my lavender blues

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    Deliciously Easy. And healthy. Pho really really? Yes I am pho real. I would love to begin this post with talk of the bitter cold weather we are having and how all you need is a hot bowl of soup (pho) to bring warmth to your soul. But instead it’s mid December and my […]

Deliciously Easy & Healthy Pho (Vietnamese Soup)

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So, I hope your weekend was as wild and crazy as mine was.  Just kidding. I had the early bird special with my future roommates. And by roommates I mean my parents. Yes. I fully realize I’m about to commit social suicide by living with the people who birthed me, considering the fact that I’m in […]

Easy Breakfast Taco Stuffed Poblano Peppers

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  It’s a week into December and I finally can say I’m freezing my buns off. Which says a lot due to the size of the buns that are actually freezing =p  About time I get to break out the flannel and cable knit and pose as a lover of outdoors whose favorite activities include rock […]

The Best Kale & Egg Drop Soup

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Short ‘n sweet, ain’t nobody got time for a novel today.  Since I’ve been dying a slow death over here, and since my rear end is basically now covered in bed sores from being completely immobile and an almost waste of life, and having overloaded my nights on Hot Toddy’s I decided I needed a pick […]

Easy Meat & Rice Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

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  The in between. The what is and what is not. The gray area. The glass that is both half empty & half full.  The I’m kind of fat, but not really.  Current. Mood. I think I finally figured out why someone out there decided to make an Advent calendar. Something needs to hold me […]

Healthier Asian Chicken Kale Wraps

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    Hope your Thanksgiving was fabulous and that you stuffed yourself silly. And if you didn’t, I did for you.  I gained the Turkey Ten. I haven’t exactly weighed myself to check, but I think the fact that I actually popped a button when doing the “pants dance” (extreme lunges and squats) after pulling […]

Sweet n Creamy Avocado Smoothie

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          Breakfast was going really well until this happened…………     The teeniest speck of avocado mash got on his finger and shhhhh hit the fan…..   Game. Over. Sunday morning made “easy”. With the stress of, well, life, along with Thanksgiving being only days away (and seven pies that need […]

Avocado Mash, Bacon Bits & Shaped Eggs

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SO basically I took a hiatus from frequent recipe posting last week due to extreme stress and a trip to the big apple to visit my high school girlfriends who are now all on their way to getting hitched. God rest their souls. No, totally kidding. I’m incredibly happy for them and they all deserve […]

Easy Italian Sausage & Pecan Roasted Brussel Sprouts