I have been getting bored with my normal grilled chicken and veggies, so I felt I needed to spice things up for dinner the other night. I was on the phone with a girl friend and literally not even paying attention to what I was grabbing or even chopping. It all just started coming together, in one delicious, crazy concoction. I adore cilantro and wanted to use it in some type of marinade but I thought, what else could I put in this? Alcohol. Beer to be exact. Now, for anyone who knows me knows I only drink beer when 1….
Turkey Lettuce Wraps with Cucumber Salad
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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…
Easy Shrimp Scampi
0While visiting my very pregnant sister, I felt bad letting her do any work what so ever. I tried to do everything I could to give her a break while I was there. I remember being pregnant and how much I hated every second of it…the swollen feet, not being able to shave my legs or even seeing my feet for that matter and the utter exhaustion that never seemed to leave. There were more, but I’ll spare you guys a pity party. Well, to get where she is just add twins + a 15 month old toddler to the…
Nutella Makes Everything Betta
0Love 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…
Fried Brown Rice
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Here is the most absolutely delicious, better than your local Chinese takeout place fried rice recipe, as promised from yesterday. I stumbled upon this recipe on this site called Pinterest. I don’t know if any of you have ever heard of it…or if I ever mentioned it before….(subtle sarcasm much?) I’ve attempted fried rice numerous times, and it always came out greasy or just tasting way too much like soy sauce. I had brown rice in the house and made about 3 cups worth. Ate one cup that night with my husband, and save the last 2 cups for this…
Better-Than-Takeout Baked Sweet Chinese Chicken
0Who 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….
Meatless Friday – Roasted Veggie Pasta
0Normally 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…
Tangerine Mint Cocktail
0Since I am on this Dr. Oz Weight-orade kick, I have an over-abundance of both mint and tangerine. So keeping with this fat-burning, metabolism-boosting theme, I tried to mix up a little concoction with one of my favorite alcoholic beverages, Champagne. Well…Prosecco to be exact. Fresh juiced tangerines mixed with some bubbly and mint make for a very refreshing drink that would be perfect for happy hour or brunch! Tangerine Mint Cocktail serves 2 4 Tangerines, juiced (should equal to 1 cup) Handful of mint, chopped Champagne or Prosecco slices of tangerine and/or mint sprigs for garnish Cut each tangerine in…
Leftover Lamb Gyros
0For 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…
Meatless Friday – 20 Minute Minestrone Soup
0The husband has been feeling under the weather the past few days and requested minestrone soup. Of course the day I plan to make it is a day where I will be out of the house the majority of the day. So how to get the best of both worlds? A pressure cooker. I know some people might be a little scared of this guy, believe me, I was to when I first tried it. In fact, I am still scared of that damn thing. It makes cooking things like soup, which normally take an hour or so to…
