Adventures in Cooking, Eating and Kicking Butt in Life
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If you don’t already know, I love seafood. Shrimp, crawfish, crabs, scallops, mussels, clams etc. Lobster and I are working on our relationship, but I’m not quite there yet with it. I know it’s supposed to be so great. But the only time I enjoyed it was when it was grilled and I made an herb lemon butter sauce. Anyway, to celebrate selling our condo, we went to indulge in...
I know, such a hipster/trendy thing, avocados. But not really. When I was in San Francisco last year, there was a cute place we stopped for breakfast on our way to the conference that served it, and thinking about it makes me crave it. If you know me, you know my cravings are REAL. Just ask my coworker about the trip I made her take during lunch one day when...
Not sure if you know this about me, but I’m from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Yes, I’ve lived in VA longer than I have Louisiana, but I’m hanging on to those roots! Mardi Gras is my favorite holiday to host and I love me some Cajun food. One of my most favorite things ever is CRAWFISH boils. There are plenty of restaurants in the area that sell these fancy sauced up...
I just wanna do Jeep thangs with my franzzz!! Living closer to the mountains means more access to nature adventures. And while your girl still prefers indoor houseplants over grass and mud and bugs, I do enjoy an adventure safely from inside a vehicle. An off-road vehicle to be exact! My husband was a dirt bike rider as a teen and used to ride out here all the time. Now...
Roasted chicken is probably the easiest thing you could cook for meal prep. Okay that sounds like a bold statement. Maybe just a “pretty easy, healthy” meal option then? The best way to roast a chicken, in my opinion is to spatchcock that sucker. What’s spatchcocking you ask? It’s when you cut down the spine of the whole chicken and open it up flat so that all the skin is...
Hubs decided to redefine “dad bod”. He started his fitness journey on Instagram @leanmusclegainz. Just working out isn’t going to cut it. You have to eat well too. So, we have started meal prepping. You might have noticed the lull in my blog posts in 2017. I wasn’t cooking as much, so nothing to write about on a mainly food blog right? Not cooking and having a longer commute meant...
It’s been awhile friends, but I am back! With pudding. Not the traditional kind though. But mousse au chocolat is on the list. Who knows when that will happen though. I never thought I would like anything considered healthy as a dessert, but I am hooked on this pudding. It’s nothing new but chia seeds are so full of good stuff like omega 3 fatty acid, antioxidants, protein, fiber, calcium…and a...
I might be late in the game. Everyone who’s already cool, healthy, and fabulous have already been eating quinoa bowls for years. I have made these before but everyone could use a no-heat lunch idea, right? Search quinoa bowls on Pinterest and a number of results will make your head explode. My husband likes a smoked paprika chicken one I make with an orange dressing, and I like a lemony...
Those of you who follow me over on Instagram saw that after Christmas I made a breakfast hash from the leftover honey ham that I baked for Friendsmas. Quite a few of you asked for the recipe. Guess what? I didn’t have one. I just threw what I had in the house together in a skillet and baked it. It was Christmas morning, and I was ill prepared to feed...