Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup
Hi friends! Happy 2017! This is my first post as "Alex, the real housemom" and the first post of 2017 on the blog! I couldn't be more excited for all of the new material that I have coming to you, plus all that awesomeness you've been enjoying for the past couple...
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Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato & Chicken Stew
This Sweet Potato & Chicken stew puts a healthy and delicious twist on the traditional chili for Fall/Winter nights! Make and share at your next football gathering for a quick meal for everyone to enjoy. Hey there! The cold weather is upon us, even here in...
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Chicken Sausage with Vegetables…Maybe the easiest dinner you’ll ever make!
The easiest dinner you will ever make, using ingredients you always have! Vegetables sauteed in chicken sausage juices, covering a bed of your favorite rice. Hey friends! I know I've been in and out lately, but tis life. Current news: Penelope is officially three...
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Breakfast Platter Pizza #SundaySupper
Everything thing I love to see at the breakfast table, on a pizza! Combining two loves, breakfast & pizza, to create the newest "Breakfast of Champions!" Happy Sunday! This is the first time I'm posting on a Sunday, but it's for a great reason! -- My...
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Make The Perfect Acai Bowl (at home)
You guys!!!! I finally did it, I'm addicted, and ACAI BOWLS have been on the repeat over here at home! I finally figured out the perfect combination to the perfect acai bowl base. I've been playing with this for years...yes, years. Ever since I first saw the Sambazon...
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I’m tired & it’s not coffee I need.
Hey friends! We are getting off a 4 day weekend today and its so nice to be back at it. "Back at it" in more ways than one! Back to school, back to work, back to self improvement! These past few weeks I have been incredibly tired! The kind of tired that comes with...
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Make-Your-Own Banana Bread LaraBars
I am a huge LaraBar fan and have a stash of them at home, in my purse, and in my car. I absolutely love the ingredient list and think they're great snacks for me and the kids. They're also great for a healthy, sweet, treat after dinner, especially the ones with...
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The Only Pizza Dough Recipe You Need
This homemade pizza dough recipe gives pizza a little nutritional boost by using whole wheat flour. Plus using Quick-Rising yeast puts pizza on your table in under an hour! Pizza is a people pleaser. If you want to please every single person who enters your house to...
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Sweet Potato & Black Bean Tacos
When Meatless Monday meets Taco Tuesday for a date before Hump Day! Roasted sweet potatoes and seasoned black beans go together like PB&J and the most "oh-so-basic" of all meatless dinners. Wholesome ingredients create this simple, quick dinner for any night of...
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Vegan BBQ “chicken” sandwich
Total Meat Fake out using Hearts of Palm to create yummy vegan BBQ Sandwiches Meatless Mondays are still going strong over here and the meatless part usually goes beyond Mondays...Hello Tuesday! If I had to make a guess, I'd say I don't consume any meat usually 2-3...
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Hey there! I’m Alex, author at Alex the Real Housemom! I am a wife to my high school sweetheart and a mom of three wonderful littles! I hope you find this site to be a great source of family fun, quick and easy recipes, and parenting humor! Alex the Real Housemom means being fit in all aspects of life: mentally, physically, and spiritually. Not only do I support and promote healthy eating and physical activity, I encourage exercising the brain and soul…sometimes in the form of yummy eats!
Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup
Hi friends! Happy 2017! This is my first post as "Alex, the real housemom" and the first post of 2017 on the blog! I couldn't be more excited for all of the new material that I have coming to you, plus all that awesomeness you've been enjoying for the past couple...
read more
Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato & Chicken Stew
This Sweet Potato & Chicken stew puts a healthy and delicious twist on the traditional chili for Fall/Winter nights! Make and share at your next football gathering for a quick meal for everyone to enjoy. Hey there! The cold weather is upon us, even here in...
read more
Chicken Sausage with Vegetables…Maybe the easiest dinner you’ll ever make!
The easiest dinner you will ever make, using ingredients you always have! Vegetables sauteed in chicken sausage juices, covering a bed of your favorite rice. Hey friends! I know I've been in and out lately, but tis life. Current news: Penelope is officially three...
read more
Breakfast Platter Pizza #SundaySupper
Everything thing I love to see at the breakfast table, on a pizza! Combining two loves, breakfast & pizza, to create the newest "Breakfast of Champions!" Happy Sunday! This is the first time I'm posting on a Sunday, but it's for a great reason! -- My...
read more
Make The Perfect Acai Bowl (at home)
You guys!!!! I finally did it, I'm addicted, and ACAI BOWLS have been on the repeat over here at home! I finally figured out the perfect combination to the perfect acai bowl base. I've been playing with this for years...yes, years. Ever since I first saw the Sambazon...
read more
I’m tired & it’s not coffee I need.
Hey friends! We are getting off a 4 day weekend today and its so nice to be back at it. "Back at it" in more ways than one! Back to school, back to work, back to self improvement! These past few weeks I have been incredibly tired! The kind of tired that comes with...
read more
Make-Your-Own Banana Bread LaraBars
I am a huge LaraBar fan and have a stash of them at home, in my purse, and in my car. I absolutely love the ingredient list and think they're great snacks for me and the kids. They're also great for a healthy, sweet, treat after dinner, especially the ones with...
read more
The Only Pizza Dough Recipe You Need
This homemade pizza dough recipe gives pizza a little nutritional boost by using whole wheat flour. Plus using Quick-Rising yeast puts pizza on your table in under an hour! Pizza is a people pleaser. If you want to please every single person who enters your house to...
read more
Sweet Potato & Black Bean Tacos
When Meatless Monday meets Taco Tuesday for a date before Hump Day! Roasted sweet potatoes and seasoned black beans go together like PB&J and the most "oh-so-basic" of all meatless dinners. Wholesome ingredients create this simple, quick dinner for any night of...
read more
Vegan BBQ “chicken” sandwich
Total Meat Fake out using Hearts of Palm to create yummy vegan BBQ Sandwiches Meatless Mondays are still going strong over here and the meatless part usually goes beyond Mondays...Hello Tuesday! If I had to make a guess, I'd say I don't consume any meat usually 2-3...
read more