A bit of a bio, and some clarity

I’ve just created a Bio page for the authors of our blog. Here’s an edited version of mine. I am a 29-forever-year-old with a 4 year old son and financial advisor / ex-military spouse. When we met, he would eat tortilla flat bread, hermit cookies and the occasional box of Kraft Dinner. And his love of pie goes without […]

Tuesday’s Tactics

Today’s meals have been… strange, to say the least. Breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs with a frozen banana, strawberry and almond products smoothie. Lunch was corn chips with humus, garlic spread and rice Lupper, the family went to Place d’Orleans after we picked up our son from school. The boys had A&W while I went to […]

Spaghetti Sauce… without the Spaghetti?

Tonight was a bit of creativity in the kitchen. 1 package of Extra Lean Ground Beef 1 bottle of Presto Pasta Sauce 1 Sweet potato chopped 1 handful of toothpick carrots 1 onion, diced 1 cup Uncle Ben’s Minute Brown Rice (5 minutes in a pot or 7 in the microwave) Seasonings: chili powder, italian […]

Weddings, Thanksgiving and South Beach

In the last two weeks we’ve attended both a wedding and at least one Thanksgiving meal apiece. The wedding was a potluck loaded with fruit, salads, snacks, vegetables, and a lot of meat. It was easy to avoid the obvious culprits, and stick to the rice, salads, pulled pork, slabs of ham and beef, fresh […]