These Southwest Stuffed Peppers are chock full of beef, rice, corn  and beans.  Sub ground turkey or chicken for an even leaner meal! This beautiful colorful dish is so easy to make and chalk full of veggies and lean meat! How to make Southwest Stuffed Peppers Cut the ends off of your rainbow of…
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Crispy Coconut Lime Chicken
I am partial to anything with coconut and lime. Drinks, smoothies, soap, chicken, lotion, tanning oil, shrimp…I’ve always been a coconut gal. These coconut lime chicken drumsticks are no exception! These delicious and healthy coconut lime chicken drumsticks are healthy, easy, and simple to make. I love the tropical flavor and they are delicious dipped…
Fajita Stuffed Chicken
I had theeeee craving for something spicy, easy, and quick and this fajita stuffed chicken was just the trick! I’m currently on the Whole30 diet, and I just had a craving for some big flavors.For the seasoning on this chicken, I used Trader Joes Chile & Lime seasoning  and it was just great (EDIT- I…
Smashed Brussels Sprouts
Smashed Brussels Sprouts! – Oh my veggie! Â These crispy morsels with a touch of asiago cheese are going to become your new fave veggie! Kicking off a brand new year with the promise of more veggies on our plate than last year! Â And this recipe is making it pretty easy to stick to that resolution….
12 Healthy & Flavorful Recipes to Keep Your New Years Resolution Game Strong
These healthy recipes will keep your New Years diet game STRONG! 2017 was a seriously good year; but in our world- with fun, usually along come the calories, too. 2018 is all about BALANCE for us girls at Laughing Spatula. This year, we’re going to try to balance FUN with calories, and instead of a…
Easy Italian Chicken Skillet Dinner
Italian Chicken Skillet – A super fast and fresh one pot meal that you can customize a hundred different ways! This one pan meal is what I cook, when I don’t feel like cooking! It’s been a whirlwind last 6 weeks. Â Turns out retirement is exhausting, fun and fattening! Â As my BFF says, fun weighs…
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Breasts
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Breasts!  Three ingredients…three!  This juicy chicken will quickly become your favorite go to meal, for weeknights and gatherings.  Fabulous meal prep as you can make one or twenty! The best three ingredient recipe I have every posted…well actually, it may be the only three ingredient recipe I have ever posted, but either way,…
Oven Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice Casserole
Oven Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice Casserole! Â Everything in the pot and in the oven! Â Even the uncooked rice! I think everyone has a version of this recipe in their list of faves. Â A lot of them have a can of cream of ka ka in them…but not this one! Â Just some chopped veggies, rice,…
Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup! Comforting chicken and rice soup chalk full of veggies and wild rice with the most amazing broth!  All this in 30 minutes! Hard to believe it’s almost Fall!   Soup and casseroles.  Soup, casseroles and pumpkin!  Soup, casseroles, pumpkin and….okay, you get it :).  Basically fall means food!…
Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta
Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta! Â A 20 minute no fail recipe! Tomatoes, garlic and shrimp round out this super healthy and fast dinner! I have been rummaging around the blog basement for some of your favorite recipes that need a facelift! Â This super easy to make shrimp dish has all the components you…
Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole!  Whip up this easy casserole on a lazy day! Using store-bought rotisserie chicken and canned enchilada sauce, this family favorite comes together in a flash! We all know I am a bit of a lazy cook.  And the older I get, the fewer dishes I wanna wash!But I also love, love,…
30 Minute Sheet Pan Marinara Sauce
30 Minute Sheet Pan Marinara Sauce! Imagine making your own fresh marinara sauce…now imagine it taking less than an hour and done on a sheet pan! It’s tomato season and I have an abundance of them! It pains me when I don’t use them up after spending months coaxing the plants to proliferate! I am…
10 Weeknight Chicken Breast Recipes!
 10 WEEKNIGHT CHICKEN BREAST RECIPES! To Simple, Fresh and Healthy Dinners! Clink! Kathi Pesto and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Breasts Split the chicken, slather on the pesto, sliced tomato and cheese.  Sear and eat!  Big flavors in less than 30 minutes! Baked Chicken Breasts with Lemon Rice Pilaf Who doesn’t love chicken and rice?  This quick…
Tex Mex Chicken Skillet
Tex Mex Chicken Skillet!  This easy chicken breast recipe packs a tons of flavor and comes together in 30 minutes! I am so excited to this share this recipe with you!  This Tex-Mex Chicken Skillet has all the fresh and easy components we love around here!  30 minutes, one skillet and you have…
Tropical Salmon Burgers
Tropical Salmon Burgers!  These easy to make healthy burgers have mango, jalapeño and red bell peppers running all through the burger than a bit more spooned on top! Make one bowl of fresh fruit salsa and incorporate some into the burger itself and serve the rest as topping. This comes together so fast and…