I know I have been very absent for a very long time, but I'm doing my best and hopefully you are still with me :) I have been fairly busy at work and in my free time I've been getting involved in a new hobby... couponing! To some of you this is probably not a shock because I instagram and tweet about my couponing ventures but it's definitely something that I'm really enjoying. I so far have been doing a good job of resisting clipping coupons for items I don't need and I have not bought anything we don't already use. So no hoarding for me!
One of the things I really love about couponing is it almost makes meal planning easier! Instead of planning our meals for the week based upon what sounds good, I go through the stores' circulars and find things that are inexpensive and plan that way! It makes a world of difference. It makes planning the meals less confusing and allows me to feed Matt and myself on the cheap :)
I absolutely adore chili. Usually filled with tomatoes. Big plump, juicy tomatoes. But as I've mentioned in posts pasts, my significant other cannot stand them. So as much as it pains me, I have created a recipe for tomato-less chili. I find this chili to be really good, despite it's lack of tomatoes. I use tomato paste to get some tomato flavor in there without having the actual tomato pieces in there. I think this recipe is perfect for someone looking to de-tomato-ize their chili (not sure how many of you exist!) You can also make this a more traditional chili by adding 2-3 fresh tomatoes :)
Sorry for the dork-fest post title, it's just from one of my favorite shows, New Girl, which, if you don't watch it already, you definitely should and it's all available on Hulu. So Matt and I were discussing how deli turkey just doesn't cut it sometimes. Sometimes you want the real thing. And by real thing I mean the thing that you are normally only lucky to have once a year? Black Friday. The perfect Turkey Sandwich with real turkey meat and not some processed sliced turkey sitting in water or some other liquid wrapped in a plastic container (and it won't expire for like a month?? Weird). So anyway, I had some time to spare, which is incredibly rare for me. A day off is a fantastic blessing in my life, so I use it to make turkey for "real turkey" sandwiches for Matt all week. Yum-my.
Hey guys! Again please forgive my absence! A lot has happened in the last few weeks! I signed up for a freaking FULL marathon. Like a crazy person. I'm still trying to watch what I eat and come up with healthier things to eat. This is certainly a good one and I'll be using it again. My favorite part is that it's a one-pan wonder (except for the pot you have to use for cooking the pasta...but the rest can all be done in a single frying pan). Read on for the Verdict to see more about how much I liked this recipe, and how my co-workers liked it as well!
Happy Easter weekend everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your weekends! I got a long weekend off from work, which I'm fully enjoying as a relaxing 3 days and doing pretty much as little as possible. Sometimes you just have to recharge ya know? Anyway, I made this rack of lamb a few nights ago and thought I would share it with you in the event that you haven't decided what to make for Easter dinner yet.
So it's the day after Christmas! Actually it's almost the day after the day after Christmas because it's almost 11 on December 26th so I'm getting dangerously close to missing the "Christmas post" window... or maybe I already have...who know's I'm new to the blogosphere. Anyway, I had a really wonderful Christmas and I hope that you all did as well (or a happy hanukkah or whatever your celebration of choice may be!) I truly hope it was a happy one filled with laughter and family.
Family is what Christmas is all about to me. This year was a completely different Christmas than we are used to. It was our first Christmas without our beloved
Mimi, who always reminded us what the true spirit of Christmas was all about. This was also the first Christmas in I don't even know how long that our whole family has not been able to be together for the holidays. We had planned to go to West Virginia to see the whole family, as we did for Thanksgiving, but unfortunately sometimes life does not permit those things to happen.
My Uncle J, with whom I'm very close, has been battling cancer since 2006. He's a stubborn man though and he's been fighting the fight so well. He's still doing okay but had to be admitted to Johns Hopkins last week, and so, the family would be split up for Christmas...half of us in NC and half of us in MD. We still spoke on the phone and we are going to have a January "Christmas" once everything calms down, but we are all certainly hoping that next Christmas we will get to be together again.
Wow. I'm astonished how long it has been since I have posted. I have been so insanely busy that I barely have time to breathe, let alone cook and then BLOG about it. Sometimes I just don't have the energy but usually it's more just because I'm not even at my computer. So usually on days like that I just want to be able to come home and whip up something fast and simple. I have made these turkey burgers about 4-5 times and I love them every time. I started making them as a healthy alternative to a beef burger and also decided to make them sans bun! I really like them and I think you will too! So make some for yourself on a busy weeknight or even on a relaxed Sunday, but let me know how you like them!
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