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Cooking Adventures!

March 6, 2018

Back again with some more meals! You can see what I was cooking in January here.

I must have forgotten to do February so here we are some fun recipes we have been cooking!

I found a Banana Caramel pancake mix at World Market so Saturday Morning pancakes w/bacon were in order
 
Non-Dairy Chicken Pot Pie! 
To make this an easy meal we used Ripple milk in place of the cream/milk, flaky biscuits as a top, frozen mixed veggies and shredded rotisserie chicken!  
 
Chorizo & Potato Tacos w/Spanish Rice 
Turns out Thenewguy has never had the most simple of tacos before. This is one of my i’m lazy and don’t want to cook foods. (Potatoes were diced from a bag, tortillas were some flour street tacos) 
 
Chicken Brats! 
We had some grilled onions and rice to get rid of from the Steak dinner so we used them with brats! 
 
Steak Pitas w/Homemade Lactose Free Tzatziki and pasta salad 
 We had to get rid of the leftover steak before it went bad so I decided on steak pitas. I found a recipe for homemade dairy free tzatziki and realized I was supposed to have soaked the cashews overnight and didn’t. Fail. So I bought some lactose free yogurt. It was a bit runny but still tasted great. I made the cashew one later just to try and it was just as good! 
 
 
 
 The first cheeseless pizzas
He doesn’t like my vegan cheese and I will die if I have regular dairy so cheeseless pizza it is! Left side: BBQ sauce, Pepperoni, Pineapple & Jalapenos Right Side: Marinara, Onions, Tomato & Grilled Chicken!  
 
All of these photos are C/O AJS because even though we have the same phone my photos are potato quality! Feel free to ask me for any of the recipes (I always adapt whatever I find online but I can send it over)
 

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High Five for Friday!

March 2, 2018

Joining the High Five For Friday linkup hosted by Tif @ Bright On A Budget, 
Katie @ Cup of Tea,  Becky @ BYBMG





1. Friday night was pretty relaxing. We were both kind of exhausted from the week so we decided to try another cheeseless pizza night. I am kind of hoping to make this a regular thing because I love pizza and coming up with new things to put on it! We went with 1)Pineapple, ground beef & jalapenos w/bbq sauce and 2)grilled chicken, onions and tomatoes w/guac on the side 


2.  Thenewguy has been trying to take me out to his favorite steak place for awhile but its way out in the burbs and I am lazy. We finally got to go to Al’s Charhouse and it was fantastic! The steaks were the size of my head!! So crazy and amazingly priced! 


His steak

We should have just shared a steak. Needless to say there were a lot of leftovers!


3. Thenewguy collects these Funko Pops and I have sworn I will not start (I HATE to collect things)But I did mention early on I would only get one if I found a Jasmine (Disney) Pop because they are relatively hard to find…so then he found me one. Recently they released a set and he surprised me this past weekend with the new set! *And I  made him promise there wouldn’t be anymore! 

4. Since we are coming up to the end of ice skating season around here Thenewguy and I decided to make sure we went to downtown and got some skating in. Luckily it was a gorgeous (40°) day! We went ice skating at the Maggie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon (where I wiped out hard after a kid flayed next to me)and then walked around, got some coffee, walked to Navy Pier it was a great time. We even rode the ferris wheel, which I haven’t done since my prom forever ago. 

 5. What better way to end the weekend than with Sushi. Stuffed myself full of the sushi goodness and learned how to finally use Instagram live! It was a perfect night!







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March Goals!

March 1, 2018

 
For March I’d like to…
  • Keep to a shopping ban. No shopping beyond grocery or absolute necessity (Unless I magically lose all of my toothpaste I am not running out of anything anytime soon)
  • Go to the Gym 10 times 
  • Run outside 3 times 
  • Read 1 Non-fiction book 
  • Go through one of my closets 
  • Go to yoga once a week 
  • Book Austin trip
  • Blog at least 3 days a week 
  • Prepare a weekly menu weekly ahead of time(i’m terrible about this) 
 I think I’ve got this! What are your March goals?

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