I was recently invited to be a blogger for the Love Your Local Safeway campaign, and being the good vegetarian that I am, I jumped at the opportunity! I'm a huge Safeway fan, in fact, I fondly recall pushing the mini shopping cart up and down the aisles with my Mom when I was a kid. I'm also a huge lover of beef... Well, my family loves it, and I love everything about it … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} Homemade Vegetable Broth
I hate waste. Whenever, and wherever possible I try to reuse, re-purpose, and recycle anything that I can. Along the same line of thought as my Bento Bread Scrap French Toast, I decided to start storing all veggie scraps and end of life veggies in a large freezer bag to make homemade vegetable broth. By nature, veggies create a lot of waste as they're often cored, … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} DIY Tortilla Bowl Stir-Fry Recipe
Every once in a while I like to impress the pants off my family make meal time special by actually giving a shit putting in a little extra effort. This was one of those nights! I've seen these taco bowls on Pinterest lately and decided to give them a try.Unfortunately (fortunately?) I only had large tortilla's so shaping them in an upside down muffin pan, as some of the … [Read more...]
Easy DIY fall centerpiece
First off, I want to say a big 'ole HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my American friends, family, and readers. I hope that you all have lovely days planned surrounded by the ones you love. That's one of my favorite things about the holidays! Today I bring to you a super fantastic DIY fall centerpiece for your table on the cheap, even at the last minute! I am, and always have been … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} Easy DIY microwave popcorn
We love movie night in our house, and everyone knows that movie night just isn't movie night if popcorn isn't involved. I saw a pin on Pinterest a while back that left me scratching my head in awe "you can't do that!! ...can you?!" I'm all for testing out new things, especially when the capital investment required is low, so this little experiment was a definite win-win! So, in … [Read more...]