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Monday’s Memorial Day Lineup

Monday’s Memorial Day Lineup

We had such a nice long Memorial Day weekend.  We got together with the family on Saturday and had a BBQ at a friend’s house Sunday (it was so great to give everyone hugs, finally!!), so Monday was just me and the hubs.  I had 

Taco Tuesday is on deck

Taco Tuesday is on deck

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Having that extra day off is so nice, but trying to squeeze in five days of work into four is no bueno. So I decided to make dinner easy for the first work day this week 

Santa Maria Tri (it) Tip

Santa Maria Tri (it) Tip

We love our Traeger Smoker.  We’ve had it for over 10 years and I’ve posted previous recipes using the Traeger as our cooking method of preference.  The smoker is wonderful, but it does require a lot of time to get that smoky ring and flavor 

Kitchen sink polenta

Kitchen sink polenta

Hi there friends. Geeze…it’s been so long since I posted anything. You would have thought with this COVID 19 taking over our lives I would post more, but working from home’s got me blue; once I’m done for the day I don’t want to look 

Savory Stuffed Peppers

Savory Stuffed Peppers

Growing up my mom cooked an array of meals, but I was most excited about food from her homeland Syria.  She would sprinkle in Syrian dishes when she had extra time on her hands since most recipes were time intensive.  I loved everything and anything 

Cursing into week three!

Cursing into week three!

Two weeks down and six more to go for the OTF transformation challenge. Food prep has been going well, and overall I feel better about how we’re eating during the week. I’ve been okay about not over indulging come the weekend, but I think I 

Bye week one, hello week two, look at you!

Bye week one, hello week two, look at you!

Well, we have one week under our belts for the OTF transformation challenge and the clean eating weekly program. I have to say that it actually went really well. I felt satisfied and full, as did the rest of the bunch. However I have to 

Beautiful Beefy Steak Tips

Beautiful Beefy Steak Tips

Now that I’m using Butcher Box as our primary protein source, I’ve had a chance to work with different cuts of meat that I wouldn’t normally buy.   Although it pushes me out of my comfort zone it’s really great because it forces me to try 

Well hello there crockpot!

Well hello there crockpot!

I recently helped my sis and bro-in-law move a few weekends back. This process involved going through their house, packing boxes and boxes of everything, and (the most rewarding part for me), throwing stuff away. This exercise put me in the mood to do the 

Butternut, beef, and bringing in fall!

Butternut, beef, and bringing in fall!

It’s fall again! Well it has been for the past two days at least. Honestly this weather is crazy. We went from 90 degrees on Saturday to 70 degrees on Sunday. Now I’m not complaining, fall is my favorite time of year, but a 20