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Turning everyday groceries into quality meals your family will enjoy! Included tips of how I would use each item! Elevate the every day produce

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With the holidays rolling around (or any busy overwhelming day) these items are here to help elevate everyday grocery items that are easily accessible and transform them from being boring to quality meals that your family will enjoy any day of the we...
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SWEETS

If you're craving something sweet breakfast or is a person that must have dessert, here are some little effort options! 

 
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These fluff up so great, remember to take them out of the freezer about an hour prior to baking or let rise overnight in the fridge. To take these rolls to RESTAURANT QUALITY, DRIZZLE HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM ON TOP WITH MELTED BUTTER AND CINNAMON BEFORE...
Rhodes Frozen Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, 12-Count, 36.6 oz Bag
 
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they're alright on their own but if you want to elevate, whisk up a quick french toast mixture of eggs, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon and dunk these waffles in the mixture before pan frying and theres a quick and easy breakfast idea!
Eggo Chocolatey Chip Waffles, Frozen Breakfast, 12.3 oz, 10 Count, Regular
 
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Oikos greek yogurt is hands down my favorite for an extra kick of protein! The flavored ones are amazing like berry and strawberry and are quick and easy to eat and tastes like trix when i was younger but my fave is to make these into smoothies! I lo...
OIKOS : Yogurt : Target
 
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If you dont feel like eating but are hungry, enjoy a protein coffee! Mix this in with any cold brew (i usually use starbucks medium roast unsweetened) And thats IT! Keeps me full even if i skip a meal and i barely have to think about this one
Premier Protein Nutritional Shake - Café Latte - 11 fl oz/12pk
 
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Chili night paired with cornbread sounds perfect! It aint jiffy, try dollies cornbread for an elevated dinner or a dessert bread
Duncan Hines Dolly Parton's Sweet Cornbread & Muffin Mix, 16 oz
 
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Elevate your french toast game by adding a not so secret ingredient, bananas. Mash up a banana into your vanilla, milk, egg, and cinnamon wash and you'll get the perfect undertone of sweetness while adding just a little soemething extra
Naked Bread Sliced Organic Bare White Sandwich Loaf, 22.5 oz

PROTEIN

Versatile but easy to forget that cooking doesn't have to be hard or time consuming all the time and the easiest meals make everyone happier. Here are some recommendations for what i would do with the average packaged meat

 
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MAKE A CREAMY SOUP! : 1 lb Italian sausage (turkey or chicken sausage as a pork alternative) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 small onion, diced 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 medium carrots, sliced 2 celery stalks, chopped 4 cups chicken broth 1 cup Ditalini pas...
Jimmy Dean Regular Pork Sausage Roll - 16oz
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Take any sausage, (my personal favorite is Reindeer here in alaska) but this will do and dice up some bell peppers, onions, garlic, and potatoes and fry them up! season to taste and theres a quick one pan meal!
Johnsonville Smoked Beef Rope Sausage 12oz package
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If you grab a quick rotisserie chicken or buy it already shredded, heres a healthy meal idea where the oven does all the work, A Chicken bacon ranch orzo meal! Put one box of orzo into a casserole dish, and put a box of chicken broth in, mix a jar of...
Freshness Guaranteed Traditional Shredded Rotisserie Chicken Breasts, 16 oz, 18g of Protein, No Artificial Ingredients, Gluten Free (Refrigerated)
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Ground beef! You could do a taco potato casserole, brown up 1 lb of ground beef, and a diced onion with some garlic. Add one can of diced tomatoes with green chiles, ½ cup of sour cream, taco seasoning of choice, cheddar cheese soup, shredded hash br...
Marketside Organic Grass-Fed Ground Beef, 93% Lean/7% Fat, 1 lb
 
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Philly cheesteaks with some fries or you can even add this to a soup like pho!
Gary's QuickSteak 100% Thin Sirloin Frozen Beef Packaged Meal, 10.8 oz
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Whether you're looking for fish and chips or a fish filet from macdonalds, this is it! just fry them up on medium low heat and wait for them to stop crackling!
Trident Seafoods Beer Battered Wild Alaskan Cod
 
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Buffalo wild wings at home! Just cut up some celery sticks and carrots, and you got yourself a diner or appetizer anyone would enjoy! My recommended way is to air fry these!
Foster Farms Takeout Crispy Classic Buffalo Wings - Frozen - 16oz
 
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Wild caught salmon is always the best and a quicker way to eat this is it pan fry them rather than the usual baking! I season them up with montreal steak seasoning and throw them on a pan with olive oil and butter, about 4 mins on one side, then flip...
Marketside Coho Salmon Skin on Fillet, Raised Without Antibiotics, Frozen, 1 lb. Bag
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EXTRA

Just extra stuff that you might want to try or have as a staple in your pantry in case you're looking for the best of each category! 

 
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For gravy mix, PIONEER brand is hands down the best, you dont have to add anything to it to get the perfect taste, pair this up with some sausages and biscuits and you got yourself, biscuits and gravy!
Pioneer Peppered Gravy Mix, 2.75 oz
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Chocolate with extra chocolate, Worth a shot to try another boxed baking item but this one has more depth to it with the included fudge!
Duncan Hines Dolly Parton's Fabulously Double Fudge Brownie Mix, 17.6 oz
 
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Hands down the best frozen pizza, pricey but on sale often, if you're a pepperoni lover, You have to try this stuffed crust pizza, i dont even like stuffed crust bonus that they arent shy with the sauce AND the pepperoni!
Stuffed Crust Pepperoni