Confession: I’m a pot head. Last year, my parents bought several Instant Pot’s and gifted one to each of us in the immediate family for Christmas. I was kind of dumb-founded. I do not stay on top of cooking gadget trends and didn’t really know what the Instant Pot was. I still have my stove-top “jiggler” pressure cookers, […]
09/30
Leek & Carrot Chicken Tortellini Soup
This recipe is simple stovetop soup that doesn’t have to simmer for hours, and is another great recipe for using up rotisserie chicken! Here’s what you’ll need: 2 large leeks (Pale parts only) 2 stalks of celery 3 peeled carrots 4 cups of cooked chicken, shredded 14oz bag of cheese tortellini 2 tablespoons of olive […]
08/01
Instant Pot Slow Cooker Mushroom Pork Sandwiches – (With Total Newbie Steps)
So if you don’t have an Instant Pot, you are truly missing out. Seriously. I like less work – so I love slow cooker dump recipes. I like the simpleness and the robust flavors you get as a result…but I hate how everything sort of becomes…mush? There is no crunch, textures kind of run together. Being able […]
06/17
Keep Moving!
I have been using my UP MOVE tracker for almost a month now and I wanted to give y’all a little update on what I have liked and how it has worked for me. I have been logging more and more steps, but it has been challenging since we are currently living in our RV […]
06/03
Get Moving
Back at the beginning of the year I wrote this post about what I wanted to accomplish in 2015. You can check the article out if you want, but the main point was that I wanted specific goals so that I wouldn’t look back this December and ask, “what did I DO with this year?” […]
12/06
Dark and Stormy at the Friday Afternoon Happy Hour
It was a Dark and Stormy night…. well not really but I always wanted to start a post like that. It is actually really sunny and bright out right now but I know this time of year the weather is much different for most of you so I thought I would share a new-to-me favorite […]
