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Tasty Tuesday!

February 4, 2014

Usually about once a week I try a new recipe of some kind…mostly baking but I have been trying to do more thank make foods that make my ass bigger. I love meatloaf. Love it. So I thought I might try a Paleo friendly version so that I could eat the no-bake cookie dough for dessert I had been craving. 

The thing is I am no good at taking photos of the process..I took some for this one but please forgive the awful photo of the end result because I am still learning! 
Paleo(ish) Meatloaf
Ingredients: 
2 pounds of ground beef or turkey
1 can of tomato sauce or 1 cup of pureed tomatoes
Veggies(I used spinach and carrots) 
1-2 cloves of garlic
1/2 Onion 
1 egg 
Seasonings-depends how you like your meatloaf(I used chili powder & Adobo) 
Put the tomato sauce in the pot and turn it on low and uncovered. Using a food processor chop up your veggies and add the garlic & onion. Mix it together with the meat, egg and seasonings. Shape it and put it in the pot for High 2-3 hours or Low 4-5 hours. 
*a little note, half way through you should pour some of the sauce on top of the meatloaf. It can get a bit dry. 

We had this with mashed sweet potatoes and it came out great! If you are looking for an easy dinner that is gluten & crappy carb free this is a great and filling way to go! 

Filed in: Recipes • by Monica •

Five on Friday!

January 31, 2014

{1} 
Going out to Cafe Ba Ba Reba tonight with some of the girls for Tapas & Sangria….wooo!!! Thats me…I woo and I don’t even care how it looks. 
{2} 
I have parent teacher conferences tomorrow and since we had Monday/Tuesday off this week for severe weather our day of this coming Monday has been cancelled…not cool man…not cool! 
{3} 
The Super Bowl is coming! Haha as if you all didn’t already know that…but let me share why I am excited…I have a cute little sweets recipe I want to try. So basically I only want to go to a party so I can make them. 
**this is not them…because I do not have a steady enough hand to do that shit**
{4} 
I never win giveaways!! Never…so sad! But that doesn’t matter right now because for my blogiversary I am having a giveaway! So stay tuned, should be going up mid-week! 
{5}
I recently started keeping in better touch with an old friend and it really does feel great. I think we kind of fell off for a while because of distance and our lives just going in different directions but it has been so nice to chat and catch up and just be friends again. 
What is your Five this Friday?? 
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!! 

Filed in: Link Up • by Monica •

That one time…

January 30, 2014

I never show anyone pictures of me as a kid….not because I wasn’t cute because I was adorable(of course) but it takes too much effort to dig through that giant box of photos my mom has under her bed and then to try and scan them.

So since I took a couple minutes the other day to dig through and take some crappy iphone shots of photos of me as a child I thought I might finally do a #throwbackthursday and so show you all the cuteness…

Yep…that’s me in a park somewhere in Chicago with all my fatty rolls hanging out 

How could you not love that face?? 

A prime example of the types of things my mother would dress my sister & I in 

At some point after these photos we lost control of my hair. From then until about 15 I had no clue what to do with the mess and just let it run the show. Maybe someday I will share those photos too….

Filed in: Other, Social • by Monica •

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