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Spicy Chicken Lasagna Roll-Ups Recipe

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This Lasagna Roll-Ups recipe is filled with spicy chicken and pure deliciousness, make this tasty homemade lasagna recipe for a quick and easy dinner.

 This post is sponsored by Lunchbox. All opinions are my own
spicy chicken lasagna rollups 

Making a meal for our family was almost impossible last year due to Kay’s FPIES food allergy.  This year I can actually make RECIPES from websites.  What’s even better is because she can eat more foods I know how to substitute ingredients.  Tonight I made Spicy Chicken Lasagna Roll-Ups from the Kraft website.  While Kay can’t have chicken, she can have pork.  So I made it with pork instead, and it’s so good!

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Pizza Grilled Cheese

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FamilyFavorites #CollectiveBias

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While our family favorites include spaghetti with meatballs, lasagna, stuffed shells, and anything other traditional Italian meal you’d make with sauce, we have many other uses for sauce too!  One might think this idea is actually brilliant.  My daughter is super picky with food that she eats so I figured we’d switch up our ordinary grilled cheese sandwich and add some Heinz Classico Family Favorites Traditional Sauce.   The flavor the sauce gives to the grilled cheese is incredible!  It’s like a pizza, with just a few ingredients!

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Empanada Bowl Recipe

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empanada bowl

Have you ever tried empanadas?  I LOVE them, but making them.. not so much.  I love all the delicious fillings in an empanada too but always wish it was a little heartier.  I’m very picky about olives too.  I actually didn’t like olives until recently so the fact that I love black olives now is kind of insane.

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Steak with Peppers Quinoa and Rice

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Need a  quick and easy recipe that you could cook up in minutes for the entire family?  Full of flavor and with little effort you can have this meal done within 30 minutes, no lie!  Kay has been obsessed with quinoa and rice and I love making sure we get meals that are full of […]

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Homemade Italian Balsamic Vinaigrette with Heirloom Tomato Salad #SpiceUpYourLife

Posted by Courtney Lopez on

Homemade Italian Balsamic Vinaigrette! This is a great salad dressing and easy to whip up. I  was given a gift card to order spices as compensation for this post, however as always all thoughts and opinions are my own.

homemade italian balsamic vinaigrette

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