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Pina Colada Overnight Oats with Kefir

March 18, 2016 by Emily 3 Comments

We started making our own kefir. And I love, love it! Kris is part of a neighborhood forum and about a year ago a guy posted that he was going to be traveling for the next few months and was wondering if anyone would take his kefir grains and kombucha SCOBY, with an understanding that he’d be able to get a starter when he returns. Well Kris was all about the SCOBY. We’ve been buying Synergy Kombucha from the grocery store for about a year and both really enjoy it, but it’s expensive!!! We don’t really buy it that often because it’s $3 a bottle….but anyway, this post is about kefir (saving kombucha for another time).

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Dublin Coddle

March 16, 2016 by Emily 3 Comments

Make this for St. Patrick’s Day!!! Seriously, you all need to stop what you’re doing and plan to cook this simple dish for your St. Patty’s Day dinner. Hopefully you have most of the ingredients on hand, at least the potatoes and onions….and beer, if not, proceed to the grocery store immediately.

A Dublin Coddle is an Irish dish that was prepared in order to use up leftovers – perfect! My favorite type of dish because I hate wasting food, and it’s a one-pot meal! When I can’t decide what to make for dinner, I make a one-pot meal, just chop all the veggies in the kitchen that look like they might be getting close to going bad, sauté them with some sort of meat, top with grated cheese, and tada, dinner! Kris’s favorite!!! (no, not really…he definitely prefers me planning meals over serving him a random assortment of cooked vegetable and meat topped with cheese).

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Split Pea Soup

March 14, 2016 by Emily Leave a Comment

What to do with a leftover ham bone….make split pea soup, duh…I mean, what else would you do with a ham bone, especially one that still has juicy pieces of ham stuck to it? Don’t toss it! Split pea soup is my favorite way to use a ham bone and with Easter just right around the corner, you’ll be able to save your Easter ham bone and make split pea soup.

Kris and I host a Christmas party for all our friends every December. We roast a turkey, bake a ham, make mashed potatoes, rolls, salad, dessert. Pretty much go all out, it’s crazy, but I love it! I love hosting dinner parties. A lot of work but sooooo worth it! And the best part, leftovers! A week’s worth of leftovers, because after a full day of cooking for 20+ people, Kris and get to sit back and relax the day after the Christmas party (and maybe we might have drank a little too much as well…) and enjoy all the leftovers.

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