Recipies, reviews and random rants from a mom of two!
Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias® and Tyson Foods #cbias #SocialFabric When I moved to North Carolina in 2008, I was introduced to an entirely different way of living. I learned that when someone said, "bless your heart" it … [Read more...]
What a nice winter we are having this spring, don't you think? Believe it or not, spring is here and that means one thing, it's just about time to pull that bikini out of your dresser drawer. Don't be too afraid, Tyson is going to help you get healthy. Tyson is kicking off their Countdown to a Better You promotion. Are you ready to get started? Tyson Grilled & … [Read more...]
Do you ever get in a cooking rut? You know, where you feel like you've made every chicken recipe known to man and ground beef just sounds blah. This happens to me all the time. I go through my recipe binder not inspired by anything that I see. Instead of feeding my family the same old baked chicken breast (again) one of the ways I get out of my cooking ruts is to take a … [Read more...]
Friday evenings are hectic at my house. After I leave work, it's a made dash to the train station and then home to get my daughter to gymnastics. Ideally I would never had signed up for a class at 6:30 pm on Friday but with my busy schedule, that's the only time that work. By the time we get home from gymnastics, we're tired and hungry yet eating out isn't always an … [Read more...]
At the end of the year it's always fun to look back and see what posts have been successful on my blog. Surprisingly enough, the posts that have had the most traffic are in categories that I've severely neglected the past few months. One of those categories is my recipes. So in 2013, I'm working on a fun, new project that I hope you'll enjoy as much as I do. But … [Read more...]
Meat, veggies and potatoes and beer. Sounds perfect on a chilly fall night, doesn't it? At my house we generally have some type of soup, stew or chili once a week and this week, we're having a simple, but tasty beer and beef stew. I originally saw this recipe in Cooking Light and knew I had to try it. They recommend using Belgian beer (and I do too) but I've … [Read more...]
It's been a while since I made this spiced tilapia with roasted red pepper-tomatillo sauce from Cooking Light. Tilapia is such a mild fish that I usually do something to kick up the flavor a little bit and this recipe works perfectly. I could eat the fish without the sauce and the sauce without the fish (if that makes any sense) because alone they taste good, … [Read more...]
Seriously, it really is the best marinade ever. I go back and forth between dry rubs and wet ones and for pieces of meat that can dry out quickly on the grill, I prefer wet marinades. I've tried several marinade recipes over the years and I keep going back to this one. It marries well with beef or chicken but my personal preference is on chicken. Best of all, it … [Read more...]
Usually I make a weekly menu plan on Sunday evenings. I've noticed by planning out our family's meals, not only am I better organized throughout the week, I also save money and get a variety of foods in our diets. The foods that end up in my menu plans come a variety of sources. Usually I'll include 1-2 "proven" family favorites, 2-3 new recipes that we haven't tried … [Read more...]
We had an odd set-up at my last office. My practice and a competing OB/GYN practice were on the same floor of our medical plaza. When patients got off the elevator, they turned right to our office or left to theirs. There were many confused patients and when I first started, even I was confused! Our offices shared quite a few things, including the employee break … [Read more...]
