Weekly Recipe: Vol. 1

Hi friends and happy Tuesday! I’m excited to kick off something new on here this week, and that is an easy recipe that you and your family can enjoy. I truly am hoping to make this a weekly occurrence, and will try my very best to make that happen haha. If you follow along on my Instagram stories, you know that I’m on a mission to simplify life. Life can be so busy that it’s so easy to get caught up in the to-dos and overlook what really matters in life. Working from home and homeschooling Madeline, I feel like we never stop. That’s why if there’s something I can do to help my week go more smoothly and simply, allowing us to have more free time to just focus on the joys of life, I’m here for it. So far I’ve worked on making pancakes for the entire week come Monday morning (eat a few and freeze the rest to re-heat throughout the week), doing a load of laundry a day so that I’m not left with a heaping load to dream come end of the week and cutting out any unnecessary time I spend (usually due to avoidance behavior). Another one I want to incorporate is mea planning. I’ve found (and heard from y’alls feedback) that if you have a handful of easy. go-to meals to rotate, it helps so much.

Keeping that in mind, this is why I want to start sharing a recipe a week to help us all out. Y’all have sent over some awesome ones for me to try and share with everyone (if you have one you’d like to share with me, please DM it to me on IG). But today I’m sharing an absolute go-to of ours that we make weekly or biweekly: Crockpot Sweet & Sour Meatballs! Y’all they’re phenomenal, and my picky eater Madeline absolutely LOVES them! Just throw all the ingredients into a crockpot (see photo below…even better if you mix it all together the night before and allow it to marinate overnight), allow it to cook on low for eight hours or on high for four hours before serving, and they’re good to go. I love something that I can mix together and leave cooking throughout the day. I like to serve them over brown rice with a side of broccoli. This one is in our rotation ! It’s a beloved recipe my mom shared with me years ago, which she found in a cookbook by Karen Calloway (which is no longer in print).