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About Lissa

Melissa is the Co-Founder the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans and the Shrinking Kitchen. She has been married to a wonderful man forever and is mother to six amazing children (18,15, 11, 11 and 3 and 1!). Melissa has reached her goal weight, and is now trying to find ways to fit fitness into her crazy busy schedule. She loves kickboxing and hates running, even though she has completed 4 half-marathons. When Melissa isn't helping her little girl battle her brain tumors (Love for Jazmine Joy), she loves to travel, laugh, tend to her chickens, and dream of sunshine and mountains.
melissa@shrinkingkitchen.com

Beat Average: Go Above and Beyond

May 19, 2014 by Lissa Leave a Comment

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of GNC. All opinions are 100% mine. Average. Common. So-so. Ordinary. When I think of average, I think of settling. Who wants to settle for mediocre? Don’t you want to push yourself to be just a little bit {or a lot!} better than the average?… 

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Filed Under: sponsored post Tagged With: beat average, featured, GNC, go above and beyond

Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken

October 31, 2013 by Lissa 5 Comments

Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken

This recipe was originally posted in March of 2012 – but I think it deserves some attention! I bet this would be a wonderful dish to serve right before Trick-or-Treating tonight! **** I needed a quick meal to feed the little rugrats this evening, so I just threw this Cilantro Lime Chicken together into the… 

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Filed Under: Main Dish, Poultry, Slow Cooker Tagged With: Chicken, cilantro, dinner, easy, featured, kid friendly, lime, main dish, melissa, slow cooker, supper, taco, tortilla

Menu Plan Your Butt Off {October 6, 2013}

October 6, 2013 by Lissa 1 Comment

Menu Plan Your Butt Off {October 6, 2013}

Welcome to Shrinking Kitchen, where we do your menu planning FOR you! We are cruising right into October {uh, what?!} and we had our first big snowstorm yesterday! The colder weather leaves me wanting to cozy up in sweatpants and blankets with a good book, while I eat chili and cornbread muffins, although my kids… 

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Filed Under: Menu Plans Tagged With: busy moms, family friendly food, featured, free meal planning, free recipes, healthy meal plan, healthy menu planning, healthy recipes, menu planning

Menu Plan Your Butt Off {August 25th}

August 25, 2013 by Lissa Leave a Comment

Menu Plan Your Butt Off {August 25th}

Good morning! Has your life been as crazy busy as mine lately? Holy wow. Thank goodness for meals planned ahead of time, right? My afternoons and evenings are literally spent driving kids back and forth between different activities, so a menu plan is a MUST! Lucky for you, we do ALL THE PLANNING FOR YOU!… 

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Filed Under: Menu Plans Tagged With: Chicken, featured, free meal plan, free menu plan, healthy recipes, healthy recipes for every night of the week, menu plan your butt off, slow cooker, soba noodles

Menu Plan Your Butt Off {June 23}

June 23, 2013 by Lissa Leave a Comment

Menu Plan Your Butt Off {June 23}

It’s finally feeling like summer here in North Dakota! That means backyard BBQs, sitting on the porch with a cold Summer Shandy, and also lots of COOKING! I have six mouths to feed and let me tell you, meal planning for our evening meal alleviates a lot of the stress that comes along with it!… 

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Filed Under: Menu Plans, Uncategorized Tagged With: delicious and healthy, featured, free menu plan, healthy recipes, meal planning, menu planning, nutritious recipes, what's for dinner

Friday Favorites: Freezing Blueberries

June 7, 2013 by Lissa Leave a Comment

Here in the Shrinking Kitchen, we ladies have all kinds of favorites- favorite cookbook, cooking gadgets, cooking tips, organizational tips, magazines, food blogs, appliances, recipes, you get the idea… We figured it would be fun to share with you our favorites and in turn, you could share with US one of YOUR favorites. We are… 

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Filed Under: Friday Favorites Tagged With: berries, blueberries, CSA, featured, freezing blueberries, friday favorites, storing fruits

Menu Plan Your Butt Off {June 2}

June 2, 2013 by Lissa Leave a Comment

Menu Plan Your Butt Off {June 2}

Are you looking for delicious, healthy fare? Good thing you found us! Not only do we provide fresh, daily recipes… each week we do all the dinner planning FOR YOU! That’s right! A healthy, delicious menu plan. FREE! Are these recipes not up your alley? No prob! We have weeks and weeks of free, delicious,… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: delicious and healthy, featured, free menu plan, healthy recipes, meal planning, menu planning, nutritious recipes, what's for dinner

Menu Plan Your Butt Off: Mother’s Day Edition

May 12, 2013 by Lissa Leave a Comment

Menu Plan Your Butt Off: Mother’s Day Edition

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you beautiful momma’s out there! Maybe you can show these recipes to your husband or teenage children and they will give you a break this week and prepare you delicious, healthy meals every night! Bahaha! A girl can dream, right? Monday: Baked Burritos. Tuesday: Juicy Parmesan-Crusted Baked Chicken.  … 

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Filed Under: Main Dish, Menu Plans Tagged With: featured, free meal planning, healthy easy recipes, healthy menu plan, menu planning, mother's day

Cookie Dough Bites {possibly the best ever}

May 9, 2013 by Lissa 9 Comments

Cookie Dough Bites {possibly the best ever}

Yeah, you heard that right. Cookie dough bites… without the guilt. Super-easy to make. We’re talking like 15 minutes. Love at first bite. I’m not even kidding. My kids gave these yummy balls of goodness two eager thumbs up. The only problem I see? Stopping at just one or two. Or keeping them away from… 

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Filed Under: Desserts, Snacks, Vegan Tagged With: agave nectar, almonds, cookie dough bites, dairy free, featured, gluten free, raw, rolled oats, scrumptious, vegan friendly, walnuts

Lose Weight, Do Good!

April 30, 2013 by Lissa Leave a Comment

Lose Weight, Do Good!

You’re thirsty. You walk to the kitchen, turn on the faucet, and fill a cup with cold, refreshing water. Or maybe you grab a bottle of water out of the fridge as you run out the door to pick up the kids from soccer. What if you couldn’t? What if you had to drink water… 

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Filed Under: Giveaways and Reviews Tagged With: ashton's 10th birthday campaign, charity, charity: water, DietBet, featured, lose weight for charity, losing weight, Shrink For Good, Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans

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