• Cooking Light,  Food,  Spicy

    Pad Thai

    Happy Friday!! Ok first off….really snow?? There is 2″ of snow where I work and guess how much I got at our house? ummmm about 13″ and the same at my parents place. They are out of town for 2 weeks, so Patrick and I have 2 driveways to clean that have 13″ of snow on them and there is less than 2″ on the ground 20 miles away…really mother nature? Really. Second off… I have a question for all of you out there that are married/engaged… Did people ask you when the wedding was like less than 12 hours after you got engaged? Patrick and I have now been…

  • Chicken,  Food,  Pasta,  Vegetables

    Sesame Noodles with Chicken

    It’s Friday!! What a week this has been! I think that being gone to California really put a dent in my workload at work. I just cannot seem to get ahead of the game. Needless to say I am pretty happy about it being Friday not only because it means I don’t have to work tomorrow and I get to sleep in, BUT one my girlfriends at work went on a “HOT DATE” last night and I can’t wait to hear about it!! 😉 Last night I wanted to try and make something a little different (and healthy) for myself. I am always looking to try new recipes but sometimes…

  • Food,  Pasta,  Vegetables

    Mac and Cheese (with a surprise!)

    I LOVE macaroni and cheese. It is one of those things that I just love to have on any kind of day. Rainy day, sunny day, warm day, cool day….doesn’t matter. Mac and Cheese is a SUPER comfort food for me. When I was little my mom used to make it with chopped hot dogs. That was my favorite thing in the world. She used to make it with multi-colored rotini (I love rotini) and I would pick out all the green and orange-colored ones because I thought they tasted different, even though they really don’t haha. I was a little picky when I was younger. I always thought that…