In the past few years, I have been making little changes in my diet to make my meals healthier – cutting the amount of cheese I use, sticking with skim milk, adding more vegetables, and switching to whole wheat pasta. I love pasta. A lot. Spaghetti, mac & cheese, lasagna, ziti, fettuccine alfredo…all of it. …
Tomorrow, there will be a giveaway (yay!) posted, along with a recipe. Said recipe includes milking a corn cob. Yes. A corn cob. If you’ve never done such a thing, I’ll break it down for you. It’s easy and so worth it. Seriously. Corn milk is sweet and adds such great flavor that kernels alone …
This quinoa bite combines black beans, corn, green chiles, and fresh cilantro to make a healthy southwestern snack or side dish. Earlier this year, I made a list of different flavors of quinoa bites I wanted to try to make. I added them to my “Things to Do This Summer” list. There were also organization …
I love my bread machine. I’m kind of a carbaholic, so being able to throw the ingredients into the bread machine and let it works its magic, while I get other things done is such a time saver! I’m not a huge fan of biscuits, because they’re so dense, but soft, light, fluffy rolls? Sign …
I have a million and one things to post about, but haven’t actually had time to sit down and type it all up yet! For not having anything planned for the weekend, I sure was busy! Good busy. Exciting busy. 🙂 In the mean time… I’m trying to organize a recipe binder to help myself …
Enchilada Pizza uses a crescent roll crust and is topped with ground beef refried beans, lettuce, cheese, and more for an easy weeknight Mexican dinner. I seriously miss blogging about food. Cooking food. Baking food. I guess technically, all I’ve done for the past 15 days is blog about food, but listing juice ingredients is …
This creamy cucumber dip is a healthy appetizer recipe using fresh cucumber to make a creamy dip that goes perfectly with a party veggie tray or crackers. Between potlucks, birthday parties, game nights, movie nights, and small groups, I am always looking for new appetizer recipes to try for parties. There are usually so many …
This honey mustard pasta salad makes a fresh and colourful addition to any summer meal. I have never made a pasta salad before. I actually love eating pasta salad, but every time I think about making it myself, it just seems wrong, because when I cook pasta, it just seems like it should be eaten …
Oh my goodness…this pepper filling is so good! It has just a hint of spice (just increase the cayenne if you want more!) and the rest of the ingredients meld together to make an incredibly delicious flavor explosion in your mouth. Now, for the peppers themselves…different people like different textures. I prefer to just bake …
I am a wimp when it comes to spice. Okay, I’m a wimp when it comes to other things, too. I can’t handle scary movies. Or books. I freak out when I see a cockroach. I can’t lift heavy things. But, in this case, my wimpy-ness came up because I can’t handle buffalo chicken. It …
I love crockpot recipes. I don’t use them as often as I should, but I love throwing everything in one pot in the morning and coming home to a house that smells wonderful and having a fully cooked meal in the evening. The problem is the prep in the morning thing. I don’t do mornings. …
These quinoa pizza bites are protein-packed bites that make for the perfect healthy snack for kids and game day snacks! In my opinion, these are, hands down, the best things I think I’ve ever cooked. Each bite is packed with pizza flavor and I can’t get enough of them! I brought a friend a few to try and they polished …
This Crockpot Quinoa Casserole is creamy, full of protein-rich quinoa, and packed with vegetables making it an easy and healthy dinner for your slow cooker. I was in serious need of some comfort food this weekend and I was seriously not in the mood to go to the grocery store. So, I threw the food …
I love potatoes. In a big way. Especially fried…or covered in cheese. But since I’ve been trying to lose weight, I’ve been trying really, really hard to stay away from fried things…and excessive amounts of cheese. These are delicious and they totally satisfy my potato craving! I can eat 4 bites for 120 calories, which …
Have I mentioned that I am currently obsessed with bite-sized food? If I haven’t yet, I’m sure it will be quite obvious soon, seeing as this is the second “bite” recipe I’ve posted in a row with quite a few more to come. What can I say? Sometimes things just taste better in tiny, handheld, …
Happy Christmas Eve! I’ve been busy preparing Christmas Eve dinner and attempting family pictures this morning, which is quite difficult when you have a wiggly little girl who would much rather be getting piggy back rides than sitting still. I’ve been baking up a storm recently, but haven’t taken many pictures of the creations. Food …
Our Arizona family bought us a bag of quinoa the other day. They take care of spoil us like that. I love them. If you haven’t tried quinoa yet, you seriously should. It is one of those foods that I originally wrote off on principle. You know….because it sounded too healthy. It turns out I …
This is another recipe that my mom has made for as long as I can remember. It’s such a good base recipe, because it’s easy to cater to different tastes. If you feel like chicken, use chicken (and you could change the cream of celery soup to cream of chicken!). If you’re out of chicken, …
This Crockpot Beef Stew is the ultimate comfort food. It’s quick and easy to throw together because the slow cooker does all the work! Growing up, beef stew was not my favorite. I’ve tried it before using other recipes and something was always just…off. Whether the carrots were mushy, the potatoes were grainy, or …
It’s October, so I can finally post some of the Halloween recipes I’ve been wanting to share! Okay, this recipe doesn’t really have to be labeled “Halloween” if you change the way you add the sour cream, but I just thought this would be a cute little touch to get into Fall mode! I could …
I have grand plans to start eating healthier and working out again…but that hasn’t started yet. In the mean time, we’ve been eating cheesy things. We love them so. Real cheesy things. I love skim milk, low fat sour cream, and light yogurt, but cheese? It has to be the real deal. Low fat cheese …
This has been my family’s go-to summer recipe for as long as I can remember. Everybody in our family adores Chinese Chicken Salad and requests it often, which is reason enough to make it, but the biggest summer perk is that it doesn’t heat your kitchen up! It’s so easy to make the parts ahead …
Have you ever had these things? Because if you haven’t, you should. These were actually made and consumed while we were in Colorado last summer. It’s cabin food. 🙂 It’s also Girl Scout food. We made these a LOT on camping trips growing up! And if you’re looking for specific measurements, this is not the …