Eat Cake For Dinners

Yesterday I had my surgery to get my skin cancer removed. There was more cancer than my doctor originally thought, but he got it all after a couple tries & had to go deeper than we wanted just to be sure.  I took this photo a few hours after my surgery. Pardon my red rimmed eyes, I had a lot of tears post surgery yesterday afternoon.  Not from the pain but because they gave me a mirror before they bandaged me up.  I was not emotionally prepared to see that.  IT.WAS.AWFUL.  Like, part of my nose is gone.  He says it will take aw hile to heal....4-6 weeks of being bandaged up & hopefully I won’t need a skin graph& plastic surgery. I really, really, really don't want that.  I have gotten questions about how I knew it was skin cancer. I go every year for a skin check & I am very aware of my skin. It was small, like if someone took a marker and put a dot on my nose. It was just a dry patch that size on my nose that wouldn’t go away. ...

It's the last Wednesday of the month, that means it's time for our What's Up Wednesday Link Up! Link up with  me, Sheaffer & Shay the LAST Wednesday of each month so we can read about What's Up with YOU! Shay is on vacation & Sheaffer is doing her Bachelorette Recap, so join me this month!  Here we go! What We’re Eating this week.....   Monday: Out to Dinner in Tahoe Tuesday: Taco Tuesday Wednesday: Instant Pot BBQ Chicken Sliders Thursday: Chicken Apple Sausages & Caprese Orzo Salad Friday: Friday Night Pizza Night! I picked some zucchini from our garden, I am making my Chocolate Chop Zucchini Muffins.   I also made a big batch of zucchini and squash zoodles with my Veggie Spiralizer. What I'm Reminiscing about..... Last week we took a Road Trip to Oregon for a Larson Family Reunion. It was SO much fun. We had a blast. The reunion was at the Oregon Coast & was beautiful. We drove all over Oregon.  Road Trip Recap coming soon!  What I'm l...

A little over a week ago, I had my annual skin check at my dermatologist.  I go every year for skin checks because this Irish/Scottish/English girl spent too much time in the sun in my teen years & 20's.  I wasn't the best about sunscreen back then. All those years in the California (and Colorado) sun playing soccer without sunscreen was a bad idea. Because of this, I have had a few basal cell skin cancer spots removed on my shoulder & back.  I've had several pre-cancerous spot s removed on my face.  At my appointment a week ago I had a spot on my nose removed for biopsy & I got the news a few days ago that it was a Basal Cell Skin Cancer.  I have to have surgery at the end of this week to get it fully removed next week. I'm praying they don't have to go too deep. If you see me the next 6 weeks, I will have a bandage on my nose because the surgeon told me I have to keep it covered for that long in order for it to heal & not get infected...

Summer is officially here, which means it's grilling & BBQ weather.  In the summer, I rarely turn on my oven or stove...it's just too hot out and when I use the oven it heats up my house. Last Summer, we grilled or I used my Instant Pot . No oven or no stove. I am really excited to share this recipe with you because it's easy, healthy & delicious!  Here is what you need: - Instant Pot - One (2.5 lb) bag of frozen chicken tenderloins - 1T Paprika - 1 T Garlic Powder - 2 T Worcestershire Sauce - 1/4 cup Brown Sugar - BBQ Sauce Directions: Add 1/4 cup of water to your Instant Pot   & then place entire 2.5 lb bag of frozen chicken tenderloins in your Instant Pot . Sprinkle with garlic powder & paprika: Add 1/4 cup brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce & 1 cup of BBQ sauce: Don't stir!   Then put the lid on your Instant Pot turn the knob to SEALING: You are going to cook this on manual high pressure for 10 minutes. Let it naturally release the pressu...