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Dinner in a snap: Sausage heroes!

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Alright. This is post number 2 for my dinner in a snap series! Fresh, quick, healthy meals for that craziness that is back to school activities and sports. Whew. Who is with me?

First up, we had chicken chilaquiles which were unreal. Next up? I give you sausage heroes. Seriously, they are my hero is so many ways. Here’s how I’m breaking it down.

The timing:

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Not bad, not bad. Especially for grilling the sausages (although you could just as easily roast them). During this time, I was also helping B build a lego football stadium (ummmmm) and talking with M about his travel schedule. Oh, and drinking wine. Obviously. #multitasking

The verdict: A win, all around. Both L and B gobbled up the entire sandwich (ok, ok, minus the tomatoes, but they ate the fresh basil and cheese!). M and I devoured the entire thing.

Tips and tricks: If your significant other is home and you’re not, have them get the grill going or the oven preheating for you. The time above includes the 5 minutes or so our gas grill takes to heat up. I made the marinade of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, and balsamic before football. Also, these sandwiches would be amazing wrapped up in foil and served on the go, if needed. Think soccer field, standing the hallway at dance class, chess club, boy scouts, lacrosse… whatever your fancy. 

Sausage Heroes
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Ingredients
  1. 4 sweet Italian sausages
  2. 4 good rolls, split
  3. handful of cherry tomatoes, diced
  4. one good ball of mozzarella diced up
  5. fresh basil, chopped
  6. drizzle of balsamic and olive oil
Instructions
  1. Preheat your grill to medium heat or your oven to 425. Grill for 10 minutes or so (roasting may take a bit longer - 15 minutes or so).
  2. Remove sausages from grill and let rest a minute or so. Split open and pour the marinade of tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, balsamic and olive oil over each one.
Adapted from Real Simple
Adapted from Real Simple
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C’s picks – week of August 23rd.

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weekly menu plan week of 8-23

Alright! Another week, and school and sports are in full swing. Let’s keep our menu plan simple, fresh, and healthy this week!

On Sunday night, we have plans to be lazy and grill at home. Perfect. This looks like an awesome new mediterranean grilled chicken recipe to try out. We’ll be serving it up with grilled veggies on the side. 

These salsa verde tostadas come together oh so quickly, and we gobble them up. Perfect for a quick cooking meal on Monday.

Tuesday is football, so we need something hearty, healthy, and quick. I will prep these awesome italian sausage kabobs during the day and just throw on the grill whenever we have the time to eat. A whole meal on a stick, perfect!

A nice big bowl of this pasta sounds perfect for a Wednesday night. Mixed green salad on the side.

Thursday brings another night of football, and these crock pot italian beef sandwiches will be ready to go when we are. Yum.

And that brings us to Friday. I’m thinking a family date night out is in order!

What’s cooking in your kitchen this week? I’d love for you to share your menu plan in a comment below!

Summer forever.

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grilled stone fruits

It was just what the doctor ordered. After every single weekend this summer booked with either travel or sports (all good things), we finally had a completely open weekend. Heck. Yeah.

I texted our long time friends (who just happen to have a pool): ‘Your home, my food?‘

It was on. I packed up these killer shrimp, a great pesto pasta, some perfectly marinaded chicken for the grill, homemade chocolate chip cookies, and these oh so pretty grilled stone fruits consisting of peaches and plums. 

Seriously – how easy? Pit them, throw them on the grill for a few minutes on each side, and top with goat cheese, drizzle with honey, and sprinkle on fresh mint.

The most perfect summer side on the most perfect summer night. Thank you, Tia and Mark! 

SUMMER FOREVER!

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Back to school… for the boys!

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Back to school for boys

I know, I know everyone is saying it. But where did this summer go? It’s unreal. I can’t believe school starts tomorrow!

Each year before school begins, L and I have a little tradition of having a lunch and shopping date to get everything ready. Because, you know, the shoes are too small and the backpacks are worn out and who knows where the lunch box has gone. Here is what caught our eyes on our little date this year.

1. B’s back pack is still in great shape (thank you Heidi!), but I so loved this little monster one.

2. L put this on and stated ‘I look like dad in his lululemon.’ Sigh, my child. But it is a killer jacket.

3. He’s always a size bigger each year, and these distressed ones fit him perfectly and match his rough and tumble ways.

4. Let’s dream big, shall we?

5. Peek makes the most darling tees for boys! Love love love this one.

6. Obsessed with these lunch box notes. I bought 3 packs.

7. Going to start the shopping tradition with B this year, and I’ve got my eye on these shoes for our date. Hoping he agrees.

8. With school and sports kicking it in to high gear, it’s always a good time to update the water bottle.

What’s on your back to school shopping list? Have fun with it!

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