo

We’re a big baseball family, and each year for the past 12 years, our summers have been consumed with baseball games and lots of traveling around the country. Seven years ago, one of my boys played in the 10-year old Cal Ripken World Series in Lafayette, Louisiana. Our entire family went to this once in…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses, Seafood, shellfish Tagged With: crawfish and crab gumbo, gluten-free gumbo, healthier gumbo, healthy gumbo, Recipe Redux

Healthy Breakfast Recipes for Kids – Food For The Brain – Part 1

August 13, 2012 by Jeanette 18 Comments

Creamy Amaranth Porridge

Today is Part 1 in a series of three posts featuring recipes that contain brain-boosting ingredients. I’ve got a round-up of healthy breakfast recipes for kids in this first post. Part 2 will focus on healthy lunch recipes for kids, and Part 3 will focus on healthy snack recipes for kids, all in the name…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Family, healthy choices, Healthy Living, resources, Resources Tagged With: back to school, best recipes for breakfast, brain health, brain-boosting, breakfast recipes, children's health, food for brain, good for the brain, healthy breakfast recipes for kids, recipes for kids, the brain

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