Beef

Somehow (maybe because I watch a lot of Food Network?!) Jacob asked me the other day who my favorite chef is on the network.  I’d have to say food wise, it would be Bobby Flay.  A:  Because I love spicy stuff!  B.  I love meat and he’s a grill master and C. I like his throw down show where he cooks with regular home cooks....

I had such a fun weekend.  It started out early on Friday morning.  I had to catch the 7 a.m. train to Chicago to get to the train station by 8:00 a.m. – and that’s the express train, which will show how far NW I live from Chicago – 55 miles to be exact.  I had to be to Kendall College by 8:30, so I...

Crockpot Beef and Bean Chili This crockpot beef and bean chili is a perfect recipe on those weeks when you are short on time to get dinner on the table. What have I been eating? Skinny Meatball Sub!  I used two slices of Aldi light bread (2), 1/4 cup of baby spinach, 1/3 cup jarred pizza sauce (1), 4 ounces of sirloin that I made...

I think the only thing that can surpass Hannah’s love of Starbuck’s is her simultaneous love of both Wal-Mart and Target.  Whenever she wants to go to either of those places and asks Jacob or I to go with her, our question to her is “are you only picking up a couple things or walking around the whole store?”  Because she loves to spend a...

I normally don’t meal plan the week of Thanksgiving.  It’s a short work week, and let’s be honest, I think most of us can eat through our fridge and pantry for a few days without running to the grocery store.  Case in point – in the top basket of my freezer I found a few frozen bagels.  I set an everything bagel in a ziploc...

The best part about making lots of naan is that they can morph into other meals – like a breakfast naan panini.  So good.  The naan is still a bit chewy on the inside but the outside is a bit crunchy.  I scrambled my usual egg, ham, spinach and cheese.  I only used 3/4 of an ounce of cheese but check out this cheezy goodness! ...

Last I left you on our Beef tour, we had just finished cutting up our beef when we were asked to take one portion of our cut up meat and make any dish we want.  Cook in the Cattleman’s Association Culinary Kitchen?  Um, yes please!  I didn’t hesitate!  It was kind of like I was on Chopped, but I had an awesome pantry and fridge...

Monday’s are always hard for me to get up because I usually sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays.  The alarm went off at 6:45.  Then 7:00 and finally at 7:10 I got up.  I still had to blog, get dressed and put together my breakfast.  I am sure I’ve mentioned it, but I have to leave the house at 8:00!  Breakfast turned out to be...

It felt so good to start my day with stretching – it kind of eased my way into the day.  It’s been in the low 30s in the morning still around here, so it was nice to be comfy in my pjs doing stretches. I had a low carb breakfast yesterday.  Not that I am doing a low carb diet at all, but I think...

I made breakfast nachos again yesterday morning – I could probably eat them every day and never get sick of them.  I posted it on Instagram, tagged Frank’s RedHot, and check it out – they are now following me on Instagram! I never got a chance to workout at lunch – the attorneys are getting new cell phones and I needed to program them to...