Mexican Quinoa Bowls

Today was a 360° meal prep day. If you don’t know what that means, don’t worry. It’s not a thing; I just made it up. This is my new term to describe a prep day where I go into it with one plan and then totally switch gears and have to make it up as…

Honey Lime Pork Tenderloin Tacos

Do you ever have one of those weeks where it feels like everyone and everything are working against you?  That’s the current feels. Right now, I’m knee deep in that week. But the good news is, I have really yummy tacos to look forward to when I get home from work!  It’s the little things.…

Spicy Tacos with Avocado Lime Sauce

As I sit here in Ankeny, surrounded by chain restaurants and fast food joints I can’t help but wish I was eating these spicy shredded beef tacos with a side of avocado lime dressing. This is my 3rd work trip in 3 weeks, and I have yet to master the whole “gluten free/paleo eating while…

Crockpot Fajita Shredded Chicken

I have spent the last 72 hours binge watching Food Network and Gossip Girl while I heal from surgery, and I just need to feel like I’m doing something productive. This blog post is about as active as I am allowed to be! I’ve never been very good at relaxing, and I’m not going to…

Sizzlin’ Steak Fajitas

Tomorrow is Labor Day, signaling the end of summer. I can’t believe it went so quickly but I also can’t say I’m sad.  Bring on the sweater and boot weather, that’s my absolute favorite time of year. Today I kept looking out the window and seeing how gloomy and rainy it was an expecting not…

Spicy Lime Chicken

You know what’s absurd? Waking up at 6:15am for work. I used to think I would like to be the type of person that was able to wake up, go for a jog, make breakfast, eat breakfast, check e-mails, take a shower, go run an errand, then go to work. I hear those people are…