This morning I checked my email to find one of Kalyn’s latest post, Wake-Up-Your-Mouth Thai Cucumber Salad and I immediately knew what I was making for lunch.
Of course I modified the idea using what I had on hand. The result couldn’t have been more satisfying! It was fresh, light, tasty, and REALLY filling. I guess eating a whole large cucumber will do that to you!
Some of you are going to think this is absolutely crazy but I have never, EVER, had a “dippy” egg. Nope. Never.
No over easy or sunny side up for me. I’m a scrambled/omelette girl and I like my eggs cooked. Thoroughly.
But I decided: new year, new experiences. And I went out of my scrambled egg comfort zone on New Years Day. Read the rest of this post
So the night I was sick we ordered chinese food for dinner and with Chinese food comes leftover rice. You know the rice that comes on the side of every menu item that no one ever seems to eat because you ordered fried rice or noodles on the side anway? Yea, that rice. The stuff that usually gets tossed.
Well I like to look at it as someone just delivered me cooked rice and says, “Here, make something.”
So I did… Read the rest of this post
Have I been inactive for 8 days? That may be a record! The holiday season hit this year and hit hard. It all started with The Husband’s birthday on the 21st. We had his company holiday party out of town, then Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at home with the kids, then off to Grandma and Grandpa #1′s for the day, then Grandpa and Grandma #2′s the next day, then we had the road trip from hell on the way home (serious traffic, diaper blow outs, grumpy kids,) then today I got sick!
I think I’ve confessed my cheese addiction before but just in case I’ll say it again…
I LOVE CHEESE!
One of my favorite snacks as a kid was to cut hunks from a block of cheddar, slice some good pepperoni and top a buttery cracker. It was a texture thing, a taste thing and, well, a mindless thing. Before I knew it I’d look down and the block would be gone!
Now I try to snack a little smarter and a lot more consciously. Read the rest of this post
I’m starting a new traditional on Sundays. Well, it may actually be an old tradition, I’m just reviving, but still…
Early Sunday Dinners.
This weekend we sat down as a family at 2PM and enjoyed this…
The Husband wasn’t home for dinner last night and there were leftovers for the kids, so I decided to experiment a bit.
I was in the mood for something comforting but quick. I had zero desire to prep. So most of this is made with quick pantry items. I happened to have cubed squash that I cut into slightly smaller pieces.
It was easy, tasty and satisfying!
Here’s what I did, I hope it gives you a few ideas. Read the rest of this post
I’m trying REAL hard not to become date obsessed. I always see them out during the holiday season, so I picked some to experiment with and am now wondering why they aren’t more popular.
Or maybe they are, and I’ve just been living under a rock?
Regardless, I’ve been having fun and all my experiments have been delicious! Even the kids think so. Ryan went nuts for these small cookies, eating most of them after school on Friday before I could even grab my camera! Read the rest of this post
I am seriously on reserves in my house. The fridge is EMPTY. I don’t even have a bag of spinach or baby carrots, 2 things I’m rarely without.
Thankfully my pantry is normally pretty stocked and that includes my freezer. I pulled out a baked ham for dinner the other night and have frozen bags of peas and broccoli for backups.
