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Healthy Instant Pot Chicken and Broccoli

Instant Pot Chinese Food? Yes, please! This Healthy Instant Pot Chicken and Broccoli is a delicious, healthier take on your favorite Chinese take out! The chicken is sautéed in your Instant Pot, not fried, and features my favorite healthy swap outs! And the best part….it was on the table in less than 30 minutes!  Weekdays […]

Instant Pot Short Ribs

Fall cooking and Family Dinners…these are two of my favorite things. Short ribs are the ultimate comfort food, but they take a LONG time to cook. Cooking them in the traditional way can take up to 4 hours and I don’t often have that kind of time. Once again, the Instant Pot to the rescue! […]

Instant Pot Tortellini Soup

Day 44 -or 347,228 -of Quarantine Cooking. Can anyone else relate??  My Instant Pot  has gotten even more use than usual as I try to make cooking  multiple  meals a day as easy as possible. There are days when I want to sit and create elaborate meals, but more often I want them to be […]

Instant Pot Chicken, Apples, & Cabbage

Instant Pot Chicken, Apples, & Cabbage is an easy one pot meal that is packed with flavor and is  both nutritious and delicious!     How do you feel about cabbage? It can be a tricky vegetable admittedly.  But, cabbage is an inexpensive vegetable that has many nutritional benefits. Full of fiber, vitamin C, vitamin […]

Healthy Instant Pot Chicken Parmigiana

Yum Full disclosure…I did not grow up eating Chicken Parmigiana. It wasn’t something my family made and I never ordered it out in a restaurant (besides the occasional chicken parm hero from the local pizzeria) because I don’t really like to eat red sauce out. My husband and his family love Chicken Parmigiana, so I […]

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Slow Cooker Chick Pea and Chicken Curry

Yum We are big fans of Indian food and flavors in my house!  I set out to create my own versions at home to make it “better than takeout” in my slow cooker -healthier and cheaper. Without sacrificing flavor.  I got my daughter involved in creating this recipe  Slow Cooker Chick Pea and Chicken Curry […]

Slow Cooker Pork and Lentil Curry

My experimentation with reinventing take out at home- healthy and EASY- continues! I am especially obsessed with Indian food these days. Yesterday’s dreary cold weather here in Brooklyn was calling for me to break the slow cooker back out. I had boneless pork chops and wanted to do something different with them. Thursday is  a […]

Slow Cooker Vegetarian Quinoa Chili

I’m always happy when I can use my slow cooker! Who doesn’t love having dinner cook itself?? Between working two businesses, school and after school activities, and LIFE I feel like we are always running. Can anyone else relate?? One thing I do try really hard to do is cook healthy meals for my family […]

Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas

Yum This recipe for my Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas was inspired by my family’s  love of Mexican food. Some of our favorite vacations have been to Mexico. We love the people, the culture,  the beauty, and the FOOD.  If you’ve been following The Brooklyn Mom for a while, you know I love to create our […]

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