Whether you eat it on hotdogs, on pasta, on fries, or just straight up, there’s no doubt chili is a pretty versatile dish. There are also millions of recipes for the popular dish, so it never gets boring. The possibilities seem endless. I’ve only made my dad’s classic tomato-based chili with ground beef and beans,…
Cheesy Tortellini Tomato Soup
Although it’s not exactly cold here in San Diego… I’m still partaking in winter-ish activities like drinking hot chocolate, wearing sweaters, complaining about the cold, and lastly, making soup. I have a few soup recipes on GMHO, but today’s might be my favorite. I’ve tweaked the recipe a few times and now deem it worthy…
Chicken Casserole with Chow Mein Noodles
This week’s recipe is from my grandmother! I grew up eating this chicken casserole, and now that I’m making it on my own, I love it more. Why? Because it’s one of the easiest things to make ever. You just throw together a few ingredients and pop it in the oven. It uses condensed soup,…
Creamy Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup
What do you get when you mix savory and sweet ingredients? A tasty masterpiece. Last week, while I was trying to figure out some way to use the sweet potato I had, I came across a recipe that intrigued me. It was 90% detox-approved, so I decided to alter it a little bit for a…
Tasty Tuesday: Cheesy Chicken & Bacon Crescent Pockets + Giveaway Winner!
And the winner of my running socks giveaway is…drum roll please… Ja from Ja on the Run! Congrats! I sent you an email with the details. 🙂 Thanks to everyone who participated! I wasn’t planning to announce the winner until tomorrow, but I have a recipe that I wanted to share. Next week is too far…
Tasty Tuesday: BBQ Sloppy Joes
Who else thinks the messiest foods are the best foods? “Lucky for me”, most foods I eat end up being messy because I tend to mutilate the food on my plate. I suppose you could call me picky. Whatever. ANYways, I’m really excited about the following sloppy joes recipe. I find it difficult to think…
Tasty Tuesday: Crockpot Jambalaya
Last night, I made good food. It was wonderful. I feel like I make “meh” food a lot, so whenever Matt says something is “really good,” it makes me really happy. I used this recipe for Jambalaya as a guide, and my alterations actually turned out really well! Love when that happens. I’m also excited…
Tasty Tuesday: Easy Mostaccioli
Well hello there! Once again, I’m putting off a workout to do anything else. Laziness-1. Katie-0. Okay, I haven’t been completely lazy this morning. I’ve cleaned, started my Southwest Chicken Barley Soup in the Crockpot for dinner tonight, and have even picked the workout I’ll do–my Full Body Circuit. I guess it’s time I finally get to…
Shredded Italian Beef in the Crockpot
Starting dinner in the a.m. is kind of awesome. Throwing it in the crockpot makes life so much easier. Cooking meat, especially, tends to result in a fantastic meal thanks to the slow cooking. That’s exactly what happened with the following Italian Beef recipe. (Adapted from this recipe.) Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups beef broth 1/2…
Creative Ways to Remake Thanksgiving Leftovers
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Before I get into the Thanksgiving talk, here’s what today’s workout looks like: Workout Since I didn’t do my long run on Wednesday, I’m hoping to do  it today. It’s apparently supposed to be like 30 degrees all day and super windy, so I’m not looking forward to that. I…
Tasty Tuesday: Savory Meatballs
I made good food last night! And I quote, “These meatballs are amazing!” My father knows exactly what to say to make me smile. In search for a recipe using ground beef last night, I settled on meatballs. The only part of the recipe I cared about was the use of ketchup. Ketchup makes meatloaf…
Easy Jerk Chicken
It’s crazy how normal it has become to eat foods without much nutritious value, yet take supplements and medicines to try to make up for it. It’s like we’re trying to find an easy way out without having to change our habits. But if you think about it, what really makes the difference is going…
2 Recipes: Baked Spaghetti + Greek Yogurt Cookies
Sometimes a classic recipe needs some extra oomph. After finding some frozen ground beef in the freezer (imagine that), I decided to make some spaghetti. I don’t know about you, but I get sick of spaghetti sometimes. It’s good, but it’s just spaghetti. For some reason, food seems more exciting when it’s baked, at least…
Hallelujah! I Can Cook!
Workout This morning I did a 5-mile run in the hot, windy weather. When I wasn’t dying of heat, I was barely moving because of the wind. (I’m quite the wimp when it comes to extreme running temperatures—if you call 70 degrees extreme.) I like my overcast or rainy 50-degree weather. At a certain point…
Latest Food and Drink Concoctions
I lied in my last post. I’m only giving you recipes for a drink, side, and “other” type of item. My cookie making has been a bust, so no dessert for you—unless you consider skittle-infused vodka to be dessert. Today’s post is just a combo of some of my latest kitchen adventures. You’ll find 3…
