Slices of Life

 We've had a delicious couple of months and while I feel like I've mostly been making many of the same old family favorite there have been some new recipes we've tried here and there. As always I did my best to keep a running tab of those new recipes from around the web that we've been trying... and often giving our own spin to!   I made this peanut butter/chocolate granola for my husband; I did skip step one and just mixed the oats in with all the other dry ingredients before combining them with the wet then toasting it altogether in the oven at once at 350 for 20 minutes.    Then I made this chai flavored granola for myself-- though I only used the seasonings and used my typical oats, coconut, seeds, & nuts.  I made this sun-dried tomato turkey breast but instead of marinating the meat and then cooking it, I poured everything into the crock pot and let it cook on low all day. It smelled amazing! It had really good flavor too.   We made th...

 It's a two post kind of day today! I posted about wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor for a month but when I saw Joyce's fun questions for today's Hodgepodge Wednesday I just couldn't resist joining in!    1. Ice skating, skiing, sledding, snowshoeing, playing in the snow, or a snowy walk...which winter activity do you choose? Have you done any of these activities so far this winter?    So living in Connecticut my whole life, I have done every single one of these activities. I haven't ice skated in years and I gave up skiing in 4th grade when I broke my leg but snowshoeing, playing in the snow, and snowy walks still happen at times. Most often you'll find me on a snowy walk. In fact Evan and I went on one this past Monday. It was so beautiful that we took TONS of photos:  Mine:   Evan's:  he had a lot of fun with reflections in the water 2. Everyone is posting pictures from ten years ago on their social media sites so let's jump on the...