Plate Diaries

I can not believe its September already!!! Summer FLEW by, but yet it didn't. When all 3 kids are home, the days seem like weeks, and weeks seem like months! This last month, I was able to really focus on de-cluttering. I haven't exactly gotten around to saving the BIG money yet, but I sat down with my financial advisor and mapped out what my financial future will look like, and should hopefully look like. In the last post, I touched on opening a saving account with Capital One 360 and … [Read more...]

This is a super super easy make ahead dinner, that the whole family will love. What you'll need: Strainer Large pan Medium Bowl Potato masher (a fork will work if you don't have a masher Baking Dish Avocado or Olive Oil Ingredients (serves 4-6 depending on how big you make the burritos) Cream Cheese 4oz. Yellow Onion 1 Baby Spinach 5oz or about 1-2 cups Black Beans 1 can or 1 box Ground Turkey 20oz Taco seasoning 2 packets Diced Tomatoes 1 … [Read more...]

This morning I had my garage sale, I've been prepping for the last few weeks. I have done some SERIOUS purging in my home. I'm trying to live a simple life; Quality over Quantity kinda life. I listen to 2 daily podcasts, Optimal Living Daily, which are short narrations of blogs revolving around minimizing and simplicity. The other, Optimal Finance Daily, which are short narrations of blogs pertaining to financial independence. It hasn't been an easy transition for me. I was raised by my dad who … [Read more...]

My neighbor just gave birth to her second son, over the weekend, so of course I wanted to bring them dinner. I spent a good 45 minutes browsing through "healthy drop off meal ideas" on good ol' Pinterest. I wanted something I felt like the entire family would enjoy. Lets face it quinoa is BORINGGGG. I found this one, it looked delicious, so I went for it. I made a couple changes, instead of just spinach, I added in Kale as well. You could pretty much put in whatever veggies you want in this … [Read more...]