Stuffed Peppers

I have always been intrigued by stuffed peppers. I love peppers! I could, however, go the rest of my life without green peppers but the others, I love! I had pinned some stuffed pepper recipes and decided to give them a whirl recently. They were super easy and very tasty. Plus there was a ton of filling left which I froze and will use again.  If you know me, you know I am NOT a fan of leftovers but I actually ate these for 3 meals. Hence the 3 peppers. I'd also like to declare that they are pretty healthy. 

I ended up using a couple of different recipe ideas to create my own. Here are some for reference.

Stuffed Peppers the Betty Crocker version

Stuffed Peppers - All Recipes

Stuffed Peppers - Food Network

Low Cal Broccoli Quiche

I came across this recipe on pinterest and had all three ingredients on hand so whipped it up on this cold Saturday! So good and so easy!

Low Cal Broccoli Quiche

Original Art

Remember way back last winter when I attempted this art project at Corks & Crafts. Look what has appeared, or part of it, in my newly re-arranged family room! Not sure if I'll keep them there or not. The verdict is out!

Feel Good Friday

When you login to Instagram and see this! Arvest Bank is amazing! Like their Instagram Page and then be sure to like this! #mga5k #ihaveheardofmg

Think It Out Thursday

Wordless Wednesday

"Uh- you said we were going on a car ride. The car wash............."

(the Ries diaries)

What's Cookin'?

Easy Chicken Italian Bake

I love all the ingredients in this dish and it's about as simple as it gets.
What's that saying? It sounds like it's too good to be true.

And that statement is true about Easy Chicken Italian Bake.

Absolutely NO flavor. Tasted like rubbery chicken which is why I hate cooking chicken.

Big Fat F!

Slow Cooker Crack Chicken

It's in the name.

This is delish.

It makes a lot and would be a good crowd pleaser for parties.

For one person the leftovers got boring after about 3 meals.

Baked Ham and Cheese Roll Ups

Amazing, easy and so tasty.

Not the most healthy dish but pair it with a veggie and it balances it out!

There weren't leftovers on these. I served this to a friend and gave her the rest to take home to her hardworking boyfriend!

Walmart Curbside Grocery Pick Up, Yes Please!

On the coldest Friday we've had this year, I headed over to the Wal Mart in Shawnee to pick up my groceries, curbside. And yes, I am still smiling about it. What a great experience. 

First step is doing your shopping online and placing your order. Use my referral code here for $10 off your first order! I found the online grocery shopping to be easy and they showed you a variety of brands, sizes, and other variations which was nice. My only complaint is the nearest Wal Mart to do curbside pick up is a little ways a way.  You select your location and pick up time when you begin your order. I downloaded the app to check in and let them know I was on my way which is encouraged. Your other choice is to CALL them and lets face it, who wants to talk on the phone. Once you get into the parking lot there are a bunch of orange arrows to guide you to the location.

Pull into a spot and wait for your groceries to be delivered!

I'd say a Friday morning at 10 was the perfect time to go! I was the only one there.

I got this cute little goody bag for trying out grocery pick up. It was filled with snacks and water.

Overall a great experience! The only one not sold was Ries who happened to be in the car with me. Strange lady loading the car up with bags, she wasn't a fan. I'm not always sold on Wal Mart but this experience is definitely worth repeating. Especially in the winter, especially when you want to save time and especially when you tend to buy a bunch of "bonus" items when you shop. 

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Feel Good Friday

Wordless Wednesday

What is this you ask? It's my new trick. I ❤ sushi about as much as you can ❤ it.

However I have never mastered chopsticks. So a friend taught me to ask for kid's chopsticks. They come attached. Duh. Now I'm all in for using chopsticks!

Happy Gotcha Day!

Happy Gotcha Day to my little Riesy!

Oh my how things have changed with you around.

But I wouldn't change it for the world.

My poopin on the sidewalk at the vet clinic, climbing on the table, wet food loving, run-walk-sniff loving, belly rubbin, furry baby!

#3years #greatplainsspca #adoptdontshop

WW Mexican Casserole

I didn't celebrate the Super Bowl at a party this year so unfortunately no chips, salsa or bean dip for me. However I did finally try a Weight Watchers Mexican Casserole dish I had pinned many years ago. It was delish and I would highly recommend.  I added fresh cilantro and avocado to the top of it prior to eating. The only other substitution I did was I had made black bean soup yesterday so I drained that and used that for the black beans instead of opening a new can. And you guessed it- no food preparation pictures! Click the link below for the recipe.

Weight Watchers Mexican Casserole

A Little Bit of Spice

In this new era, of making America great dumb again, you know with our ever so reasonable leader, I am determined to start really only supporting businesses who support what I believe. So yes, this means I will continue to boycott Chick Fil-A and Hobby Lobby. 

One business that has really started to stand out to me is Penzey's Spices.  Believe it or not Penzey's has a store in the little Overland Park downtown. As you can tell I have a little collection of what they offer but I will be shopping there a lot more when I need spices.  They have come out in full support of equality, kindness, humanism, love & culture and everything embodies what I feel is important. They have a great Facebook page where they offer a message of hope, grace and equality.  Check it out here.  Next time you need a great gift or to refill one of your spice jars I encourage you to check out Penzey's. A lot times they run specials and have great coupons.

Feel Good Friday

What a treat to be able to go on a roadtrip with these two last weekend!

A great weekend in Nashville minus a very dismal ISU game.

#nospendjanuary

One of my goals for my 40x40 list (more on that later) is to go one month without spending anything money on any want (ie. trinket, junk, sh*t, crap, clothing, shoes, purses, accessories, you know!)  To set the stage, I decided that in this spending freeze I would not include food/drink entertainment for the simple reason that I live by myself and my happy hour, dinner dates with friends are just that, social outings and it's important for my mental health that I still have access to those within reason. Therefore, January 2017 sounded like a great month to reign in the spending.

What a challenge! For starters,  I LOVE after Christmas sales of Christmas decor. In fact nearly every piece of my Christmas decor has come from a sale after Christmas. There was NONE of that this year.

Every morning I would open my email and there was a deeal or a coupon or a want speaking to me! Let me show you.

I actually do need a new hand mixer but no reason to purchase now when I have a counter top Kitchen Aid mixer!

And these, just calling my name. Not to mention Groupon also had a 20% off code this week.

These just about killed me. I saw these on Instagram and here it is the dead of winter and they'd be so cute!

I've thrown out about 5 pairs of Yoga pants in the last month. Probably because they've been getting worn so much in my current health situation.

 Each pair had a hole. So when Old Navy sent me an email that said athletic wear was 50% off I started filling up a cart online of new Yoga pants. I mean not like I don't have 5 more pairs in the drawer. I, however, closed my computer and walked away. 

But then this happened a few days later. Literally the crouch ripped out of one of my favorite pairs. Was it a sign? Should have bought them!

I learned a lot. For instance I love a variety of products in the shower and during the first week I realized I was out of nearly all of my body wash bottles. Being that I am a coupon lover I could not believe that I was going to be down to 1 bottle of body wash in the shower as I usually buy several bottles to have on hand in the cabinet. I questioned, what was I gonna for the rest of the month with  no variety!  Then it occurred to me to search through travel drawer and see if I had any travel sized body wash I could use. Sure enough, I did!

In the middle of the month we experienced the Ice Storm that never was. I decided one of my projects that weekend would be to rearrange furniture in my living room. In doing so I moved decor and traded out items. Several times I kept thinking how I needed to go thrift to find a new gold frame or artificial flowers to add height or run to IKEA to grab storage containers and then realized there will be none of that this month.  I made a list of potential purchases at IKEA and stuffed it in a drawer.  Looking back I actually think attempting to participate in this challenge that particular weekend was a good thing because I think we are managing just fine with how the decor looks now and I probably would have bought a ton of junk I didn't need to enhance my decor!

While I tried #nospendjanuary and gave it a good effort I am sad to report that I will be having to TRY it once again. Not sure which month I will attempt this but I have approximately 30 months to get it right. The breaking point. A $1 heart from the Dollar Tree that I bought on impulse while completely forgetting my challenge! I got home and literally it broke my heart when I realized I had just bought JUNK that I didn't need. Although it does look cute hanging on my front door of my front door. Not sure it was worth busting the challenge for!

And then this adorable ISU dress shirt popped up on my Amazon feed. The size medium was $5. Yes, $5. I couldn't hit purchase quick enough.  I'm sorry to report when I went to take a screen shot of the shirt today for the purpose of this blog it was back to full price, $37.99.

Anybody else out there tried #nospendjanuary #31daynospending? I have read a few other blogs on people's experiences with this. It's very eye opening and enlightening.  But what's that they say, "good habits never come easy....."

Wordless Wednesday

A co worker told me how amazing the Wal Mart Grocery pick up service was. So cue in a $10 coupon and I decided to give it a try. Pick up the groceries on Friday!

The only downside is none of the Wal Mart's close to me offer this service.

Wanna try it?Use WOWFRESH for $10 off.