January 31, 2017

UPDATE:  This post was updated January 3, 2024 to include the recipe card for this cauliflower mac n cheese.  A great way to hide veggies! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I always hit my snooze at least once.  Although I used to be a complete night owl, that’s turned around the older I’ve gotten.  I don’t know what flips that switch?  Hannah and Jacob can work from 5:00 to...

I had the best of all weekends, lazy + organized + worked at my happy place – the Chopping Block! Friday started out great because I got to have lunch with my sister and her son who was helping at her work.  My nephew is vegan and gluten free, so our lunch options were a bit limited, but then I remembered that when my friend...

I had such a crazy day yesterday.  All was well to start.  I caught the early train so I could weigh in before work.  I was checking out Instagram on the train, listening to my music.  I have to say, taking the train is completely enjoyable to me, even if it is an hour commute one way.  But all of a sudden I realized we...

I had to share this picture from when I left work on Tuesday night.  Chicago at night never ceases to amaze me.  I have to remind myself how lucky I am to leave so close to a great city like Chicago! I was ill prepared with my food yesterday.  I wasn’t thinking about my lack of time to put stuff together for the day after...

Morning! I am writing this post from my iPhone on the train ride to work this morning. I caught the 10:30 train ride home last night after work, but it doesn’t get my home until 11:40 – it makes every single stop at that time of night and I am the second to last stop. Last week I came home from work and Hannah told...

I wish I could tell you I am feeling 100% better, but not yet.  I take that back – I feel fine, but the cough continues.  My nose is less stuffy, so I am taking that sign that I am making progress.  I was happy that while my workday yesterday was steady busy, it wasn’t crazy busy.  Whew! Breakfast was two of my breakfast biscuits...

Hopefully I am on the road to recovery.  I was still hacking up a lung on Saturday, and I literally spent most of the day on my couch, no matter how many things I put into my journal that I want to get accomplished this weekend.  Oh, like my holiday gift boxes I still haven’t sent – promise family you’ll get them before Valentine’s Day!...

I was on the fence of whether or not to weigh in before work or at lunch.  Believe me, I am not one of those people who won’t eat or drink a drop of anything before a WI.  I once worked at an office that had a WW at work and it was at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon and people standing in line with...

Once you learn how to cook the perfect steak, you won’t have to depend on a fancy restaurant to eat delicious beef. What is the best cut of steak for the home cook? You actually don’t have to break the bank when eating beef at home.  That steak below is about $1.25 a serving.  Last time I checked you couldn’t get a coffee at McDonald’s...

I don’t get sick very often.  On Monday when I was cooking away the day I was getting colder and colder, even though it was 68 degrees in the house (I turned UP the heat from 64, which is what I normally keep it at.)  By 9:00 that night I was shivering under the covers, had a slight fever and a dry cough.  Damn.  Hannah...