Recipe Pick: Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumpling Soup from Budget Bytes

It is officially cold today. Ugh, I hate it. And with it officially being cold- it is officially cold season. I saw an adorable toddler on the bus today sneeze snot all over herself. Kids are gross. Anyway, I made this slow cooker chicken and dumpling soup before and it was SO GOOD I knew I would have to make it again, especially around cold season. This recipe is super easy and very delicious. The recipe makes it more into a stew than a soup so if you want a more soup like consistency instead of a hearty chowder-like consistency (my fave) add and extra cup of water.

This recipe is from Budget Bytes (one of my favorite recipe websites!)

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumpling Soup

One Week Vegetarian

Yesterday, my boyfriend suggested that we go vegetarian for a week. We both have been feeling sluggish and unhappy with our food choices. It's not that we eat poorly all the time, but eating meat certainly allows us to make poorer choices with food. Going vegetarian for a week is our way to reset our bodies and focus on getting plenty of fruits and vegetables. We both have made the mistake of making meat the center (and sometimes the only thing) in our meals, so starting Monday (yesterday) we decided to skip the meat.

My Current Health Obsession: Salads

My lunch at work last week

Is anyone else loving salads right now? I am! I like to think of myself as a salad master. Somehow I always find interesting and yummy things from my kitchen to throw into my salad (sorry for the humblebrag). As the weather gets colder though, it's harder for me to crave salads because instead I start to crave warm, comforting foods (read: mac and cheese, lasagna, anything with cheese and pasta!). Luckily, my boss and I have started a salad co-op. We each bring in some fixings for salads like nuts, cheese, fruits, and other veggies and then we pull our resources together and make epic salads, like the one above. Having someone else bringing new things and eating salads with me has really helped me stay on track and get excited for lunch every day!