Over the last week, I’ve been making an effort to cut out most of the meat, dairy and refined carbs in my diet. While again, I’m not fully vegan or vegetarian, eating a plant-based diet the majority of the time makes me feel better and gives me more energy throughout the day. The more I cut … Read More
About a year ago, I tried to go Vegan for health reasons. While eating a plant-based diet made me feel incredible, I realized it just wasn’t sustainable to be a strict Vegan long term. I still frequently eat vegan and vegetarian meals though, because sometimes I just don’t crave meat. When I stumbled upon this particular meatless … Read More
Garlic, Lemon, and Dill Tuna Burgers Starting this week, I decided to go back to a mostly Pescatarian/Mediterranean diet. I had been on quite the splurging spree and not using much restraint when it came to eating, and I knew it was time to get back on track. While the pescatarian way of eating isn’t … Read More
Slow-Cooker Beef Stroganoff When you think of classic American comfort foods, what comes to mind for you? Meatloaf and mashed potatoes? Fried chicken and macaroni and cheese? Some kind of tuna noodle casserole? One of my all-time favorite comfort foods that I rarely make is Beef Stroganoff. I wanted to find a recipe for it that … Read More
My boyfriend and I have had his parents staying with us at our house this week, so with that, comes the need to make bigger meals to accommodate more people. I was wracking my brain for bigger portioned meals from my usual arsenal of recipes when a tamale pie I made several years ago came … Read More
Best Ways to Use Leftovers I’m going to admit it, I’m not a big fan of eating the same meal 4 times in a row, and until the last few years, I rarely ate leftovers. That was before I got creative and I found ways to turn them into entirely new and delicious meals! It … Read More
Quick update guys, You may have noticed the blog has a little bit of a different look going on. I made the move to self-hosting so that I can add some new features to the site. With that came a new theme, but I’ve still got all the same content you’ve come to love from … Read More
On New Year’s Day in the South, it’s typical to feast on pork, representing prosperity, black-eyed peas, representing coins, and collard greens, representing money. As Michael Scott would say, “I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious” so I figure it can’t hurt to start the year off cooking up a jumble of all … Read More
I’m a huge proponent of living in moderation, or living consciously or living mindfully. Whatever you really want to call it, I’m all about balance. Balance is different for everyone, but for me, it’s when being healthy and also enjoying myself in life are in harmony. Everyone’s happy weight and happy place is going to … Read More
In no particular order, here are some of my recent favorite things! Martha Stewart’s Slow Cooker Cookbook I picked up this bad boy at TJ Maxx last week for $12.99, it looks like it’s available for $17.68 here on Amazon as well. I was combing through the recipes this weekend and a lot of them … Read More
