Happy 4th of July!!!

Hey everyone I wanted to wish you all a very Happy 4th of July. Tomorrow I promise I will put up a recipe for you all to enjoy, but today I hope you all enjoy the day. BTW what are you guys eating today?

I'm back!

Hello everyone!!! Welcome to my little food blog. I promise I will bring you food to enjoy, cheap finds and more (at least I hope) Please feel free to leave comments and make suggestions! Know of any good recipes to try? Send them my way. Know of some good finds, let me know so I can let others know. I hope you enjoy the food and finds and remember to stay positive and enjoy life!

After a long delay, I'm back with an easy, fun chicken dinner!

Hello Everyone!!!! I hope all is well with everyone and I hope everyone is having a good start to their week.  Today is my friend Patys birthday so a shout out to her, Happy Birthday!!!  An update on my sweets is 4/14 and then after that it was ruined lol.   I was trying to do good and then I was invited out for a birthday dinner and pie at the end, so yeah I had to have the pie lol.  I am going to start this over soon. I am addicted to Cadbury eggs and every time I go to the store I get one.  I need to get control. So after this weekend I will try my challenge.

As for the 7 hours of sleep, well I have to start that over too.  I missed it by an hour and then getting up early for work messed me up too. I am still looking for a job and I kind of worked out my unemployment issues, but still need to do some stuff with it.  Time is running out for a job and I am not sure what to do.  I am trying to keep my head up, but its hard sometimes.

I haven’t been cooking much due to the fact that I have been closing a lot on my part time job.  I miss cooking. I’m actually excited because I’ve taken recipes and am going to do my take on them. But for tonight  I am leaving everyone with a take on a Rachael Ray dish.  I had left over spinach and walnut pesto in my freezer and while watching a 30 minute meals I saw Rach coat chicken in pesto and then grill it.  Well I pretty much did the same thing but baked it.  It browned in the oven a bit and was really delish!  For a side, just some simple broccoli and lemon and thyme white beans. I saw this in my Cook This, Not That book.  They used rosemary, but I wanted thyme.  Just drain and rinse the beans, throw in a pot with a juice of a lemon and some thyme (and thyme has a lemony taste which is why I used that) and heat through.  Simple and easy as pie! Have a great weekend and enjoy!

Lemon Cake and goals for self

Hello everyone.  I hope all is well with everybody.  Its been a little crazy for me. I am still looking for a job and unemployment is acting crazy. I am going to have to research it, which is a whole days work.
I also decided this week that I am going to try and stay away from sweets for 14 days.  I know this is funny because I am making this post about a sweet.  The only reason why is I eat way to many sweets.  I believe in everything in moderation and once in awhile you should treat yourself.  This is going to be hard for me because I LOVE sweets, wish me luck lol. I am 2/14.  Oh yeah I am also trying to get 14 days of 7 hours of sleep.  This is the hardest, but I want to make sure I get more rest than I do. I am 2/14 on that. Wish me luck on that too.

So anyways how about a quick and easy cake??

Its so easy its from a box! I'm still learning how to bake without a box, but when I do it comes out a little dry and heavy.  Box cake mixes are not bad, its all about what you do to it to made it different. If you buy the Duncan Hines Lemon cake mix, look on the side for a lemon pound cake.  I followed those directions for this and then added some lemon zest.  After the cake came out I let it cool and added a glaze of powered sugar mixed with lemon jucie.  You let the cake cool about 10 minutes, then poor half the glaze on (make sure you poke holes in it) then when you are ready to serve add the rest of the lemon glaze.  I saw this on on my my favorite blogs www.dozenflours.com It was amazing and everyone loved it.  It was super moist and had tons of lemon flavor. I hope you try this and enjoy it.

 

Meal Part 2

Hello everyone! So the job hunt is still on.  I need something soon, I really want to work.  I also want to do something with my life.  I always dreamed that I would be doing something different than what I'm doing now.  The biggest question is is where do I start??? That is the hardest part. Wish me luck!

So if you remember last week I uploaded a recipe and a picture of some soup I made.  Well if you make extra you can turn that soup into a yummy chicken soup. I didn't add noodles, but that would be delish if you did.  What you do is take your left over soup reheat it (I also added some extra fresh veggies and a tad more stock).  In a bowl I mixed a pound of ground chicken breast with, a tbs of grill seasoning, some garlic, parsley, and grated in some onion.  I mixed it all together, made them into small balls and then put them in the oven for about 20 minutes or until cooked. Put them in the soup and top it with some Parmesan cheese and a tad more parsley (basil would be nice too) and eat! I hope you try this and like it!

Back again! A meal for another day!

Hello all! Sorry for the week of not posting, but I am back once again.  As some of you may know I am looking for a job (I work part time). I was laid off from Circuit City almost a year ago when they closed.  I need something soon b/c unemployment is going to run out, and I am not sure if they are going to extend it again or not, plus I want to work full time again.  This sounds crazy, but I do miss it.

So anyways, how about some food talk.  I have a quick and easy meal that you can use for a second meal durning the week.  Here is the first meal and later I will show you the second meal.

This is just a normal veggie soup and this is quick and simple if you don't have much time.   I used two bags of frozen veggies (I prefer fresh, but I want wanted the convenience of something quick and simple) a large box of vegetable stock, a can of butter beans, and I threw in some thyme for good measure (and a little S&P). I let the frozen veggies cook and heat through before I added anything else, once they were cooked threw I added in the rest of the ingredients.   You can throw on some fresh parsley, and throw in some fresh lemon juice just to give it some more life (a little parm cheese never hurt either).  If you wanted you could add some good carbs with this such as, brown rice or whole wheat pasta.  And that is that. Enjoy!

Ravioli with Arugula, Tomatoes and Pancetta and a sweet treat

What's up everyone?! How has your week been so far??  I hope all is well with everyone. Not to much going on in my neck of the woods. I am still looking for another part time job or a full time job which ever comes first. Also I need to learn how to save more money on shopping for groceries! Does anybody have any tips?  I really need to learn some saving tips.  If you have any ideas let me know.  So for tonight's dinner we have a wonderful dish made by Giada De Laurentiis.  My picture isn't the best, but this dish was super simple and very good. It was easy to make and my first time eating arugula.  I would use a little less butter at the end but if you like a simple easy pasta dish try this.  Instead of pancetta you could use bacon or just leave it out. I added roasted cauliflower for a side, its very simple just put the oven on 400 degrees, chop up the cauliflower coat with salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese. Roast for about 20 min or so turning once.

 

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/ravioli-with-arugula-tomatoes-and-pancetta-recipe/index.html

For a sweet treat check these out Junior Mints that are in the shape of hearts! This is an awesome sweet treat for the one you love!  Also check out some of the insides on them! Some have red coloring instead of white! I love Junior Mints and this was a great treat!