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Wonderful Pepperoni Pizza Chicken – THM S

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Who loves pizza… I do I do…who loves pizza… I do I do!! Pizza is one of those meals that will probably always be a cheat for me.  If I’m choosing to eat badly it’s going to involve pizza or brownies or both. This pepperoni chicken is (again) SO easy and really satisfies my need for pepperoni and red sauce!

Pepperoni Pizza Chicken

Pepperoni Pizza Chicken

When I was prepping my freezer meal for this week using my freezer meal theory I was so happy to make four pans of this in only 22 minutes.  22 Minutes and I am DONE cooking for the week and ready to enjoy some wonderful meals with my family!

Lay out your 9×13 pans and put your boneless chicken breasts evenly in there.  Next, you want to cover this chicken with pizza goodness.  Start with your sugar-free sauce I use the Aldi brand. After the sauce is spread around you can cover it with your favorite cheese.  I used mozzarella.  For me, pizza isn’t pizza without pepperoni but at this point in the recipe, you could top this chicken with ANYTHING that you love on your pizza.  For my family, I just did pepperoni and then sprinkled each one with Italian seasoning.

I like to call Italian seasoning my secret ingredient because when I started making home made pizza it was just so so…then came the secret… add that Italian seasoning to the top and suddenly my home made pizza was the best thing my family has eaten.  Now I use it on SO many things like omelets, manicotti, and so much more. It is love!

You can now freeze these for your weeks to come. When you are ready to use it just thaw it and bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes.  You can also broil it for a few minutes at the end to make the top crispy.

Printable Recipe

Pepperoni Pizza Chicken
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Pepperoni Pizza Chicken

Ingredients

  • 4-8 Boneless skinless chicken breasts I like to use the chicken tenderloins from Aldi's. When I use those I do 8-10 per pan
  • 1 15-20 oz Sugar-free Spaghetti Sauce I use the Aldi green lid
  • 1-1/12 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  • Pepperoni and whatever other pizza toppings your love!
  • Sprinkle with Italian Seasoning

Instructions

  1. Lay out your 9x13 pans and spray with butter.

  2. Place your chicken evenly into the pan.

  3. Cover the chicken with sauce and your favorite pizza toppings.  I usually just do pepperoni but you could do sausage, peppers, olives, onions, pineapple, ham, etc.

  4. After your Chicken looks like a wonderful pizza you will want to sprinkle it with Italian Seasoning.

  5. Freeze.  When you are ready to eat thaw and bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes.

Great Meals to Bless Other Families with

Having a freezer full of meals is such a blessing for our own families but another thing it is great for is blessing other families with.  On my menu bar, I have created a new subtopic called “Great Meals to Bless other families with”.  You can find it by hovering over the super mom title and then clicking down to Great Meals to Bless other families with. Under this menu, you will see meals that are great for kids, easy for moms to pair food with, easy on tummies and nursing mamas.  If you are hoping to bring a meal to a new mom or a family in need definitely check out these options!

Thanks as always for joining me here today.  I appreciate each one of you and hope this blog is a blessing to you as we all struggle to find our way as a super mom!

Creamy Bacon Cheddar Pea Jar Salad- THM S

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When you are hungry and looking for something to eat, where do you usually go? For me, it’s straight to my pantry.  I know I have said this before but I have had to train myself to GET OUT OF THAT PANTRY! There is nothing good for me in there.  Where could I find good healthy FRESH options?? The Fridge of course!  I’ve help train myself to do this by not buying anything (that I should eat) that has to be kept in the pantry.  I know that there isn’t anything in there for me.  It’s hard but it’s helped me so much.  I love raspberries and blueberries just as much as I love chips (amazingly) but I won’t find those in the pantry and sometimes I just simply forget where I should be looking.

Help yourself out by prepping for the week!

With that being said I again stress how important it is on the Trim Healthy Mama (THM) plan to be prepped.  If you aren’t it is SO easy to fall into bad habits.  One way I prep myself for the week is to make a different jar salad for lunch.  I honestly eat these almost every day for lunch.  Lunch is a time when I come home and feel rushed and starving and if there isn’t something ready I’m eating whatever I make for my kids.

Having these salads prepped and ready makes SUCH a difference.  I have come up with so many different kinds that I just cycle through them each week.  Each week I only make one kind for the whole week.  I prep them on Tuesdays and make enough for every day and sometimes an extra to use as a side for dinner. It’s a great way to get a huge serving of vegetables in and they are SO filling!

Creamy Bacon Cheddar Pea Jar Salad

Creamy Bacon Cheddar Pea

The best way I have found to come up with new Jar Salad Recipes is to take things I love and put them in a jar.  Chicken salad, why not make it a jar Salad? BLT, Why not make it a jar salad? Broccoli Slaw, why not make it jar salad? When I was at a potluck and a saw a yummy pea seven layer salad I thought…WHY NOT MAKE IT A JAR SALAD??  So, of course, I did!

Printable Recipe

Creamy Bacon and cheese Pea Jar Salad
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Creamy Bacon Cheddar Pea Jar Salad

Servings 4 Jars

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Mayo
  • 1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt
  • 1 t Garlic powder
  • 2 T Super Sweet
  • 2-4 T Mustard
  • 6-8 Slices Cooked and crumbled Bacon (or bacon bits)
  • 1-2 blocks Sharp Cheddar Cheese cut into chunks
  • 3-4 Hard boiled eggs
  • 3-4 Cups Frozen Peas

Instructions

  1. Mix the first five ingredients to make your dressing and portion into your jars. About 1/4-1/2 cup each.

  2. Make sure your bacon is cooked and crumbled and then add it evenly to your jars.  About two slices per jar or 1/4 cup of bits.

  3. Cut your cheese into chunks and portion it into the jars.

  4. Either chunk or slice or chop up your hard boiled eggs and throw them in!

  5. Add the frozen peas!  I don't fill these completely to the top because that is a LOT of peas for one sitting but it's still super yummy!

 Jar Salads

If you are new to this Jar Salad concept you should definitely read about my jar salad tips and tricks.  You can also find my top 10 jar salad round up if you are looking for some new great salads to try.  If that isn’t enough for you can find a few more under the jar salad menu at the top!

Other great things to check out on my blog are my Trim Healthy Mama (THM) Tips and tricks, my Freezer meal theory, my laundry theory and my clothing theory!

The Easiest Trim Healthy Mama E meal EVER! Ham and Beans!

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Many of you are following this blog even though you do not know anything about Trim Healthy Mama (THM) which is totally wonderful!  I appreciate your support so much and want you to know that even if you do not follow this eating plan the recipes I share on here are good and healthy for your family.  It doesn’t matter if you know anything about THM or not!  Please don’t let that stop you from coming back each week to see what new recipe I’m featuring.

With that being said for my THM ladies and gentleman you will want to make this recipe as soon as possible.  Everyone that does THM knows that it is NOT an easy “drive thru Sue” type of eating plan. This plan takes planning and work.  Sometimes that makes us fail because we just don’t take the time. We don’t have the time to give in many cases.  I’m all about finding ways to make this plan doable in a busy household. With that being said I bring you this SUPER EASY meal.

Easy Trim Healthy Mama Ham and Beans

Ham and Beans

If you have not read about my freezer meal theory you definitely should because if you use this for your meal this week you can EASILY be out of the kitchen in less than 30 minutes (with cleanup).  For those of you that do know my theory, you also know that that means you are done with your cooking for the whole WEEK in less than 30 minutes!  RUN, run, RUNNNN to the store and get these ingredients because you will love this THM E meal.

Something I struggle with on THM is E means. These are the super low fat and higher healthy carb meals.  They just aren’t as appealing and do not seem to be as readily available.  I mean let’s face it cheese sticks, beef sticks and nuts are so easy to throw down compared to oatmeal, quinoa, and sprouted bread.  I find I get my E meals in in the morning and for snacks but not usually for big meals like lunch or dinner.

This Ham and bean meal was so easy to throw together and my family loved it.  I served it with a side of veggies like broccoli or cauliflower and my favorite sprouted rolls.

Printable Recipe

Aldi's Lean Turkey Ham
Aldi’s Lean Turkey Ham

You don’t even really need a recipe for this it is THAT easy!

Easy Ham and Beans
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Easy Ham and Beans THM E

Ingredients

  • 48 Oz Great Northern Beans
  • 2 lbs Boneless Extra Lean Turkey Ham I get mine at Aldi's (Photo above)
  • I season with a little Greek Seasoning. You can use whatever you like even salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Are you ready... Grab your gallon Freezer bag and dump it all in.  That's it!  You're done!

  2. To prepare thaw and heat over the stove or in the crock pot.  You could also do it in the oven if that is easier for you 350 for 20-30 mins!

Getting in those E meals

THM E meals are so important to your success on the plan so definitely try this EASY recipe out!  You should also listen to the THM writers podcast (poddy) about E meals! They are great and so encouraging. Thanks for checking me out here today and keep telling me about what you love about these meals.  If you are looking for more freezer meals you can find them on my menu bar at the top. Also check out my THM tips and tricks, jar salads, freezer meal theory, laundry theory, and clothing theory.  Much more to come!  Have a great week!