I am happy to report that I am not afraid to make the same dish over and over, and I love leftovers. Even though I started out my cooking adventure with just my husband and me, I always cook for (at least) four because leftovers means that I cook fewer […]
No matter what stage of life you are in, I’m sure there are moments in your life when ordering take out is preferred to cooking your own meal. One of my favorites is Chinese food. Usually ready to pickup or be delivered within 30 minutes, delicious, and never light […]
The inspiration for this recipe was the year my husband and I spent living in Brazil. Like many aspects of Brazilian culture, this dish originates in Portugal. In Portuguese, the dish is called caldo verde, literally meaning green broth. Kale is the green element of this soup, and it’s […]
The inspiration for this recipe came from a recent Fall issue of Parents Magazine. I have been receiving Parents magazine for probably a minimum of four years now. My daughter just recently turned one. While I would like to claim that I was merely compiling years of knowledge […]
What do you do when it has been a week since the last grocery shopping trip, you open the fridge, and a package of chicken breasts is staring you in the face? For me, it requires a brief moment of panic as I check the sell-by date. Usually, waste can […]
The inspiration for this recipe is the beginning of Fall, so you will be seeing a lot of delicious and nutritious pumpkin incorporated into my recipes. I’ve never been one for pumpkin pie, but in the past, Fall has always meant pumpkin in the form of my Mom’s amazing […]
The inspiration for this recipe is getting back in the saddle again. After an almost 2-year hiatus to the day from adding new recipes to WorkOutChowDown, involving language training, a year abroad, and having a baby… I’d love to celebrate my daughter’s first birthday with finishing a long-overdue post! After taking […]
As I embrace the life of a full-time student, with a full-time-student hubby, living across the country from family… I find myself busier than ever, even a little irrationally stressed at times, but still thriving. My life is going at a much faster pace than when we were in Georgia, […]
The latest and greatest news for our little family of two is that we are moving to Rio de Janiero, Brazil, this coming January. It is the beginning of many adventures in Latin America for the rest of my husband’s career. I add this bit of info because hopefully it […]
This recipe is one of the first posted on my website. It remains one of my favorite soup recipes to this day, and can be enjoyed in any season (just make sure you stockpile canned pumpkin in the Fall)! When I made this recipe recently, I was going from memory. […]
