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I've been dying to make this soup for along time and finally got the chance tonight to try it out! This is my favorite soup at Olive Garden and I was very excited to see a version on Pinterest! I was really stressed that this would be hard to make, but it is very easy and quick. I'm hoping to play around with it and make a slow cooker version at some point. The recipe I found on Pinterest calls for you to make it in a stock pot, which I don't have so I use my Ninja Slow Cooker and used the stove top settings while making this. I started at medium, used high for a bit, then went back to medium, and finally use low at the end. I also used as much diary free products as I had in my house because I have a diary sensitivity. With my diary sensitivity, I also used 1 pint of organic half & half because I couldn't find diary free anywhere. Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup Ingredients 4 Tbsp Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Stick 4 Tbsp Olive Oil 1/2 of a me...

Need an easy taco recipe, well I have one for you! Get ready to never buy taco seasoning packets again! I used to use the taco seasoning package until I found this  5 Ingredient Salsa Verde Recipe  from Picky Palate. Her recipe is super easy and it taste delicious. My husband doesn't really care for anything even remotely spicy and thought something was missing from the original recipe.  The next time I made tacos I was trying to find something else I could add or take out that might make it something J would like more. When I used to use the taco seasoning packet I would add picada sauce right before I was done cooking for more flavor. J loved tacos that way so I thought why not I would give it a try with this recipe. I am so glad I did because it just added even richer flavor to the beef mixture and best of all my husband loves it!! What is even better is that L loves tacos and she can eat this no problems. Enjoy friends and let me know what you think!! ...

I love Chinese food especially Fried Rice, but it's so expensive to order. Since we've been eating out less, I haven't had Chinese food in almost a year. I've been looking for easy recipes to try out at home, but my husband doesn't like Chinese food so it makes it hard to find a time to do. Back in May, John went to Houston for a week for a Microsoft conference. That left L and I on our own for a few days. I decided this would be the perfect time to try out one of the Chinese recipes I pinned. A friend told me about this specific recipe and how easy it was to make on top of being really good. I have no idea whose recipe this is to give credit. I did adapted this because I didn't need a lot of rice since L and I were the only ones eating it. Fried Rice 1 pouch of Uncle Ben's Instant White Rice 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil 1 bag frozen peas and carrots (thawed) 1/2 small onion 1 tsp. minced garlic 2 eggs, slightly beaten 3-4 Tbsp soy sauce 1. On medium ...

I've been thinking about all the things I've written and read since beginning this journey and unfortunately I can't seem to come up with a place to start. I believe that I may just have to jump in and see what happens. One thing I wish I did more of was to be creative whether it has to do with cooking, baking, or crafting I just don't get to do it enough. I always seem to make excuses for it to like I'm too busy with the baby and I don't have time. I believe that I just need to jump in and make time for it. I hate to schedule things like this, but maybe I need to so that way I take it seriously. This could be a good thing for my husband too because then I have dedicated time that he knows he has to take care of Lexi.  To start this I am going to work on making sure to try a new recipe at least once a month, but twice would be nice. I also am going to try and carved out time weekly to make sure I finish Lexi's scrapbook before her first birthday.  Manda ...

I’ve been actively trying to lose weight since a few months after I had Lexi. I wanted to make a big lifestyle change instead of just being on a diet all the time. I started my food plan while I was still pregnant and have continued with it. My biggest problem with a diet is that I feel like I am deprived of certain foods, which in turns just makes me just pig out on them even more. I am just going to give a simple overview of what I have been doing that works for me. After I lost the 25 pounds of weight I gained from my pregnancy I weighed in the ballpark of 180 (can’t remember the exact number anymore). I’ve lost 13 additional pounds as of September 20, 2013. I now weigh 172 pounds. So how did I do it? Food: Well the first thing I did was start tracking all the food I eat. I use MyFitnessPal after testing out other apps. I found this one to be the most comprehensive in terms of what they have in their food database. I’ve done this in the past when following other d...