This is the last of the hotel-cooking posts, since we’re now staying in our house! I wanted to make some sort of breaded chicken, and usually I do that with flour and/or cornmeal seasoned with my own spices and herbs… but since I didn’t want to deal with a whole bag of flour in a…
If you know much about me, you probably know that I LOVE the show Scrubs. And so does my guy. And Turk in the show loves “brinner.” And so does my guy. According to them, when the stars align, you know it because brinner is on the table. I love breakfast foods too, and because…
On Sunday, for my birthday, my sweetheart got me some veggie seedlings, pots, and potting mix. I couldn’t be more excited! We were thinking about digging up part of the yard to make a “real” garden, but evidently that is a LOT of work… you have to get rid of the grass, till the soil…
Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 24! Woo hoo! And today is JoyfulAbode.com’s birthday. Check out the first-ever real post, from May 28th, 2007… Desk Makeover. I didn’t really do anything to commemorate JoyfulAbode.com’s birthday but maybe I will do a belated thing later… it’s hard to keep up with things in the middle of…
I never did post pictures of my craft area in Milton, did I? I loved the color of the walls and the curtains (they were like that when we got there)… perfect. And they coordinated perfectly with my bulletin board and office chair, too. The desktop computer is only hooked up because I forgot to…
This was back in Milton, not in the hotel room… though we have all of the ingredients and if we wanted to re-create it here, we certainly could! It’s pretty self-explanatory… the secret in its deliciousness is that I discovered a new way to make scrambled eggs. They’re fluffy and smooth and creamy … perfect…
I’d call this a halfway-ERROR. I liked the pasta with all of the ingredients except for the cubed steak… which in my opinion turned out tough and not delicious at all. The guy liked it though. We’re kind of motivated to not have to move all of our pantry things we took with us (which…
This was a VERY tasty dinner… also prepared in our humble hotel suite. we were lucky enough to have an oven in ours, but I’m sure this is adaptable to a stovetop or even a campfire if you’re looking for a camping recipe. Sprinkle both sides of pork cutlets with lemon pepper seasoning. Make a…
We’re here in Meridian, Mississippi. We got in on Friday, after driving through the rain from Milton, FL. We checked into the bachelor’s quarters (sort of like a hotel on base, aka the Q) and got settled. We met up with another couple who is here, and they showed us around the base and around…
Things that have been going on around the Joyful Abode: My friend Liz told me that I needed to cut back my avocado plant (It was about a foot tall, maybe taller, with big healthy leaves) so that it would become a bush instead of a tree. I was kind of nervous for the plant……
This was a simple dinner I threw together one night out of things we already had. I didn’t follow a recipe, but here’s how things came together. 2 bell peppers 1 box of “dirty” rice mix 2 Cajun sausages, taken out of their casings and browned (like ground beef) Chili powder, paprika, garlic, salt (to…
If there’s one thing that says “summer” to me, it might just be corn on the cob. When my family visited my grandmother in Michigan every summer, “Doo-Dah” would bring us corn on the cob for the requisite family cookout. My dozens of cousins and second cousins (well, close to dozens) and I sat in…
Hi! I'm Emily. I'm a Navy wife and brand new stay at home mom. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate on a budget, and keep a happy home. I breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.Want to know more?
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