Did you enter the giveaway for $1000 from Visa? Make sure you click over and do it, it ends on Sunday! Thanks goodness it is Friday! This was a really long week! My son got his first cold at school, so that means we haven’t slept well the last couple of nights. Hopefully a nice…
Dinner Recipes
Steamed Mussles and a Foodie Day
Last Friday I told you it was my 11th wedding anniversary, and I got to spend the day with my husband. Well this is what we did! After we dropped our son off at school we headed to Denver for a Foodie Day. It is kind of a tradition that my husband gets me truffles…
Sweet & Spicy Chicken Stir Fry
I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend, and was able to enjoy a day off yesterday. We had a relaxing weekend at home, probably our first one since we have moved. We did a little around the house, but that was it. We did manage to go shopping and buy more stuff for…
Asian Peanut Noodles
Asian Peanut Noodles – Noodles in a soy and peanut butter sauce. Light, and perfect for lunch. Add chicken, shrimp, pork, or more veggies and turn it into dinner! Today is my 11th anniversary. My husband took the day off of work, so instead of trying to find a babysitter, we are spending the day…
Coconut Curry Shrimp
What a busy weekend. Saturday morning my 7 year old ran a 1 mile healthy kids race. They have a series of these over the race season that kids can do for free. This is the 3rd one he has done, and we actually “trained” for it. I took him out last week and ran…
Chicken Bacon Avocado Quesadillas
Chicken Quesadillas are a very versatile easy dinner to get on the table. Add bacon and avocado for a great weeknight dinner! My family loves Mexican food in any way shape or form. It can be something a little more traditional like Flank Steak Tacos or something a little Americanized like these chicken quesadillas. We…
Quinoa Bites
Quinoa Bites – Perfect for an appetizer or a light lunch. Mix in some Italian sausage and you have dinner! Quinoa and wild rice with lots of Italian seasonings make for a flavorful and healthy meal. The whole blogging world seems obsessed with quinoa right now. There are so many different salads, cakes, and side…
Crispy Herbed Shrimp with Chive Aioli
Today is the first day of school! Exciting and sad all at the same time. Hopefully 2nd grade will be great, and maybe teach my kid a thing or two. Maybe if they worked on math and science with food that could have real life applications. Like, say you really like fried fish, and your…
Chipotle Chicken Burgers
My parents got here yesterday! They brought my Grandpa and are visiting for a few days. My 7 year old is more than thrilled to have them here, and have someone to play with him all of the time. Yesterday we went to a Colorado Rockies game, my 7 year olds first professional game. He…
Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil Vinaigrette
I am exhausted! Moving is way too much work! Seems like it has been weeks since I have not been surrounded by boxes in one way shape or form. I think I see a light at the end of the tunnel now, but it is still a long tunnel. My in laws get here tonight,…
Carnita Pizza
Carnita Pizza – Leftover Pork Carnitas? Turn it into pizza! Topped with cheese and guacamole We are slowly getting out for underneath the boxes. Half of our stuff never got unpacked in the townhouse, because we knew we were moving within 9 months. It is nice to find some of this stuff again! My in…
Lime-Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Chimichurri
First I wanted to give you an update on the Colorado Wildfires Bake Sale. We raised $2,130!!! Holy cow, guys that is awesome!! Thank you so much for all your facebook posts, blog posts, tweets, bids, everything! I had set a goal for myself of $2000, but I thought that was pretty unattainable. You guys…
Parmesan-Sage Quinoa Cakes
I am very excited to introduce you to Cassie today. Cassie is the host of Bake Your Day. She and I started blogging around the same time, and have been followers of each other since the beginning. Cassie guest posted for me last summer, but we have both come so far, I asked if she…
One Skillet Chicken Dinner
Today I want to introduce you to Claire. She is the host of The Realistic Nutritionist. Claire is one of the sweetest bloggers I have come across. She is amazingly talented, and is constantly tempting me with delicious recipes. Plus her recipes are healthy! You would never know, either. Just like this one she made…
Pork Carnitas
Summer is here! Yesterday we even went to the beach. There is a state park about 10 minutes away from where we live that has a nice beach. The kids played in the sand, played on the playground, and enjoyed the water. I am looking forward to more days like this as the summer goes…
Bacon Avocado Grilled Cheese
We are driving back to Colorado today. It has been a great trip. We were able to spend lots of time in Wisconsin with our parents. Then we stopped in Iowa for a couple days and spent some time with friends. I am very glad we were able to make this trip this summer. Today…
Asian Dumplings With Dipping Sauce
It is no surprise to anyone who visits here on a regular basis that I am a big fan of muffins. I have over 20 recipes for muffins on this blog alone! So when I was contacted to see if I was interested in reviewing a new cookbook called The Muffin Tin Cookbook I was…
Tandoori Chicken Naan Pizza
We are headed for Wisconsin! Today is the last day of school. My 7 year old is done at noon, and then we are jumping in the car and driving to Wisconsin. Ok, so not all the way there today, but almost. It seems like forever since we have been to our parents house. I…
Lemon Garlic Shrimp and Grits
I am having a hard time writing this post tonight. I just received an email from the owners of the house we are buying. Well technically, they are our renters now, since we closed on the house over a month ago. Well anyway, they were supposed to be out of the house by June 19th. …
Homemade Pasta and Mother’s Day
I spent the day yesterday at the zoo with a bunch of first graders. It was a little crazy at times, but all in all, it was fun. Luckily, I didn’t have to drive the 60 minutes there and back on the bus, or I might think differently 🙂 As I said yesterday, I wanted…