Tomato Noodle Soup (Homemade Spaghetti-Os!)
Ok, it’s confession time. While my eating habits have improved a lot over the past couple of years, I still have a lot of weaknesses for the unhealthy processed food I used to eat all the time. Things...
View ArticleSpicy Garlic Roasted Shrimp on Lemon-Parmesan Orzo
I enjoy cooking but since I only taught myself to cook through sheer force of will, a bookshelf full of cookbooks and lots of food blogs some of my technical cooking skills are pretty lacking. Baking...
View ArticleMini Bean and Corn Tamale Pies
When it comes to dinner, Mexican food is my big weakness. I don’t go out to eat too much anymore, especially compared to five plus years ago when Brandon and I dined out more days than we ate at home,...
View ArticleCheesy Broccoli and Corn Chowder
I’ve said here many times that Fall is my favorite season. Summer can never be over fast enough for me. Usually, I’m ready to declare it Fall as of September 1st despite what the actual weather or...
View ArticleEasy Barbecue Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
I’m so happy that the weather is finally cooler because now I can make my favorite comfort foods again. The list includes: Chicken and Dumplings Tortilla Soup Beef Stew and Roast Beef Thyme-roasted...
View ArticleLighter Shrimp Étouffée
I don’t know about you, but it’s pretty cold where I am. And I’m down in Tennessee so if it’s cold for me, I know it’s lot colder for many others. When the temperatures get down this low all I want to...
View ArticleMexican Chicken Casserole
Have you ever had one of those terrible days that just won’t end? Yesterday started with the wonderful surprise that my beloved coffee machine wasn’t working. After much futzing around and ultimately...
View ArticleSpicy Chicken and Summer Vegetable Soup
Well, hello there. It’s been awhile. I hope you all had a nice summer! You might remember (but you probably don’t) that I mentioned in my previous post that work was overwhelming me. Well, it kind of...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Pork Spare Ribs with Spicy Peach-Mango BBQ Sauce
One interesting aspect of Whole30 has been adding a lot more protein to my diet. In the past, I didn’t eat much meat during the day, for the most part defaulting to smoothies, toast, cereal/oatmeal...
View ArticleCarnita Salad with Citrus Chipotle Dressing
I’m not going to lie: for most of my life I’ve hated salad. Mostly, it’s the lettuce. It’s so limp and flavorless. I’ve never had a true BLT because the lettuce was always the first thing to be...
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