I have this AWESOME friend named Ceaven (it's pronounced "Kevin"). My phone likes to correct her name seven million times before it accepts that I am trying to type Ceaven. Craven. Caravan. Heaven. The corrections are endless. Anyway, she is also a teacher at the school where I work, so we eat lunch together everyday. We both loooovvveee food and cooking, so we are always trying each other's ...
Salmon Burgers with Dill Caper Yogurt sauce
Okay, these are officially a new fave. I am totally obsessed. I could seriously make a batch of these and have them around at all times and never get sick of them eeeeevvvvaaaaaaaaa. They are: Easy SOOOO flavorful Healthy Fun to make And you feel amazing after eating them. This is what I would consider a "Hail Mary" recipe. Meaning as I was buying the groceries to make these burgers ...
Spicy Shrimp Bowls with Parmesan Quinoa and Garlic Kale
STAAHHPP with the kale. I know...I know...I'm sorry. It's the kale phase forcing my mind to only think of kale-inclusive recipes. The kale phase is still going strong, people. It's still going real strong. Can I tell you something that will clue you in on the craziness of my brain this week? I went grocery shopping after work today before I picked up Boone and headed home. Well, as I was ...
Brown Rice Lasagna Skillet
Do you ever have those weeks when you are just NOT MOTIVATED to do anything??? You have this big to-do list, but you would really rather just grab a pint of ice cream, sit down on the couch, and binge watch The Office until it's time to go to bed? Myyyyyy liiiife these past few weeks. It's a weird phase, though, because I am totally fine while I'm at work - productive, energized, into it. It's ...
Crunchy Cabbage Salad with Peanut Dressing [21 Day Fix]
Ah, Salad. We have had a rocky relationship in the past, and I sincerely apologize for that because you are delicious. I never was a huge fan of salad until I got older. I just thought they were BO-ring. Iceberg lettuce, carrots, cukes, ranch dressing. Blah, blah, blah. Boring. FALSE! If you put the right ingredients together, salads can be the bomb.com. I could literally eat a salad every single ...
Spicy Shrimp and Avocado Lettuce Wraps [21 Day Fix]
Oh my goodness love. Love. Love. These lettuce wraps make me so happy ????. They seriously pack the most amazingly flawless combination of flavors and textures... Let's start from the bottom and work our way up: A crispy leaf of fresh romaine lettuce. A crunchy layer of tangy, slightly sweet honey, lime, cilantro slaw. P.S. easiest stuff evaaaaaaa. Three or so flavor packed blackened ...
Guacamole Turkey Burgers [21 Day Fix]
Okay. This is totally one of my new healthy faves. Scratch "healthy faves" and replace with just "faves" in general. The word faves is starting to sound strange. Despite the overuse of "faves," this turkey burger seriously is out of this world. The addition of chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt in the ground turkey yields SO much flavor. The patty alone seared with those ...
Baked Coconut Shrimp [21 Day Fix]
Coconut shrimp brings back happy, happy memories for me. There is this restaurant in Charlotte (and other places I'm sure), called Firebirds, and they have a-may-zing coconut shrimp. So, so, so, so, yummy. And I always had so much fun going there for various celebratory occasions (it's slightly fancy). Now, these aren't exactly like Firebird's because theirs have a good quarter inch of breading ...
Poached Eggs over Roasted Asparagus with Lemon Vinaigrette [21 Day Fix]
Poached eggs are scary. They seem very fancy and seem to require a lot of technical skill to make. Let me tell you something, though - with a few little tricks, making poached eggs is just as easy and scrambling 'em up in a skillet. I promise! And then you will look all fancy and awesome eating a perfectly poached egg. We can just keep it between you and I that it was super simple. No one else has ...
Kale and Turkey Sausage Saute with Parmesan [21 Day Fix]
Oh my gooodness this this thiiiissssss. Totally going to be a standard repeat dinner in my house from now on. It is so good. And SO SO SO easy. And healthy! There are only a few things in this recipe: Kale Turkey sausage Garlic Red pepper flakes Parmesan cheese Since we are only working with a handful of simple ingredients here, we have to treat them like they are our best frands. How ...