What’s Up Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! It’s time for everybody to join up today with Shay and me and let us know WHAT’S UP with you this fine Wednesday!

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WHAT WE ARE EATING 

So I’m eating this little salmon bowl on repeat over here.

It’s air fryer salmon (with EBTB seasoning and fresh lemon), roasted Brussels sprouts, cherry tomatoes and Kalamata olives, sliced avocado, and a couple of generous dollops of Boar’s Head Tzaziki dip.

The Everything But The Bagel Seasoning and olives both came from Trader Joe’s.  I grabbed the Tzatziki dip at Market Street (the brand is Boar’s Head and I found it by the hummus).

I’ve told y’all about my very favorite way to make tacos, but it’s worth repeating!

Brown 2 pounds of ground beef, add 1 packet of dry ranch dressing and 1 packet of your favorite taco seasoning. After the meat is done, I add 1 can of Ranch Style Beans (drained) and 1 can of Rotel (drained). It’s more flavorful, and it enables me to eat less meat (and more beans and tomatoes).

As you can see below, I also sprinkle a chunky “salsa” on top. It’s just a mix of cherry tomato halves, avocados, and purple onion with salt, pepper, a little olive oil, and red wine vinegar. It’s so bright and fresh, and I love it on top of my tacos!

With only 3 people in our family, this provides us with TONS of leftovers. Good for tacos, nachos, quesadillas, and my favorite way to eat it is in a taco salad!

Another favorite lunch for me is this Bird’s Eye Zucchini Lentil Pasta (found in the frozen food aisle). I add roasted veggies to it (whatever I have on hand), a little fresh parmesan, and Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Seasoning. It’s DELICIOUS.

On this plate you see leftover salmon, fresh avocado, fresh tomatoes, some homemade pickles from my friend Keeely (YUM!), and a couple of spoonfuls of the Trader Joe’s artichoke and jalapeno dip. I take a Trader Joe’s reduced fat pita chip, spread a little dip on top, and then pile it high with different toppings. So good.

Also, I haven’t talked about Hello Fresh in a while, BUT WE STILL LOVE IT, and I still highly recommend it!

I don’t get it every week. In fact, I probably only get a couple of boxes once every month. But when I do get them, I LOVE THEM. They are such a treat!

I make things I wouldn’t make on my own (mainly because I wouldn’t want to buy all the ingredients), and I love trying new things and adding variety to our dinners at home. One of my very favorite Hello Fresh meals (that I get every single time it’s an option) is Sweet Chili Beef and Green Bean Bowls.

It might not look like much, but it’s insanely good.

Click HERE if you want to try out the service for yourself FOR FREE! You’ll have to pay the $4.99 shipping costs on your first box delivery, but that’s it!

If you decide to try out the free boxes, you can get up to 4 recipes for 2 people (and save $84) or you can get 3 recipes for 4 people (and save $119). AND THE ONLY THING YOU WILL PAY IS THE $4.99 SHIPPING COST! How can they afford to do this? Well, they know that all they have to do is get people to try the service, and they will fall in love. Many times they will end up being customers for life. That’s how it happened for me, anyway!

You’ll sign up with your e-mail address, and that will unlock your free boxes. Choose how many boxes you want and how many you need to feed, and then you’ll chose the actual meals you want from a number of options. Once you sign up, it does default to weekly delivery. However, like I said, I never do that. The Hello Fresh app is sooooo easy to use, and you can cancel a week’s meal plan in about 10 seconds. I go into my app once every several weeks, look through the meals, and decide what week I want to order and what meals I want for that week. Default meals will be chosen for you, but you just go in, edit your delivery, and choose from like 30 options each week! The variety is awesome, so there will always be something you are interested in.

I choose to have my deliveries arrive on Sundays, but you can choose whatever day you want.

The service really is incredibly EASY to use, and the food is really incredible.

Again, click HERE If you want to try out the service yourself for only $4.95!

 

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WHAT I’M LOVING

Did you catch my full OUTFIT PLANNING POST on Monday? Sooooo many great out ideas and pieces to help us transition to spring! Click HERE to see all of the outfits!

Today I’ve got several more outfits to share.

On Monday I showed this striped top with white jeans and mules, but it’s super cute worn more casually with light wash denim and sneakers.

puff sleeve blouse / light wash ankle jeans / woven tote / heart huggie earrings (bottom row)/ multicolor necklace / gold bracelet stack / ring stack / lip oil / sneakers

Ladies. HOW DARLING IS THIS CARDIGAN.

And you are not going to believe the price because it’s UNDER $20!!!

There are only 8 reviews so far, but they are ALL 5 STARS. Reviewers describe as lightweight, warm, and soft. Mine is supposed to get here tomorrow! It also comes in a solid blush, solid black, and a blue colorblock.

And the loafers, y’all!!! They are under $40 and totally on trend.

cardigan / white tee/ light wash ankle jeans / woven tote / heart huggie earrings (bottom row)/ gold bracelet stack / loafers

I showed you three outfits with this navy striped sweater yesterday, and here’s 1 more!

navy striped sweater / medium wash ankle jeans / pearl earrings / layered necklace / raffia and cognac crossbody / raffia mules

I’m totally smitten with this dress. It’s under $30 and full of charm. I’ve styled it with accessories and mules I used to style lots of outfits on Monday’s post.

dress / chain huggie earrings / rainbow necklace / ring stack / raffia and cognac crossbody / raffia mules

I have several colors of the long sleeve tee and several colors of the 7/8 leggings. Both are MUST HAVES for me. The wide leg pants are a fun alternative to regular leggings, and you can never have too many hoodies.

I ordered the cell phone suction mount after seeing my friend Cassie talk about hers (you can suction it to pretty much anything and taking videos or pics!). The duffle bag was one of my favorite finds of the entire year, and y’all know I love On Cloud sneakers.

zip up hoodie / long sleeve tee / heart huggie earrings (bottom row)/ 7/8 leggings / wide leg pants / cell phone suction mount / lip oil / duffle bag / sneakers

 

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WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO

Snuggling. Lots and lots of snuggling with these 3.

The second Carter gets on the couch, Buddy heads over and throws himself on top of Carter. It’s the sweetest thing.

 

 

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WHAT I’M REMINISCING ABOUT

I don’t think I ever posted these pics from Christmas…

Here’s Carter with my sister’s boys! Don’t they all look so much alike?

And Chris’s sister’s kids! Love their sweet faces.

 

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WHAT I’M EXCITED ABOUT

I have a project I’ve been working on for a while now that I’m hoping to share in the next couple of months. It’s almost time!

 

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WHAT I’M WATCHING

Well. I know Friday Night Lights originally aired in 2006. And I’m well aware that it’s now 2024.

But I don’t care BECAUSE I FREAKING LOVE THIS SHOW.

We started watching a couple of weeks ago, and we’re 18 episodes in. AND I LOVE IT.

 

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WHAT ARE MY RECENT AMAZON PURCHASES

I made 5 Amazon purchases from my own blog post on Monday. 🙂

colorful bracelet stack (multicolor color block) / black woven bag / woven tote / beaded earrings / loafers

And before that, here were my other recent purchases…

I ordered one set of kitchen towels for me and 1 for a friend’s birthday. The whole family has started taking magnesium, Carter was out of his flossers, I saw the lounge set on a friend and ordered it for myself, and I ordered the little med containers for my purse (for Advil and allergy medicine).

kitchen towels / Magnesium / flossers / lounge set / medicine containers

 

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That’s it for today, y’all! Have a wonderful weekend with your people!

Now don’t forget to link up!

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