This recipe was so amazing, quick, and delicious! I had everything timed out so that the moment the guy walked in the door (he called me about 10 minutes out) I was plating up our dinners. What a good little housewife I am… occasionally. My shrimp (or shrimpsies as my husband calls them) were frozen,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Pasta and Rice
Lemon pasta salad with Asparagus and Mushrooms
It’s a good thing I did sort-of step-by-step photos for this one, because these photos are from a while ago and I don’t even remember eating this! Let’s see… Ruffles pasta (I LOVE that shape) and asparagus, washed and “snapped.” Looks like I’m boiling some water and also sauteing some mushrooms. I bet it smelled… Continue Reading
Yummy Random Spicy Pasta
I had planned to make something totally different for dinner, but I didn’t have one of my pantry staples required to make it (whoa!)… so I went on a random fling-stuff-into-a-pot extravaganza. Cooked macaroni noodles Cut-up Turkey Pepperoni Leftover broccoli, cut into small pieces and steamed Jalapeno peppers, chopped Lawry’s Seasoned Salt The sauce was… Continue Reading
More Asian Noodles… a bit different this time
Remember the last time I made Asian noodles? I had an extra steak which I threw in the freezer… Well I used it in another incarnation of the noodle bow. This time I did it a little differently… my veggies were bamboo, baby corn, mung bean sprouts, and snow peas (which I blanched). Man, I… Continue Reading
Faux-ganoff Stroganoff Recipe
I don’t know what “real” stroganoff is, to tell the truth. I think it’s usually made with beef strips or chunks, not ground beef. But I have to tell you, one of the things I remember loving as a kid was the stroganoff hamburger helper my dad would occasionally make, with an extra dollop of… Continue Reading
Asian Noodles with Beef and Peppers
Preface: I don’t know anything about Asian cooking. But I love Asian food. I didn’t use a recipe for this, or even read recipes in preparation… and let me tell you. This trial was not an error. It was a success. Delicious. But probably not “authentic.” First, I started marinating some beef in the fridge… Continue Reading
Pasta with Tomato/Cream(milk)/White White Sauce
When our tomato plants were still alive and well (before a week straight of rain killed them with root rot), we got quite a bounty of ripe red tomatoes from them. I decided to make a yummy “wing-it” type pasta sauce with them. So first I cut them up and de-seeded them, but really I… Continue Reading
Boxed Macaroni and Cheese – My way
OK this is pretty odd… I have “a way” that I like to make boxed macaroni and cheese. Which is kind of ridiculous, but it always turns out really yummily. YES! Spiderman! I cook the pasta in salted water… And meanwhile, I mix the milk and fake gross cheese powder.… Continue Reading
Fresh vegetable pasta salad – grape tomatoes, peppers, and broccoli
When Victoria and I got together to watch Army Wives, I brought over a veggie tray… and since I LOVE vegetables, I went a little overboard, I think. Which is totally fine, because, seriously? Veggies rock. So later that night, for some reason my husband wanted to eat (Didn’t I feed him yesterday??), so I… Continue Reading
This Chicken Vegetable (Zucchini, Eggplant, Baby Corn) Stir-Fry was SO GOOD
This was one of those dinners-on-a-whim. We had some zucchini and eggplant lying around (funny how that happens now that we have a vegetable garden!) and I wanted something with that and chicken. Enter, stir-fry. Grain-free, if you make it without the rice. Duh. Here’s how we roll: Husband cuts goopy gross stuff off of… Continue Reading
Zucchini Eggplant stir fry with saffron rice
Again, straight from our garden… It’s so fantastic to go out into the garden and pick dinner! I know people get tired of their zucchini plants by the end of the summer, but I don’t think I will. In fact, I’m already planning to plant TWO next year instead of just one. Haha. Our Japanese… Continue Reading
Zucchinis galore! – Fried rice and veggie platter
We’ve harvested quite a few zucchinis from our garden by now, and thoroughly enjoyed each one. I’m LOVING the fact that I can go out into the back yard and pluck dinner off of a plant we’ve nurtured since it was a seedling. The first garden-zucchini-laden meal we’ve had this summer was a vegetable fried… Continue Reading
Hi! I'm Emily. I'm a Navy wife and stay at home mom of two beautiful children. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate my home on a budget, and keep a happy household. I tandem breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, practice elimination communication, homebirth, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.
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