Preparing for a Future Valentine

Saturday morning…. For some of you, the mention of Saturday morning might bring up images of turning off your alarm the night before and sleeping in as late as you want. You might imagine following this up with a lackadaisical run to a coffee shop, or a stop at the grocery store to pick up some snacks to enjoy later that day while watching the college football game on TV. Let me invite you into my Saturday morning. My alarm goes off at 6:45am, which in itself is a treat because most days my alarm is set an hour earlier. I get dressed and ready for the day, throw up my hair so it is out of my face, and switch some laundry my husband threw into the wash the night before into the dryer. Next I send a quick good morning text to my husband, because he left an hour ago to work the Saturday morning shift at work for the third week in a row. As soon as I go upstairs to my kitchen(the basement is my bedroom), I turn on the Christian radio station app on my phone, and start pulli

For something a little more light and easy this week, I wanted to post about a few of the recipes that I have tried recently that have actually worked out really well for me. I may have mentioned before that my husband is a pretty picky eater, although he is an unusual type of picky. It's not that he likes very few foods, but rather he has a particular way in his head almost any food should or shouldn't be cooked. This has made cooking for my beloved hubby quite an adventure, and has actually turned me into a much better cook/baker and has brought out my inner foodie side. Thankfully, I have found one kind of cuisine that seems to be pretty tried and true when I make it for my husband, and I don't have to work really hard in this one area. And that area is Mexican! My hubby and I are true lovers of more authentic Mexican food, but you can also find us happily munching on Taco John's. We really are up for most types of this cuisine.  Thus, in our few years of