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Pork Gyro Salad

Aug 12, 2020

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Pork Gyro Salad – easy, healthy, and delicious dinner idea! Lots of veggies with garlic and herb marinated pork all topped with a quick homemade tzatziki sauce.

My kids go back to school this week. Which means it’s time to get back into our routine of homework and early bedtimes and all that.

And that means easy, quick dinners.

I need our school night dinners to take less than 30 minutes and I need them to be easy. But I still want healthy and flavorful!

That’s why I love this Pork Gyro Salad. The whole thing takes 30 minutes and it’s full of flavor and good for you stuff. A pile of veggies with garlic and herb marinated pork, all topped with an easy homemade tzatziki sauce!

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Hawaiian BBQ Ribs – Oven Baked Ribs

Jun 17, 2019

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Hawaiian BBQ Ribs – oven baked ribs with a sweet and spicy Hawaiian-inspired sauce made with hoisin sauce, soy sauce, pineapple juice, fresh ginger, and sriracha. They are so tender and delicious!

Hi guys, how was your weekend?

We went to the lake, of course, and now I am quite sunburnt but it was worth it. And then I made ribs! And that’s always exciting.

I’ve realized just how much I love ribs recently. I never loved ribs covered in thick globs of barbecue sauce and now that I’m making my own and saucing them how I want, I’m really loving them. The taste of fresh pork alone is so delicious – it doesn’t always need all that gloopy barbecue sauce.

Okay, yeah, I know, I called these Hawaiian BBQ Ribs but it’s not your typical barbecue sauce! The pork is still the star here.

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Mu Shu Pork Quesadillas

Aug 09, 2018

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Mu Shu Pork Quesadillas – grilled flour tortillas filled with slow cooked pork, cabbage, mushrooms, green onions, a hoisin sauce, and lots of Monterey Jack cheese!

Can you believe its time to talk about back to school already?

We still have about a week and a half of summer left but all my friends from home are already sending their kids to school! Crazy!

We have started our fall activities though, which means we have football practice 3 nights a week, the littles have gymnastics, and we start soccer any day now.

I’m honestly not sure how I’m going to pull it all off this fall.
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Pork Spring Roll Bowl

Apr 10, 2018

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Pork Spring Roll Bowl – everything you love about spring rolls in a bowl! Rice noodles in a spicy peanut sauce, with thinly sliced pork, cucumber, carrots, avocado, fresh herbs, and chopped peanuts on top!

Before we moved, I had this routine when my kids were with their dad for the weekend. And by routine, I mean I didn’t leave my house. I would marathon whatever season of American Horror Story fit my mood and I’d order pho every day the kids were gone. And my favorite pho place back in our old city had the best pork spring rolls. It was super thinly sliced, super flavorful pork rolled up with all the veggies and served with a peanut dipped sauce.

And now I live 45 minutes from them and they won’t bring me spring rolls.

So I’ve started making my own pork spring rolls and when I’m too lazy to actually roll them, I’ll do this Pork Spring Roll Bowl.

It’s everything I love about those spring rolls: rice noodles tossed with a light and spicy peanut sauce, thinly sliced carrots and cucumber, fresh cilantro and mint, chopped peanuts, and the pork, of course.

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Bacon Alfredo Pizza

Mar 19, 2018

Bacon Alfredo Pizza – homemade pizza recipe with easy alfredo sauce, crispy bacon, spinach, and mozzarella!

We’re not going to talk about this crust.

Okay, fine, we’ll talk about it.

So I didn’t use my regular crust recipe because it calls for, like, 5 cups of flour and this was Spring Break and I’m not about to take all my kids to the grocery store for flour. So I used a recipe that sounded delicious – I mean, honey wheat pizza crust? That only needs 2 3/4 cups of flour?

Sold.
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52 Pizzas – Mini Hawaiian Calzones

Feb 25, 2018

Mini Hawaiian Calzones – easy homemade calzones filled with ham, pineapple, red onion, and mozzarella cheese! The perfect way to switch up pizza night!

Heeeey guys, happy Sunday!

How was the week? I told you guys all week that I’ve basically locked myself in my house for the last 7 days to just catch up on work. And also because it’s seriously been raining for a week now. It finally stopped this afternoon and it’s sunny and beautiful and I’m writing this is my bright blue lawn chair that I’ve set up in the driveway because that’s where the sun is brightest.

Sorry neighbors.

Switched up the pizza thing this week with some mini calzones. I actually made these twice this week because the first time it started monsooning as soon as I put them in the oven and the pictures were garbage.

Strangely, no one complained about calzones twice this week.

Weird how calzones twice a week is fine but kale salad twice is a no go.

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52 Pizzas – Pesto Sausage Pizza with Mushrooms and Olives

Jan 28, 2018

You guys.

I didn’t think this post was going to happen this week.

Months ago I started complaining that my oven temp was off because all my cookies were turning out flat and I almost had a full on breakdown a few weeks ago when boyfriend asked for cookies for a work thing and both batches came out flat and I had to send them anyway because he didn’t tell me until the night before.

Not that I’m still upset about it or anything.

Men though.

So yeah, it finally stopped working this week. And I, of course, didn’t realize it until after I thought it had been preheating for 20 minutes and was about to put 2 sheets of veggies in for dinner.

Ugh.

Anyway, the guy came out the next day and got it heating up again but now the whole house smells like gas when I turn it on and maybe I just won’t bake anything else until I move out of here.
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52 Pizzas – Fig, Burrata, and Prosciutto Pizza

Jan 14, 2018

Hi guys, happy Sunday!

It’s pizza day.

I used some suggestions from you guys this week, spent a stupid amount of time watching pizza videos on Youtube, and stopped into Trader Joe’s for their crust. Oops.

Really though, you just can’t beat their crust. Its fresh, it’s less than 2 bucks, and it works perfectly every time.

Oh, can we talk about this Trader Joe’s I went to? I usually go to the one by the Arboretum because it’s the closest to my house (still an hour away, y’all) but we happened to be further south and ended up at one that involved a parking garage and an escalator.

And y’all, I expect that sort of thing from Whole Foods but Trader Joe’s? That seems extreme.
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Easy Pork Gyros

Sep 20, 2017

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Easy Pork Gyros – delicious gyros in less than 30 minutes! Marinated pork wrapped in soft pita bread with veggies and tzatziki sauce.

You guys.

I know it’s only the middle of September but the kids and I went and got Halloween costumes.

My house has been decorated for a month.

It was 95 degrees outside today but I had pumpkin candles going in every room.

Someone stop me.

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BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza

May 30, 2017

BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza recipe – delicious sweet and spicy pizza. Layers of barbecue sauce, pulled pork, jalapenos, pineapple, and lots of cheese!

Heeeey guys, how was the long weekend?! What’d you grill?

I grilled nothing. Let’s be real, I still don’t know how to work either of the 2 grills on my back porch. All those posts about grilled stuff? Someone had to come help me.

I know.

What kind of food blogger am I?

So I ended up hiking with the husky, as I do most weekends I don’t have the kids. I’ve got some heavy stuff going on right now and it helps to be totally alone in the woods with nothing to do but sort things out in my head.

Plus, the husky loves it.

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Cubano Tacos

May 17, 2017

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Change up taco night with Cubano Tacos! It’s everything you love about a Cuban sandwich but as a taco!

Okay.

Let’s address it.

Yes, I put pickles on tacos.

But stay with me.

You like a Cuban sandwich, right? Who doesn’t love a Cuban sandwich?! So this is a Cuban sandwich. But as a taco.

Eh? It’s a good idea, right?

I had 4 the night I made them.

A few more the next day. I’m a little obsessed.

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Sweet Pork Tacos with Cilantro Ranch Dressing

Feb 27, 2017

Slow Cooker Sweet Pork Tacos with Cilantro Ranch Dressing – crockpot shredded pork cooked in a sweet and spicy sauce. Use it to make tacos or burrito bowls and top with easy and delicous homemade cilantro ranch dressing!

(This post originally published in 2014. Photos updated on February 18, 2017.)

Can we talk TV for a minute? I have to get this off my chest.

We finished Breaking Bad last week. I have heard so much about it over the past few years so I just knew we were going to love it. We kind of hated it. Well, we hated the first 3 seasons. It took us 3 months to get through them. I finally got really into it in the last episode of the 4th season. Like, really into it. Like, WE HAVE TO WATCH ALL THE EPISODES RIGHT NOW into it. And then when we finally made it to the very last episode? That everyone said was perfect? That everyone said they cried over?

It was stupid. And I hated it. And I wish I’d never even started the show.

Ugh. It was like LOST Part 2 for me. Super frustrating ending where nothing was really wrapped up.

I’ve given up on TV. Except I’m currently marathoning The White Queen (again) because I’ve been sucked into The Cousins’ War book series by Phillippa Gregory (again).

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Mu Shu Pork Lettuce Wraps

Aug 22, 2016

Hey guys!

First day of school here.

I’m a little excited.

And by a little, I mean I can barely contain myself.

I am counting down the minutes until I can drop them off.

I have a full day planned and there won’t be a single kid present.

This is the best day of my life.

We really lucked out this year and for the third year in a row, got a teacher that I absolutely adore. My middle kid had her twice in a row and now my youngest has her.

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Red Beans and Rice

Aug 16, 2016

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. All ideas, recipes, & opinions are entirely my own.

Are you in full-on fall mode yet?
Last week my mom and I were exchanging emails about all the fall candles we bought and I realized that I’ve officially moved onto fall.

Yep, burning “Sweater Weather” in every room of my house.

No shame. And I’ve had my windows open for weeks.

It’s 97 degrees in central Texas and I’m sweating buckets. But I don’t care. It’s fall in my head.

I’ve also moved onto fall foods. I bought so much squash last weekend. Literally every acorn squash my store had.

Every single one.

I’m all in on fall, guys.

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Grilled Lemon Thyme Pork Chops with Peaches

Jul 28, 2016

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Grilled Lemon Thyme Pork Chops with Peaches – delicious and easy way to cook pork chops! Pork chops and peaches marinated in a lemon thyme marinade and grilled to perfection. Ready in 20 minutes!

Happy almost Friday, guys!

I’ve got the urge to get out of town this weekend but I have too many dogs and too many kids to just pick up and leave. So I’m probably going to settle for lying in a beach chair in my backyard and watching all of season 5 of New Girl.

Aaaaaand I bought a new grill this week so I’ll probably grill every meal. I’m pretty excited about that.

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