chili & muffins started it
Need a quick, comforting & delicious meal this week? Break out the slow-cooker (or Instant Pot) to make some chili. Four easy fall chili recipes (+ honey cornbread muffins). Heyy girl, hey! Here's the situation. Sometimes, the "I don't wanna cook" feeling spans several days in a row. Quite the slippery slope if you aren't prepared for it because you end up piddly snacking through the day. Or eating out - which blows the budget. #AskMeHowIKnow 😫 I used to think that being a good (fill in the...
about 1 month ago • 1 min readmy steamy bowl story
Today's letter comes with a personal story to go with the meal I'm sharing today. But.....if you just wanna dive in to the food - this is the recipe to try. Heyy girl, hey 👋🏽 If there’s any sorta bowl to have when all you need is a hug, it’s this one. But while I get that going, lemme tell you my steamy-bowl story. As most stories go, I met a guy. It was 2011 & he was just back from Japan where he’d been living for several years before college. We were on the same track - a lil Dentist meets...
about 2 months ago • 3 min readtongues, tacos & staples
TLDR: my most trusted DIY pantry & freezer staples I make sure we have so there's no excuses not to eat as good & as often as we do. Peep the pantry - here. 👀 Heyy girl, hey! You like tacos? Me too. And right on a lil strip in Gaithersburg, MD is a taqueria called Ixtalapala that is pretty hard to describe because of how good it is. Impressively authentic. Absurdly cheap (we're talking $2-3 per taco back in like 2021).Less than 20 min from the house. Bad combo for two foodies with an undying...
3 months ago • 3 min readlisten, we all have time
Heyy girl, hey! When you’re on the ball, you can go half the month only spending 1/3 of the grocery budget while still eating at home. And when you’re not…well… You don’t need me to tell you what happens then. Moral of the story? Be on the ball. 😎✌🏽 (True story 👆🏽🤷🏽♀️) If you don’t have time for cooking, no, no, no. If you think you don’t have time to make dinner, let me remind you why it’s so easy to find the time to do so. Read the latest blog post. 👇🏽 Why You Do Have Time to Cook Now I’m a...
3 months ago • 1 min read