Menu Monday

Here's what we'll be eating this week....

Mon: Portobello Mushroom Pizzas

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I've been shopping at Aldi and their prices on portobello mushrooms are amazing. I've been looking for some ways to use them so when I saw this recipe I jumped on it. These are really pizzas, but more like little sauteed vegetable cups.

Tues: Baked Turkey Pesto Sandwich

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I really like pesto, but KB is not much of a fan. Hopefully I can fool him with this recipe. I'm going to try to make my own bread for this, but I had an epic baking fail yesterday with the test run for this bread, so I'm not sure what I'll end up doing.

Wed: Tomato Tortellini Soup

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I've made this tomato soup before, but I've never added the tortellini. It's supposed to be kind of chilly here all week, so this soup will be good. Hopefully we can eat the rest of my bread brick with it.

Thurs: Scrambled Egg Salad

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I really like egg salad. I really like scrambled eggs. Hopefully I really like this sandwich. It looks like it would be a little weird, but a part of me thinks it's going to be awesome. Hopefully it's not too eggy and a weird texture.

Bonus Time!

Deer Stew

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KB and his dad worked on a retaining wall in our garden all day on Saturday (this has been a month long process...cue eye roll). It was rainy and cold here on Saturday and I needed to clean out the freezer so I made this deer stew. I'm planning to do a more in depth post on this one since most people look at you really funny when you say you are planning on eating deer for dinner.


Crock Pot Bread

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I tried to make this yesterday as a test run for the turkey sandwich bake. It was a huge fail. My bread always turns out to be like a brick instead of nice and fluffy. No matter what I do it's always this way.


Mexican Hot Chocolate

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It was a really nasty day yesterday and KB had been outside working for most of it, so I decided to make him a little treat. I'm not a huge hot chocolate fan, but I love Mexican hot chocolate. It's a little spicy, not as sweet, and really good. I made this recipe and jazzed it up with a bit more chile and spices. It was so good.

Weekly Work It Out

I'm finally back...yayyyy.

We've been out of town, working on the yard/house, and also working on getting fit, so unfortunately blogging fell by the wayside.

Hopefully this week I can get back on the wagon (with working out and posting).

Here are the workouts I'll be doing this week...

While the name may say "Totally Cool" I'm going to bet that it's probably not as cool as Christi Taylor thinks it is.  Nevertheless, it's about 2 hours of hard core step aerobics, so cool or not it will probably get me sweating.

I really like Chris Freytag.  She looks kinda creepy and should probably lay off the facelifts for a while, but she generally has really good workouts. I did one of her workouts last week and it was really good, so hopefully this one will be too.

I'm also going to try to walk the dogs more this week.  It's been raining here a lot and it's hard to walk around in the mud with 2 dogs that pretty much drag the ground because they are so small.

What workouts will you be doing this week???

Pinteresting Wednesday Post

It's time for another Pinteresting Wednesday post - link up with The Vintage Apple to play along.

Here are my favorite Pins of the week:

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Source: thekitchn.com via Rachel on Pinterest

Source: allrecipes.com via Rachel on Pinterest

What are your favorite Pins this week??

Recipe Roundup

I'm trying to be better about actually taking pictures of all the recipes I make and reviewing them.

Hopefully I can keep it up!

Here's what we ate last week:

Buffalo Chicken Soup

 It was pretty good, but pretty spicy.  I couldn't eat a lot of it (which is a good thing), but what I did eat had a really good flavor (if you like buffalo things).  I made us some toast to go with it to soak up some of the hotness.  I took the leftovers for lunch the next day and they were even better.  It was also really easy and was ready in about half an hour.

Stuffed Mexican Peppers

These were also really easy and were vegetarian.  I try to only cook meat a few times a week, but sometimes it gets hard finding meals that are actually filling.  This had lots of beans in it, so it was pretty hardy.  I could only eat one at dinner (we also had a big salad).  We also ate these for lunch the next day and they were pretty good.  Excuse my ghetto stove.  It's terrible.  I want a nice new pretty one.

Spinach Egg Bake

I really like egg-y things like this.  They are so easy, you can put anything in them, and they almost always taste good.  The hardest part about this dish was wilting the spinach.  I think you could also use frozen and just drain out the water.  I ended up changing the recipe a bit because I didn't have any Parmesan cheese.  I just used mozzarella and it was fine.  This would also be good with some bacon bits or chunked ham in it.  Ours was just cheese and spinach, but you could definitely dress it up.

I didn't take pictures of the blueberry pancakes, but they actually turned out pretty good too (and I'm not a huge pancake fan).  Rosa really liked them...probably a little too much.

Menu Monday

Here's what we're noshing on this week...

Mon: Easy Chicken Bake (recipe in Pin)

Source: via Rachel on Pinterest

I am making this now and it smells wonderful! This looks really easy and like it would taste really good. I cut the chicken called for in the recipe in half and doubled the veggies. I'm also using sweet potatoes instead of new potatoes. I had a bunch of sweet potatoes left over from last week, so hopefully they don't taste too weird with italian dressing on them.

Tues: Crock Pot Red Beans and Rice

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I've made a similar recipe to this in the past and it was really good. I've been going to the Aldi because it's super cheap, but they don't always have all the ingredients I need. I'll be substituing canned beans instead of dried ones in this recipe. I'm planning on washing them a lot so they aren't super salty and cooking on the lowest setting all day.

Wed: Deer Steak with Roasted Cabbage Wedges

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I had planned to make these cabbage wedges earlier, but never got around to it. They look really good and I really love cabbage. We're having them with some deer steak. Deer season started today here, so I'm thinking soon we'll need that room in the freezer.

Thurs: Freezer food

Because hopefully soon we'll need lots of freezer space, we're eating some freezer food.  We'll either be eating lentil soup or white beans and ham stew.  Either one will be delicious!

What will you be eating this week???

Around the Kitchen

I finally got a chance to do some random things around the kitchen this weekend.

My mom gave me a bunch of basil, so I froze it.  I looked around for a few different methods and ended up chopping it and freezing it.

So far it seems to be okay, but I haven't used it yet.

My basil and a HUGE cucumber my grandma gave me.

My chopped up basil waiting to go in the freezer.

I also made some marinated cucumbers.  They are kinda like pickles, but not as pickled.  You just cut up a cucumber, add some dill and apple cider vinegar and water.

I 'burped' the cucumber first.  You cut off the end that the stem was attached to and then rub it in a circular motion.  All of this white gunk will come out and supposedly it makes the cucumber taste sweeter and you won't burp it up later.  I'm not sure if it's just subconscious or what, but KB's grandparents swear by it.

Pinteresting Wednesday

It's time for another Pinteresting Wednesday post.  Link up with The Vintage Apple to play along.

Here are my favorite Pins of the week:

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What are your favorite Pins this week???