Chicken Fajitas on the Grill

It was actually a little cold out tonight but we grilled up dinner anyway and just ate it inside while watching last week’s Top Chef Masters.  These were delicious, I devoured them!  Loved the texture of the grilled peppers and onions, and the chicken was really juicy and flavorful.  I liked that the marinade was [...]

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Chicken Enchiladas

This was our first time making enchilada sauce from scratch and I was surprised by how easy it was.  I’ve always used Old El Paso enchilada  sauce, because that’s the brand I grew up on and I like it, but this tasted just as good, it was just not quite as thick as the canned [...]

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Chipotle Bean Burritos

These burritos were delicious, and much healthier than a 1200 calorie burrito from Chipotle.  These are meatless as the name suggests, but incredibly filling and packed with flavor.  Serve with a side of guac if you are a fan of the green stuff like me!  Sorry for the mediocre picture.  I didn’t want to get [...]

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Steak Tacos of Yumminess

We have a grill ya’ll.  A bonafide gas grill with three burners.   One of the many priveledges of being a homeowner!  So far we have made hamburgers and steak tacos.  I foresee much more steak in our future now that we have a fabulous way to cook it!  Tyler picked this recipe out and [...]

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A taste of the garden

Now that our garden is starting to yield wonderful herbs for us such as basil, parsley, and cilantro, we have been planning our meals around what we can pick in our own backyard!  I had some leftover tomatoes from a meal earlier in the week (store bought, too early for home grown tomatoes!), so I [...]

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Farmers Market Fresh

I made my first trip of the summer to the local farmers market this weekend and despite the disappointment of no dogs allowed (poor Toby had to wait outside the market) it was a great little trip.  I didn’t find the produce that much cheaper than what I could get at the grocery store, but [...]

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Easy Mexican

I’ve been craving Mexican a lot recently, in fact I have a date with a friend to go out for Mexican food tomorrow night, free espinaca dip, mmmmm! Love those coupons Clearly my cravings were acting up when I made our meal plan for the last week. Chicken enchiladas (I’ll post those later) and steak [...]

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Tasty Tostizzas

We live across the street from a Half Price Books. It’s a dangerous place to live. I feel drawn to the store, pulled in by the cookbook section, where I can peruse hundreds of cookbooks at discounted prices. A few months ago I purchased a copy of Pillsbury Best of the Bakeoff cookbook. I brought [...]

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It doesn’t get much easier…

Tacos. Why do we never make tacos? Why am I always trying to make complicated meals?! On the way home from church today I realized I was craving tacos, and since we spent the last of our October dining out budget at chick-fil-a the other night (mmmm I love you forever chick-fil-a) it was make [...]

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Celebrate Chili Season!

Tyler was nice enough to whip up this batch of white chicken chili while I made the beef and bean chili tonight. Honestly I’m not sure where I got the original recipe and it’s driving me nuts. If you know please jog my memory! I just have a copy of it that I printed out [...]

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