This weekend we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with my first attempt at Instant Pot corned beef and cabbage. My hubby has been requesting this dish even before the Instant Pot was invented and I never got around to finding a recipe. It is a meal 20 years in the making! …
Last week my coworker brought turkey lettuce wraps to share for lunch. I remember eating these at the closest restaurant chain and I knew it couldn’t be too difficult to make. Last night I made them for dinner and the boys loved them! Note: the lettuce wraps were not made …
The 2018 Winter Olympics might be coming to a close and you may have or have not noticed since you’ve been busy running your own Olympics. You may feel like you’ve been failing at this #momthing but here are five ways to know you’re winning. 1. Your kids are safe…and …
Happy Valentine’s Day! Did you do something fun for date night? Jason and I have been together for a very long time – 21 years to be exact. We don’t really like celebrating on the 14th so we usually do date night afterwards. What do we do on dates? I’ll …
I’m in between a 3-in-a-row night shift stint so minimal cooking is the name of the game this week! That includes foregoing a lengthy blog post. So here is my quick Instant Pot Filipino chicken adobo.
I’m putting on the nurse hat, mommy hat and giving you tips on how not to get sick this cold and flu season. Last week at work, I walked through the emergency department to administer chemotherapy to a patient. I’ve been to the ED a handful of times when Chris …
Confession: Filipino sinigang pork spare ribs is my all-time favorite food. I can eat it multiple times a week and never get tired of it. If I don’t have time to make it, I know five Filipino restaurants within a 10-mile radius that will satisfy my craving. Sinigang is a …
What a deceiving heading! There is no way you can get more time because time is infinite (until it becomes finite) but there are ways to outsmart it. When I was a nursing student in the accelerated BSN program, I had to make 25 hours in a 24-hour period or …
I just finished working three 12-hour shifts bedside nursing in a row. Phew, I survived! You’re probably wondering why am I being so #extra to ONLY work three days a week but if you ask any nurse, three 12-hour shifts in a row is the devil. My family just doesn’t …
Today’s #FlashbackFriday post is dedicated to the toughest kid I know, my Chris-Chris. In October 2017, Christopher celebrated 10 years post liver transplant! We had a huge costume-themed birthday party and it was a big fundraiser for him. With the assistance of the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA), we …
