Guess Who's Getting a Puppy??

I try really hard to make every birthday, anniversary, & Christmas awesome. I love to get Rich stuff that I know he will love!! On the recent list of awesome things I have gotten him are his set of...

Salmon Burgers

Ever since finding wild salmon fillets on sale for a few bucks a pound, I've been trying to think of MORE ways to eat salmon. Thankfully I am down to the last three pounds! Tonight I decided to try...

Yam & Roasted Pepper Soup

For the past few days I've been eating veggie purées or puréed soups and fresh fruit & veggie juice. Today I found a recipe from one of my go-to blogs, and of course I made it my own. It was really...

Intro to Juicing

Well, after watching more health documentaries than anyone should ever watch, I have finally decided to try a juice cleanse. Since changing my diet over to 50% vegetables & fruits, 30% beans,...

The Two Hour Cleansing Process

I never dreamed that just getting clean could be so exhausting and excruciating. Before my foot surgery, the Dr. told me that I would not be allowed to take a shower for 2 full weeks afterwards....

Cauliflower Crust Pizza (flourless/gluten free)

My sister-in-law's sister, Colleen, gave me the most AMAZING recipe for cauliflower-crust pizza. With the way I've been eating lately, this is a definite splurge, but I made it a few days ago when...

A Visit & a Recipe

My wonderful friend Jenny made us dinner tonight. I was feeling pretty exhausted when we came home so I enjoyed a nap for several hours & what better to eat for dinner than delicious quiche! Jenny...

Shoe Funeral

Well, it's official. The surgery center called this morning to confirm my foot surgery date for January 30th. I dragged myself into my bedroom to remove all my stilettos and high heels from my...

Wholesome Chow!

So as many of you most likely already know, we've gone on a refined-food-free way of eating this year. No refined sugars, no refined carbs, gluten free, non-GMO. Little to no processed foods. Most...

Find the Silver Lining

I don't know what's been going on the last couple of weeks. I feel like it's been a permanent full moon or something. I have gotten so much bad news lately, and it just doesn't seem to stop. If the...

Flourless Black Bean Brownies

Finally, "brownies" that I can have! I found this recipe on the Our Family Eats blog but I modified it to make it a little more "Daniel Plan" friendly. It's not the amazing brownies that we all...

Homemade Peanut Butter

I finally made my first nut butter! It's long overdue but I have finally done it. I made a small batch just in case I did not like it. I am going to make almond butter next. It just so happened...

When it feels like I've had all the bad news I can take, I especially love to incorporate lots of Kari Jobe songs into my worship time. I love her music. There's lots of heavy stuff in this world....

Eating Clean & a Brunch Recipe

This is one of those recipes that I categorize as "brunch" because I truly mean it. Although it is an extremely low carb dish (11 grams), it still has 400 calories. So, it's the dish you make on...

Enchilada-Style Stuffed Peppers

Let's talk about stuffed peppers. I have tried several kids but they always have ground meat and rice in the recipe which makes them kind of....dry and sad. They are supposed to oozing with...

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Why am I taking the time to write a post about chocolate chip cookies? Because this recipe is baking soda free, and I'm taking it for granted I'm not the only person who flips over the bag of...

Four-Hour Sick Soup (Aka Chicken Potato Soup)

It's that time of year again and Rich is sick. Every year he gets a bad chest cold sometime between winter and spring, and 3 times since we've been married it's turned into a bad case of pneumonia....

Overnight Breakfast Casserole

Break out the crock pot and get ready. This is ridiculously easy, and you can make it so many different ways. It's a hash-brown & egg breakfast casserole. You have two options: you can turn it on...

Salsa Chicken Enchiladas

I wanted to make salsa verde chicken enchiladas, but Rich doesn't care for salsa verde. So, my take on those tasty looking enchiladas is salsa chicken enchiladas. I used my own salsa, which I...

Winter Eats: Yummy Salad

This is the salad that you will think about eating all morning while you are STARVING as you run your errands. You may even drive past 20+ smoothie joints and drive-thrus (even Chick-Fil-A) on your...

Jetrocket-Quick Ohio Trip

The year was 2008. A longtime friend of the family made the treacherous journey from Ohio to California, with a toddler in tow and a baby girl on the the way. All because I was getting married. All...

Cream Puff Cake

Recently, I took a jetrocket-quick trip over to Ohio to visit a friend. While I was there, she made a delightful cream puff cake. Needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I think you should all...

Old-Fashioned Pot Roast

Let me preface this post by saying that I'm not particularly a fan of red meat. I prefer poultry. When I say, "not a fan," understand that I mean that I can barely touch or cook the stuff without...

Egg Muffins

The last two weeks have been insanely chilly for our area. It's actually dipped into the high 50's a time or two. I know, go ahead and laugh. But since it's normally in the 80's and 90's my blood...

Creamy Potato-Veggie Soup

Living in the tropics, we usually get about 5 minutes worth of weather that's cold enough for long enough that the hubby will be willing to eat soup. The weather has been "so chilly" lately that I...

Sunday Chicken Roast

Right about the time that fall rolls around, I have the sudden urge to begin cooking lots of homey comfort foods, usually something with gravy that's also accompanied with buttered dinner rolls....

Georgia Road Trip

The past week has been an extremely full one. Last Monday, Rich started a great new job, and Thursday we took our first road trip in our SUV. It's only 8 hours drive to GA, and so we buckled the...

Grass Fed Beef

Today started out beautifully. Perfect weather, sweet drive to work, birds were singing, blah blah blah. Until I strolled into my office with a smile on my face, and stepped directly into the...

Pork Roast Dinner

This roast dinner turned out great!! I used a pre-seasoned "roast flavor" Hormel pork roast. These come in 2 shapes and honestly I don't know why. :-) I buy the shorter, rounder one as opposed to...

Wilted Spinach w/Bacon & Pine Nuts

I badly needed to use up a LARGE tub of baby spinach I bought a few days ago. Normally I have about 2 cups of baby spinach and a cup of kale as my salad base every day, but for some reason I have...