Happy Friday! Let’s jump right in to today’s Friday Five! ONE | Have you been watching American Idol this season? I haven’t watched it in several years, but have loved this season so far. One of the worship leaders at my church, Manny Torres, is competing this season and so far he has received tons of…
Archives for January 2016
Paleo Friendly Super Bowl Snacks
With the Super Bowl just over a week away I am already starting to think food. For this year’s game I want to stick with my eating plan as best as possible so I have come up with a list of Paleo friendly recipes that I think will be perfect for the big game. Chicken Fajita Poppers via Just Jessie…
Baked Falafel
Falafel has been new to my diet in the past couple of years and it has become one of my favorite takeout foods. Until a couple of weeks ago I had never tried making it on my own. After finding this simple five ingredient recipe, I knew I needed to give it a whirl. Typically…
Brightwok Kitchen
Most of the time I bring my lunch to work, but every now and then I will eat out and I try to find healthy options when I do. Last summer I put together a list of some healthy lunch spots in the Loop. Since then there have been other healthy spots open near my…
Weekending
Happy Monday! It’s always harder to start a new work week after a great weekend. I had a fun weekend filled with lots of celebrating. Here is what I was up to: FRIDAY | Friday was our friend Matt’s birthday so Kevin and I met him, Ashton, and his brother Phil for dinner at Weber Grill…
Five on Friday
Happy Friday! Hope you all had a great week! Here is my five on Friday: ONE | Today kicks off Chicago Restaurant Week and there are so many great restaurants participating this year. I actually haven’t made any reservations yet for this year so need to look over the list and pick a place! Yesterday…
Chicago Restaurant Week 2016
Chicago Restaurant Week is one of the most anticipated events of the year and 2016 officially kicks off tomorrow! Last year I rounded up my list of recommendations and this year I am putting together a list of participating restaurants that I have dined at and reviewed here on my blog. Some of these I…
Mexican Street Corn (Elotes)
A few of my girlfriends and I have a monthly dinner club we get together for. Each month we rotate who hosts and that person provides the main dish while the rest of us bring the sides and desserts. Like I mentioned last week the theme for our dinner club this month was Mexican Fiesta. …
Weekending
Good morning! I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend. It is supposed to be brutally cold today so I plan on staying inside and watching Netflix all day. Here is a look at how I spent the weekend: FRIDAY | I attended the media preview for the Chicago Auto Show First Look For Charity…
Five on Friday
TGIF!! And yay for a three day weekend! I am finally feeling on the mend from my cold I’ve had this week and am excited for a long weekend. This is actually the first year the school I work for is observing MLK Day as a holiday so it will be nice to have Monday…