Tasty Tuesday

I'm a big fan of Tasty Kitchen and get the majority, if not ALL, of my recipes for the week there. I am not the most amazing cook in the world, I don't make stuff up or get too creative or anything like that, so I love that there is a blog dedicated to people who do and who like to share what they've done....and then I replicate it in my very own kitchen to the delight of my always-hungry-husband.

A couple days ago I made this recipe called Lasagna Skillet. Let it be know, I do not like lasagna....but, it looked a lot less like lasagna and a lot more like a pasta dish (which I'm always a sucker for) so I made it. And it was a huge success! I loved it.

It made a TON, which is super great because then I have leftovers, which is always a wonderfully fantastic thing when it comes to lunches for the always-hungry-husband (plus, he always get's comments from his co-workers about how good his leftovers look and smell and how his wife takes such good care of him...oh yeah!)

So, even if you don't like lasagna, or if you really like pasta, I'd definitely give this a try. In fact, I think I'll have some for lunch right now!

Thanks for reading!
Please feel free to let me know if you have any websites you love for recipes, I always love and appreciate your comments!!!

The weekend of love....yourself

It's early on a Saturday morning. If I had it my way, I'd still be sleeping, but being a mother of little ones....I don't have it it my way :)





This morning I've been thinking a lot about food, and not so much how great and yummy it is, but how much I eat and what I'm putting in my mouth and how it sustains my body (or how it doesn't). Did you know in 2010 adults drank an average of 53 gallons of soda and ate 24 pounds of ice cream, 23 pounds of pizza, and 29 pounds of french fries???? That's a whole heck of a lot of junk (and I know I definitely contributed to that statistic!)

I read this super amazing book awhile back that taught me so much about myself and how I see food and use food and how important I really am, regardless of food. I would definitely recommend it to everyone. There's so many great quotes in it that I have written down at one point or another, but this is one of my favorites:

"We crash around in our bodies, let them lift us, hold our children for us, walk for us, without ever taking time to actually live in them" (or love them).


So, in honor of Valentine's day, I am going to love myself enough to start paying attention to what is going in my mouth and how I am using that to sustain my body. Join me?

Have a great weekend everyone! I'm teaching at Church tomorrow and will be posting my lesson at some point during the day.

Remember, it's Valentine's weekend, Love yourself!