Y’all please don’t laugh at me, but I never even tried chili until after I was married. I had no idea what the weird red soup was all about. Truthfully, it scared me. Now, I love it and I have to share my totally random, combined recipe I use. Oh, and yes, this recipe calls […]
Designer Whey Sustained Energy Protein Powder
August 25, 2013 By 19 Comments
This post is sponsored by Designer Whey Sustained Energy Premium Protein Powder. Designer Whey provided me a 12 oz can of Vanilla Bean and Chocolate Velvet flavored Designer Whey Sustained Energy Premium Protein Powder to taste. Of course, all opinions contained in this post are my own. There are a zillion protein powders on the […]
Healthy “Fried” Bananas
June 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I got this idea from a post on Facebook. Someone out in the blogging world (I can’t remember who) came up with this idea, but I changed the recipe to make it a tad healthier. It is super easy (or I wouldn’t do it) and takes about 10 or so min. Get you a good, […]
My Perfect Summer Salad
May 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I am a huge raw veggie lover and with garden harvest time approaching quickly, here is a quick, yummy way to use some of your produce. Combine all of this in a huge bowl: Lettuce (I use the bagged spring mix, cause I am not very good at growing my own) Sliced Cucumber, Mushrooms, Roma […]
Easy, Healthy Roasted Veggie Side
January 25, 2013 By 2 Comments
By no means am I trying to become a food blogger, but I have decided to start sharing some of my easy veggie creations. My number one goal is to expose my boys to absolutely every vegetable in the produce section and with this dish I succeeded in sneaking in turnips and beets. All you […]
Sugar Free Blueberry Muffins
August 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Forgive me. I am not a foodie, but I must share this recipe I kind of tinkered with. I am always on the search for low calorie snacks and dishes and a few days ago I started craving blueberry muffins. Well, blueberry muffins have a lot of calories. BOOOOOOOOOOO! I googled for ideas and found […]
Epazote – Dysphania ambrosioides
May 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We often have a Hispanic family over for cookouts and I always learn new easy cooking tips, but this one floored me. We were having a BBQ, but Rosa wanted to cook a freshly caught catfish that Aaron had just brought home from the lake. She proceded to gut the fish and make several slices […]
Aaron’s Super Famous Spicy Sausage Recipe
November 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I understand that not everyone has the ability to grow their own food, much less raise cows, pigs, goats, and sheep like we do, but good Lord you can make some good grub with home grown veggies and meat. I am going to share with you guys Aaron’s Super Famous Spicy Sausage recipe. It is […]
Cactus Juice
October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of Aaron’s favorite things to do is find something that appears to be useless and find it a use. This week, he set out to find a use for all the stinking cactus we have growing around here. Normally, we have an amount that is tolerable, but I think this year since it was […]