Supper time!

Who doesn't love steamed vegetables? And with my hand little steamer and a pot of water, I now have steamed carrots and cabbage! Yum!

Mema is coming for supper!

I am so excited because my husbands grandmother (Mema!) is coming over for supper tonight! I recently hosted a Celebrating Home party at my house and ordered a veranda bean pot! So along with the bean pot I wanted a recipe and Celebrating Home also sells recipe books so of course I had to have one! Tonight for Mema, I am preparing a Cajun Pulled Pork recipe in my new bean pot and I cannot wait to see how it turns out. As side dishes, I am making steamed cabbage, roasted sweet potatoes, and baked beans...YUM!

Final product pictures to come :)

Until next time... -ME

The best time :)

I absolutely love the summer time! I love the fresh fruit and vegetables, especially when its on sale! Yesterday I was able to stock my refridgerator with black cherries, peaches, plums, red seedless grapes, peppers, sweet potatoes, carrots, and cabbage! Yummm :)

Hope you are all taking advantage of this season and freezing or canning your excess food!

Sloppy Joes

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were my favorite actresses growing up and I owned every single one of their movies! One of my favorites was when the girls went to camp and met each other there and realized they were twins! While at camp, they were served manwiches!
Well, I never knew what a manwich was but my mama always made us sloppy joes growing up! Now, I am not a huge fan of ground beef, I don't like hamburger helper or most hamburger casseroles, but I do love sloppy joes!
Sloppy joes are easy and cheap and it makes a lot of meals in one dish! Tonight, I used deer hamburger meat, 3/4 cup of ketchup, 2 tablespoons of mustard, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, and 2 tablespoons of wostershire sauce. Mix that all together after browning one pound of meat. You can also add in chopped onions and green pepper! Also chopped tomatoes!
Cook this and put it on a hamburger bun and serve! A childhood favorite is one of our family favorites now! :)

Cooking Up A Storm

I love being married to my best friend and being able to cook supper most nights of the week makes for great conversation, especially since I love nutrition and cooking! So this past week I made something called "Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas." Can you say D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S?

I took three boneless skinless chicken breasts and sliced them up into bite size pieces and placed them in a large skillet with a can of tomatoes that were labeled as "Tex Mex Style." Great choice! After this, I took whole wheat tortillas and laid them on a plate and dipped the chicken and tomato mixture onto the tortillas and rolled them up and placed five of them into a large glass casserole dish. I then combined a 8-ounce sour cream and a can of cream of chicken soup in a bowl and poured the mixture over the enchiladas. Finally, I topped the dish with two cups of cheddar and mozzarella shredded cheese. I baked this at 350F for 30 minutes and then bon appetite! It was like my husband and my taste buds rejoiced in the flavorful, juicy chicken, slightly spicy tomatoes, and cheesy, creamy, simple meal! Even eating this as leftovers (which I am not a fan of most dished reheated) was a family favorite!

On another note: my sweet Zoe weighs 12.5 pounds now! She is growing too fast!

Until next time...

-ME

Pimento Cheese

Now that we are settled in, I am starting to cook more often! I began eating pimento cheese a few months ago when I was at a work luncheon and my boss had picked some up from a local coffee shop! At first, I was weary due to the tubs of it my mother use to purchase from the grocery store when it appeared real runny and gooey, but this was thick and chunky and appeared to have mostly cheese. I was beyond in love with the flavor of this sandwich and could not wait to make my own.

Now, I am about to attempt this recipe that I found called Cadillac Pimento Cheese (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cadillac-pimento-cheese/detail.aspx)

It calls for:

1 1/2 cups shredded processed American cheese food

4 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1 (2 ounce) jar chopped pimento peppers

1/4 teaspoon onion powder

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 dash garlic powder

Then you mix it all together, season it, then chill! Here goes nothing! Pimento cheese for lunch on whole grain bread :)

Oh how I love married life :)

Married Life

I am a college graduate - whooo hoo for Nutritionists! :)

Also, my little brother is now a high school graduate!

I had my "bachelorette trip" with my girls for a weekend at the beach before the wedding and had a blast spending the weekend with each of them :)

I have been married to my best friend, Benton for almost 2 weeks now!

It's hard to believe that we were in Jamaica this time last week!

We were at Sandals Whitehouse and it was beautiful there! We are so blessed to have been so fortunate to go there. We met a lot of other honeymooners and we were able to relax and eat a lot of varieties of food too!

Our house has came together piece by piece and room by room. But the house and the honeymoon mean nothing compared to how great it is to wake up beside my best friend every morning.

Sweet Zoe, our puppy has made the transition into the new home very well! She is just the sweetest little pup!


I cannot wait to hear back from the University of West Florida about my Master's program that I applied for. Also, I am looking forward to applying for the fall round of dietetic internships!

Finally, I have been able to cook a lot more lately with my husband which is wonderful! :)

Short post, yes, but I must get some rest and do laundry - it calls my name :)

-ME