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Tasty Tuesday

February 11, 2014

Sometimes I like to make recipes exactly as I find them and then sometimes I like to play around with them. I have made so many variations of brownies it is probably going to end up being the cause of my death. But that isn’t the point of this post…the past couple of weeks we have had a dinner drive at the school for a family who just had a new baby and I signed up to make a dinner for one day…so I searched and searched and then put together a couple different recipes for

Broccoli Quinoa Casserole
One 10 oz can condensed Cream of Broccoli soup
1/3 cup reduced fat mayonnaise
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/4 cups reduced fat shredded cheese (cheddar, colby-jack, etc)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper.
2 cups fresh broccoli
1 1/2 cups  COOKED quinoa
1 tbsp & 1/4 cup minced garlic(optional if you don’t like garlic) 

To cook quinoa:
3/4 cup quinoa
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 teaspoon salt







In a small pot cook quinoa following directions, add 1 tbsp minced garlic. 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease/spray casserole dish. Chop broccoli up into smaller/bite sized pieces. 


In a large bowl combine the soup, mayonnaise, milk, 1 cup shredded cheese, pepper, and garlic until well mixed. Stir in the quinoa and broccoli.

Pour into casserole dish, add remaining cheese and bake for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly on the edges and golden. 
Voila!!! yummy food! 
how about all those pics right?? Getting way better about this stuff! 

Filed in: Recipes • by Monica •

On weekends…

February 10, 2014

Why does Monday get here so fast?? Why! 

Anyway…The Boy & I went up to Christmas Mountain this weekend with 9 other people to go snowboarding. For those of you who are really good at it I want to give you a hug and maybe bake you a cake. I was awful…I spent the entire weekend falling and getting back up! BUT I will not give up…I will conquer that bunny hill one day! 
So here are some photos and a video of my amazing snowboarding skills(for those of you who did not follow me on Instagram) 
The first night….

The only picture I managed to get on my feet! 

Breakfast was a task w/11 people! 

Hanging out 

The whole group! 
and then the video of me….
How was your weekend?? 

Filed in: Other, Social • by Monica •

Humpday Confessions!

February 5, 2014

I confess….
-I’ve become a hermit…this weather is too much. I know I know I’ve lived in Chicago all my life I should be used to it..blah blah blah…I’ve also hated winter all my life and that hasn’t changed. It seriously is snowing again…getting to work this morning was a GIANT shitshow. So there. 
this isn’t me but it took 3 people to get my car out yesterday…not cool
-I FINALLY signed up at the FitBody Boot Camp that I pass every damn day on the way to work. I am super excited to get my ass in there and get my ass handed to me.(a lot going on with my ass) 
-I confess I am still trying to get my shiz together for this giveaway I want to do! Forgive me I am one unorganized mess!!
-I have a crush on the Adam dude from Girls. Actually I think I just end up with crushes on any character from TV shows is messed up. Adam from Girls, Tig from SOA…its a problem I need help with. 
-Speaking of TV I miss Jersey Shore…it was my weekly dose of ridiculous train wreck and its gone!! I can’t get into the Housewives of wherever I just don’t like them…any suggestions??? 
-I really need to get my ass out and meet new people and definitely finally meet some area bloggers so if you know of anything going on let me know! Its just gotten to be that time to meet new people again 🙂 
What are you confessing today?? 

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Filed in: Chicago • by Monica •

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