My mom and I shared dinner duty last night and while she prepared sweet potatoes and ribs, I made a veggie-packed side dish. I know it doesn’t look like much, but we all loved it! I’ll measure everything out the next time I make it so I can share the exact recipe with you, but…
Five
Guess who turned five years old yesterday? This little ham! That face. She is so ridiculous. Ryan had to leave on a business trip yesterday, so Sadie’s annual birthday challenge is postponed until he returns, but we celebrated with a “cake” made from wet dog food. On Saturday afternoon after the ZOOMA Half Marathon, I…
A Little Sweetness
After a crock pot fail earlier this week, last night’s successful slow cooker dinner redeemed my love for crock pot cooking. I made beef stew by following a recipe I found on AllRecipes.com. Though the recipe called for a few veggies, I added a bunch more and chopped up sweet potatoes, green peppers, mushrooms, carrots…
Hello, Sheriff
I’m beginning to feel like some pretty unusual things happen to me after I fall asleep. And by unusual I mean freaky. Remember the time Ryan had me convinced someone broke into our apartment as we were asleep upstairs in Orlando? And the time our doorbell went off randomly in the middle of the night?…
Crock Pot Steel Cut Oats Fail
Slow Cooker Carnitas
Now that the Crock Pot Challenge is in full swing, I find myself feeling more and more motivated in the kitchen. Trying out new recipes is a lot of fun, especially when the recipes involve the crock pot and aren’t overly complicated. Yesterday I made Lindsay’s slow cooker carnitas. I followed the recipe on Lindsay’s…