I know the name is totally not SEO-friendly, but this dish is definitely weeknight-dinner-friendly — especially compared to it’s more authentic, time consuming counterpart.  This quick meal still packs all the flavor of the moussaka you’d get at a Greek restaurant and can definitely satisfy a craving.  Pair with a Greek salad and some pita bread to be in heaven. Head over to Olives ‘n’ Wine and check out my guest post on Becky’s blog.  If you don’t follow Becky already, she’s totally hillarious and will inspire you get more active and to take the time to treat yourself weekly.

Head on over to Clean Eating Veggie Girl and check out my guest post for a delicious breakfast.  These whole wheat chocolate pancakes are unlike any of my other pancakes — they’re made without flax, chia seeds, or eggs.  The trick?  Baking soda and vinegar.  It’s like a tasty, healthy science project in your kitchen.

With the construction going on with my bathroom and boxes all over the house, I have been in need of some major comfort food.  My mom has oh so lovingly pointed out that I’m not the one doing the physical labor, so why all the stress?  When you’re putting so much money into something and then you’re stuck with it for decades, it generates stress.  For me, at least.  I have a tough time making styling and decorating sort of decisions, and I spent probably two months staring at tile before making a decision. All of this stress means one thing: comfort food.  For me, comfort always comes in the form of a grilled cheese.  I don’t always have tomato soup with my grilled cheese, but when I have a craving...

True story:  this is both the first time I’ve made and the first time I’ve eaten monkey bread.  When I was really young, my mom told me it was monkey brain bread.  We had just watched Indiana Jones and so I had a pretty vivid image in my head that has stuck with me for a ridiculously long time.  Yup. 25 year old (probably 2 decades later) and I tried monkey bread for the first time.  It’s extra heartbreaking, because it’s delicious. I’ve been holding on to the recipe for a few weeks.  I made it the same weekend as my apple pie cinnamon rolls.  The cinnamon roll recipe makes twice the dough that you really need, so you can make twice the treats, bonus!  Rather than having cinnamon rolls for...

While everyone was stuffing their faces with cheese dip and pizza on Sunday, I was shopping for bathroom tile.  Being an adult = rough stuff.  The weekend wasn’t  total loss though, because I had my vegi-versary dinner party on Saturday.  (Side note: how many of you are wishing I’d shut up about my vegi-versary already?  It’s almost as bad as a birthday for me!)  There were some big highlights in the dinner (okay and one low light — these maple bourbon Brussels sprouts because I didn’t cook off any of the bourbon.  Each bite was like taking a shot, oopsies.  Follow the recipe as written and don’t try to take a shortcut and bake off the bourbon in the oven.  Doesn’t work). On to the highlights those.  These. Brownies.  I already...

Apologies in advance for a short post.  I’m feeling pretty not stellar and in desperate need of a nap.  I’m writing this post on Thursday night, but I’m assuming by the time anyone reads this, I’ll have emailed the winner of my 1 year blog-iversary giveaway!  So congrats whoever that is, I’ll probably put their name up in glitter or something whenever I get around to it 😉 This dip.  This.  Dip.  My friend made it for his New Year’s Eve party and I’ve never seen people clamor over veggies the way everyone did trying to get some broccoli drowned in this dip.  It’s like Ranch’s extra delicious cousin.  I immediately knew I had to get my hands on the recipe and then turned around and lightened it up.  Plus,...