Hi there, What’s For Dinner? readers! I am Jenn from Eating Bender and am so honored to write a guest post for Mara as she prepares for the best day of her life — no no, not Thanksgiving. Her wedding, of course :) As a fellow Chicagoan and an awesome person, Mara and her friendship mean [...]
Last night was the last big landmark before Adam and my wedding November 28… Adam’s sister got married! It was a beautiful outdoor ceremony in a gorgeous gazebo. The weather was iffy most of the day, and just before 5 p.m. when the ceremony was to start, the clouds cleared, and we were met with [...]
Nope, I’m not infallible. I don’t always make meals that are fantastic. In fact, today was a downright FAIL. At 5:30 this morning, I put a chopped up onion, a lean pork loin, ketchup, diet coke, garlic, and hot pepper in the crock pot to cook for 12 hours in the hopes that I’d come [...]
I wish I could say that my first day of Summer vacation was FANTASTIC, but alas… I cannot. Relaxing, lovely, chill, peaceful, yes. The only thing stopping it from being FANTASTIC was the everlasting stuffy head and cough that just won’t go away! Oh well… I went to bed early last night, which then caused [...]
…Cheese that’s not yours? NACHO CHEESE! HA! I crack myself up! I got the genius idea to make healthy nachos for dinner tonight and immediately headed out to the grocery store to get everything we needed. Low and behold, there were Guiltless Gourmet tortilla chips on sale. I grew up eating Guiltless Gourmet blue corn [...]
I’ve mentioned before that when Adam requests a meal, it must mean that it was particularly good… so of course, while discussing groceries, when he asked me to make “those falafel things” again, I happily obliged! The original recipe was quite simple and delicious when I made it the first time, but I couldn’t help [...]
Last Wednesday was the first time in a LONG time I had REAL people over for dinner. Sure, I have plenty of “Guests for Dinner”, but rarely actual people. It was really nice to have people over, eat my cooking, and just hang out. So, when my foodie friend wanted a repeat this week, I [...]
Tuesdays that feel like Mondays are ALMOST as hard as Mondays! My students were NUTTY today, but it’s the end of the year, so that’s to be expected! I ran a little late getting out of work due to talking wedding invitations with the woman at work who is MAKING our invites, so when I [...]
What a quick weekend this was!!! After my amazingly fun evening with fabulous foodies on Friday, yesterday was packed with lots of activity. A breakdown, in my favorite bulleted list form: A successful –.6 lb. at Weight Watchers weigh in A delicious brunch of a turkey Reuben, egg lemon soup, and exactly 9 French fries [...]
I have to brag for a minute. <brag> I did NOT want to go to Jazzercise tonight. I was tired, it was gorgeous out, and all I wanted to do was sit outside and read a book. But, JUST in time, I saw a message from Stephanie at Back In Skinny Jeans that said something [...]