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Low Carb White Chicken Enchiladas
Deciding what to eat day in and day out can be a chore, especially when you are a full time single mom, who also happens to work an incredibly demanding career 24/7. So as much as I hate to admit it, most of the stray thoughts in my head revolve around what I am going to make for dinner, and whether or not my fourteen year old will actually eat it. Want a hint? It’s not much. The other day though, we decided to hit up our local Cafe Rio, and she decided she would get their enchilada’s and surprisingly, she devoured them. I figured that I bet I could…
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Keto Holiday Stuffing
The holidays are my absolute favorite time of the year, not just because of the atmosphere of joy and peace that hangs in the air but also the sheer amount of delicious food that is always in abundance. My family has always made, what is in my opinion, the best food ever and especially at Thanksgiving. Having spent the entire year eating low carb and dropping pant size after pant size, I actually dreaded this up coming holiday season and all of the delicious mashed potatoes and candied yams and stuffing that I wasn’t going to be able to eat without feeling ridiculously guilty. And so I set out to…
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Tomatillo & Poblano Soup
The straw that broke the camel’s back in my decision to start this blog/recipe book was when a friend of mine, gifted to me one of his favorite comfort food recipes. We had been discussing our mutual love of cooking and he launched into a story about his famous “Tomatillo and Poblano soup”. Now, I had never tried a tomatillo on my own before, let alone knew what to do with one once I had it in my hot little hands, but the way he described this soup I knew that I had to give it a try. So that very day I went to the nearby Mexican market and…
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Hello there, world!
Sometime in 2020, when the Covid 19 Pandemic was in full swing, I had a dear friend, Brooks, come to me and tell me that I needed to start a food blog. This was said because like most others in the world, who were faced with empty shelves at the grocery store, I was having to create something out of nothing for my kiddo and I. I already had the patio garden started with fresh vegetables and herbs, (I have a black thumb, so this was a major triumph for me) and I had a Pinterest board full of various recipes that I would stumble through for fun. When finished…
