After 7 long months I can now officially say…MY HUSBAND IS FREAKING HOME! This was my first Navy homecoming, and let me just say, it’s one cool experience. Watching the ship come pull in, and seeing all the sailors reunite with their families – it’s one of the coolest things to be a fly on the… Continue reading Returning from Deployment Calls for a Turkey Dinner
Before I even begin, let’s just get something out there right now – For this party I cooked enough food to feed a small country. I cooked for a solid 2 days straight (no lie) and spent $416.61 at the grocery store. It’s been just me and an infant for the last few months so this… Continue reading Baby Turns 1!!
There’s a lot going on in that title. Holy crap where to start. So it’s been almost 3 months since my last post and I feel like I’m missing a toe or something. Mainly because I’m a mom and this has become a hobby and if you don’t have a hobby what do you do?… Continue reading Israeli Food, Mid Deployment Visits, and Temporarily Living in CA?
Since I’m only cooking for myself nowadays (damn Navy), I’m always looking for quick healthy recipes to make. 1. They have to require a minimal amount of ingredients so I’m not endlessly searching around the store with a screaming baby. 2. They need to take less than 30 minutes to make. Because most days I don’t even have… Continue reading Baked Eggs for Morning, Noon or Night
It’s been 2 days and I’m STILL living off these leftovers; they are that good. I made it when my mom was visiting because, like I’ve said before, trying to cook with a 7 month old is harder than it sounds. Not only that but when I do get a nap-time break, I want to do… Continue reading BBQ Chicken, Peach and Feta Slaw
When you have a 7th month old baby, your days of staying out till 11pm watching fireworks are over. Long over. One, he can’t stay up that late. Two, I can’t stay up that late. And three, I don’t think blowing his eardrums out would be a good idea. My mom and granddad were visiting… Continue reading Orange Dill Salmon and Curry Rice Pilaf
Mexican food. I could eat it EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Whenever my mom comes into town that’s all we will eat. For a week straight. Not even lying. I don’t even know if this is technically Mexican, but it looks like it to me, so I’m just going with it…. This chicken was smothered in cilantro… Continue reading Mojo Chicken and Chive Butter Corn
If you’re anything like me, then you want to live at stores like Whole Foods, Earth Fare, The Fresh Market etc. The problem is though – who the hell can afford those places?! I mean who can afford to eat at them. To live there would be like 10 bajillion dollars. For example, The Fresh Market has this… Continue reading Summer Succotash
We sound uber fancy right now right? Lobster. I seriously thought only rich and famous people ate this when I was young. But this was Mark’s last supper. The last supper before deployment. Looking back I probably should have asked him what he wanted his last meal to be, but I didn’t. Oh well. He… Continue reading Homemade Tomato Soup and Poached Lobster
I LOVE beets. Before today, I had never made these little doodads because I didn’t even know what a beet looked like. Well, I obviously knew what they looked like when they were prepared and served to me at a restaurant. But if I had to pick them out in a grocery store I would be completely lost.… Continue reading Beet Salad and Tomato Mozzarella Pasta
Cooped in the Kitchen 