April 4, 2025

📷 Butter Be Ready

Seafood Boil

Recipe By: Butter Be Ready

Rating: 5 stars from 110 reviews

Spring arrived and all of a sudden everyone was already talking about summer recipes. I resisted until…

When your daughter comes home with stone crab claws you make a meal out of them. First time doing this myself and it was YUUUUMMY. The Cajun butter was my favorite part - I put it on everything. I did skip the hard boiled eggs though. That just seemed odd to me and was one more step I didn’t want to make.

📷 Simply Happy Foodie

Chicken Carnitas Bowls

Chicken recipe By: Simply Happy Foodie

Rating: 4.97 from 27 votes

This is my at-home version of a Chipotle bowl: chicken, rice, beans, sauteed veggies, and any toppings you like: cheese, cilantro, salsa, guacamole! Even better, the whole family loves it and asks why we don’t have it more often.

This is an Instant Pot recipe. To bake it instead, use all the same ingredients and bake until done at 375 for 25-35 min. For the beans, I toss them, juice and all, in a pan and warm up with taco spices like cumin and garlic powder. For the veggies, warm up some avocado oil and saute until cooked but still crisp. YUM.

📷 The Bettered Blondie

Italian White Bean Soup

Recipe By: The Bettered Blondie

Rating: 5 stars from 49 votes

Actual quote from my 17yo: “I think this is my favorite soup you make.” I guess it’s a keeper!!!

I prefer to get pastured ground meat when possible and add my own “Italian sausage” seasoning minus the fennel since my fam doesn’t love the flavor. Tip: I also prefer beans from pouches to avoid the BPA in cans. My fav store, Sprouts, has pouches from the Green Valley brand.

📷 Paleo Running Momma

Sloppy Joes

Recipe By: Paleo Running Momma

Rating: 4.54 from 139 votes

My good friend and fellow NTP, Amy, shared this recipe with me, and it’s absolutely delicious! I served mine on top of a baked sweet potato, which the same 17yo refused to eat. 🙄 The rest of us LOVED it, though. If you go with a bun, I recommend Canyon Bakehouse gluten free and, even better, eat only half the bun to keep it more protein-focused. P.S. don’t fear the “paleo” label… that just means REAL ingredients.

📷 The Recipe Critic

Cashew Chicken

Recipe On: The Recipe Critic

Rating: 4.88 stars from 56 reviews

Serve with rice and steamed broccoli

Tip: This recipe calls for hoisin sauce, but beware that most store-bought versions are full of gross ingredients. Look for one without caramel color, other dyes, or other ingredients that aren’t, you know, food. Or make this easy version, for which you may have all the ingredients already on hand!

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