• Southwestern pulled beef

    I grew up in Arizona and love Tex-Mex food. And there is this salsa chicken I make frequently that might be the easiest thing ever (recipe coming soon). So the plan for my birthday party was to make chicken tacos. But I figured people would also want some beef. I was trying to figure out […]

  • Bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin

    I was originally going to make barbecue chicken the other day when our friends came over. But then I remembered I had a ton of pork tenderloins and a package of bacon in my freezer that I needed to use. What does that mean? Bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin, obviously. I learned this recipe in a cooking […]

  • Fruit salad with mint sugar

    Happy Fourth of July, y’all! We actually kind of had our holiday dinner yesterday, because Toby had to work both days and Hilary’s husband has to work today. So Matt and Hilary came over yesterday. When I was deciding what to make for dinner, this was the only thing I was sure I would make. […]

  • Vegetarian chili

    As most of you probably know, I am not a huge fan of meat but I am also no vegan. Cheese is one of my main food groups. But when I first bought a Crockpot (back in the day), I was looking around on the Internet for recipes and stumbled across this one. It is […]

  • Mmmm… lentils.

    I’ll be honest. About a year ago, I didn’t really know what a lentil was. I figured it was some type of bean-type item, mainly because my diet book told me I should have a cup of beans, chickpeas or lentils at various points. But the other times I did the diet, I stuck to […]