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Cooking Vlog – Making Stuffed Cabbage Rolls & Beef Cheeks & Veggie Soup

Hey guys, I pray you are all well and safe. With prices on the rise for everything, I am trying to stretch my meals as much as possible. In this Cooking vlog, I make Stuffed Cabbage Rolls for the first time and Beef Cheeks and Veggie Soup.

Cabbage Rolls

Cabbage Rolls

I grew up eating stuffed peppers; my mom made them, and they were always so delicious. We also ate a lot of cabbage, but never cabbage rolls. I’ve seen several recipes and videos of people making and enjoying stuffed cabbage rolls and it seemed like a recipe that could last for several meals and that it would be easy to make. However, of course, I had to make the recipe my own and make a few adaptations for the things that we do not consume like tomatoes. So have a look at the video below to see how I made my Cabbage rolls.

Beef Cheeks

With food prices being so high in the United States, it’s hard to stay within a budget for food, especially when one is trying to feed a college student and a teenager; my kids have extremely healthy appetites. I must be very intentional about what I buy, but still make sure that when I cook, it tastes good. The advantage that I have is that growing up, we didn’t have a lot of money. My mother made a little something into a lot and made it taste good. Back when I was younger, all the odd cuts of meat were extremely inexpensive, like neck bones, organ meat, cheeks, feet, and such. But now, people have gotten hip to the fact that these inexpensive/trash pieces are some good eating.

I grew up eating chicken hearts, pig feet, hog jowls, and the likes but never had any beef cheeks. It was a nice cut of meat and not too expensive, so I decided to pick up a pack and try it. It looked like a roast with a bit more fat on it, so what better way to cook such a cut than to make it into a soup or stew. Check out the video below to see the process.

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Christmas Eve Cake Mix Cookies | Christmas Day Belgian Waffle and Hotpot

Hey Foodie Tribe, I hope your holiday thus far has been fun and relaxing. In this vlog, my family and I continue our traditions with making cookies on Christmas Eve. This year we made cake mix cookies again as well as homemade rice crispy treats all while cracking jokes and reminiscing.

Chocolate Cake mix Cookies
Red Velvet Cake mix cookies with white chocolate and almonds
Yellow Cake mix cookies with white chocolate and honey roasted almonds
Homemade rice crispy treats

Christmas morning started of rocky. After make our usual Christmas morning Belgium waffles, I found that our syrup had some weird white stuff in it. Fortunately I was the only one that at it, unfortunately, it made me sick, even though I only at a small portion. 

Debris found in my syrup

However, after a nice nap, I made HotPot for Christmas dinner. 

Christmas Dinner Hotpot

Although there were some bumps along the way, the day was relaxing and enjoyable. Check out the video below.

Amarie Enjoying her gifts
Alexis and her dad enjoying their time

Additional, I want to thank you all for the continued support. A few weeks ago, this blog turned 11!!! I have been doing this for 11 years and have enjoyed all of it. I also would like to wish you all a very happy, blessed and safe New Year. Hope to See you in 2022! Until next time remember to Cook Eat Enjoy, Travel Live and Repeat!!

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Escape the Summer Heat | Long Beach, Washington | Road/Day Trip

Hey all, we are well into autumn; leaves are changing, the consistent rain has arrived here in the PNW (Pacific Northwest). However, before I fully embrace autumn, I must relive my last family summer 2021 road/day trip .

Me and my loves ready to travel

We had some pretty toasty days this summer in the Portland Oregon Metro area. Several days at a time we were well into the 100’s. And of course, what better way to try to escape the summer heat in this area than to retreat to the beach.

Me soaking up the sun

In this video, my family and I try to escape the summer heat of the Portland, Oregon Metro area heatwave of 2021 and take a short road trip to Long Beach, Washington. I love Long Beach because you can drive your vehicle on the beach. One of my favorite places to be is on the beach or by the water listening to the wave. Join us for this short road trip to the beach as we bid farewell to the summer.

The beautiful Pacific Ocean
My dog Levi enjoying the sand

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Post Solo Road Trip Update

So my Vegas solo road trip vlogs have come to a close. Thanks so much for being a part of my road trip adventure. The Post Road Trip vlog is now live:

solo road trip update YouTube video

My journey had a few detours and bumps, but I wouldn’t change a thing. I was super nervous about doing this trip alone, but I am all about doing it scared; I learned a lot about myself. Besides, if I stopped living every time I am scared, I would be dead!

Don’t let fear stop you from living, do it scared. Don’t let being alone stop you from going, go by yourself. I promise, not only will you find out a lot about yourself, but you will learn that you can be your own best friend and that you love your own company some times. You will learn that traveling and seeing the world around you is life changing, fun and very rewarding.

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Glo On The Go | Solo Road Trip | Lake Mead and More

I hope you reach this far in the journey with me because we are at the last leg of my Solo Road Trip. In this video, I get to see Lake Mead in Nevada. I also attempt to see the Hoover Dam but hit a snag.

I hope you have enjoyed Road Tripping with me and I have sparked the travel bug in you. You don’t have to travel far to find adventure. I encourage you to go and explore something you have yet to in or near your city.

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Solo Road Trip to Vegas | Day 3 | Meeting up with my Best Friend

Hey All, welcome back to my Solo Road Trip Adventure. In this episode I finally reach my destination of Las Vegas, Nevada. Along the way, I experienced beauties both natural and man-made, some I wish I had more time to experience and explore, but now I have something to look forward to on my next solo road trip to the area.

As a summary, after staying the night in Bakersfield, California and eating a great Po Boy, I set off about 8 a.m. to reach Vegas by 1:00 p.m. to pick my Bestie up from the airport.

Along the way I stopped on the side of the road to get a distant view of the Mojave Air and Space Port in Kern County California.

Did You Know that the Mojave Desert is consider the smallest of the deserts in the United States, stretching 43,750 square miles between southeastern California and southern Nevada, with small parts also in Utah and Arizona!

The Mojave is so beautiful. I would not have expected there to be such beauty in the desert, however, it is not desolate like one would think a desert would be. But to behold such natural beauties as well as man-made wonders… more on that later.

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Finally making it to Las Vegas, for the second time in my life, to see my bestie that I haven’t physically been in the presence of for over 5 years was a blast, but I will get into that next time. But our first meal together was at the Still in The Mirage. The food was great.

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Glo on the Go | Solo Road Trip to Vegas Day 2 Vlog | The Expected Happens

Day two into the trip and things aren’t going exactly how I planned , but that is okay. That is just life right? When one thing doesn’t work, pause and make a new plan and try again. This is what has been getting me through not only this trip, but life for the past few years. It definitely keeps me moving forward in life when it would be so easy to keep look back. Watch as I continue my solo road trip adventure; learning and putting into practice living in the moment, gratitude and enjoying what’s around me.

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Cake Mix Cookies 3 Ways

Hey everyone, I hope you are having a great December and that your Holidays have been relaxing. Christmas Eve, traditional, my daughters and I make cookies. But now they are getting older and not so important to make cookies, which is fine. But I still like to do it, so this year I decided to try a new recipe that I saw from one of my favorite YouTuber. The recipe has been around for a long time, but I just found it recently. Cake Mix Cookies are so easy and you can add whatever flavors you decide.

For my Cake mix cookies I used Vanilla cake mix but you can use which ever you like and I also changed the oil. I used butter instead of vegetable or canola oil. So below I will include the base recipe and be sure to check out the video to see my process.

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Base Cake Mix Cookie Recipe: 1 box of Cake Mix, 1/4cup of flour, 2 extra large or jumbo eggs, 1/2 cup melted Butter

Ingredients for Cake Mix Cookies

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Celebrating My Daughter’s 13th Birthday | Lockdown Edition | Asian Themed Birthday Dinner

Hey Guys, I hope you are all staying safe during these uneasy times. On November 16th, my youngest daughter turned 13. I had plans to take her out to this new Asian Dumpling restaurant here in the Portland Metro area, but unfortunately, our Covid numbers have spiked so our state is back in lockdown. But that didn’t stop me; since we couldn’t go to the restaurant, I brought the restaurant to her. 13 is a special birthday, officially a teenager; I wanted her to feel extremely special on her day, even though she still had to go to online school. So for this Birthday, I planned an Asian Themed Birthday Dinner complete with menus, placemats, decor, and more. Check out the Vlog below and be sure to leave a like so Amarie knows you send a happy birthday wish her way.

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Week in My Life Vlog | October 26- Nov 1 | Battling Depression

Thanks so much for joining me for another week in my life vlog. This week I wanted to be extremely transparent, while still being creative with the weekly vlog. I have battled depression for over 15 years and in this vlog, I show you what I go through during one of my many depressive episodes and how I try to bring myself out of it. Depression is a real disease and a lot of people suffer from it, more than we know, and are ashamed to speak out. I was once one of those people, but today, I hope this video helps someone who is also struggling. Question: What do you do to help pull yourself out of a depressive episode?

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