TGIF...

Have you ever had one of those days where you literally want to strangle someone!? No? Yes? I really hate when I let people get to me because I'm typically a happy go lucky smiley person, but damn incompetent people just make you go crazy sometimes...

Salmon with a sweet and spicy glaze PLUS fruit crepe!

 

Sweet and Spicy glaze for Salmon

As crazy as it sounds this was my first time preparing "fresh salmon." I have had salmon patties, but as gross as it sounds the salmon was from that canned nastiness! I saw this recipe on YouTube and thought I'd give it a try (I slightly tweaked the mustard ingredient to what I had on hand)

Ingredients needed:

• 3 tablespoons of dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon of low sodium soy sauce
• 4 teaspoons of hot mustard ( I also added a tablespoon of Dijon mustard)
• 1 teaspoon of rice vinegar
• 4 Salmon fillets (mine were maybe an inch or two thick)
• Salt and Pepper for taste
• foil and cooking spray

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 425.

Combine the first 4 ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil and then remove from the heat ( should turn into a semi-thick glaze)

Place the fish on a lined (foiled) pan and lightly coated with cooking spray, at this time lightly season with salt and pepper.

Place the fish in the oven for 12 minutes, once the timer is done remove from the oven and preheat the broiler.

Brush the glazed mixture evenly on the tops and sides on the salmon fillets. When the broiler is ready place the fish back into the oven for intervals of 3 minutes (I did mine a total of 9 minutes, really depends on oven and thickness of fillets)

You can tell when the fish is ready by taking a fork to make sure it is flaky!

Since I love pictures, I have inserted a few to show the progress throughout the cooking:)

Fresh Salmon from the meat department

Needed Ingredients

Combined ingredients

Salmon with salt and pepper

Salmon after 15 minutes of cooking with glaze before I placed under the broiler

End Results! Salmon w/ brown rice and mixed veggies (orange bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, onion and Spinach all sauteed)

Ingredients needed for Crepe "shell"

I found this simple recipe on the Weelicious website for easy crepes, they have all types of easy recipes that are family friendly as well as quick meal ideas!

Ingredients needed:

• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

 Preparation:

Once you have combined all of the following ingredients simply pour enough of the mixture into a nonstick skillet (comparable to cooking pancakes; however, there wont be any bubbles).

You are basically browning both sides to your liking.



This recipe literally had to be the easiest recipe known to man, you can either make a dessert crepe or a heartier crepe, have fun exploring with different ingredients! I explored with fruit and OMG it was amazing, so amazing that I seriously contemplated on making a second one!
 

Nutella, Strawberries, Bananas and Blueberries

Girls night out and bloody fights!

Friday, for lunch a co-worker and myself went to Olive Garden to take full advantage of their tasty lunch specials. Typically, I like to add everything imaginable to my salads to make them as unhealthy appealing as possible, but there is just something about this simple salad that was ooh so yummy in my tummy (as I'm looking back at the picture of the salad, the lighting looks horrible, please forgive me :0))! After lunch I was craving a Starbucks, so we decided to go there before returning back to work..That place is seriously like crack in a cup. I typically don't drink caffeine, but this refreshing beverage ($6 rip off because it's gone in a matter of minutes) has a special little place in my heart <3.

Olive Garden: Chicken Flat bread and Salas / Starbucks: Caramel Ice Machiato with two pumps of raspberry

Friday evening Steve, my mom and I all went to Las Delicious, surprise surprise right! I love this place... I could literally eat this place everyday if I had too, definitely healthy for the gut. 

Las Delicious: Steak tacos (Steve) and Nachos (mine)

Saturday night my friend and I had girls night out at the Landers center to watch live UFC "MMA" fights, and let me just tell ya.. We use to go often, so it's been a good minute since, I have seen a live show and it was AMAZING... I don't know how these fighters "willingly" want to get hit in the face bare knuckles... This time around I saw more blood than I had ever previously seen. Seriously one dude walked out with his face completely mangled and swollen to the max! Not a chance in hell would I ever "willingly" get punched and side kicked in the face, but hey I guess they get paid enough money right!?

Fight Night (5/17/2014)

Fight night

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! :)

Greek Fest, Redbirds & Mothers Day ohhh my!

This week was a pretty busy week for me.. I started the beginning of the week (Monday) with a cat scan due to the fact, I had been having this horrific headache on top of a Migraine on and off for roughly a month. Needless to say the results came back as Sinusitis (I have literally never suffered with sinus issues or allergies so this was a pleasant surprise, but very grateful it was nothing serious). On a happier note Friday, I started my weekend off with lunch from the Annual Greek Fest, which was delish and can I say I scarfed down that Baklava, amazing one of my favorite Greek pastries!!

Annual Greek Fest: Chicken and Rice, Greek Salad and Baklava 5/9/2014

I woke up Saturday morning, and took a glance outside and was quite surprised on how gorgeous it was considering the forecast called for rain on Saturday as well as Sunday. Lucky us not a single drop of rain in sight! So what better to do than take FULL advantage of this beautiful weather before it starts feeling like hell outside..(a) our humidity is horrific and your face will literally melt the hell off and (b) my hair is natural, so no bueno to the nappy look, not cute honey child!

Great view to the start of our day - Our balcony 5/10/2014

 Steve's mom was in town for a few hours, so he decided he wanted to take her out for lunch somewhere different than the norm, since we were going to a Redbird's baseball game later that evening. We ended up eating at the Crepe Maker! I love this place, Steve and his mom had a boring ham and cheese crepe, which wasn't very picture worthy in my opinion, so I took a shot of mine instead:) I had the Cordon Bleu as well as the dessert crepe which had cinnamon apples, ice cream and caramel syrup yummy!

 

Crepe Maker: Cordon Bleu 5/10/2014

Later that evening we headed out to my moms annual work picnic. We had all you can eat BBQ, and drinks.. UGH seriously who doesn't love free food and entertainment!? Not to mention the weather was legit perfect for the evening and the Redbird's were 13-1 by the time we left..Go Redbird's!

 

Redbirds Game 5/10/2014

 

Redbirds Game 5/10/2014

  Sunday, my siblings and I decided to take my mom out for brunch/lunch, so we took her to Cracker Barrel for a quick bite to eat, and not only was our food pretty damn good (I always forget how good this place is) , but our service was on point.

Mothers Day brunch/lunch:  Mom, Sister and niece 5/11/2014

  For dinner the diva my mom was craving seafood, so we decided to have a seafood boil since it was "her day," I mean whatever happen to "children's day"!? Needless to say I had a wonderful busy weekend, and as I'm looking back at all of the pictures I took this past weekend, I feel like all I did was eat! SMH, hey at least I had delicious food right! I promise I have more of a life than just eating; however, I do love food. On a more serious note Happy Mother's Day to all of the mommies, caregivers, providers out there!

Mothers Day Dinner Seafood boil - Crab legs, sausage, potatoes, corn and shrimp 5/11/2014

 

Fabulous start to the weekend!

I started my weekend off with a little lunch date with one of my fellow co-workers. I can't begin to explain to you how delicious and authentic tasting this place is, I guess the name "Las Delicious" soot's them well right!? Not only is this place extremely affordable, but you definitely get more than enough food. The nachos below are legit an appetizer. Needless to say we both were miserably stuffed when we got back to work.

Las Delicious (5/1/2014)

Saturday 52 (5/3/2014) of us chartered a bus up to St. Louis to visit the popular eatery Sweetie Pies (comes on the OWN channel) filled with yummy goodness of soul food! Now with me living in the good ole south, I can just about always get my hands on some down south, fattening arteries clogging food but it's just something about this place that draws me in. Not only did we enjoy a good lunch, yes I know WHAT! all that for lunch!? We did 4 hours of shopping at some fancified (is this even a word) outdoors mall, that had just about every type of store you could imagine besides a Ross and Old Navy (Coach outlet, Michael Kors, Cole Haan, Nike, Express, Wilson's leather) you name it they had it, and what's even better is they were all outlet priced stores.

Sweetie Pies!

A quick Selfie while shopping!

My mom & I

I was so tempted to go shopping for myself; however, I put my big girl panties on and made the "adult" decision to start buying little things here and there for the house. Pat on the back for being an adult.:)

Last, but not least Sunday (5/4/2014) My brother in laws birthday was Wednesday and because pretty much all us work work an 8-5 Monday through Friday job, so we really didn't have the time to meet up, so on Sunday it was on like Donkey Kong! Typically I'm not a fan of Chillis food (I'm a local food junkie), but I sucked it up and ordered the Chicken Fajitas and I must admit....I'm not sure if they have changed their recipes or what, but they were amazing!

Happy Cinco De Mayo 2014

While we didn't actually go out to party for Cinco De Mayo, we did have our own little fiesta at our la casa.. I'm talking cheese dip, Spanish rice and refried beans, soft tacos and chicken.. I almost want to pat myself on the back for job well done. Not only did we have a little fiesta we also thoroughly killed some of our brain cells watching the premiere of L&HH ATL.... Sorry not sorry ;) ...  I honestly don't know if I should (a) be embarrassed to admit that I watch the show or (b) more embarrassed that I have officially gotten Steve hooked to the ratchetness of a show.. YOLO right!?