Brunch at Frida Southwest
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by Katie
1M ago
Hands down, my favorite place to eat right now is Frida Southwest, including their weekend brunch. The inside of Frida’s is bright, airy, and buzzes with the sound of friends and family chatting and dining. There is a sizeable bar with folks gathered around. And totally unrelated to food, the bathrooms are sky blue for boys and baby pink for girls. I check out their Instagram weekly, and when they introduce their new (monthly) menu items, I always send them to my daughter Tori, along with something like this in all caps… WE NEED TO GO TRY THESE! Mr. Wonderful and I tried their brunch for t ..read more
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Managing Diabetes and Obesity: Healthy Eating Tips, Medication, Exercise, and More
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by Katie
4M ago
More than a way to fuel our bodies, eating is a satisfying experience, especially when trying various foods and cuisines. However, health experts are concerned with Oklahomans’ increasingly unhealthy eating behaviors, such as drinking sugary beverages and eating less than the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables daily. In fact, only 9.4% eat vegetables more than three times a day, contributing to the rising obesity rates among Oklahoma’s adult population (40%). Besides healthcare costs and productivity losses, obesity must be treated as a severe condition here in Oklahoma be ..read more
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Pickled Banana Peppers
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by Katie
7M ago
I can make the Pickled Banana Pepper  recipe with my eyes closed and no directions anymore. Have you ever planted banana peppers before? If you are starting out in gardening and want a SUPER great producer, plant these babies. There are two versions you can plant – hot or sweet. I kind of prefer the sweet, although I may experiment with both next year because hot might be nice on richer foods like pizza. You already know about my pizza hot honey obsession like my Sweet Potato Bites with Cranberry Hot Honey and my Baked Brie with Hot Honey, Pistachios and Cranberries. I’m a tad crazy about ..read more
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Growing Cold Weather vs Warm Weather Crops
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by Katie
1y ago
Image by lembrik on Freepik Our First Garden Story The first year we gardened, we really flew-by-the-seat-of-our-pants and had no idea there was a difference between growing cold-weather vs warm-weather plants.   We just got all excited and giddy. We were going to have a garden full of beautiful vegetables. We’d go out to our garden and come in with all the components of a delicious salad, or stir fry. It was going to be perfect. Mr. Wonderful dug me about a 3-foot by 6-foot tiny postage stamp of a garden and I quite joyfully sprinkled in a bevy of seeds I had grabbed at my local hardwar ..read more
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Cheever’s Cafe Brunch
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by Katie
1y ago
My Absolute Favorite Brunch Place This week I met a dear friend at Cheever’s Cafe for brunch on Saturday. This is Ana. This picture of Ana is not at Cheever’s Cafe. This is a picture of Ana at Harvey’s Bakery from 2 months ago because I forgot to get a picture of us at Cheever’s. I probably forgot, because I was so looking forward to the rolls that I knew would be arriving soon (we’ll talk about that goodness soon). When she asked for recommendations, I told her that Cheever’s Cafe had always been a favorite of mine for brunch. And then I realized I had never written about it. I am here to ch ..read more
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My Favorite Gardening Seeds
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by Katie
1y ago
Early on in my gardening career, my favorite gardening seeds were limited to the ones I could find at the local hardware store, big chain home stores like Home Depot or Lowes and my local nursery. The more I got into gardening, the more I realized there was an entire new world out there of seeds to pick from. And the seed catalogues started coming. It could be what you call a mild addiction, bordering on …well, serious problem. HA! Here are a few of my very favorite seed companies and the seeds that come from them! Disclaimer: I am not getting paid or any benefit from these suggestions. I just ..read more
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Homemade Taco Seasoning
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by Katie
1y ago
I can’t tell you how many packets of taco seasoning I’ve bought over the years before it finally dawned on my I could make my OWN homemade taco seasoning! I was today years old when I finally tried it! Why haven’t I been doing this all along I asked myself!? I looked at the back of a taco packet and realized, “HEY! I have all those ingredients in my spice rack and a few others I think would actually make it better!” You know in our household, we are big taco fans. These are our favorites EVER! But sometimes, we just crave the old fashioned ground beef tacos in a crunchy shell topped with shre ..read more
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Tanglewood Resort
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by Katie
1y ago
Early in December, Mr. Wonderful and I were able to take a little escape away just over the Oklahoma border into Texas from the holiday season craziness to Tanglewood Resort in Pottsboro, Texas. And by escape, I mean a SORELY needed escape due to wrapping paper, ordering gifts, still recovering from Thanksgiving and all the millions of parties revolving around the holidays which were overloading makes me a little nutso. Add to that, we haven’t been out of town alone in forever, and we were a tad bit giddy. Tanglewood is located on the south shoreline of Lake Texoma in a beautiful setting with ..read more
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Warmed Marinated Olives
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by Katie
1y ago
My friend Vivian and I had a girls’ nite one night at a place here that served Warmed Marinated Olives. We are both huge foodies and since the place specialized in some delicious small plates, we ordered several things. I tell you, I cannot remember what else we ordered. Oh wait…there were gourmet pigs-n-a-blanket and they were fantastic too. How dare I forget about those! Speaking of, have you tried MY kicked-up Jalapeno Popper Pigs-In-a-Blanket? But these warmed olives were life-changing and I dreamed about them for weeks. I L-O-V-E olives. As in, I can clean out a can of black olives all b ..read more
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How To Plan A Delicious Dinner Menu On Diet
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by Katie
1y ago
There are many things to consider when planning a dinner party: venue, theme, supplies, and food. Then, you have to consider people’s dietary needs when curating the menu, and it seems like everyone is on some sort of diet these days. The CDC reports that 17% of Americans claimed to be on diets during the 2017-2018 survey period, mostly for health reasons. Also, about half of American adults have chronic medical conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, which are usually managed with special diets. So how can you plan a menu with people’s restrictions? Do you just make all ..read more
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