Pretty Food {Black Bean & Cheese Nachos}

This is one of my favorite lunches at home.  Simple & delicious!  Cover tortilla chips with black beans, pepper jack cheese & colby cheese, then heat in the microwave.  Top with chopped tomato, red onion & cilantro.

Love

Pretty Food {Grilled BBQ Chicken}

This is our chicken we raised and butchered on the YouTube farm.  We marinated it in our homemade bbq sauce and grilled it.  It was delicious!

BBQ Sauce
1 c ketchup {organic or make sure there's no high fructose corn syrup}
1 tbsp mustard
3 tbsp worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp black pepper

Mix all the ingredients together and enjoy!  We store ours in the refrigerator in an old honey container.

Pretty Food {Bow Tie Pasta}

Boil bow tie pasta.  Brown ground beef seasoned with salt, pepper & garlic.  Add jar of Bertoli organic marinara sauce.  Drain pasta when cooked and add to meat sauce.  Sprinkle with paremsean and fresh chopped parsley.  Enjoy!

Pretty Food {Black Beans Topped With Avocado Pico De Gallo}

Black Beans:
In a saucepan, heat up a can of black beans.  Add chopped tomatoes, red onions, cilantro & salt. 

Avocado Pico De Gallo:
Rough chop & mix in bowl:
avocado
tomato
red onion
cilantro
jalapeno
squirt of fresh lime
pinch of salt

Pretty Food {Cheese Toasted Buns}

I work hard making all our bread products from scratch.  So you can bet your bottom dollar I'm not about to let any of it go to waste!  I turned these leftover hamburger buns into cheese toast.  Just butter, sprinkle with garlic & parmesan cheese & broil on low for a few minutes.  Just be sure to keep a close eye on them so they do not burn.

Pretty Food {Radishes From The Garden}

Happy Earth Day

Super Moon

Okay, so the super moon was a while ago.  But I like this picture, so better late than never.

Hooked On Instagram

I love the FREE app, Instagram.  It has the coolest effects for your pics.

Pretty Food: {Salsa}

Random Pictures

I have taken about 1000 pictures since getting my new camera on Christmas day. I absolutely love having a good camera and can't wait until I really know what I'm doing with it.  Here's a few of the random pictures I've taken.

Sydney on Christmas morning, playing with the DSI Santa brought her. 

Sleepy Garrett on Christmas morning.

Playing with new Lego's.

Garrett playing with the new train table Santa brought.

Doing man stuff.

The cute antique desk we bought for our bedroom.

Our fun Christmas lights.

A pink tree just for Sydney.

We're all about sight words these days.

The first snow of the year.  (more of a dusting)

Sydney's class doing a snowman presentation in front of the school.

Garrett was fascinated by her nose.

Happy Holidays!

Look at this adorable video of Sydney & Garrett that my Sister {Barefoot Studios} put together!

Stillwater Pics

I want a better camera.  I bought a point & shoot camera a couple of years ago, rather than a high quailty SLR camera and I really regret it.  I should have gotten what I really wanted instead of being practical.  I want one to take great pictures of Allen's landscaping, the kids & just fun randomness. 

These are some pictures we took in Stillwater last Spring.  They are mostly of trees.  For some reason, I really like taking pictures of trees.  I just think they're pretty & calming.  I want to frame them & hang them around the house as little reminders of where we fell in love.  We had 4 really fun years together in Sillwater while I was going to college at OSU.  Those early days of a relationship when everything is perfect and there are no mortgages, no kids & no real responsibilities.  These pictures remind me of simpler times and of our place of "no worries". 



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