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

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.

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

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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!

Do you ever find yourself in a rut and realize that you keep making the same kinds of meals for dinner?  If you join me each week for my Tuesday I will try hard to give you new ideas of great meals to try.  I really work hard at using a variety of protein sources and pairing them with different fats and healthy carbs.  With that being said it’s been a while since I have done a lower fat healthy carb meal…so this is the week!

For my Trim Healthy Mama (THM) Friends this means that this is an energizing E meal. For some reason, I find that THM E dinners are a little bit more difficult to throw together. I easily eat Oatmeal and apples and other E breakfasts and snacks but dinners seem a little harder to come by.  Anyway, with that being said this is a WONDERFUL E meal and it is something different than oatmeal and apples!

Stuffed Pepper Explosion Casserole

I found this recipe over at who needs a cape so click on over and anyone can make this.  It also does not require any special or weird ingredients so it’s a good easy one to try.  I, of course, always like to find the easiest way to make recipes so I did not follow the instructions. Go figure right…but I AM here to share these easy tricks with you.  I’m all about making good meals but it’s even better when I can make good food AND not spend hours in the kitchen.  This meal literally took me 5 minutes to throw in and it was completely done in one hour!

How to make it in 5 minutes

I know what you are thinking how did she cook rice and cut peppers and brown beef in 5 minutes.  Well, I didn’t I used my instant pot otherwise known as an electric pressure cooker.  Now just because I used this does not mean that you cannot make this recipe. Don’t stop reading because this is a great meal even if you have to do everything separate and it takes you a little longer.  If you are considering an instant pot this is the exact one that I have and I cannot tell you how much time it saves me in the kitchen.  It’s been such a blessing to have and I HIGHLY recommend getting one!

If you have an electric pressure cooker than all you need is the list of ingredients from the website. It’s so easy you just throw everything in.  Raw meat, uncooked rice, throw it in and let it go!  For the processor, I used the meat setting on medium so it cooked for 40 minutes.  I also doubled the recipe so there was a LOT of goodness in that pot when it was done.  I actually ended up having enough for three pans when it was done.  After the instant pot did it the job I evenly divided it out into my freezer pans and then let it cool.  When it was cooled I put the covers on and froze it.  When I’m ready to use the casserole I will thaw it and cook according to the directions.

Enjoy!

This Recipe has a lot of flavor and if you use the ground turkey it stays as a great healthy carb meal that is low in fat.  Some of my family ate it on low carb tortilla shells also.  Those of us not trying to lose weight could also load it up with sour cream and guacamole!  If you are looking for more great Trim Healthy Mama (THM) freezer meals you can find many more of them on my menu bar above. Thanks for joining me today and let me know if I can help you conquer dinner time in any way!

Summer is so much fun.  The days just fly by and after a day by the pool or beach, the last thing I want to worry about is what’s for dinner.  When I spend the day away from home it’s hard to come home and make dinner but it’s much easier to grab a $5 pizza as we leave the pool.  We all know this isn’t good for any of us and although I do treat my family to pizza every once in a while if I don’t plan I do it a LOT more often.

Planning isn’t always fun and sometimes it’s just hard but I swear that it is a key to successful healthy eating. If you do not know about my freezer meal theory I highly recommend you take a minute to read it.  You won’t regret it when you learn to spend one day a week in the kitchen and yet have great healthy meals each night!

This week I’m going to share a great instant pot recipe with you again.  I know some of you may not have an instant pot so you should probably grab one up from this link below right now.  Alas I know that isn’t an option for everyone so if you do not have one and would still like to enjoy this wonderful recipe there is a similar one listed on this website that doesn’t use the instant pot.

Creamy Broccoli Chicken Alfredo

Here is a great and SUPER easy recipe that your whole family and your guests for the evening will enjoy.  Pair it with a wonderful jar salad that you prepped earlier in the week and no one will know you have been gone all day at the pool.  Although that sunburn MIGHT give you away!

To make this recipe I started my cooking my chicken.  I do not always cook my chicken before loading it into my instant pot so you could probably do raw chicken and set your pot for a longer cooking time.  I actually over prepared myself (how is that possible) so I had my chicken cooked before I remembered what I was making.  Either way, I’m sure it will turn out creamy and delicious.

I like to cook my chicken in the crock pot.  I just throw it in without anything else and let it go for 4-5 hours.  When it’s done I drain the broth and let it cool a little before shredding it.

After the chicken is cooked and shredded just pile everything else on top and set the instant pot for 15 minutes.  Today I put all my goodies in there before I left and set the delay timer.  I got home to a wonderful meal at dinnertime.  It was a major blessing!

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If you love this recipe and want to make more freezer meals definitely check back here every Tuesday for my latest post but you can also see a whole list of old post on the menu above under freezer meals.  Another great side to go with this meal is one of my jar salads. I sometimes share these with my family at dinner time and one jar is enough for our family of 8 to each have a side portion.  Now, remember we have little kids so if you have older kids you may want more than one jar but either way it’s a great healthy side.  Would you like to know what types of jar salad options you have? Here is a whole list of wonderful ones to try!  Hope you have a great and healthy week!