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Weekly Meal Plan & Printable Grocery List #7

February 22, 2019 by Susie Weinrich Leave a Comment

Planning dinner for your family can be hard! What should we eat this week? What do I need to buy at the store? Let me answer both of those questions with my free weekly meal plan including a printable grocery list (and bonus leftover re-do ideas)!

FAMILY MEAL PLAN

Your family needs to eat, and the job of feeding them lands squarely on your shoulders.

The key to making this job easy is MEAL PLANNING!

Plan all your meals for the week, write out your grocery list, and then head to the store to buy the groceries. Sounds easy enough, but I think a lot of us just end up at the grocery store buying the same things week after week, and then we get home and say “I have nothing to cook for dinner!”

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Enchirito

February 18, 2019 by Susie Weinrich 23 Comments

This recipe for Enchiritos was born straight out of the Mom’s Dinner kitchen and my very real craving for Mexican food… often. Have you ever made enchiladas the traditional way, it’s time consuming! That’s why I created this Enchirito: a simplified version of a burrito, enchilada mash-up. It’s not fancy, but it’s completely crave-worthy. You won’t need homemade enchilada sauce or special ingredients—just a few smart shortcuts and a solid recipe that works every time. I’ve tested it, eaten it, and loved it—and I think you will too.

1 Enchirito on a white plate smothered in red sauce and cheese, garnished with green onions and cilantro

What’s an Enchirito, you ask? It’s the perfect combo of a burrito and an enchilada—basically, all the cheesy, saucy goodness you crave, without the mess or time commitment of traditional enchiladas. Think of it as a Taco Bell-inspired, smothered burrito-style dinner you can make at home, fast and easy.

Enchirito Ingredients

Ground Beef – As with most recipe on Mom’s Dinner I recommend using an 85/15 ground beef. It has enough fat to be flavorful, but not so much that you recipe will turn out greasy.
Onion – A white onion will give you the most authentic Mexican food flavor.
Flour Tortillas – Grab burrito sized flour tortillas for this recipe.
Refried Beans – 1 can of refried beans is all you need. I recommend using traditional refried beans as they will be creamier and more flavorful, not vegetarian ones.
Enchilada Sauce – Use your favorite store bought enchilada sauce (make sure you grab the larger 20 oz can). Or you can make your own, it is so easy to do. We have a great recipe for Homemade Enchilada Sauce on Mom’s Dinner.
Shredded Cheese – Any of these cheese will work with the Enchiritos; cheddar, monterey jack, pepper jack, or colby jack. As always shred your own cheese from a block instead of buying it pre-shredded. It will melt creamier and more flavorful.
Green Onions – Adds an extra onion flavor and texture to the burritos, and is a nice garnish for the top.
Cilantro – This is totally optional, we just LOVE cilantro. But if it isn’t your jam, skip it!

The filling of an Enchirito on a flour tortilla, a pan of rolled Enchiritos in the background

How to Make an Enchirito Ahead

This is an easy dish to make ahead and store in the fridge for a busy night. Prepare the beef and bean filling. Fill and roll the burritos.
Place 5 oz of the enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9×13 pan. Put the Enchiritos in the pan and cover with foil.
Do not top with the sauce and cheese until right before they are ready to go in the oven. You can save these in the fridge like this for a day or two.

burrito cut open with ground beef inside

Variations on my Enchirito Recipe

The Enchirito is a super versatile recipe. Change it up to suit your family’s taste buds.

You could trade the beef for shredded chicken or, my favorite, rotisserie chicken, or shredded pork.
To make it vegetarian you could just roll the burrito with Mexican rice and refried beans .
Black beans or refried black beans could be a great trade out too.
The addition of black olives, avocado, sour cream, or guacamole would only make it better, in my opinion!

What to Serve with Enchiritos

Most of the time this is an easy dinner on a busy night at my house. We will eat it with chips and my restaurant style salsa.

However, if we are having this on the weekend I will add a side of Mexican rice and maybe a fresh Mexican Slaw like this one from Foodie Crush.

Don’t forget the cocktails! This pairs perfectly with Grapefruit Margaritas, Cranberry Ginger Margaritas, or Rosemary Palomas.

Enchirito Recipe FAQs

What is an enchirito?

An enchirito is basically a mix between a burrito and an enchilada. It’s the best of both worlds. You get to use a flour tortilla (which is easier to work with than a corn tortilla), fill it with your favorite burrito fillers, then top with enchilada sauce and cheese!

What is enchirito sauce?

There isn’t really a special Enchirito sauce, it is simply red enchilada sauce. It is the “enchi” part of an Enchirito.

What’s the difference between an enchirito vs smothered burrito?

At Mom’s Dinner an Enchirito and a Smothered Burrito are very similar. However an Enchirito is filled with beef and beans, while a Smothered Burrito has beef and rice. Both are topped with enchilada sauce and cheese!

I hope you try my Enchirito recipe in your kitchen!

Enchilada Lovers, Take Note

Weekly Meal Plan & Printable Grocery List #5

February 8, 2019 by Susie Weinrich Leave a Comment

Weekly Meal Planning can be hard. What should we eat this week? What do I need to buy at the store? Let me answer both of those questions with my free weekly meal plan including a printable grocery list!

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FAMILY MEAL PLAN

Your family needs to eat, and the job of feeding them lands squarely on your shoulders.

The key to making this job easy is MEAL PLANNING!

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Pizza Roll Ups

February 7, 2019 by Susie Weinrich 9 Comments

Pizza Roll Ups are like a piece of pizza all rolled up in a delicious little bundle. They are full of tomato sauce, ooey-gooey cheese, and, in my recipe, turkey pepperoni. They are completely kid friendly, make an easy weeknight dinner, kids school lunch, or after school snack.

pizza roll ups in a white bowl with marinara on the side

Aren’t we all in search of dinner ideas and sack lunch ideas that our kids won’t cry or complain about? This recipe for Pizza Roll Ups is going to be your new go-to kid friendly dinner (that you will want to eat too!). They taste like take-out pizza, but made at home. Pair these with a salad and you have a dinner that is done from start to finish in less than 30 minutes!

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Weekly Meal Plan & Printable Grocery List #4

February 1, 2019 by Susie Weinrich 2 Comments

What should we eat this week? How do I make a family meal plan? Let me answer both of those questions with my free weekly meal plan including a printable grocery list!

FAMILY MEAL PLAN

Your family needs to eat, and the job of feeding them lands squarely on your shoulders.

The key to making this job easy is MEAL PLANNING!

WEEKLY MEAL PLAN #4

I provide 4 delicious and easy dinners, with recipes, that you can make for your family this week. You simply add three more meals and your 7 day family meal plan is done. Here are three dinner categories I recommend adding to your plan :

One night out.
A leftover night (leftover re-do ideas provided below)
Kids Choice night (think pizza, chicken fingers, tacos, spaghetti, or mac n’ cheese)

I have other meal plans too, if this one isn’t your jam!

Sloppy Joes

I love Sloppy Joes! If you are from the Midwest then you might know them as a Maid-Rite. It is basically a ground beef sandwich, seasoned with onions and a sweet/savory sauce. You can buy sloppy joe sauce in a can, but I think it is super gross! So give this one a try… and try it with pickles, my favorite!
Serve this with some sweet potato chips or fries, and oven roasted or sauteed green beans.

Lemon Penne with Oven Roasted Broccoli

Celebrate “Meatless Monday” this week with my awesome recipe for Lemon Penne with Oven Roasted Broccoli. This is a great dinner that you can cutomize for the picky eaters in your house. My daughter likes the pasta plain, no broccoli. My son likes the pasta plain, with broccoli on the side. And of course the adults eat it as is.
I wouldn’t plan a side dish for this one. It’s plenty filling as is.

penne in a bowl with broccoli and pine nuts, lemons in the background

Cauliflower & Potato Chowder

This has been a crazy cold winter! Has it been cold where you are? Thankfully this weekend I’ll be in Florida soaking up some sunshine. But if you are still in the Northern states, keep warm with a delicious bowl of Cauliflower & Potato Chowder.
I would keep this simple and serve it with a warm baguette or ciabatta bread.

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Slow Cooker Italian Meatloaf

I cannot wait to try this recipe for Slow Cooker Italian Meatloaf from MamaGourmand . I have been meaning to try my Instant Pot as a slow cooker… did you know you could do that!? This will be the perfect recipe to try! Serve this delicious meatloaf just like you would a meatball, over a pile of spaghetti.
I would serve this with a Caesar Salad and garlic bread…. on a Sunday night!

Italian Meatloaf over spaghettti on a white plate

Leftover Re-Do Ideas

Use any leftover Italian Meatloaf for “Meatball Sub” Sandwiches.Slice the meatloaf and put it into a hoagie bun, cover with marinara and provolone cheese, melt in a 400 degree oven for a few minutes.
If you have a lot of soup leftover you can melt some velveeta cheese into the soup for a cheesy cauliflower & potato chowder.
If you have lemon penne left, saute some shrimp in butter and garlic, squeeze a little lemon in at the end for a shrimp pasta re-do!
You can re-make the Sloppy Joe meat mixture into taco meat by adding a little cilantro, chili powder and cumin. Add that to taco shells, flour tortillas or on top of nachos!

Free Printable Grocery List

Head to the store with confidence that you will end up with groceries to actually make dinner for your family!

Simply cross of the items that you already have in your kitchen, and then add the items you need for the rest of the week (lunches, breakfasts, pantry staples, etc…).

Click on the image below to print the grocery list

I hope this meal plan helps to make your week a little easier!

Love- Susie

Weekly Meal Plan & Printable Grocery List #3

January 25, 2019 by Susie Weinrich Leave a Comment

What should we eat this week? How do I make a family meal plan? Let me answer both of those questions with my free weekly meal plan including a printable grocery list!

Family Meal Plan

Your family needs to eat, and the job of feeding them lands squarely on your shoulders.

The key to making this job easy is MEAL PLANNING!

Weekly Meal Plan #3

One night out.
A leftover night (leftover re-do ideas provided below)
Kids Choice night (think pizza, chicken fingers, tacos, spaghetti, or mac n’ cheese)

I have other meal plans too, if this one isn’t your jam!

Classic Chili

So, this is menu plan runs right into Super Bowl Sunday. If you are planning a party (or even if you aren’t), this Classic Chili recipe is pretty hard to beat.
Russell up some cheese, sour cream, jalapenos, green onions, and fritos, and you have yourself a killer chili bar!
Don’t forget the cornbread muffins too. My recipe is super simple and uses a yellow cake mix for a little sweetness and moisture, mixed with a jiffy corn muffin mix.

Creamy Chicken Tacos

Taco Tuesday, ya’ll! I love this recipe for Creamy Chicken Tacos. It is basically a “dump and bake” recipe. Use rotisserie chicken for even easier dinner prep. All the ingredients get mixed together and popped in the oven. Then stuff these tacos with all your favorite toppings and serve them with some chips, salsa, and guacamole.

BBQ Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner

I am always a sucker for a sheet pan dinner. It is just so easy, and LOOK at all those veggies! Healthy and delicious. This BBQ Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner is topped with an awesome BBQ vinaigrette for another layer of flavor!
Serve this with a warm baguette or ciabatta bread and a little butter or extra virgin olive oil for dipping.

veggies and chicken on a sheet pan with bbq vinaigrette in a mason jar and on a spoon

Sun-Dried Tomato & Goat Cheese Pizza

Leftover Re-Do Ideas

Make awesome chili dogs with any leftover chili!! Might even be worth making extra chili.
Extra chicken taco filling can be put on top of some tortilla chips, layered with extra toppings like black beans, cheese, pickled jalapenos, for knock-out chicken nachos!
The BBQ Chicken Sheet Pan dinner leftovers would be amazing made into a BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad. Simply put the leftover veggies and chicken over spinach or romaine, top with cilantro, tomatoes, and fritos or tortilla strips. Toss with a little ranch dressing and drizzle with additional BBQ sauce. YUM!
TIP for reheating Pizza so it isn’t soggy & disgusting. Warm a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Add the cold pizza slices and warm for about 1 minute, cover the pan for about another minute. The crust will be crispy again, and the cheese will be melty and delish!

Free Printable Grocery List

Head to the store with confidence that you will end up with groceries to actually make dinner for your family!

Simply cross of the items that you already have in your kitchen, and then add the items you need for the rest of the week (lunches, breakfasts, pantry staples, etc…).

Click on the image below to print the grocery list

printable grocery list from mom's dinner

I hope this makes your dinner’s go a little easier this week.

Love, Susie

Weekly Meal Plan and Printable Grocery List #2

January 18, 2019 by Susie Weinrich Leave a Comment

What should we eat this week? How do I make a family meal plan? Let me answer both of those questions with my free weekly meal plan including a printable grocery list!

Free meal plan and grocery list pin image

Family Meal Plan

Your family needs to eat, and the job of feeding them lands squarely on your shoulders.

The key to making this job easy is MEAL PLANNING!

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Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs with Easy to Peel Shells

January 17, 2019 by Susie Weinrich 73 Comments

5-5-5 Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs is a foolproof way to make hard boiled eggs. You will have perfectly cooked eggs that slip out of the shell, every time! No more egg sticking to the shell when it’s time to peel. Hard Boiled Eggs are back on the menu, people!!

two photos peeling a hard boiled egg and a hard boiled egg cut in half

I always struggled to get the perfect hard boiled egg. It would either come out over-cooked or the shell wouldn’t peel off without taking part of the egg with it! Can you relate?

I tried all the hard boiled egg methods and none of them seemed to be fool-proof, at one point or another they would all fail. That is until I tried the 5-5-5 method of making hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot! Perfection!

Yet another reason I SUPER LOVE MY INSTANT POT!

Reader Reviews

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“I will never boil eggs on the stove again. It was so painful to get the shells off. NO more, the shells slide off. It is awesome!!!!!!!” -Chris

“I had to boil & peel 5 dozen eggs for our church annual Chicken Salad sale. This is the easier way, the shells came off so easy, no problems at all! I will no boil on the stove any longer.” -Patrice

“OMG!! I have NEVER, EVER cooked eggs and had every single one peel without ripping at least a little of the skin! Amazing. Well worth dragging the pot out if this happens every time.” – Joanne

Hard Boiled Eggs with Easy to Peel Shells

The key to getting the shell of your hard boiled egg to simply slide off, not kidding, is the Instant Pot 5-5-5 method:

5-5-5 Method

5 minutes of pressure cooking time
5 minutes of natural release time
5 minutes in an ice bath

I have made hard boiled eggs this way dozens of times and they come out perfect every time, cooked all the way thru with an easy to peel shell!

Easy Step by Step

The 5-5-5 method is so easy that even my husband can do it! Which is saying a lot. He is definitely not a master in the kitchen.

If you passed the Instant Pot water test, then you can make hard boiled eggs. It is actually a great recipe to start with if you are an Instant Pot Beginner.

eggs in an Instant Pot with water being poured in

Add eggs & water to the Instant Pot

Set the trivet that came with your Instant Pot in the bottom of the inner pot. Carefully lay your eggs around the trivet, I usually cook a dozen eggs at a time.

Set to pressure cook and make ice bath.

Set the pot to cook on high pressure, normal heat for 5 minutes. Then do a 5 minute natural release. While they cook, make an ice bath.

Ice bath

Remove the eggs from the pot and set into the ice bath for 5 minutes.

a hard boiled egg peeled open with two shell pieces on the table

Peel and eat

The eggs will peel so easily now! Snack on them right away or keep them in the fridge for up to a week.

More Eggs, More Time?

You can cook 6 eggs or up to 24 eggs using this 5-5-5 method. You do not need to increase the cooking time when you are increasing (or decreasing) the amount of eggs you are making.

You can also stick with the same amount of water, 1.5 cups works perfect whether you have 12 eggs or 24 eggs. The eggs do not need to be submerged in the water to cook with this method.

You just want to make sure you don’t go past the “fill line” marked on the inside of the Instant Pot stainless steel insert.

What to Make with Hard Boiled Eggs

We love to snack on hard boiled eggs with just a little salt, or you can make these Classic Deviled Eggs. These are also perfect for dying eggs with the kids for Easter.

For a great summer or spring dinner these egg salad sandwiches can’t be beat. Or if you need a killer side dish try this Potato Salad Recipe!

Classic Deviled Eggs garnished with paprika

I hope you give Hard Boiled Eggs a try in your Instant Pot.

I had eggs crack while cooking.

Every once in a GREAT while I have had an egg or two crack while cooking in the instant pot. I do believe that some eggs have a thinner shell or weak spots in the shell and are more prone to cracking with the pressure.

If this happens to you possibly try the “low” pressure instead of high pressure. You may want to increase to 6-6-5 to make sure the eggs cook through.

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Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs is the perfect way to cook your eggs. The shell peels off almost in one whole piece! You will never boil your eggs again after trying this 5-5-5 Instant Pot method.

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Cook Time: 10

Resting Time: 5

Total Time: 10

Servings: eggs

Author: Susie Weinrich

Equipment

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Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

▢ 12 eggs
▢ 1 ½ cups water
▢ Instant Pot

Instructions

Set the metal trivet that came with your Instant Pot inside the pot.
Carefully lay the eggs on the trivet.
Pour the water into the pot
**You can make 6-24 hard boiled eggs with this method see the notes!
12 eggs, 1 ½ cups water
Close the pot lid and lock the pressure valve to "seal". Set the Instant Pot to pressure cook on high for 5 minutes.
Let the pot do a 5 minute natural release.
Release the remaining pressure with a quick release.
While the eggs cook create and ice bath in a large bowl by filling it half way with water and then loading it up with ice.
Pull the trivet/eggs out the Instant Pot and place them in an ice bath for 5 minutes.
They are ready to use!

Storing

Store in the fridge for up to a week.

Using Your Eggs

Make any of these delicious recipes with your hard boiled eggs!
Deviled Egg
Egg Salad Sandwiches
Potato Salad

Recipe Tips and Notes:

MAKING MORE EGGS: You can double, triple or quadruple the recipe! Just don’t fill the Instant Pot past the “max fill” line inside the pot. You do not need to adjust the time for more eggs. Stick with the 5-5-5

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Chicken Noodle Soup for Kids

January 15, 2019 by Susie Weinrich 44 Comments

This recipe for Chicken Noodle Soup for Kids is the perfect kid-friendly soup. It is full of flavor but not full of ingredients that kids hate. No onion, no garlic, no celery, and no green stuff! It is a homemade chicken noodle soup, with a few adjustments that make it a kid friendly dinner, perfect for your picky eaters.

Two bowls of chicken noodle soup for kids, a pile of crackers, and a few legos scattered around

It will be the dinner your kids will ask for again and again, and eat without crying.

Isn’t that what we all want, no tears at dinner.

Recipe Inspiration

I have the most wonderful niece, Ashley. She is the kind of girl you want your younger girls to look up to.

She is 21, however she eats like she is 8, sorry Ash♥. She likes a strict diet of carbs with a little sugar mixed in. She loves being in the kitchen and learning how to cook, which you know I love and am more than willing to show her everything I know.

So, over the Holidays I had her make my Chicken Noodle Soup recipe. She made it perfectly! I thought it would be her most favorite soup recipe ever. However, when she sat down to eat, she picked around the celery, chicken, and onions. She only wanted to eat the thick egg noodles (which, btw, are awesome), the carrots, and broth.

A green soup urn full of Kid Friendly Chicken Noodle Soup

That got me thinking…. most kids like a soup that only has the carrots, broth, noodles, and chicken. So why not create a kid-friendly chicken soup recipe that has a good amount of flavor, and that the kids don’t have to pick around the things they hate.

And so my Chicken Noodle Soup for Kids recipe was born! I hope your kids love it.

Thanks for the recipe inspo, Ashley ♥

What Ingredients to Use in Chicken Noodle Soup for Kids

Above ALL: If you love a quiet night and a peaceful dinner, for the love of God use the noodles that your kids like to eat! I know that all pasta tastes the same, but I don’t think my kids do. If I make angel hair pasta when they want penne you would think I was trying to poison them. The struggle is real.

Noodles: In this recipe I recommend using Kluski Noodles, which are very similar to the noodles in canned chicken noodle soup, or Spaetzle Swabian Egg Noodles (I get them at Aldi and they are the BEST).

You can also use Reames frozen egg noodles, if your kids love the thick noodle and the egg-y pasta flavor (It’s what my niece prefers). If you use the Reames frozen noodles, just up your cooking time to 20 minutes.

Of course you can also use a tiny star shaped pasta, called Pastina, or wagon wheels, or ditalini, whatever your kids will like and eat.

Chicken: I always recommend buying a rotisserie chicken, cutting off the two breasts and dicing them up for your soup. The chicken has a lot of flavor and it is super easy. (Don’t forget to save the carcass to make This Homemade Chicken Stock)

You can also use poached chicken, roasted shredded chicken, or this All Purpose Instant Pot Chicken recipe.

Whatever chicken you use, I recommend cutting it into a small dice so your kids won’t complain about large chunks of chicken! So much work for such small human beings!

How to make Chicken Noodle Soup for Kids

First, do not even think about grabbing an onion or garlic. We may want those flavors in the soup, but we do not want our kids to KNOW that flavor is in there. So, we will add the onion and garlic flavors by using powder instead of the real thing. Sneaky! I call them “invisible ingredients”.

Baby Carrots cut into a small dice on a cutting board with a knife

Now, grab those baby carrots that you put into the kids lunches, the one vegetable they will actually eat. Right!?
Sauté those carrots in a little olive oil for about 5 minutes. Do not let them brown because for God’s sake, you know they will be able to taste that you burned the carrots and then your delicious soup will all of a sudden be hot garbage.
Next, add all the sneaky seasonings to add flavor, but not too much flavor, we are feeding kids after-all.

Now pour in the broth and stir in the chicken base. Increase the heat to medium/medium-high and bring the soup to a simmer.
Now serve a bowl of this soup to your kids with confidence!

I hope you give this recipe for Chicken Noodle Soup for Kids a try in your kitchen.

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two bowls of chicken noodle soup for kids with legos and crackers around the table

Chicken Noodle Soup for Kids + Video

A Kid Friendly Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe that doesn’t have any ingredients that will offend your picky eaters. No onion, no celery, no garlic, and no green things!! A kid friendly dinner that still has all the delicious flavor that you want in a chicken noodle soup.

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 30

Servings: people

Author: Susie Weinrich

Ingredients

▢ 2 teaspoon olive oil
▢ 1 cup baby carrots, diced - (can also use whole peeled carrots)
▢ ¼ teaspoon each: garlic powder, onion powder
▢ ⅛ teaspoon salt, celery salt, turmeric powder
▢ 1 teaspoon chicken base - we like Better Than Bouillon
▢ 32 oz chicken broth
▢ 1 cup cooked chicken, diced small
▢ 1 cup Kluski Noodles (up to 1 ½ cups) - Can use other types of noodles, just adjust the cooking time for your noodle type

Instructions

In a large pot, over medium/medium-low heat, sauté the carrots in the oil for 3-4 minutes.
2 teaspoon olive oil, 1 cup baby carrots, diced
Stir in the garlic powder, onion powder, salt, celery salt, and turmeric powder.
Pour in the chicken broth and add the chicken base, stir to combine.
¼ teaspoon each: garlic powder, onion powder, ⅛ teaspoon salt, celery salt, turmeric powder, 32 oz chicken broth, 1 teaspoon chicken base
Turn the heat up to medium/medium-high, and bring the pot to a simmer. Add the noodles and chicken, cook for 12-15 minutes, until the noodles are cooked thru.
Taste for additional seasoning.
1 cup cooked chicken, diced small, 1 cup Kluski Noodles (up to 1 ½ cups)

Recipe Tips and Notes:

This soup will reduce slightly as it sits, as the noodles absorb the broth, you may need to add additional broth (or water) when reheating.

COOKED CHICKEN: Grab a rotisserie chicken and shred/chop the breast meat.

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Weekly Meal Plan and Printable Grocery List #1

January 13, 2019 by Susie Weinrich 1 Comment

What should we eat this week? How do I make a family meal plan? Let me answer both of those questions with my free weekly meal plan including a printable grocery list!

Family Meal Plan

Your family needs to eat, and the job of feeding them lands squarely on your shoulders.

The key to making this job easy is MEAL PLANNING!

Weekly Menu Plan #1

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Easy Instant Pot Hamburger Soup

January 3, 2019 by Susie Weinrich 18 Comments

Instant Pot Hamburger Soup is an easy and fast instant pot dinner recipe, that only cooks for 4 minutes! This is a healthy soup recipe that is full of veggies and protein and can be easily put together on a busy weeknight.

a ladle full of hamburger soup over the instant pot

Healthy Instant Pot Soup

I can always use a few more veggies in my diet, especially in the winter when all I want to eat is carbs and cheese. Right!?

This is a healthier instant pot soup that you can add to your dinner rotation. It is full of veggies and protein, and if you use lean ground beef (90/10) it is even healthier.

Leftovers also make an amazing lunch.

Make Ahead Instant Pot Dinner

This recipe is so easy that you really do not need to make it ahead. But, I will say that it gets even more flavorful with time, just like chili.

But, there are weeks where it’s hard to get an “easy” dinner on the table, I know from experience. So this is a great soup to throw together on the weekend and pop in the fridge for those crazy busy nights. It would also make a great lunch to take to work, or put in a thermos to send to school with your kids.

Instant Pot

I love my Instant Pot and the pot I use and recommend is the Instant Pot Duo Plus 60 6 quart 9-in-1, the main reason I love this pot is because of the size, 6 quart. I don’t think I will ever get around to using all 9 features, but they are there if I need them.

For this reason I also recommend the Instant Pot 6 quart 7-in-1, it’s a little less expensive, and it still gives you the 6 quart size.

How to Make Instant Pot Hamburger Soup

Are you ready for this…

You will only be setting the Instant Pot for 4 minutes, just like this Sweet Potato Quinoa Chili and Creamy Potato Soup. I love a fast and easy dinner recipe!

First, set your Instant Pot to sauté mode and soften the onions and garlic in the olive oil for about 3 minutes.

Now add the ground beef and slightly brown the beef for about 5 minutes. Drain as much of the fat and grease as you can from the pot before moving on.

Turn the sauté mode off and add the Worcestershire sauce, potatoes, salt, pepper, optional rosemary, beef base, tomato paste and beef broth. Give it a stir to “melt” the beef base and tomato paste into the broth.

Pop the lid on and make sure that the pressure valve is set to “seal”. Set the Instant Pot to manual pressure mode, on high, for 4 minutes. Only 4 minutes!!!

Do a quick release of the pressure.

pouring frozen veggies into hamburger soup in the instant pot

Next, add the diced tomatoes and mixed frozen vegetables. Give the soup a few good stirs to combine everything.

The heat of the pot will thaw the frozen vegetables. I love adding the veggies last because they keep a little bit of their crunch, and cool the incredibly hot soup just a tad.

Serving

Since this soup already has a ton of veggies and protein we don’t always add a side dish. But some nice crusty ciabatta warmed in the oven would go great with this soup!

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