Dinner Party of 1
I have stopped posting my breakfast/lunch/snacks because I am running out the door in the morning or at school for those meals, but I will get back to it when I have company on the weekend or when we have a break! Today, by the way, I had a HUGE bowl of fruit: 2 tiny...
read moreNo Dressing Needed
Today was a beautiful day in Columbus, Ohio! It was in the 80's, which made recess duty a treat! Sometimes (lots of the time) I can't stand being inside all day, so I look forward to recess duty. I left for school and Brady set to work on the rest of our to-do list we...
read moreRoasting Fall
This weekend was busy with lots of fun things! We went to Wittenberg for homecoming yesterday and had our neighbors over on Friday night. I was horrible with getting pictures because we were all over the place. It should be better this week! I did roast some...
read moreGreen and Leafy
Tonight's dinner was "girlfriend food" as I call it, Brady would call it rabbit food, either works. It was great! While he was at his soccer game, I decided I could not wait for him to get home so I started cooking. I had gone for a 5 mile run afterschool and my...
read moreFall + Friends + Recipes
For dinner tonight we had Brady's parents and our friends Dave and Jean over for dinner! Everything on the menu was light and healthy! These recipes are easy and will be fun to put into the dinner rotation because they are classic winter time food and they make great...
read moreSouthwestern Turkey Quinoa Chili
For Friday night's supper I made chili, my way! 🙂 I got the idea for the chili with quinoa in it, a few weeks ago from Culinary Adventures of a New Wife. Here is what I used: 99 % extra lean ground turkey 1 Darn good chili mix + 7 c. water it calls for chili powder...
read moreSpaghetti Squash with Scallops
Dinner last night was very filing and veggie-licious! It was a base of spaghetti squash with zucchini, tomatoes, and asparagas. I added a few Italian bread brumbs and parm. to it while it was a cooking. I also browned a few scallops to add on top. This dinner was...
read moreBest/Most Healthy Cookies/Cookie Dough 🙂
These cookies are wonderful. If you are like me, you eat a whole bowl of dough before baking a single cookie. These cookies are great because you can dig into the dough or the cookies and not feel bad about it! I was googleing healthy cookie recipes and was seeing a...
read moreHis and Her Barbeque
For dinner tonight, Brady wanted pulled pork. It's not really my thing but I was in the mood for BBQ so I made my own variation. It ended up being a ton of great veggies but our dinners were very different. My dinner included: butternut squash caramelized onions BBQ...
read moreCaramel Apple Salad
This recipe came together quickly and spur-of-the-moment right before dinner at my parents. We had just gone to get apples and I could not wait to use them! Caramel Apple Salad apples - sliced and diced fat free caramel syrup 1/2 c. fat free fage cinnamon Chop the...
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