June 14, 2012

Turkey Lettuce Wraps with Cucumber Salad

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Turkey Lettuce Wraps with Cucumber Salad

I love me some lettuce wraps. They are quick, easy and pack a shit ton of flavor. I have been experimenting with a few different recipes over the years in hopes to find the perfect combination of sauces, veggies and meats and FINALLY landed one that fits the bill. I came across SkinnyKitchen’s version of lettuce wraps that tasted very similar to P.F.Chang’s. Minus the gazillion calories..score! I added a few tweaks and they came out incredible. Now, I like to eat, and so does my husband, we were left a little hungry about an hour later so the 2nd…

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May 31, 2012

Dunkin’ Donuts Does National Donut Day!

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If you thought you couldn’t love Dunkin’ Donuts anymore than you already do well then I have one more reason for you to: FREE Donuts June 1st! Yes you heard me correctly, good ol’ Dunkin’ will be giving 1 free donut to each patron with a purchase of any beverage, Friday June 1st in honor of National Donut Day. The greatest day in the entire world. Just to give you a little history on how National Donut Day originated, let us go back in the day to 1938. The Salvation Army wanted to honor women who served in WWI by giving them a free donut…

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May 29, 2012

Nutella Makes Everything Betta

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  Love me some Nutella! After this great Memorial Day weekend, my husband and I had our own little BBQ, just the 3 of us. While he was napping on the couch (lucky bastard), I thought I’d make a special dessert because after stuffing my face with yummy BBQ foods, I need something sweet! I had just bought Nutella and always have at least 1 box of Pillsbury pie dough in the fridge. So I got a brilliant idea to make little Nutella & Banana Pie Pouches. How bad could those turn out right?! They are extremely easy to make…

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May 17, 2012

Better-Than-Takeout Baked Sweet Chinese Chicken

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Who doesn’t love a good Chinese food take-out night? I have always loved attempting to make my own Chinese, Thai, and Oriental foods. I’ve attempted – as you can see attempted is the operative word – fried wontons, pad thai, lo mein, sesame chicken and lettuce wraps.  I succeeded maybe 2 out of 5 times. So last week as part of my daily routine, I was scouring Pinterest for new recipes and came across one for Sweet & Sour baked Chicken. I was intrigued. I have been craving it for some time and figured to test it out for dinner….

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May 4, 2012

Meatless Friday – Roasted Veggie Pasta

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Normally I am strictly a pasta and marinara sauce kind of girl but decided to step out of my comfort zone and test out a new kind of pasta dish. I knew it would either be a hit or complete fail and was prepared for the latter. We have been on an “lets eat healthy” kick for our upcoming trip to Vegas (whooohooo!). Clearly we are trying some Jedi mind trick to make us feel better and justify the fact that we will be drinking heavily and eating like crap for 4 days. Whatever works, right? So I made a…

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April 18, 2012

Leftover Lamb Gyros

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For Easter, in our house it is customary to serve lamb. For years, my mother has been making the leg of lamb in the oven with Seagrams and garlic. Well, for at least 3 years, she has managed to blow the oven door completely off from the massive explosion from the alcohol. It was quite a sight. So 3 oven doors and a new kitchen later, the parents have decided to try a new way of cooking the lamb, grill it baby! It is sooooooo freaking good! We had tons of left overs and as I was stuffing my face…

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March 27, 2012

Food Truck Party

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I know I’m tardy for the food truck party, but holy shit! Didn’t realize I was missing out on some really good eats! I have always wanted to hit up these infamous mobile restaurants but something would always come up to deter me. I vowed the next time a food truck opportunity would arise, I would leap at the chance to see what all the fuss was about. So a few weeks ago, my friends at Capitol Lighting were having an event and 3 local South Florida food trucks were on hand with some tasty bites. Of course I had…

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March 20, 2012

Dunkin’ Donuts: More Than Just Breakfast

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Who doesn’t love doing a Dunkin’ run before heading to work in the mornings?! Although I am not much of a coffee drinker, I would hit up Dunkin’ Donuts almost 3 times a week for a hot chocolate and bagel as I drove into work. I got to say, that is the only thing I miss about working-my Dunkin’ runs! Lucky for me, Dunkin’ Donuts has now expanded their menu, so you can get great bites and drinks all day long with Dunkin’ Donuts Anytime! I was lucky enough to be invited to a tasting event at a local Dunkin’…

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March 19, 2012

Free 60 Day Trial Membership to BJ’s – Chh-chh-check it out!

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When a great opportunity arise, I am compelled to share! I love me some wholesale clubs –  SAMs, Costco..but mostly BJ’s. My family has been a member for more than 15 years now.  Not only do they give you a chance to try out the club for 60 days minus the surcharge, but you get to use coupons! You have no idea how great that is…ok well maybe you do! I tend to choose BJ’s over the other wholesale clubs just for that alone. On top of using manufacturer coupons, they even publish their own coupons for additional savings on…

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March 9, 2012

Meatless Friday – Baked Fish Sticks

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Here we are, another week with out sweets and another friday without meat! I swear, my sweet tooth is going through some major withdrawls. Mostly at night. BLEH!! It is taking everything out of me not to dive into the giant banana-chocolate cake from my husband birthday this past Monday. Must.push.through!!!!!! So a few months ago, I was craving fish sticks. I have no idea why seeing as I never ate them as a child or even liked them much. You would think I was pregnant or something …. and for the record I am not!!! TRUST ME! I found…

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