A Week of Low-Carb Meals, Day 3: Southwest Ranch Chicken Breasts
We continue forward on our low–carb mission, and tonight’s dinner is another riff on the hubby’s favorites. I make a version of this dish stuffed with rice and beans, similar to what I’ve written about previously in the Southwestern Stuffed Portabellas. But in order to cut the carb, this recipe takes a slightly different spin, […]
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Easy Low Carb Meals for Campfire Cooking & Photos from Inks Lake State Park
Well, we’ve just returned from yet another camping weekend, our 4th since the hubby convinced me I might not actually hate the great outdoors a few years back. This time, we ventured to Inks Lake State Park, just about an hour outside of Austin. And while I’ve talked about my “glamping” mindset in the past, […]
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A Week of Low-Carb Meals, Day 2: Pecan & Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast
Easing the hubby into low-carb eating continues here at Unintended Domesticity HQ, and after posting yesterday’s recipe, I got a really interesting comment from a friend. She lamented that she felt like having her husband join her on a diet was “punishing him,” and so she struggled with cooking meals that met both her dietary […]
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A Week of Low-Carb Meals, Day 1: Southern-Style Shrimp Boil
We’ve kicked off another round of “healthy eating” here at Unintended Domesticity, HQ. I’m calling it “pre-gaming” for the inevitable holiday weight gain. So, much to the hubby’s chagrin, we’ve once again cut out grains & added sugar from our diets. The hubby in particular considers a low-carb diet something akin to torture. He simply […]
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How to Cook Perfectly Roasted Potatoes
Let’s be honest: I don’t think there’s a form of potatoes that I don’t like. French fries, mashed potatoes, hashbrowns; I don’t care. They’re all excellent. But for a fancy meal? There’s nothing like perfectly roasted potatoes, with a crispy outer skin and soft and tender middle. But getting that perfect “bite” and making the […]
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Recipe: Wine Spritzers for Summer
So it’s like…a million degrees outside right now. We need something to help cool things down, stat. As such, I’ve been really into homemade wine spritzers lately. They’re just so refreshing! Now before you start reminiscing about the syrupy-sweet wine coolers you snuck from the fridge when you were in high school, these are a little […]
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Recipe: Delicious Summer Corn and Tomato Salad
This post contains affiliate links. For our full advertising disclosure, see our About page. It’s the 4th of July weekend, and chances are, you’re invited to a pot luck this weekend. Well never fear — I just threw together the BEST summer corn and tomato salad, all stuff that’s fresh and in season right now. Ingredients: 2 ears […]
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Perfect Summer Dinner: GRILL ALL THE THINGS!
Y’all. Have you been outside today?! It’s mother-flippin’ hot out there. Apparently while we were off galivanting around Alaska, Texas decided to flip the switch into full-blown-summer. There is one consolation prize that Mother Nature gives us for this balls-hot weather. And that’s that a whole bunch of yummy things are ripening up around central Texas […]
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Low-carb Dinner: Thai Peanut & Sesame Chicken Lettuce Wrap
Now that we’re back from Alaska, we’re back on another low-carb kick. This time around, though, I’ve created some new recipes that we’ve really enjoyed, and I’ll share them with you in the coming weeks. Tonight’s dish was peanut & sesame chicken lettuce wraps. I’ve shared a recipe for lettuce wraps before, but the chicken and […]
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Garden Update: Everything’s Coming Up Salsa!
One of the most frequently visited posts I’ve done on this blog is about how we built a diy raised bed vegetable garden. It’s been over a year since we first planted anything, and in that time we’ve had HUGE yields of just about everything we put in the ground. Lately, it’s all about the […]
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