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How Not Live In Wedded Bliss
This week Mr. Man and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. We’ve had our share of trials and successes. We’ve been very blessed and our love…and patience for each other…has only grown. BUT, we don’t live in wedded bliss. In my opinion, wedded bliss ends within the first 2 years of a marriage, then the hard stuff begins. Instead of striving for constant wedded bliss…Mr. Man and I have a joyful marriage. I love him deeply and couldn’t see my life without him. He is a wonderful husband and an amazing father to the amigos. He is thoughtful and kind. He makes me laugh at least a few times each…
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Beef Street Tacos
First recipe of my meal planning series with shredded beef brisket cooked in the instapot. These street tacos are addicting! I had a hard time stopping myself at just 2 tacos…and I’m already looking forward to eating more tomorrow. This recipe is super easy and quick after you’ve already roasted the beef brisket in the instapot. Takes 30 minutes or less. The original instapot beef brisket recipe is linked below. Beef Street Tacos ingredients: Shredded beef brisket, at least 2 cups (click for link to brisket recipe) 2-4oz diced green chilies 1 cup low sodium beef stock Street taco shells Mexican blend cheese Mango Pineapple Salsa Fresco directions: Place the…
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Mango Pineapple Salsa Fresco
Mr. Man would do just about anything for fresh pineapple. If I have a fresh pineapple and need it for a recipe, I have to chop it up and prepare it before he knows what I’ve done. Otherwise, it disappears faster than a fart in a fan factory. So when I decided to refine my pineapple mango salsa recipe, I had to do it while he was at work. Don’t worry, I shared the end results with him…and he loved it. I loved it…no, cooking, a lot of chopping. AND…it’s heart healthy, dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo, whole 30, vegetarian…you name it…well except keto. This recipe is definitely now in our regular…
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Shredded Beef Brisket
Sometimes when I meal plan for a week, I like to make it as easy as possible. Which means cooking a large amount of a protein and then divvying it up between several meals. One of my favorites is to roast a beef brisket in my instapot. Whenever I do this I make sure I roast enough protein to be able to use in at least 3 meals. This last week we had a meal with brisket sliced up, roasted sweet potatoes, and fresh spinach and strawberry salad. The next meal I made with the brisket is Loaded Cauliflower Bowls, and the last one was Beef Street Tacos. I had…
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Oven-Baked Zucchini Chips
Zucchini is a vegetable that I wish I loved. Mushy zucchini makes my skin crawl. Well…this super easy recipe not only checked all of the boxes for my taste buds, but it was also a huge hit with the boys. I have made these in the oven and in an air fryer. Both turned out equally yummy. Yellow squash and summer squash also work great in this recipe as well. Do you have any recipes with zucchini that I should try? Oven-Baked Zucchini Chips ingredients: 1 zucchini, can also use yellow squash 2 eggs 1/2 cup heavy cream 2 cups gluten-free Panko breadcrumbs 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese 1/4 tsp salt 1/2…
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What If…Semicolon Movement
What if Goob wakes up and I don’t get enough sleep. What if I don’t get the boys to school on time. What if I look fat in the yoga pants I chose for the gym. What if I don’t have as good of a workout as I hope. What if I don’t have the motivation to clean the house like I planned to. What if I don’t finish my master’s degree. What if no one reads my blog. What if I never live up to the expectations of my husband. What if Mr. Man deploys soon. What if we can’t sell our house. What if I never lose the baby…
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Honey Garlic Shrimp with Quinoa
I grew up on seafood, every summer we would trek to Oregon to visit grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. More often than not, we would spend some time on the coast, usually bouncing between Newport, Florence, and the sand dunes. Grandpa Harold taught me how to fish, we would spend the whole week playing on the beach, fishing, catching crabs and clams. I loved every minute of it. Mr. Man, on the other hand, his version of seafood is…well, it’s steak. He tolerates some seafood, but mostly if it isn’t battered in coconut and deep-fried, he doesn’t like it. Still, we are trying to be mostly heart-healthy, and frankly,…
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Roasted Heirloom Tomato and Garlic Marinara
I found gorgeous baby heirloom cherry tomatoes at my local Costco last week and just had to snag them. I have to say I am not a tomato lover…I seriously desire to like raw tomatoes, I will eat them on a salad, but overall I avoid them like the plague. I think my dislike stems from when my parents would stew and can tomatoes almost every year as I was growing up and that smell…that smell rivals baby poo. It…well it scarred me for life. BUT I love to figure out how to add them to recipes and spice them up so they don’t dredge up memories that I probably…
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Double Trouble: Tips for Managing Multiples
Having twins? Triplets? Done panicking yet? How many times have dollar signs passed through your mind? While receiving the news that you are getting two for one can be a special moment; it can also cause nervous breakdowns. There are many misconceptions and unhelpful advice floating around, and while my advice is definitely not fact, I have had 10 years of experience. I am still asked, ‘how do you do it?’ I thought that would be one of the questions that would dwindle over time. I sincerely hope that sharing the tips, tricks, and mistakes I’ve experienced; eases your nerves, saves you money, and relieves the stress. There may even…
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Chocolate Banana Protein Muffins
One problem I have on a weekly basis is overly ripe bananas. I will not eat them once they are completely yellow. And unfortunately, the amigos are the exact same way. So each week, we have 2-3 bananas that are too ripe for anyone to eat. I quickly grew tired of banana bread and the amount of frozen banana bits in our freezer is rather embarrassing. A few weeks ago I noticed a recipe at the bottom of the Kodiak Pancake mix. Since then, the ripe banana epidemic has been abolished. I did make a few changes to the original recipe to make it a little more heart healthy. Also,…
