Guess Who's Back?!

It's been way over a year since I've posted anything... However, my life has taken a complete 180 and everything has changed! I'm now married, living in suburbia, have the job of my dreams and the people I love most around me! It's been a roller coaster to say the least but I have loved every step of the way. Between working and cooking, I try to decorate my new house. Who knew it would take so long to do and cost so much money!!! Thus I have added a new tab to my blog to share some of the things going on around the McCune household. We have, to say the least, become a little bit more handy and have taken on more DIY project than I could have ever imagined but at least we're having fun! I've also given myself a little cooking challenge that I've been working on for the past couple of weeks that I can't wait to share. The culprit to the beginning of this challenge were all the recipes I have printed and save over the last few years and just thrown in a binder without a second thought. Now that I have this wonderful little thing called Pinterest my recipe storage has become ridiculous! So, my challenge is to cook one new dinner recipe out of those recipes I have printed, pinned, and shoved somewhere in a binder once a week and since I'm a sucker for anything that includes sugar, to bake a new desert every week until the binders are sifted through and organized. I hope you will join me on my adventure and maybe inspire you to do your own cooking challenge.

Easter, already?

Happy Lenten season! I know, I can't believe Easter is so close! It feels like it gets earlier every year. Did you give up anything for lent? I'll be honest and say that I did not. Besides my phone I'm not really addicted to anything. Instead of giving up something I usually try and do better with something that I think I need to work on. This year it is my patience. I hate waiting and my patience is truly going to be put to the test this year as I am searching for a new job, wanting to purchase a house and will be getting married in less than 6 months. As a Catholic my family and I follow the no meat on Friday's rule. This is really hard for me as I am a true carnivore! However, Lent is a time for sacrifice and one day a week shouldn't be that hard of after 23 years of this, it has proven to be a true challenge since I do not eat seafood. I can hear the " WHAT!!!"'s and "your crazy" through the computer. So, after years of grilled cheeses and bowls of mac and cheese (note that all of my past meals were cheese based), I have decide to make my Friday's of Lent healthy and yummy! The first go at this was so incredibly yummy that i think my no meat Friday's are going easy breezy!

Strawberry Bread

As I've said before, we are getting ready to move and moving food is not something I care to do (1 week left!). For the last few weeks we have come up with some very interesting dinners just to try and use up everything that we can. With around 5 lbs of strawberries still had left in the freezer I knew I had to come up with something yummy, especially since my mom is coming to visit this weekend! All I can say is thank you pinterest for getting my mind rolling with ideas! Yesterday I got busy in the kitchen and was able to use everything I already had on hand! I love free!

It's not like take out... It's better!

The last couple of weeks have certainly been a whirlwind. Between going back and forth to Dallas for interviews, attempting to wrap up my current position and packing everything up to move, I'm exhausted! Stress and exhaustion combine usually adds up to eating badly but we are working hard on maintain our healthy eating habits even though a pint of  Blue Bell Moollenium Crunch found its way into the freezer (no, I didn't not get eaten in one sitting but it's not like it hasn't happened before).