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It’s Pumpkin Season! Here is a great THM E Pumpkin Chili for the Whole Family!

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It’s finally getting cold here in Michigan after hitting and breaking many warm weather records.  As much as I love summer there is just nothing better than fall.  I love wearing sweatshirts and having campfires.  Of course, I also love pumpkin flavored things…well some things anyway.  I think some of the pumpkin craziness has gotten out of control but this Trim Healthy Mama (THM) E pumpkin chili with definitely have your jumping with pumpkin delight!

Pumpkin Chili THM E

Brown the ground turkey with onion and garlic and drain and then put it all in the crockpot.  You can also do this all in the instant pot without browning the ground beef if you want to.  Super easy and so tasty!  Definitely, a fall weather win!

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Pumpkin Chili THM E
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Pumpkin Chili THM E

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Ground Turkey
  • 2 t Minced Garlic
  • 2 t Onion Powder
  • 2 Cans Great Northern Beans
  • 1 Can Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes
  • 1 Jar Pumpkin Salsa (or regular salsa just make sure no added sugar) I got my pumpkin salsa at Aldi's
  • 1 Can Pure Pumpkin
  • 1 Can Rotel with Green Chilis
  • 1 T Chili Powder
  • 1 T Cumin
  • 1 t Sea Salt
  • 1/2 t Cocoa powder
  • 1 t Cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Brown ground beef with garlic and onion powder.

  2. Add Everything to your crockpot and set it for 4-6 hours.

  3. Another option is to put everything in your instant pot raw meat and all.

  4. Let it go on the soup setting medium for 30 minutes.

New Success

I have to admit I spent most of the summer at a Trim Healthy Mama (THM) stall and I was starting to get frustrated.  It’s so hard when you have the strength to say no to all the ice cream and treats and then do not see results!  I did a fuel cycle like I shared about a few weeks ago and that definitely helped a lot and I saw some major loss.  Another thing I have been doing the past two weeks since the fuel cycle is more E meals.  E meals are the higher carb lower fat meals.  I’ve been trying to eat them for Breakfast and lunch at least and I again am having GREAT results.  It’s so exciting!

This Week

It’s a great week to stock up your freezer.  This chili is fast and easy and your family will love it.  If you haven’t heard about my freezer meal theory this is a great meal to start with!  Stock up your freezer today and soon you will be spending only one day a week in the kitchen! You can find other great freezer meals, jar salads, and meals to bless other families with right here on my blog.  Thanks for joining me today!

Mama Mia Meatloaf for the freezer- THM S

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Oh, man is it dinner time again?  Do you feel this stress every single day?  I used to dread the day just because I didn’t know what I would be putting on the table for dinner.  Stop stressing and spend one night a week prepping for the whole week.  You can do it by following my freezer meal theory. This week I want to share with you another great recipe that you can add to your freezer meal list.  This is a great healthy meal not only for your family but to bless other families with also!

Mama Mia Meatloaf

Mama Mia Meatloaf

I know everyone in the Trim Healthy Mama (THM) world is probably sick of hearing about this new cookbook. Really if you are following the plan and have not purchased it yet, you need to save up and get it.  There are so many WONDERFUL new recipes to try.  Trim Healthy Table will not disappoint you.

No Cookbook use a Pinterest Recipe

With that being said this recipe is from the new cookbook but just because you do not have the cookbook does not mean you cannot benefit from this post.  There are many on plan meatloaf recipes on Pinterest that are also very good and will work great for your freezer cooking this week!

Here are few Pinterest recipes you can use if you do not have the Trim Healthy Table cookbook.  Bacon meatloaf from joy-filled eats, low carb meatloaf, and mommy’s meatloaf from Brianna Thomas. All of these will work exactly the same.

Recipe on page 214

If you have the Trim Healthy Table Cookbook then you can flip to page 214 and get to work.  I just followed the recipe exactly and my only advice is that you cut your onions small.  I didn’t use my chopper and they were a little too chunky for me.  Guess I have some texture issues.

Another thing I did because I was making FOUR pans of this is I did not use the food processor for the meat part.  Instead, I put it all in a big bowl, took off my rings, and dug in with my hands to combine everything. I did use the food processor for the tomato sauce portion because four times the sauce did fit in my food processor.

Other than that just follow the recipe until the putting it in the oven part.  At this point, you want to freeze your raw meat until you are ready to use it.  When I cook it up I allow it to thaw and then I try to drain out any liquid from the pan.  After that just throw it in the oven.  I did find ours produced a lot of greases so I did drain some more of that off when it was done with the cooking.

I served this meal with some of the blender bread from the Trim Healthy Table Cookbook and broccoli with cheese on top.  It was a wonderful and filling meal!

Enjoy it again

We don’t usually have leftovers from our dinner but when we had this meatloaf we did!  I used the leftover meat to make up some more of the Big Mac Jar salads!  I skipped all the seasoning part of the salad recipe and just used this meat in its place. Even better when you can use ALL of the meal.  Make it up into salads or eat it warmed up for lunch.  Either way, it’s a great meal for you and your family!

The “Diet” Book that will Change Your Eating Journey

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Can we get real with each other here??

Life is an adventure, and I don’t think I have ever met a woman that wasn’t struggling with food along this adventure. Some women, like me, struggle with keeping weight off. Other women (who I always considered blessed) struggle with keeping weight on. I always wished I could be one of those ladies, but the reality is that both women have major struggles, and neither situation is ideal.

In the long run, we have turned food into a God in our lives, and most people do not notice this. I’ve begun to realize how much my relationship with food is affecting my life. I’m not saying I have overcome this because, let me tell you, it is a daily struggle. Actually, who am I kidding? It’s not a daily struggle; it’s an hourly struggle!

The Food Dilemma and a new eating journey

The problem with food is, in our culture, food is obviously something we need! Something we simply cannot live without. In our culture, food just keeps getting better and better, and we are easily drawn AWAY from the foods that our body needs and drawn TO foods that are loaded with sugar and carbs and other awful things. When I started my Trim Healthy Mama (THM) journey I thought it was going to solve all my problems. Eating healthily is definitely helping my weight issues, but, unfortunately, it is not helping my food issues.

I’ve discovered that I needed to make my food journey about more than just food and eating healthy. The THM eating plan provides many ways that you can still make treats. But even though these are healthy treats that are good for your body, there is still the issue of overindulgence. Becoming obsessed with food can be a real issue. For us moms, this is hard to overcome because kids need to eat, and they seem to be hungry constantly! That means we are always around food. For me, being around food means always eating food too!

A Great Book

I absolutely believe that the Trim Healthy Mama (THM) eating plan is a way of life, and I know it will be a part of my life forever. Although I just felt like I needed more. I needed something to conquer my cravings. Something to guide me through my days and adjust my relationship with food.

I found it in Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst. This amazing book has taught me so much about the relationship I have with food. I’m not saying my journey is perfect, and those of you that know me personally know that I am no picture of perfect health and weight, but I can tell you I am a work in progress. And I AM progressing!

If you are looking for a book to go along with your food journey, one that makes it more of a spiritual journey, then you need to read Made to Crave by Lysa Terkhorst. I think this book will help in so many ways.  For me, it’s something I have to return to often.  I re-read this book and devotional many times.  We get distracted and drawn away by many things each day but I need to be reminded of who is my God.  I highly recommend this great book as an addition to any eating journey.