My first Expo West 2018 was a couple weekends ago, and it was a successful, exhausting, eventful, and terrific whirlwind of four days. If you aren’t familiar, Expo West is a natural products trade show in Anaheim, California. There are literally thousands of exhibitors showing their food, supplement, beauty, and lifestyle products. This year thereRead more
I love honey mustard. Always have. In high school we had a salad bar, and the three dressings I remember were Italian dressing (disgusting – in what way is this dressing Italian? I’ll never understand), ranch dressing (the taste or appearance never really did it for me), and honey mustard. I knew the honey mustardRead more
This recipe was inspired by the broccoli salad that they serve in delis at grocery stores. You know what I’m talking about. It’s full of mayo and raisins and magic. This is a slightly healthier version of that salad, but it still tastes amazing. This salad could stand alone as a lunch, maybe topped withRead more
It’s Super Bowl Sunday! This game means nothing to me, but I am very into the gameday eats. And commercials. And I can’t wait to see JT at halftime! Grant and I went to Rouses this morning and got our groceries for the game and the week. It was a madhouse. I guess everyone isRead more
2018 came with a lot of change right off the bat. The biggest change was moving to a new apartment in a different part of New Orleans with my guy. And as they say, change is not always easy. And in this situation, it was the hardest. Let me paint this picture for you: it’sRead more
This recipe was inspired by my co-worker. She’s a busy mom and always brings pre-packaged lunches from Costco. There’s a line of vacuum-sealed meals called Perfect Fit meals that she ate for a month. Then she got sick of those are started bringing this burrito bowl in a round 10 oz plastic container. She’s beenRead more
I love my big lunch salads. I find it’s really the easiest way to get in multiple servings of vegetables, and I can always mix it up with different dressings, toppings, and ingredients. But, sometimes I tend to make the same salad over and over again. And then I get a little bored. Plus it’sRead more
I’ve always been pretty frugal. I remember working at a cafe in high school and counting my cash tips, being thrilled that I could add $100 to my bank account. Most girls my age would spend that at the mall or the movies, but saving money was more fun for me! Sometimes I wonder ifRead more
If you live in Louisiana, it is highly likely that you, a family member, or someone you know has a freezer full of deer meat. My father is no exception to this rule. He just went on a hunting trip and came home with 500 pounds of deer-based products after shooting 3 big ones. ThatRead more
ACNE. It’s the worst. It sucks. It makes you feel self conscious, dirty, and like you have to hide behind makeup everyday. It can really mess with your self-esteem. And can even cause you to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on treatments that just don’t help. I’ve had acne since, I don’t know, theRead more