I am entering into a month where I will be away from my home on work travel for a solid week and a half total. In addition to the travel, my boyfriend turns 30, we will celebrate our one year anniversary, I’m running a ten-miler and a half marathon (whose bright idea was that?!?!), I have my mid-year […]
Kale Buttermilk Chicken Caesar Salad
I am not a big fan of salad for dinner. It feels too dainty, too tiny and not nearly filling enough for me to just eat a salad for dinner. What I am a fan of, however, is a combo meal. Say, for example, soup + a salad. Now that sounds like dinner to me. So with […]
Baked Turkey Meatballs
I promised I’d post about the turkey meatballs I made this weekend and luckily, this is a cheerful post. They were absolutely delicious and quite easy to throw together. Baked Turkey Meatballs (via Anita at Home Cooking Memories) Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely minced 1 teaspoon […]
What I’m Cooking this Weekend
I love doing preview posts about what I’m going to cook for a couple reasons, but mostly because it keeps me accountable. I can’t brag about what I’m going to cook and then not cook it. Well, I can but I’d feel like a failure and no one wants that! This weekend, I’m going to […]
Lentil Soup w/Sausage via Smitten Kitchen
A couple of weeks ago, I tried my hand at lentil soup and absolutely loved it. In fact, if you haven’t tried that recipe, please do so immediately! I’ve been thinking of ways I can tweak the recipe and low and behold, I found one of my favorite home cooks has a great lentil soup […]
Chicken a la Crockpot
Sometimes you find yourself with a small budget and an even smaller amount of time to spend in the kitchen cooking dinner. For those times, I highly recommend you become comfortable with your crock pot. The luxury of being able to throw a bunch of ingredients in your crock pot and head off to work, […]
Homemade Pizza
If you’ve been following along, you realize that I LOVE pizza. It’s probably my favorite food to eat and I’m pretty sure I could eat it almost everyday. I do understand that generally pizza is not part of a “healthy lifestyle” and so I’ve had to discover ways I could still get my fix but […]
Dips! Pepperoni Pizza Dip + Spinach-Artichoke Dip!
For Super Bowl Sunday, I made “healthier” spinach and artichoke dip and “as healthy as I could make it” pepperoni pizza dip. I also toasted pitas to make whole wheat pita chips. I’m happy to report that both dishes were a total success! Sadly I only took a picture of the pepperoni pizza dip ingredients, […]
Flat Roasted Chicken via Smitten Kitchen
As promised, here is my first crack at a Smitten Kitchen recipe. I decided to try Deb’s Flat Roasted Chicken. In the book, Deb says she can have this on the table in an hour. I figured that meant, I could have it on the table in about an hour and a half (hey, I’m […]
Back to runnin’
Last year, I ran quite a few races. I ran the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure (5K), Capital Hill Classic (10K) and the Rock and Roll Half Marathon (13.1 miles). This year, I already have the Cherry Blossom 10 miler and the Nike Women’s 1/2 Marathon on deck. So in 3 short days, my […]