recipe – stovetop chicken enchiladas with Instant Pot chicken sauce + refried beans

Not gonna toot my own horn here but toot-freakin-toot. Easily my newest favorite recipe conjured up on pure laziness with what I had on hand during this quarantine. If you too have random spices, different sized jars of tomato sauce, and a frozen chicken breast, then you’re already half way there. Most of the recipes…

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travel – NYC’s Lower East Side (my birthday)

Now that it’s October, it has me planning my upcoming 30th birthday this December (Thailand here we come!). It also has me reminiscing my last birthday which we did a little stay-cation in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. So, please forgive me for this late post, but here’s our “travel” post in the LES…

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restaurant – Rosa Mexicano (mother’s day)

Rosa Mexicano serves contemporary Mexican food in an elevated and sophisticated atmosphere. Basically meaning that it’s probably too boojie for myself or Stephen to have gone to before. Luckily for us, his family was in the city already on Mother’s Day. Rosa Mexicano has 4 locations in NYC – Union Square, First Ave, Tribeca, and…

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