Weekly Menu

These Weekly Menu recipes allow you to get out of that same ol’ recipe rut and try some delicious and easy dishes! This week I highly recommend making the Honey BBQ Thighs, Cereal Crusted Chicken Fingers, and the Stuffed Breakfast Boats!

Happy Sunday TKW Family! I hope this finds you well, healthy, and safe!

My apologies for getting this out so late in the day but the Fantabulous in-laws were here for the day and it’s just so relaxing spending time with them!

If you follow my Pizza Instagram account (@thekitchenwhisperer.pizza) you can see the pizzas Mama Fantabulous helped me make in Bella, my wood-fired oven from Authentic Pizza Ovens! Today we made 3 pizzas:

White Pizza with shallots, garden fresh tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, WMLM mozzarella, basil oil and finished with fresh herbs.
Peach, Peppered Bacon, Burrata, and Feta pizza finished with balsamic vinegar and basil.
Classic Red pie with fresh mozzarella and WMLM mozzarella.

It was just so nice to relax and no stress out.

Speaking of Stress

Some of you may recall that almost a year ago I had a major hand reconstruction surgery that left me in a cast for 3 months and left with very little use of my left hand. I’m still having major issues with it and the pain is unbearable.

Long story short, the latest MRI and EMG showed what they believe is what’s causing it. The first surgery worked great but the dr said that he could only fix one thing (there were 2 major issues). He had hoped that by fixing the one thing that the other would heal on its own.

Nope… So on August 24th, I go back in for yet another surgery. Not going to lie. I’m pretty scared about it. Not so much the surgery per se but rather the pain afterward.

I’m allergic to so much that I can’t take post-op pain meds. When I say that I cried for 4 days (like alligator tears hard cry) after that last surgery I’m not kidding.

So I’m a tad scared about that BUT if I want the functionality of my hand again I have to bear the pain and pray for success.

TKW On YouTube

So I took the plunge and finally started adding videos to my YouTube channel. I’d LOVE and appreciate it if you subscribed there. I’m brand spanking new there and with the millions of TKW Family members out there, I really need to build up my subscription base there.

Not only am I creating videos for my newer recipes but I’m also going back and creating them for my most popular recipes.

Since I have 1000+ recipes posted, it’ll take me a little bit to get them all done but I’ll get there.

My goal is to do more longer-type 10-15 minute cooking videos where I talk to you while cooking – think tv-show but candid.

Candid in the sense of – I scrape the whole bowl out (no, we don’t waste stuff in my house), I’ll get batter on my face, flour on my chest and laugh at myself because I dropped/tripped/or just messed up what I was trying to say.

You’ll get me as me – true authentic Lori

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Highlighted Recipes of the week!

Recipes that are tried and true but ones that you may have forgotten about,

Dad’s Red Beef Soup with roast This soup is light enough for a warm day but filling enough that you’ll definitely want 2-3 bowls of it!
Crispy Baked Taco Muffin Cups Cut the fat by baking your tortilla into a crispy taco cup!
Smoky Chipotle Shrimp Tacos– Smoky Chipotle Shrimp Tacos with Lime Crema
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde One of the best-underated salsas you’ll ever have!
Grilled Zucchini Pizza Bites – Low carb, gluten-free pizza that’s totally vegetarian!
Ultimate Charcuterie Be a hosting guru with this delicious, easy, crowd-pleasing Ultimate Charcuterie Board featuring meats, cheese, fruits, veggies and so much more!

Weekly Dinner Menu – What to cook this week

With that guys, I’m getting this off to you all. Stay tuned for your newsletter AND your bonus recipe! Have one fantabulously amazing day!

Below I’ve put together some easy and delicious meal prep recipes that can help with dinner or lunch for the week. Plus dessert as well, you always have to have dessert! Is your favorite recipe listed below?

With that, have one fantabulously amazing week!

♥ Monday – Stuffed Breakfast Boats
♥ Tuesday – Crockpot Ham Potato Bean Cabbage Stoup
♥ Wednesday – Skillet Caprese Dip
♥ Thursday – Cereal Crusted Chicken Fingers
♥ Friday – Cheesy Spaghetti Squash Pizza
♥ Saturday – Honey BBQ Thighs
♥ Sunday – Mexican Baked Boneless Beef Short Ribs
♥ Dessert of the week – Skinny Crispy Coconut Chip Cookies