Recipes I've Tried & LOVE!

I feel like I am constantly trying to find new recipes to try and mix up what I cook for dinner (and then have as leftovers for lunch the next day). Many times I get on Pinterest to find inspiration and recipes - this tends to end with 1 of these 4 common outcomes:

1. "OMGoodness, this recipe looks amazing, I have all the ingredients already, and WOW it tastes amazing too!" <- Desired Outcome.
2. "Wow this recipe looks so tasty and amazing...WAT it has 50+ ingredients (some of which are so specific I would only use them once)...No thanks"
3. "Wow this looks great" *clicks image for recipe & 50 million pop ups and ads occur or the link is broken**random video begins playing*
4. No Luck - guess it's pasta again

Have any of you experienced something like this?

I was inspired to start documenting recipes I had tried after finding a recipe spreadsheet that was shared on Reddit. Using this spreadsheet as a base, I have begun to add recipes that I want to try, add additional notes or variations to try, and rate ones that are classified as 'Success!! Will make again!'. 

You can view the spreadsheet with my edits and additions if you'd like!

*Note: the italicized comments are from the original girl i got the spreadsheet from* 

Now for the good part of/the main reason I started writing this post - I wanted to share with you the recipes I have tried recently that are SO GOOD & def new favorites. (esp. if you like soups)

Baked Eggs & Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

I made this dish on Saturday for lunch and served it with sweet potato fries & my goodness, it was heaven!! This recipe comes from Cookie + Kate.

 Lentil & Vegetable Soup

I don't have a picture of this one because it's a recipe that comes from a British YouTuber I watch, but this soup is really good and a great base to add your own flair or eat how it is. The sky is the limit with this one! It also freezes really well.

Recipe: 

2 onions

2 carrots

2 leeks (or 1 big one)

1 potato (I typically use a red or yellow potato)

1 tbs of Olive Oil

1 tbs of flour

3 cups of vegetable broth

1/4 c Red Lentils

Peel and chop vegetables

Pan fry the vegetables (EXCEPT the potatoes) in the oil for 10 min

Stir in flour to thicken and cook for an additional 2 minutes

In a soup pan/stock pot, add the pan fried veggies, vegetable broth, potatoes, and red lentils

Cover and boil for 10 min and lower heat to simmer for 20-25 min

Classic Black Bean Soup & Rice

I love this recipe so much and and its so easy to make. Great throw down & you most likely have the ingredients already! Find the recipe at Landeelu's Blog.

Roasted Cauliflower

Roasted Cauliflower is amazing and you can basically flavor and use it any way you want! Here is Food Network's Recipe to use as a base recipe, but then take it any direction you'd like (different flavors, sauces, make tacos, whatever you'd like!)

Food Network Recipe Here! 

Pictured: Spicy Sriracha Baked Cauliflower w/Yogurt Dipping Sauce

Enjoy & I will share more as I come across new & yummy foods! <3 Kelsey!

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Happy Fourth of July.
Some of my favorite memories are growing up and having Fourth of July in Friendswood.  watching the parade.  Decorating your bike in riding it in the parade.  Everybody going to the park afterwards.  life seemed so simple. We did it every year !! and then that night, at the high school stadium, a show! fireworks! spread out your blanket. Life always seemed so simple. Probably because mom just took care of everything and we had no idea how much work that was.
Sparklers were a big deal, down at the bay house in our younger years. We would get a sparkler and inevitably somebody, would touch the end, n burn all of their little fingers in a line. 😂
Home made ice cream and watermelons come to mind for the Fourth of July. Barbecues. Men grilling. Kids waving flags with little red cheeks. Pies n flies.

May your fourth seem simple.

❤️Martha

Spring Cleaning

Since it is not officially summer yet, I decided to do some spring cleaning/organizing. I have been watching YouTube videos to get motivated. Do It On A Dime is my all time favorite blog. So, I totally emptied my master bedroom closet and added two shelves, I thought about posting what was in there but decided not to embarrass myself. Everything that was in my closet is now in the middle of my bedroom floor and also on the half of the bed that I do not sleep in. I didn't take before pictures, but after I am done I will take a picture to show it off. I did not get to finish due to the fact that I went to Dollar Tree to get storage bins and they did not have any of the color I wanted. I was really bummed. The stocker said the next truck is due on Saturday. I can't believe I am going to have this mess on my floor for 4 more days. I think this would classify as a veale ordeal! kvc

Time

There was a time when I was young that I thought about my future.  Now that I am old, I tend to think more of my past.  I love my past.  There is not a day goes by that I don't recall some event from my past.  It is like my brain is so full of memories that there is no more room and they just keep pouring out.  So, I don't want to bore you but from time to time I would like to share my stories. 

Love to all of my fellow bloggers.  

So, i made it.

Made it to the blog and I guess the next century, since I have never blogged before...well, i guess maybe I was a blogger when blogging wasn't cool (are you singing the Barbara Mandrell song?) .  I did write some things during a time that I was trying to tell lots of people the same information.  But this is more fun, I don't have to write about bad things.
Cant wait to see all the things my family has to share and blog about the things I want to share.  More to come....

Finally made it to this page that I thought was lost in  Bloggerland. Hopefully when we get this going we can get the rest of the Veales contributing. Gamma