Ingredients:
3 pounds corned
beef, trimmed of fat
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon prepared Dijon mustard
10 whole cloves (or you can use 1/2 teaspoon ground
cloves)
Directions:
Use a 6-quart slow cooker. Unwrap the corned beef,
and remove the seasoning packet and trim as much of...
Monday, May 30, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Bullies. Friends. Boys. Shakespeare. Demonic Dogs. Evil Spirits. You know, Sixth Grade.
Sixth grade is hard enough. When the school bully is on your case because you got the lead in the play instead of her, when the cutest boy in the whole class might actually like you but never makes a move, and when your dad is an...
Monday, May 23, 2016
Ingredients:
1.5 pounds top
round
salt and pepper
1/2 cup water
1 T dried minced onion, or 1 diced fresh onion
*1 can tomatoes and chiles--drained
*1 can diced tomatoes--drained
burrito-sized tortillas, and whatever toppings your
family likes
Directions:
In the morning:
Salt and pepper your meat on all sides....
Friday, May 20, 2016
In her inspiring New York Times bestselling memoir, It Was Me All Along, Andie Mitchell chronicled her struggles with obesity, losing weight, and finding balance. Now, in her debut cookbook, she gives readers the dishes that helped her reach her goals and maintain her new size. In 80 recipes, she shows how she eats:...
Thursday, May 19, 2016
For the past few days, I've had multiple posts running around in my head, but I wasn't in a mental or emotional place where I could sit and write without it sounding like I was having some sort of breakdown. I want to start out by assuring everyone that I'm okay. I'm just having a really rough week, but I'm still here...
Monday, May 16, 2016
Ingredients:
1 lb thin beef (I
used rib eye)
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 T white wine
2 T apple cider vinegar
1 T brown sugar
2 tsp. sesame oil
2 cloves smashed and chopped garlic
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
1 bag thawed broccoli florets (to add later)
Rice
Directions:
Add all of your liquids to the crockpot....
Friday, May 13, 2016
Nine contestants. One crown. Destiny awaits.
Garrick Tremaine was happy with a simple life as a soldier. But a mysterious dream has drawn him to Twin Falls, where the duke has died with no heir. A competition to claim the throne is open to anyone, but to win it, an aspirant must answer an incomprehensible riddle. Convinced...
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Rejection Scars
Katie
2:43 PM
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It’s a tough afternoon around here right now. Insecurities are screaming in my head and I’m really struggling with shutting them down. It gets this way sometimes. It gets this way when I let my head go somewhere it shouldn’t go. In this case, it went down the path of someone in my world could possibly be more than they...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Mother's Day and Me
Katie
9:40 PM
For the past few days I've gone back and forth with myself as to whether or not I was ready to put this out into the universe. Then, tonight, I read something that my amazing friend, Joel, wrote. (Yes, Joel..you are amazing, all survivors are.) I read his post and then we were texting back and forth. Joel always encourages...
Monday, May 9, 2016
Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground
turkey or beef
1 small onion, chopped
2 fully cooked andouille sausage links (6-ounces,
total)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 egg, lightly beaten
Directions:
Remove
the casing from...
Friday, May 6, 2016
He wanted his father’s love. What he got instead will change the world.
Gothemus Draco – world’s most powerful sorcerer – is dead. Locked away in his tower are the tools for total domination of every city-state in the Known World. The person who possesses them can become a king, and everyone, it seems, has a claim –...
Monday, May 2, 2016
Hey all! It's been faaaaaar too long since I sat down and fed you guys some yummy food! Fingers crossed that life is falling into more of a routine now and I can get these back on schedule! For the next 5 weeks or so, I'm going to be sharing some beef recipes with you. Then, we'll mix it up with something new. I have...
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