Vegetarian Crockpot Stuffed Peppers

Mexican is always one of my favorites and this is one of the best stuffed pepper recipes I have tried.  It has a great blend of spices, making it super flavorful and hearty enough with the rice and beans to be filling.  I loved the slight crisp of the onion and sweetness from the pepper.  And, if you have rice leftovers from dinner a previous night, it makes the cook time much quicker. 

Crock Pot Flank Steak with Mushrooms, Onions, and Blue Cheese

Ahhhh, the joys of a three day weekend.   This weekend I packed my bags and headed to Cleveland to meet James Theodore Gibbs – it was love at first sight.  Phil swooped him up from his rock n’ play sleeper and brought him over to introduce me to him.  After about a half a second I asked if I could hold him.  I was a little nervous as I haven’t had much experience holding a baby and didn’t want to do anything wrong or wake him up.  Phil passed him off to me and like a good father does, made sure I had a squirt of hand sanitizer to rid me of germs from the plane (the flu season is a rough one this year!).   I was absolutely amazed at this little life in my arms.  The first night James did so well…I only heard him cry once. 

Slow-Cooker Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Potpie

This past weekend I headed to Knoxville, TN for research which turned out to be pretty cool despite the fact I was working over the weekend.  Since I work for a company that primarily targets and talks to Mom’s with Kids of certain ages, who are the primary grocery shopper of their family, usually qualitative research is talking with them.  However, this weekend was different!  We talked with blue collar men and truckers.  They were some of the most intriguing, funny, down to earth guys that had so much pride in what they did for a living.  Being a girl that grew up in Atlanta in a Country Club, went to a private Catholic High School, attended Miami University and now live in Chicago (man, I sound really spoiled) you would think that I would not be able to relate at all (and in some areas I couldn't), but at the end of the day, we are people that work hard to accomplish our goals.