15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Baked Potato Bar
I’ve talked before about how the hubby isn’t always a big fan of my attempts at “healthier cooking”. So I’m always on the look out for easy ways to customize a dinner for each of our dietary preferences without having to cook two different things. One of the easiest ways I’ve found to do this is […]
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Travel Credit Cards to Pay Attention To Right Now: Spring 2015 Edition
A lot of people know me as a fan of airline/hotel loyalty programs, and some have even gone so far as nicknaming me “Points”. And while it’s easy to tease someone with this sort of obsessive hobby, I estimate we’ve done roughly $15,000 in travel completely free over the past 2.5 years because of this hobby, with another […]
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15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: A duo for healthy burgers!
One of the most annoying things about being a single person or DINK (double income, no kids) is that you can never simply make burgers for dinner one night; you have to make a week’s worth of burgers, simply in order to use up the 8-pack of hamburger buns. So, today’s healthy dinner post is […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Red Curry Shrimp & Long Grain Rice
Starting our second week of healthy dinners for 2015 is an old favorite made more health conscious: red curry. With just a few simple substitutions, this flavorful dish can easily be under 400 calories a serving, with low net carb as well. Ingredients: 1/2 lb of large white shrimp (should be about 15 or so; […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Ground Pork Lettuce Wraps
Ready for another 400-calories-or-less, tasty, filling dinner? Dinner #5 in our 15 Healthy Dinners series is ground pork lettuce wraps and the husband actually occasionally requests this meal on his own accord! Ingredients: 1 lb ground pork 1 head butter lettuce or romaine lettuce 1/4 cub hoisin sauce 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 green onion, […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Southwestern Stuffed Portabella
Seeing as how the hubby wasn’t a huge fan of yesterday’s zoodles, I figured I’d make him something a little more hearty for tonight’s 15 Healthy Dinners meal. So today, I served up Southwestern Stuffed Portabellas – mushrooms stuffed with beans, rice, and mexican flavors. These tasty little numbers aren’t the most photogenic meal I’ve […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Oodles of Zoodles
Dinner #3 in my “15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015” series is all about zoodles: noodles made from zucchinis. To make them, you need a “zoodler” like shown above – you can get them for under $10 on Amazon. Making zoodles is pretty simple – you put a zucchini per person through the zoodler, then boil for […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Greek Salad with Rosemary Lamb Lollipop
For the second meal in my 15 Healthy Dinners series, I was stuck with a bit of a quandry: how do I get my meat-and-potatoes loving husband to eat salad for dinner? He sees salad as a side dish at best. The answer? Top it with a meat lollipop that looks straight out of the […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Broiled Gulf Snapper & Balsamic Green Beans
It’s 2015, and so, like just about everyone else out there, I’m on a diet. Well…maybe not a diet, exactly. I’m not counting anything…points, carbs, calories, or steps…none of that. And I’m not cutting any giant groups of foods from my diet, or insisting that they be served in a “juice” variety. I’m just going […]
Read MoreHow we booked a 5-star luxury trip to Hawaii for over 50% off
This April will be the hubby and my 2nd anniversary, and since we celebrated our 0-anniversary and 1-year anniversary with trips to tropical places, it seemed only appropriate to do it again this year as well. Having already done Mexico, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, and Belize, we figured maybe we’d give Hawaii a whirl. […]
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