~ Looking for simple, wholesome recipes your entire spouse and children will enjoy? These recipes are must-try out favorites – our most well known recipes of the year – as chosen by you, our visitors! ~

2016 was a significant year close to below, whole of improvements and new beginnings. And we have all of you – our fantastic, supportive, enthusiastic visitors and buddies to thank for the profitable, shockingly fun year it turned out to be!

You might remember that it all started off with a unfortunate farewell – as Gretchen (my bestie and one particular of THK’s unique, diabolical, founding masterminds) stepped absent from the blog to begin a new career aiding unique wants little ones in our regional colleges. (For the umpteenth time … I miss you so a great deal, G!)

What to do … what to do??? How would THK even be THK without her?!?

But, we regrouped and refocused. We came alongside one another as a spouse and children to make this work uniquely our possess – to continue to keep bringing you wholesome recipes that we enjoy, in the hope of inspiring all of you to try out cooking healthier recipes at property, much too.

No question, it was a little bit of a whirlwind, with a definite finding out curve (so several of Gretchen’s talents and strengths that we had to learn to recreate without her) – but somehow, small by small, we did it!

Looking back again on 2016 now, most of all I want to say THANK YOU! Thank you for cheering us on, for encouraging us to continue to keep likely, and for permitting us know what kinds of recipes you’d like to see and which of our recipes you have liked most of all.

As we do every single year, we’ve collected up the checklist of our most well known (most considered) new recipes, to share one particular extra time in circumstance you missed one particular alongside the way. Looking for excellent, wholesome recipes to kick off 2017? You’re positive to obtain a small spark of inspiration below!

And speaking of small sparks … thank you again. Definitely. Thank you for remaining our small spark of inspiration and encouragement, for pushing us alongside even when we weren’t positive how this year would all get the job done out. We just can't hold out for an additional year with you!

Happy, Happy New Year, buddies!

1) Easy Chicken Parmesan Wraps

This entertaining, super-simple twist on rooster parmesan was an quick hit, and promptly turned a runway favorite with our visitors, and on Yummly and Pinterest. All the satisfying flavors of a basic rooster parmesan casserole, but completely ready in just fifteen minutes! You can even make them entirely in advance – and they are freezable, much too! Perfect for seize-and-go eating on the operate!

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two) 5-Minute Pepperoni Pizza Quesadilla

I started off generating these for Ty as an just after-university snack, and the recipe quickly turned a beloved we just had to share with other occupied households! We’ve definitely noticed that pizza-inspired recipes are almost generally a guaranteed hit with our visitors, and this unique quesadilla was no exception. It takes just minutes to throw alongside one another, and characteristics loads of whole grains and protein – absolutely perfect as a rapid meal or a hearty, nourishing, continue to keep-you-powered-up snack! 

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3) Mini Crustless Quiche Cups with Sausage and Cheese

These are marvelous as a freezable, make-in advance breakfast for occupied mornings, or as a entertaining, personalized-sized breakfast dish for holiday getaway brunch buffets. These cute small quiche cups acquire just a several minutes to prep, and (for the reason that of their mini size) they bake added-promptly! And with no crust, they are also gluten-absolutely free. Genuinely functional, and seriously yummy!

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five) Granola Crunch Apple-Peanut Butter Sandwich Wraps

Also recognised (in our property at least) as Apple-Dapple Crunch Wrap Supremes, this recipe places a new-tasting spin on your similar-old, similar-old peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Filled with a satisfying mix of sweet, crunchy, chewy and creamy components, these wraps promptly turned Amy’s go-to university lunch ask for. Easy to make in advance, and so great for on-the-go meals!

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six) One-Pot Mexican Rice Skillet Supper

A delightful way to improve-up taco night, this skillet meal is a cinch to throw alongside one another – in just 30 minutes (of typically fingers-off cooking time). And for those people added-occupied evenings, we’ve received make-in advance tactics, much too! A different of our spouse and children favorites we couldn’t hold out to share with you this year!

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seven) Easy Kale and Quinoa Tabouli Salad

A gluten-absolutely free, super-wholesome twist on tabouli that nevertheless preferences just like … well, like tabouli! So vibrantly new and delightful! We debuted this recipe last spring at a farm sector where we’d been invited to do some cooking demos. Our entire spouse and children had a excellent time that day, specifically observing small kiddos’ faces mild up with surprise and delight as they tried out wholesome recipes they weren’t truly positive they would like. Our best compliment of the day? When a tiny small farm sector shopper named Marcus cracked a substantial grin and dubbed this tabouli “Exploding great!” Could it potentially get any far better than that?!? In addition, this recipe makes a significant, significant batch that retains well for several times – exploding great as a make-in advance recipe, much too!

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eight) Chicken-Apple Sausage Breakfast Burritos (Freezable Make-Ahead!)

The great seize-and-go breakfast to gas you up on busy mornings! These freezable Breakfast Burritos are filled with sweet rooster-apple sausage and butternut squash, savory cheese and pink peppers, and fluffy scrambled egg. (I’m desperately craving these all over again, just typing this!)

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9) 2-Component Frozen Canine Treat Recipe (That Takes advantage of Up Leftover Chicken!)

So this was type of a surprise – discovering that two of our Major 10 recipes this year have been for pet treats – recipes that we’d mainly designed just as a way to use up leftover rooster that I had on hand from concocting so several rotisserie rooster recipes. Huh. Go determine! Depart it to a cute, fuzzy small pup to transform a easy, two-ingredient recipe into a Major 10 hit! Thanks, Finny! And truly – no make a difference how several instances we make these, Finn never stops remaining energized about them. Doggy tested, doggy accepted … again and again and again!

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10) 4-Component Chicken and Biscuits Do-it-yourself Canine Treats

Ditto anything I stated over! But I really do pinky-swear promise not to transform THK into a doggy blog … no make a difference how a great deal every person enjoys our doggy handle recipes! It truly is pretty cool, however, that every single single member of our spouse and children – even small Finny – received to put their mark on our spouse and children blog this year! To be honest however, I really don't think Finn cares a great deal about all of that. He’s almost certainly way more nervous that his supply of these treats is frighteningly minimal at the moment – only two left! (So if you whip up some for your pup these days … come to feel absolutely free to ship some our way!)

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Just about every year, Gretchen and I every single generally utilised to pick one particular personalized “sleeper” beloved – a recipe we dearly liked that somehow didn’t make it into the Major 10. She and I utilised to joke that it was pretty a great deal an not possible task – like deciding upon a beloved child.

This year, I asked both equally of my beloved kiddos (and Scott, much too!) to help continue to keep the custom likely. Each and every member of our spouse and children (except Finny – due to the fact #1 he has a difficult time with significant decisions and #two his beloved recipes are both equally previously in the Major 10) to select just one particular fave to highlight.

I imagined it was truly exciting what every single of us chose … four extra recipes you should really undoubtedly try out in 2017 for the reason that (at least close to our property) they are way, way much too great to miss!

Scott’s Decide: Hungry Hippos (Enjoyment Sandwich Recipe for Little ones)

Why Scott picked these: “Because – if I try to remember correctly – I was innocently eating a Flatout PB&J when I observed that I was eating a hippo head. In that quick moment of discovery, the lightbulb truly turned on – and I understood I finally had a thing to offer you to THK. Also, I enjoy PB&J. And Hippos.”

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Shelley’s Decide: Indian-Spiced Turkey Chili

Why I picked this: “I enjoy anything about this recipe … the back again story of how it evolved, and the collaborative work as Scott and I scoured regional outlets for reliable Indian components (and then tested and tested until we came up with get the job done-arounds for those people of you who could possibly not be in a position to obtain those people components). But, as a mother, I also treasure this particular image and all that it represents. These are Ty’s sweet fingers wrapped close to the bowl. He’d arrived property from university just as I finished this image shoot, and standing in for this shot was one particular extra way that he assisted in shoot just after shoot all year prolonged. My small photography assistant! Oh … additionally the chili is critically delightful! Consider it!!”

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Ty’s Decide: Reuben-Topped Irish Nachos

Why Ty picked these: “I enjoy the Reuben Nachos for the reason that … who doesn’t enjoy nachos? And they’re healthy.  And they are reuben. Nachos + Reuben + Wholesome = Great.” Oh – and in circumstance you have been nervous (which I’m pretty positive you weren’t) – Ty gets his beloved recipe listed before Amy’s due to the fact he’s older … by about forty five seconds, but that nevertheless counts!)

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Amy’s Decide: Healthy Double Chocolate Muffins with Fresh new Strawberries

Why Amy picked these: “I just enjoy these muffins! They’re generally a go-to for treats and desserts, additionally they are super functional, with tons of ways to delight in them! I specifically enjoy them warmed up with vanilla ice cream! And, with Valentine’s Working day coming up, these are undoubtedly in period!” (BTW … if we would’ve mentioned the Major eleven recipes of 2016, instead of only the Major 10 … these would’ve just snuck in under the wire at #eleven. Amy is familiar with a winner when she see one particular!)

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Here’s to an additional enjoyable, deliciously wholesome year alongside one another, buddies! Happy 2017, from our wholesome kitchen, to yours!

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