Ohhhhh my goodness, IT'S FINALLY OVER. That month was a strug, fam - definitely harder than I thought it would be. If I'm being super honest, I really don't think I would have finished it if I hadn't made it so public on the blog and The Garlic Diaries' Insta. BUT - we finished it! Finished it legit and 100% with zero cheats. And now that it's over, I'm so glad we did it, and it was a good ...
Whole 30 Week Three Recap
Alright you guys...we are THREE WEEKS down and less than one to go at this point. PRAISE THE LAWD, because this has been quite the challenge! So - week three... WHAT WE ATE Breakfasts: I ditched the creative breakfasts that I enjoyed so much last week and literally had the exact same thing every single day. Why? Mainly because I was lazy and wasn't feeling creative in the breakfast ...
Whole 30 Week Two Recap
Half way through, half way through, half way through! Whew. This second week has been an interesting one...In week one, we were all firey and motivated since it was still so new. We are still motivated, but we have also dealt with a little Whole 30 boredom and have at times felt a liiittttle over it. BUT - we are pushing over this hump and are determined to finish strong! Let's break down this ...
Whole 30 Week One Recap
Week one of Whole 30 is officially dizzity-done, yo. As of Monday night! SO - let's chat... WHAT WE ATE Breakfasts: Eggs. Lots of eggs. Eggs in different ways - usually just scrambled, but sometimes I got a little more ambitious and made a few over easy fried eggs or an omelette stuffed with goodies. I usually have bacon with the eggs, but the other day I had leftover steak from the ...
Pause Instant Pot – Go Whole 30!
^^Oh boy. This is happening. BUT wait. Before I start talking about all of this, quick life updates. YES I have been the worst blogger in the history of bloggers for baaasically the entire last month (#whathappened), but we have had a ton, ton, TON going on over here. I was out of town/had company staying at my house for basically a month, and theennnn my husband came home from his deployment ...
How To: Salad Dressing + 3 Recipes
Alright people, the following information his crucial: THERE IS ZERO REASON TO BUY PRE-MADE SALAD DRESSING EVER. Reasons: Homemade tastes a million times better (that is an exact statistic...one million times better) Homemade is super easy to make Homemade is way healthier and has no refined sugar + preservatives + extra chemicals But most importantly, again, it really does taste so ...
How To: Basic Marinara
Everybody's gotta have a basic red sauce recipe in their back pocket. It's like THE easiest go-to dinner ever. I always, always have crushed tomatoes in my pantry, I always have onions, and I obvi always have garlic (garlic is life - peep the blog title, yo). And that's basically all you need for this! I personally prefer adding meat at the very beginning and making it a meaty red sauce, but we're ...
How To: Scrambled Eggs
I have spent most of my life disliking eggs. They were never something I hated, I just never ever EVER had them in my house unless it was for a recipe. I never woke up and thought "Hm, I can't wait to shove some scrambled eggs in my face for breakfast!" Honestly, I've never really been a big breakfast eater period. Until recently. There was a large chunk of time - several months - after I had ...
How To: Dice Veggies
Our second post in the new "How To" series: dicing veggies! Seems super basic, but I have had a surprising amount of people ask me questions about this, and I got multiple requests on Facebook for this "how to" when I was putting my feelers out for what people wanted me to post about! I'm not claiming that the dicing techniques shown in the video below are the technical ways you would be taught ...
How To: Roux (Plus 3 Uses)
This is the first post in a new "How To" series that is kicking off today! It's going to last about two weeks and five "How To's" all together, covering ultra basic cooking 101 things like this (roux), scrambled eggs, basic marinara, etc...I won't give them all away here 😉. This is for those of you out there who are either learning how to cook from the ground up, or are used to cooking, but don't ...
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