‘dinner’

Since I knew I was having lunch out yesterday morning, I didn’t want to eat too much, but I knew I needed to eat something.  The kidults are big cereal eaters, so I grabbed a bowl of Honey Comb.  Each serving is 1.5 cups and with 1/2 a cup of unsweetened almond milk, breakfast was only 5 points.  Growing up we only had Wheaties or...

Last Friday night I shockingly did not make pizza.  I know, I can hardly believe it myself!  But, we ate out the night before and Hannah and I had pizza, so I figured I needed to balance out my pizza love.  Believe it or not, this is a pantry/fridge/freezer meal.  I found a bag of shrimp in my freezer and thawed them earlier in the...

I guess one of the best things about writing a blog post as often as I do, is that my Mom and my PIL are always apprised as to what I am up to.  I don’t talk to them nearly as often on the phone because they can just read the blog and see what I am up to.  When I wrote on Friday that...

For some reason I woke up with an upset stomach.  I got up at 6:30 and stayed up until about 8:30 – it almost felt like I was going to get sick, so I went back to bed and woke up at 10:15!  One of the luxuries of not having a job at the moment, no one to call in sick to!  I felt much...

You aren’t going to believe this, but lyrics to a song I’ve listened to 1,000 times before suddenly smacked me in the face last week.  One of my favorite movies is She’s Having A Baby with Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern.   It first introduced me to the singer Kate Bush, and I have some of her music saved to my Spotify lineup. So let me...

Home again!  I told my brother Charlie (check out his latest blog post here!) that I think this is the longest time we’ve spent together since we were in high school – 11 days!  I am happy to report that my fear of flying is long gone.  I had no anxiety at all about any of the travel.  I think with all the travel I...

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....

It’s so weird to me sometimes that a few simple ingredients can create such delicious food.  Take flour, salt and eggs and a splash of water.  What have you got?  Homemade pasta! So we’ve declared Thursday nights as “spin the fridge wheel” and use up/eat up just what is on hand.  And I didn’t cheat all that much!  Last weekend my store had roma tomatoes...

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...

The Best Gluten Free Pizza This is the best gluten free pizza dough. I’ve talked about the Cooking Club that I am in here and here.  My friend Courtney is generous enough to host it at her house every month.  Each month Courtney picks out a “head chef” for the night, and depending on what that cook wants to make, will dictate the rest of...