Pinterest Roasted Cauliflower and White Aged Cheddar Soup {Review}

 This morning I woke up excited about making this new recipe. I have seen it so many times pinned by other friends that I wanted to give it a shot. I've made a homemade soup before {Pumpkin Bisque} but I feel like this one is a soup that would be great to serve when we have friends/family over or to take to someone who isn't feeling well.

Every time I make a new recipe I love to sit down and read the other bloggers bio. This blogger shocked me because it's not a women, which is great, finally mixing things up a little bit. He seems very adventurous and passionate about cooking. His recipe box is full of scrumptious recipes, I really do look forward to reviewing more of them.

The recipe is very easy to follow, ingredients are right on, only thing different I had to do was substitute the thyme for oregano. I enjoyed having the option to making the soup the consistency that we like, a little soupy. The cheese, oh the cheese, it's the perfect amount and when you take your first bite the only word that comes to mind is savory!

My husband gives it two thumbs up (I wish we could insert emoji symbols, ha) and looks forward to eating another bowl tonight for dinner!

RECIPE: Closet Cooking

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New Weekly Challenge

I love this weeks challenge! It fits those who have busy schedules or those who just really don't want to stand over a hot stove for a hour. You don't want to miss out! Check out the details here: New Challenge  ... Happy Cooking!

Pinterest Crockpot - Pot Roast {Review}

Back to back nights of cooking dinner for my husband, he's loving every minute of it. I haven't been feeling so well the past couple of days so I decided that I wanted to make something in our crockpot tonight. I happened to have a roast in the freezer so I looked for a recipe on Pinterest, of course. After 10 minutes I came across this recipe, perfecto! 

The recipe is easy to follow, takes about 8 hours to fully cook and I loved all the ingredients she used {All Spice & Honey}. As my husband was cutting into the meat it automatically fell right apart, which we love. It wasn't too oily, great amount of veggies and it tasted simply delicious. One thing I did change was instead of using PAM to coat the inside of my crockpot I used olive oil. Also, I didn't have rosemary so I used 3 bay leaves.

We have nothing but positive things to say about this recipe. Looking forward to lunch tomorrow afternoon already!

Thanks Crepes of Wrath for sharing your yummy recipe, loved it!

Pinterest Baked Oatmeal Apple Cups {Review}

So that one time you thought you were baking one thing but you ended up baking another. Yep story of my life right now. I was going to make whole wheat apple muffins {stay tuned} but instead I ended up making these yummy treats.

I enjoyed browsing through this blog Sugar Free Mom . She has wonderful recipes and I love her personality. These baked oat cups are pretty simple, have great ingredients {Honey, Oats, Flax, Banana, etc.} that we use daily in our breakfast.

There were a few things I didn't have: Unsweetened applesauce - so I used 1/2 of cinnamon applesauce, stevia - I used honey, around 4tbsp because I love to drizzle honey over my oats, Instead of using walnuts, raisins or chocolate chips, I used apples that I had already chopped up.

One thing I would change is not using cupcake liners. I found the mix stuck to the paper regardless if you used spray. Make sure you spray down your pan well though.

After 30 minutes baking and 10 minutes of cooling the first taste was really good. My husbands first word were ''very healthy''. He soon did what I like to do and drizzled a little honey over the baked cups and said ''oh yeah''.. that's a good sign!

I really look forward to making the whole wheat muffins next time around. Give these a try one week and add a topping you would really enjoy!

Thanks Sugar Free Mom for sharing this recipe!

Pinterest OMG Chicken + Sauteed Veggies {Review}

The whole 'trying recipes on Pinterest' is turning out to be a huge success. Tonight's dinner definitely was a hit. All my husband could say was ''wow, this is really good''.  The recipe normally calls for Hellmanns mayo, but we substituted it for Okios plain Green yogurt because we wanted to cut the calories and fat. The flavor of the yogurt had a sharp quality and kept the chicken moist while cooking.

Veggies: Steamed broccoli with sauteed onions and mushrooms.

We hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did. 

Follow the recipe here:  The Enchanted Cook

Pinterest Healthy Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal {Review}

Second day of Fall and it feels amazing outside. This morning I wanted to kick-off the season trying out one pinners ''Pumpkin spice oatmeal'' recipe. I am obsessed with all things pumpkin, especially pumpkin recipes.

This pinner is a vegan {which I am not} her recipe is very simple and quick to make. Unfortunately I didn't have two of the items: Almond milk & Walnuts. I love Almond milk and know it would bring extra flavor to the oatmeal. Walnuts, I am not a fan of them and if I had anything to substitute them I would have put raisins or cranberries on top. Instead I drizzled a  little honey and 1/2tsp brown sugar, it tasted great and definitely a new favorite Fall breakfast recipe!

Check out this recipe here: Healthy Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal 

Pinterest Bacon + Guacamole + Cheese + Sundried Tomatoes {Review}

 We love to make sandwiches, especially on our panini {must buy one if you don't have one}. Today I stumbled across this amazing looking sandwich on Pinterest and I was like ''I've gotta try it''.  After work I went to the store to gather the ingredients that were needed. My husband Tom was very skeptical at first when he heard all the ingredients that were involved, but was ready to give it a shot, what a trooper! His first bite all he could say was ''oh my gosh, this is really good''... yay!

The looks are completely different, but that's because we used a panini and whole wheat bread {the lighting in our kitchen isn't that good.. also, I used less cheese}. This is definitely a recipe we will make again. The ingredients are simple, taste is savory and I give the gal who created this sandwich kudos for a job well done!

Check out the recipe here: Closet Cooking

Beans & Turkey Franks

The past week I've been telling my husband that I want to rent ''The Little Rascals''. Tonight he took me to the video store and let me rent my movie! A Childhood favorite. Not only that, I decided to make a childhood favorite meal: Beans & Franks with creamy cornbread, yummmmmmy! I'm truly a kid at heart and love to embrace past memories. Tonight definitely was one of those moments and Tom loved eating one of my favorite ''kiddie meals''.

Ingredients:

2 cans Heinz homestyle brown sugar & bacon beans
6 Jennie O turkey franks (only .98 at walmart for a 12 pack - we LOVE Jennie O products so good and healthy too.) cut into sizes that you would prefer.
Mix ingredients together in a pot on low for 15-20 minutes

Cornbread:
1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix
1/3 Cup Cream style sweet corn
Follow directions of muffin box, add cream corn, place into greased mini muffin pan and cook for 15 minutes!

In 30 minutes you have a simple & fun family meal!

Avocado Egg Bagel

 Mornings are quite busy for us. I've figured it's totally worth waking up an extra 10 minutes every AM to start off the day with a good nutritious breakfast! My husband Tom loves making breakfast and this morning he definitely spoiled me. We live for simplicity and this breakfast definitely fits into the category.

• Toast your bagel {we put ours on the panini}
• Spread fresh avocado on your bottom piece and a pinch of cumin, black pepper & salt.
• Make a over easy egg and place on top. 
• BAM! You're done, now enjoy this scrumptious breakfast!

Taco Tuesday

I love Taco Tuesdays! This week we had chicken taco salads topped with fresh avocado's, diced tomatoes, black olives, a dollop of Greek yogurt and salsa, yum! Such a simple meal to make every week and there are so many different ways to do Taco Tuesday!

• Taco shells: Aztec shells at Wal-Mart around the cheese section {they change ours every few months. Sometimes I will find it where the packaged puddings are and string cheeses.}

• Chicken is cooked in a skillet. Sauteed peppers along with onions, followed by adding a packet of taco seasoning. 
• Make sure you don't place your lettuce in your taco shell bowl until it is fully cooled, otherwise you will have wilted lettuce.
• Layering your salad: lettuce, meat, tomatoes, olives, avocado's, sour cream and salsa.
• Sprinkle a little cumin and pepper on top for extra flavoring
• ENJOY!

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Let's kick off this challenge with a Fall recipe: Pumpkin spiced oatmeal cranberry or pecan COOKIES!!!! Click here for the link to the recipe! Happy Baking!

Pumpkin Spiced Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies {Review}

Hello Fall Y'all! Everyone has seen that motto on Pinterest plenty of times. Tonight I kicked off the Fall season trying out Skinny Taste Blog's { <~ click the link} recipe of ''Pumpkin Spiced Oatmeal Cookies'', but she (Gina) uses pecans in her recipe, which I am not a fan of so I substituted them for cranberries!

Very simple recipe, great flavors and took me approximately 20 minutes from start to end, including washing dishes! They turned out PERFECT and are the right consistency! Give them a shot, you won't be disappointed. Oh! They are not very sweet at all, which I love!

Thanks Gina for sharing your recipe!