It’s been a minute since I blogged here! Being a working mom means being busy and having limited time and energy pretty much.. always! I’ve been trying to find ways to jazz up my mealtime, but still eat fresh, healthy foods cooked at home instead of pure convenience foods. I LOVE how this little…
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Better Breakfast
The word breakfast literally means to break one’s fast. A fast is a time of not eating. So breakfast is literally the time of day where we give our bodies the nourishment that it has not received during our slumber. You can argue that our bodies need less energy during the night, to which I…
Lightened Up Jambalaya
Ingredients: (Serves 4) 4 cups cooked brown rice 1 can diced tomatoes 1 bunch kale, de-stemmed and chopped 1/4 lemon, juiced 1/2 onion, diced 1/2 tbspn fresh diced or pureed garlic 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon cayenne powder 16 ounces chicken sausage, cooked. pepper to taste optional: 2 cups chicken broth Instructions: 1. Cook brown…
Schnitzel with Dill sauce with Honeyed Prosciutto Brussels Sprouts
Last night, Jonathan and I teamed up to make what turned out to be a delicious dinner! We made a pork schnitzel with brussell sprouts and cranberry sauce. Okay, the cranberry sauce was on hand, as you can tell from the perfect can-shape pictured above (thanks, Ocean Spray!). For the Schnitzel, we used this…
Meal plan!
I wanted to share my healthy meal plan, and before I go any further, I have to thank the amazing folks over at Pursuit Fitness (https://www.facebook.com/PursuitFitnessPerformance) because this meal plan comes from them. Getting organized is all me, but the food ideas for staying healthy and energized are all theirs. Anyway, that’s…
Cilantro Lime Steak with Citrus Salad
I got the inspiration for this dish from here: http://www.fortheloveofcooking.net/2012/05/cilantro-lime-marinated-flank-steak.html The steak is basically the same as in this recipe, but since my measurements were different I will still post my version below. 🙂 and this is how it turned out: Here’s how I did it: For the steak: Ingredients: 2 beef chuck tender steaks…
The Jonny Burger and the Easiest Delicious Onion Strings
Jonathan’s birthday was yesterday, and since we had already celebrated by camping with our dear friends and then satisfying our foodie souls in Chicago and meeting Graham Elliot (yes, there will be an entirely separate post about all of this!!)- I decided to keep his actual (and unfortunately landed on a MONDAY) birthday pretty low…
Homemade Bubble Tea – EASY! :)
Today, I had the immense pleasure of spending the day with one of my favorite people to do crafty things with – Nancy! We decided to take on something crafty AND delicious – making homemade bubble (boba) tea! We had so much fun that I felt the need to share how delightfully easy and…
Brut Risotto, with seasoned chicken
This week, I am visiting my sister, Alysha, in Lexington. She loves mushrooms and my “cheesy rice” (which is her affectionate term for my risottos.) So I invented a new one for her! I am going to tell you guys how I made this, but I wanted to add a few notes. First, halfway through,…
Kalbi, Warm Fennel Salad, and Rootbeer Risotto
For dinner tonight, I made kalbi, warm fennel salad and a root beer risotto. For the kalbi, I used a recipe from Food Network which you can find here. In case you aren’t familiar with kalbi (or galbi), it is a korean barbecued short rib. To really do this right, you would purchase korean cut…