I can’t believe we made it but I can officially say that our kitchen renovation is finally DONE. Well, I guess technically we still need pendant lights, a chandelier, bar stools, decorations and countless miscellaneous items BUT our cabinets are installed, the countertops on and the sink is back-in-action and I am one happy Mummy. I’ve learned a few things over the past few weeks and months of this kitchen renovation and even acquired a few tips! So, have a kitchen renovation planned? Hopefully this post may help survive the chaos that may ensue in your kitchen 🙂 First things first, make some plans! I love lists, well mostly I…

Sheet pan dinner’s are the best!! Anytime you’re looking for a quick, easy, mess free dinner I would totally advocate you try and make a sheet man dinner. They basically require no dirty pots and pans and (my favorite) limited effort for something that’s very delicious. This sheet pan dinner ended up becoming sausage and pepper subs which I enjoy, although you can probably tell that *spoiler alert* that’s not real sausage. Since I don’t eat meat I cooked my sausage along with the veggies and cooked the rest of the sausage on a separate cookie sheet. I also added a side of crispy brussels spouts which for some reason…

Did you know that broccoli cheddar soup is one of the only soups that has a cult like following? Okay, that may not be 100% true but I did used to work at Panera Bread in high school and it sure felt that way. While my broccoli cheddar isn’t quite like the Panera version, in my completely biased and untrained opinion it tastes just as good! Since we’ve been undergoing a kitchen reno I’ve been trying to make some easy, one pot (or as close to one pot as possible) meals to limit the amount of dirty dishes, so this soup Sunday feast was actually pretty darn close. I also…

Do you ever crave a veggie packed dinner? SAME, which make sense given I’ve been a vegetarian for 6 years. With Thanksgiving a week away I always try and figure out something for me to eat, mostly because my Aunt who usually hosts us all has enough to do, adding a “vegetarian friendly” dish isn’t something I want to burden her with. My go to the past few holidays is always “Beet” Wellington, get what I did there, and it’s actually delicious! The recipe I like to use is from The Lazy Cat Kitchen, I just omit the nutritional yeast but other than that I follow it, here’s the recipe…

OhMyGoodness, any day now my best friend is due to have her first baby and I am so excited for her!!! I’m also pretty sure that if she has him on the day that I guess I get to pick his middle name (although I may or may not have embellished on the exact terms of the bet) I think technically her exact words were “you don’t actually win anything” but that’s still up for debate. Anywho, since I love cooking and she’s very pregnant I offered to make her a few freezer meals to help get through those first few days home from the hospital! When I had my…

Freezer meal número dos! And the good thing about this one is it’s even easier than the last one! I love mushrooms, almost as much as my loyal 14 year old dog companion who decided to eat one over the weekend and then had to get rushed to the emergency vet. No worries, dog is good, mushroom wasn’t toxic and maybe he’ll be a little less daring and not eat random things out of the mulch anymore, although I won’t hold my breath on that one. When I was deciding on what freezer meals I wanted to create for the soon to be madre I wanted to make sure I…

Here we are, meal three of four of my freezer meal dinners I made for my friend due tomorrow to have her first baby!! Thoughts on quinoa? Sometimes my kids are not interested in it at all, and other times they scoop it up right up like macaroni and cheese, which is pretty spot on with how they are with everything they eat. One day they like it, one day they don’t. Lucky (or maybe unlucky for them) when I write out our weekly menu they know what day I’m make it , whether they eat it or not it’s where it’s unpredictable. This quinoa bake though usually ends up…

Okay people, my fourth and final freezer meal and drumroll please, it’s packed full of veggies and should only be eaten on Tuesdays. Fine, I’m kidding about the 2nd part, I guess other people eat Mexican other days of the week but for me if I’m cooking on a Tuesday, I’m cooking Mexican. These enchiladas though are too are super yummy and great no matter when you decide to eat them. I’m pretty sure my husband has a love/hate relationship with sweet potatoes, he loves when I cook but he hates when I cook them LOL. Fortunately for him, this meal wasn’t for us so he didn’t have to pretend…

Today is the type national holiday I can really get behind!! It’s National Grilled Cheese day! So I decided to make my favorite grilled cheese ever. I l-o-v-e beets, everything about them really. Sometimes, but really all the time, I end up eating them like candy after I peel the skin and cook them in the oven and last night my daughter totally followed in those footsteps. This sandwich is so easy and so good. It’s really only four ingredients, add a side and pair with your favorite red, or white, or pink wine and enjoy! Beet and fig jelly grilled cheese Prep: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Serves:…

I never really ate much cauliflower until I became vegetarian, but I also never ate much steak, wasn’t ever a fan…so cauliflower + steak wouldn’t have been on my radar. Well, half of that statement has definitely changed and I now eat a whole mess of cauliflower and turning it into steaks might just be my favorite. These cauliflower steaks are so easy, the hardest part is cutting them up so they remain “steak-like”. You only need a few spices for a quick rub before you pop it in the oven, I served it along side some grits and roasted asparagus and it came out delicious! Cauliflower Steaks Prep: 5…