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The PERFECT Hard-Boiled Egg–That’s Right PERFECT!!

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The perfect hard-boiled egg? Is that even possible?  I feel like I try one tip and it works great once and then I try it again and it fails miserably.

This is the story of my egg boiling life.  I know it seems like a small deal but I do a lot of hard-boiled eggs and I want them to be perfect EVERY TIME!  What I want is the eggs to peel easily, I want them to be perfectly yellow with no green edges, I want them cooked all the way through, I want, I want, I want.

I know you want it too even if you aren’t willing to stress over it like me.  Well, today I want to share with you the perfect hard-boiled egg.

How to get the Perfect Hard-boiled Egg!

Perfect Hard-boiled Egg

First up this does require a pressure cooker/instant pot.  If you do not have one of these WHY NOT!!  You NEED one I mean really need one.  I use mine all the time!  It is the best thing ever so if you want to start with a perfect hard-boiled egg as a reason to get one I think you DEFINITELY should! You can use this Amazon link below to order the same one I use almost daily.

Once you have your pressure cooker out and ready you need to add about 2-3 cups of water.  To that water you add however many eggs you want to, I usually add 12-18 eggs and it’s ok if you have to stack them.  Set the cover and I use the vegetable setting which has the machine run for 2 minutes.

When it’s done I release the pressure and take out the hot eggs and run them under cool water.  That’s it!  So easy and SOOOOOOO perfect.  The perfect hard-boiled eggs!  They peel easily, they are perfectly yellow with no green, they are cooked all the way.  PERFECTION!

They also make perfect deviled eggs which are a WONDERFUL Trim Healthy Mama (THM) S option to have ready in the fridge.

My Favorite Printable Deviled Egg Recipe

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My Favorite THM S Deviled Egg Recipe

Ingredients

  • 8 Hard Boiled Eggs
  • 1/2 Cup Hellmans Mayonaise
  • 1 t Mustard
  • 1 t Dill Weed
  • Paprika

Instructions

  1. Peel your hard-boiled eggs and cut them in half.

  2. Place the yokes into a bowl and add all the other ingredients except the paprika.

  3. Mix thoroughly and then scoop back into the egg whites.

  4. Sprinkle with paprika.

  5. ENJOY!!  This is a GREAT THM S snack and if your family is like mine we ALL LOVE them!

 Trim Healthy Mama (THM) S Snack

Perfect hard-boiled eggs are such a great and wonderful thing to have ready in your fridge.  Do you ever find yourself in the pantry looking for a quick little snack?  When you are a trim healthy mama a quick little snack is VERY hard to find, especially in the pantry. I find when I have things ready to go, even if they aren’t in the pantry,  it makes staying on plan so much easier.

If you would like to know more about Trim Healthy Mama (THM) you can read my tips and tricks right on this blog!

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Spinach Artichoke Dip- Crockpot and Freezer friendly THM S

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Do you fail on the weekends?  You work so hard to eat well all week and then the weekend comes and you’re not prepared and you fail.  I don’t mean you because this also happens to me.

I have found that looking forward to the weekend and having a plan helps me so much.  If I’m going to a potluck or a dinner that I can bring a dish I make sure to bring at least one and usually two options that  I can eat.  Having great healthy options that not only you will love but everyone at the party will is a great bonus.

Spinach Artichoke Dip- THM S

Spinach Artichoke Dip THM S

Enter the world of dips…dips…they are so good so fabulous and before you know it you are in so deep you can’t stop.  Many dips are not so bad by themselves but it’s what you are using to scoop them up that matters.

This spinach artichoke dip is a show stopper.  Everytime I show up with this people rave about it.  For me I can stick to my Trim Healthy Mama (THM) eating plan by just eating this with a spoon but it’s also nice to have the option of a scoop. I’ve listed some of my favorite THM scoops below.

Without further delay here is the recipe for this wonderful dip. I love to throw all of this into my crock pot and let the magic happen but if you don’t have the time for the crockpot you can definitely throw this together and put it in the oven also.

Another option is to cook it all and then put it through a chopper afterward if you don’t want to chop each thing individually.  This also can be messy!

Printable Recipe

 

Spinach Artichoke Dip THM S
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Spinach Artichoke Dip- THM S

Ingredients

  • 14 oz Artichoke hearts drained and chopped
  • 4 Cups Fresh spinach ripped or chopped into small pieces
  • 4 oz Cream Cheese
  • 1 Cup Real Mayonaise
  • 1 Cup Grated Parm You can also use the green can kind 🙂
  • 1 t Minced Garlic or 1 clove of garlic

Instructions

  1. All you have to do is throw everything in the crockpot and let it go for as long as you can.

  2. If you are in a hurry you can put in a pan and bake at 350 for 30 minutes

  3. Serve with cut up joseph's pita or lavish bread, mission low carb tortilla shells, or Tostitos baked Tortilla chips 

I know what you are thinking…

Oh man spinach dip is so fabulous but Jill how do we eat this fabulous dip and stay in the Trim Healthy Mama (THM) eating plan.  Don’t worry you can enjoy this with Tostitos baked tortilla chips, Mission low carb tortilla shells, Joseph’s pitas or lavish bread.  You can also enjoy this by using pepper slices or celery to scoop it up.  So relax and enjoy this wonderful THM friendly S treat.

Freeze it

When I make this up I stuff my crockpot SUPER full and then we eat it and enjoy it.  When we have eaten our full I portion it out into containers and freeze it.  To use just thaw it and reheat even in the microwave.

 

Crock Pot Chicken Florentine- Easy- Fast- THM S

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Some nights just call for a crockpot meal. Whether it is so hot outside you don’t want to turn your stove on or you have work and field trips and sports all day.  It’s just nice to come home to warm meal ready to go.  This week I took my kids and father in law on a bike ride after school and coming home to a warm ready to go crock pot meal was the BEST!

Crock Pot Chicken Florentine

Chicken Florentine

This is a Trim Healthy Mama (THM) meal from their first cookbook.  If you have the cookbook you can find the recipe on page 46.  If you do not have the cookbook this recipe is also very close to the one in the cookbook and you can follow my crock pot directions for it also.

For this Chicken Florentine recipe, I used gallon freezer bags.  I started by putting the chicken in the bags and then the spinach.  After that, I mixed everything else together and put it in the bag too and froze it.

When I’m ready to make it I will thaw it out and throw it in my crockpot for 5-7 hours.

You’re done

There you go make four bags of this and you can be DONE cooking for the whole week.  I do this each week and my family eats warm healthy meals EACH evening and I am not ripping out my hair to make it happen.  Join us each week and transform dinner time!