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  • Pineapple Fried Rice with Bacon – Fast and Delicious

    Pineapple Fried Rice with Bacon – Fast and Delicious

    I love anything with pineapple! Pineapple cookies, pineapple upside-down cake, pineapple salsa, you name it! There’s something about that sweet tangy-ness that I just love. Tonight, I really didn’t know what to cook for dinner and happened to have a ripe pineapple staring me down. I grabbed our left over white rice and decided to…

  • Simple Crockpot Beef Stew

    Simple Crockpot Beef Stew

    There’s nothing quite like coming home after a long day and being met by a hot dinner, ready to eat. Many times during my week, I really don’t feel like cooking, but it’s also too hard to go out to eat with an infant right now. So, I whip out the amazing crockpot, my go-to for quick…

  • Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookies

    Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookies

    I never really made cookies from scratch because I was too scared I’d mess up the whole batch and then end up throwing the whole thing away. So I always ended up buying store bought cookies or at a local cookie shop. I started practicing making cookies from scratch and it was a WHOLE NEW…

  • HAPPY JULY 4TH!

    HAPPY JULY 4TH!

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! Thankful to be born and raised in the land of the free. I love how diverse our country is … People of all shapes, sizes, and color. Makes this country a beautiful rainbow of colors. We are the only country with a known birthday. – anonymous In 1832, the song “America” was…

  • Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake

    Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake

    How many of us rush to the local coffee shop to pick up some yummy baked goodies for the morning? Usually, costing $2.50 for a small piece of bread/coffee cake/pastry. Well, you’re in luck! I found a recipe very close to the Starbucks Lemon Pound Cake, but WAY better =) And will last you a…

  • Pan-fried Fish Tacos

    Pan-fried Fish Tacos

    Simple and Easy Pan-Fried Fish Taco Recipe Makes about 5-6 Tacos Ingredients: Corn Tortillas (I get the ones from Trader Joe’s) 1/2 lb of fresh Tilapia Filets 3/4 cup flour tsp of salt (to taste) tsp of crushed black pepper (to taste) vegetable oil for frying 1 bag of cole slaw (available near other bagged salads)…

  • Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

    Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

    Happy Memorial Day weekend! According to USMemorialDay.org, Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day, and it was set aside to remember the sacrifice of those who died in the service of the United States of America. Regardless of what it means to you, we must recognize the fact that United States citizens died with the…