The school year is in full swing, we are deep into football season, and I’ve stepped up my kid-friendly meal-prepping because I’m all about winning the inevitable 6 pm “I’m soooooo hungry” smack down! With a little advance planning, my recipe for BBQ Beef, Black Bean and Sweet Potato Taquitos makes a quick-fix dinner for…

Ground beef is the king of weeknight dinners. It’s affordable, versatile and can be purchased in different lean-to-fat ratios. 95 percent lean ground beef actually meets government guidelines for lean, which makes it very nutritious and perfect for recipes where you can’t drain off drippings. Needless to say, meat sauce is pretty much pasta’s soul…

September is here! And with it comes back-to-school season and hurried schedules. Store shelves are somehow already stocked with pumpkins and Halloween candy, and it’s easier than ever to get into the fall spirit. But us Texans know all too well that the warmer weather sticks around until mid-October. This is probably why we took…

Whoever decided that grilling ends with Labor Day either doesn’t live in Texas or finds some sort of strange pleasure in making meals more complicated than they need be. Us Texans are lucky and grill year ’round. In my book, grilling goes down as the easiest and most flavorful way to get dinner on the…

  The school year is upon us. First off, how is that even possible… wasn’t it just May? The first day of school brings a whole new set of stresses. We all know what weeknights are like when the kids are in school. The weekend flew by, you just had the busiest Monday of your…