Tonight’s menu consists of homemade chicken soup for my two sick boys. Who else is ready for summer? Or maybe it’s time to move to the tropics?! All of the germs floating around right now are awful. I’m over here dreaming of warmer weather! But, earlier this week, while we were all healthy, we enjoyed […]
Winter Vegetable & Falafel Bowl
My favorite thing to eat, currently, (besides popcorn) is a bowl full of greens, roasted winter vegetables, and some kind of sauce or dressing. And adding goat cheese doesn’t hurt! Including some meat or an egg is fine, as well, but I’m really okay with keeping it vegetarian. While Todd was gone one week, I made […]
Clean Eating Lately
This post encompasses two whole months of clean eating ideas (well at least the meals that I snapped pictures of)! As you’ll see, many of them have similar ingredients, because with clean eating, and eating seasonally, that’s kind of how it goes. Currently we are eating plenty of kale, sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, eggs (typical), […]
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Enchiladas with Salsa Verde and Pineapple Salsa
Did you know that you can “bake” potatoes in a crock pot? I love this cooking trick, especially in the summer when heating my oven for hours is not the best option. I cooked some sweet potatoes in our crock pot last week, mainly for these enchiladas. I also made enough to have leftovers for […]
Sweet Potato Pasta with Sausage, Shaved Asparagus, Rosemary, and Goat Cheese
You know those weeks where you’re just down in the dumps? Last week was that for me, and the fact that it was SO COLD in Charlotte didn’t help. But, on Thursday I woke up with a resolution to get happy. I took Davis to Trader Joe’s for some fresh flowers, then we went on […]