Christmas cookie baking day!!! Love spending quality time with friends and family❤️. Even better that I get to share all this love with the neighborhood.

I saw a comment somewhere on my social media the other day about hamburger helper. It reminded me of my early teens and going to my dad’s on the weekends. Boy, did we eat a good amount of hamburger helper style dinners. It may not be great for you, but it did taste great, and I loved that time with him. That comment, however, did inspire me to try and create my own style of hamburger helper, but homemade. Here’s the recipe I whipped up: - 1 package pasta (penne works well) - 1 tbsp olive oil - 1 medium onion chopped - 2 pounds ground beef - 1 tsp garlic powder - 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with juice - 1 (6 oz can) tomato paste - 1 tsp Dijon mustard - 1 tsp Italian seasoning - 3/4 cup heavy cream - Salt & pepper to taste - Freshly grated cheese—I used Parmesan and Gouda DIRECTIONS: * Cook noodles at any time. 1.) Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add in chopped onions and cook until translucent. 2.) In the same pan add in your ground beef and garlic powder. Brown your beef. 3.) Once browned, add in your diced tomatoes, tomato paste, Dijon mustard, and Italian seasoning. Stir and bring to a simmer. 4.) Once simmering, add in your heavy cream and season with salt and pepper to your liking. Stir in the cheese. 5.) Serve and enjoy!

😩 I know that it seems like every time we open our phones someone is telling us about a new app or website or person we need to follow, or movie we need to watch, etc… 😌 I think that this app, Skool, and this community, Food & Freedom, although new, will help to undo some of that frustration and anxiety of constantly being pushed and lulled across the internet with our very limited time. 👀 Check out this quick video, then as it says at the end, drop a quick introduction. 🏡 Where you’re from, what you hope to get out of Food & Freedom, and one thing that you self proclaim as your area of expertise, or something you take great interest in. Alright…chat soon! -Jake

Are you wanting to start or get better at making your own bread?

Drop a comment if you’d be interested in me sharing our weekly meal plan at the start of every week? It’s not something we really even do right now. I just keep notes in my phone but I’d happily start writing it down and sharing it in here if there’s interest. Let me know! Note: it likely wouldn’t always include the recipe, because many times I’m trying something new out, or don’t have it written down yet, but that’s something I can always work to add or create later as well if it’s popular.