Good morning! It was a beautiful weekend and great way to enter into Spring.  Quick weekend recap: went to Lazy Goat downtown with friends (didn’t take any pictures, but was amazing!), hung up our new hammock/hammock stand, enjoyed the perfect 75 degree sunny weather on Saturday, 8 mile run, went to our friends’ house for a cookout, went to Cabella’s and throughly enjoyed a lazy Sunday. I have been redecorating/painting our house for the past few months.  When we bought the house most of the rooms were painted in dark, strong colors.  For example, our kitchen, living room, powder room and breakfast nook were all painted a DEEP DARK brown.…

Happy first day of Spring!  The weatherman swears that it is going to clear up today and become a sunny afternoon (fingers crossed!). I have to share/save a recipe that I made for Taco Tuesday this week.  Growing up my family had taco night at least once a week–which is a genius idea because tacos are super easy, fast and inexpensive while being absolutely delicious.  I carry on this tradition to my little family and dubbed it Taco Tuesday. While Drew prefers Asian cuisine, he puts up with my Mexi taste buds and is alright eating Mexican at least once if not twice a week.  So when I discovered an…

Good morning! Recently, I have become obsessed with pancakes!  It all started when I gave up bread (aka semi gluten free) for lent– and I became a carb craving girl!  So in order to tame my cravings I have done a lot of experimenting with alternatives for bread based pancakes–subsequently, welcome oatmeal cottage cheese pancakes. I found a ton of different recipes online using cottage cheese and oatmeal in place of traditional flour.  They all had similar ingredients, but took a different approach–so I experimented with a few of them and created a mixed up version of what I would like to call a hybrid banana bread pancake. This recipe combines…