Pulled some ground turkey out of the freezer & combined $5 worth of stuff I didn’t have on hand to make this awesome 1-pan dinner!*
1 pound ground turkey
1/2 chopped onion
1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 cups sliced zucchini
1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, undrained
1 cup frozen corn
1 1/2 cups uncooked instant [...]

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Amazing goulash…
1/2 pound whole wheat elbow macaroni
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/3-ish pounds ground sirloin
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 can diced tomatoes
1 medium onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
2 tablespoons paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
Fresh ground Black pepper & Salt
1 cup beef stock
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons chopped [...]

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Thank you for the mini keg, you rocked my weekend.

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My 4 tomato plants have magically turned into 7. Miracle Grow is making them explode. Anyone want tomatoes in about a week?

I used my new burger patty maker. Look at the perfectly formed burgers. I know you’re jealous.

As always, Monty is more upset we’re taking photos instead of playing.

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I stopped the live updates from the Cabbage Diet Day 2 because a) it was all starting to sound the same, and b) I had a near death experience from the lack of food. I cracked on the 1st full day and ate a salad WITH DRESSSING!

Day 3 dawned full of the prospect of milk [...]

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Live updates from cabbage diet day 2 - fruits, veggies & cabbage soup only…
8:04am
Just got to work. I’m starving, and I haven’t had a coffee. No one better talk to me or I’ll bite their head off. Trying to stave off hunger pains by eating celery stalks. Who eats celery for breakfast?!
8:53am
I’m still hungry. The [...]

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Let me just preface this by saying, I like food. I like to eat, and I like to eat food.
That’s why when I was notified today that I would be taking part in the 7 day cabbage soup diet with Christa, I was less than amused. As a matter of fact, I was a little [...]

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As a follow-up to last week’s rant about pet food, I found a company from Midland, MI (Wysong) that produces all their pet food locally. Its twice as expensive as the stuff I used to buy, but at least there is some confidence in the product, and I am supporting a local company.
The ingredients for [...]

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There was a whole package of uncooked bacon left over from the other night when we made bacon-cheeseburgers for dinner. I really wanted to get it cooked up since we have a habit of forgetting about stuff like that and finding it 4 months later as an unidentifiable blob of viscous goo, so we [...]

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I made C an awesome belated Vday dinner last night. If anyone is interested here’s how i did it.
2 top sirloin steaks (~1lb)
2 Tbsp olive oil
salt
pepper
celery salt
parsley
1/4c red wine***
1 large shallot
1 Tbsp butter
Heat a cast iron pan on medium high & add 2 turns of the pan of olive oil (~2 Tbsp). Oil [...]

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