Here is Katie’s Homemade Bean Salsa recipe (otherwise known as hillbilly cavier) It is one of my favorites! 1 can of corn (drained) 1 can of black eyed peas (drained) 1 can of Rotel Tomatoes 1 diced green pepper 2-3 diced tomatoes 1/2 diced onion chopped fresh cilantro 2 1/2 cups (about) Fat Free Italian Dressing garlic salt (to taste) You can also add a can of drained/rinsed black beans. My mother in-law uses hominy too. I should have had 
Somehow I am a day behind on the dinner postings. So last night’s dinner was an experiment! It was inspired by Erica from Itzy’s Kitchen and No Meat Athlete . Before school yesterday, I marinated a piece of salmon in salsa. I was not sure what I was I was going to do with it but we had Asian and BBQ already this week so I wanted something different. While searching some of my favorite blogs I came across Erica’s 
This week has flown by! I can’t believe it is already the weekend. I spent a lot of my time this week in my classroom, getting it ready for my kids to come next week. It’s almost done! Other activities this week included a work happy hour with Brady and a girl’s night – HERE! Everything was fun! A new recipe I tried this week included the vegetable stock that Foodbuzz sent me last week and an old Cooking Light 
After a busy, fun weekend, and before a draining paper, we had a cookout! John and Ash, came over for some classic cookout food! We had the regulars: corn on the cob, salad, burgers and the fixins. We also had a new experiment – veggie burgers! Veggie Burgers: 1 c. brown rice 1 green pepper 1/2 c. egg whites 1/2 c. bread crumbs 1/2 can of chickpeas salt and pepper Process together until blended. Cook in a pan with non-stick 
A huge thank you to Progresso for sending me a box of treats!!
Tons of great cooking utensils, a recipe card box and holder, a spoon rest and some 100% Natural Chicken Broth! This will be perfect to use in all of the holiday cooking coming up! Speaking of holiday cooking…We have a contest! Please leave a comment or email me your favorite holiday idea, tip or recipe! All entries/comments Somehow, in the teacher’s lounge the other day, we started talking about quinoa! I , of course, got very excited about it ! No one really knew what it was , so I decided to bring it in for everyone to try. I explained the benefits of quinoa: Complete protein. Quinoa contains all 9 essential amino acids that are required by the body as building blocks for muscles. Magnesium helps relax your muscles and blood vessels and effects blood pressure. |
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