Bacon Wrapped Island Pork Tenderloin

This is inspired by the Island Pork Tenderloin recipe that is in the P90X recipe book.  There are 2 ways you can make this – in the crockpot or in the oven.  The bacon is optional.  With using the crockpot, this was ready in 5 hours on the low setting. Items needed: Crockpot or 9…

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Healthier Sugar Cookies

If you are looking for healthier options for sugar cookies, these are perfect!  I used an embossed rolling pin to put the designs on these, but regular cookie cutters can be used as well.  When I get the yolk out of the egg, I will save the egg white for an omelet.  This recipe could…

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Beer Pizza Crust

If you love pizza and want to have control over the ingredients, this is a great recipe to use.  When I make this, I find it easiest to start the crusts in the morning.  This gives the dough time to rest (2 hours) and then you can roll out, bake, let cool & freeze the…

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Greek Yogurt Biscuits

If you love biscuits and want a healthier version, this is our new favorite recipe.  The original is at the bottom, as I have made some adjustments.  This recipe makes about 8 large biscuits, or 10-12 smaller ones. Items needed: Cookie sheets (one large or 2 smaller ones) Parchment paper Drinking glass or biscuit cutter…

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Cabbage & Kielbasa

This recipe is inspired by a Romanian dish, called Romanian Varza Calita. It is great served with bread or potatoes. Depending on the size of the cabbage you have, some ingredients may need to be doubled. Ingredients: 1 head of cabbage 1 package kielbasa (you can also use shrimp or chicken in place of the…

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Venison Heart – Pan Cooked

For those of you that love a good venison heart recipe, or looking to try something new, the heart is very tender and this recipe is very flavorful.  I love having this with mac & cheese. Ingredients: 1 venison heart 1/4 cup red wine 2 TBSP Liquid Aminos (or soy sauce) 1 TBSP Olive Oil…

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Creamy Parmesan Garlic Pasta

This is  a great side to have and you can use regular spaghetti, linguine, fettucine, or angel hair pasta.  Is a fan favorite in our house!  Original recipe I used is noted at the bottom. Ingredients: 3 TBSP butter 1 TBSP minced garlic 2 1/2 cups chicken broth (2 cups if using angel hair pasta)…

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Day 4 – 75 Day Custom Challenge

Today is day 4 of this custom challenge and I woke up a bit tired still, so I used that time to sleep a bit longer this morning.   I do feel a lot better than yesterday though!  I am still drinking coffee with creamer throughout this challenge, as well as having my adult beverages. 🙂…

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Day 3 – 75 Day Custom Challenge

Today is the third day of this custom challenge and I woke up not feeling the greatest.  Could be many factors… changing what all I am eating, something I inhaled while cleaning the greenhouse yesterday, or something I ate.  As the day went on, I did start to feel better.  I am still drinking coffee…

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Day 2 – 75 Day Custom Challenge

Today was the second day of this custom challenge and I started to feel a bit sluggish earlier, but I feel as if that was from lack of fruit.  I had a pretty strong temptation to have one of the cookies with sprinkles on the kitchen table smothered with icing but I chugged some water…

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Day 1 – 75 Day Custom Challenge

A friend of mine and I were thinking of something to try to encourage each other, so when the subject was brought up of the 75 Day Soft and Hard Challenges, I was quickly turned off by the challenge to drink socially or eliminate alcohol all together.  We then decided to create our own custom…

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