Fighting Boredom with Healthy Food + Creative Living
This beautiful succulent pumpkin project looks like it took a ton of time, but it’s so easy that you’ll find yourself decorating a whole pumpkin patch! This is a great project to do with friends because you can share supplies and have a nice mix…
In an ideal world, I’d make everything from scratch or grab a vegan snack from Arden’s Garden – but, ain’t nobody got time for that.
The process for grilling salmon is very easy. Simply buy fresh quality salmon ( I get mine from Catalina Offshore in San Diego as they are handsdown the best fish market in the county). I only seasoned with herb salts and pepper. Quality fish does not need marinade!
You don’t need to add ANY oil to this TECHEF Grill Pan, however I did add just a tiny bit of olive oil because I like how it tastes and crisps up the skin.
Cook the salmon on high and watch the ‘white line’ on the side of the fish as it cooks up. When the line is about 1/2-3/4″ up, it’s then time to flip it. Cook for another 3 minutes (if that..watch that line!) and then pull the fish.
Make sure to let it ‘rest’ before cutting. The juices inside the fish are still hot and continue to cook the fish.
There is an external drip ring on the outside of the pan to catch any liquid or fat. It’s a rather large channel, so no need to worry about it overflowing.
Once the grill pan cooled, I simply rinsed it off in warm water with a little light liquid soap and wiped down with a towel.
The great part about this pan is that I could use it on my outdoor BBQ as well.
You will Need:
Boil carrots until soft in all of the above ingredients. Liquid will have cooked down and be a rich dark sauce around the carrots.
Serve over the hot salmon.
Enjoy!
Thank you to TECHEF for the Smokeles Indoor Grill Pan to review. You may find one on Amazon.
The BoredMom.com Gift Guide is here! The recommended items are good for a wide variety of friends and family, and won’t break the bank. These are THOUGHTFUL gifts that will be used and not tucked away in a cabinet or drawer! Without further ado, here’s…
Last night I had a small casual dinner party and can honestly say it was probably the easiest gathering I have ever had! I took the night off from cooking (gasp!) and ordered beautiful appetizers and entrees from renown Supannee House of Thai in San…
I simply mixed 1 cup of fresh cream, 1/2 cup of chocolate powder and 3 tablespoons of sugar into a bowl and stirred until dissolved. I then poured the mixture into the Eurkitchen dispenser and chilled for several hours.
The dispenser must have a pressurized N2O cartridge (not included with the EurKitchen dispenser) inserted in order to create the pressure. I was a little nervous adding the cartridge so I received some help from Bored Dad. However, now that I see how it works I realize it’s seriously no big deal. The EurKitchen dispenser comes with ample instructions, so just make sure to read over everything before you begin and all is easy and fabulous.
I did have to shake the can about 8 good times to get it to firm up. If you over shake the dispenser, you’ll run the risk of hardening up the cream. However, I think you’d really have to go to town shaking it to make that happen, so don’t worry!
Look at the pretty little chocolate mousse desserts I made in seconds! Add some berries, and I’m cranking out fancy pants desserts!
The EurKitchen Whipping Cream dispenser is available on Amazon here.
Watch the EurKitchen Tool being used!
I received this product in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed here are that of my own.
I like Estate Sales. Real ones. 99% of the time, someone has died and the heirs want to liquidate in the easiest way possible, and it quickens the cleanup process. You walk through someone’s home and everything is basically intact as if they were still…
There are so many cool gadgets and gizmos out there, that life is truly starting to look like a Jetson’s episode. With school starting soon, there are some fun new products out that will not only make life easier, but also add a whole new…
There are always endless things to clean and fix around my house. The yard needs constant maintenance as we live under a giant Torrey Pine that rains pine needles and sap upon us. My daughter and her friends are in and out of the house and often leave a wake of debris. Dishes are seemingly endless.
With this stream of non-stop cleaning, I have learned to overlook stubborn little messes that I’ve attempted to clean before.
The orange Crayon mark on the hallway wall that my daughter did many years ago still remains. Repeated efforts to wash it with a regular household cleaning spray failed. The orange crayon mark mocks me.
The gooey dirty mess that some scotch tape left on my front gate still remains. Another failed cleaning attempt. I’ve often considered removing the gate so I didn’t have to see it anymore.
The pine sap that builds up on my front composite deck snarkily welcomes me home every day as it sticks to my shoes.
GooGone is idea of removing stickers/labels and adhesive residue from glassware, dishes, and other hard surfaces. It’s also a perfect for at removing crayon/markers/glue from painted walls, wood tables, and other hard surfaces.
Here’s how everything played out.
With one squirt of the Goo Gone Spray Gel, the Orange Crayon that has bothered me for almost eight years was gone. Poof! Gone. Just like that. GooGone — where have you been all my life?
Check it out:
I have a love hate relationship with the pine tree. I love looking at the beautiful branches with birds perched in it, but I hate the clean-up aftermath. Sap is a daily battle and the giant offending sap filled tree is going to keep dripping away.
Here’s the huge pine tree that likes to rain upon our walkway and deck. As the Orange Crayon came off so easily, I decided to put GooGone Spray Gel to the test and try it on some hardened dry sap.
A good healthy squirt on my plastic TREX Deck and a little elbow grease, and that dried caked on sap was coming off . I’m thinking of ordering a separate bottle of Goo Gone Spray Gel and just leaving it on my deck. (Is that weird?) If I could just keep up on the fresh sap that drops, I will certainly irradicate my sticky mess!
This gate gunk is a remnant of a Halloween past when I had something taped to my gate. The sticky goo from the tape wasn’t noticeable at first, but then as it got dirty over time it stood out. I have scratched a lot of it off with my fingernail, but wanted to see if Goo Gone could just wrap this little cleaning task up.
Again, with ONE squirt and a little scrub, that annoying gate gunk was gone!
All of these cleaning tasks took me less than 10 minutes to resolve with Goo Gone Spray Gel. Years of dirty annoyances as Good as Gone in mere minutes!
To watch demo videos about other common messes that Goo Gone can remove, please click here.
As a San Diego Native, I visited the San Diego Zoo on a regular basis while growing up and I’m lucky enough to say that my daughter has had the same benefit. The San Diego Zoo has grown and improved dramatically since I was a…
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I have several gluten-free friends which means dessert time can be precarious. A gluten-loving guest will inevitably bring a beautiful pie or cookies for dessert, and my gluten-free friends are left looking a little sad. “Here, want some fruit?”, I’ll offer. Not much of a consolation…
Therefore, I’m so excited that pancakes no longer have to be associated with empty calorie guilt! Paka Baking has created a natural pancake mix that is devoid of sugar, high in fiber and even higher in protein! There are an amazing 16 grams of protein jammed into each serving of pancakes. An average person needs 46-56 grams of protein a day, so what a super way to get a protein boost – especially for vegetarians!
* There are affiliate links in this article.
Here’s the breakdown comparison between a Mainstream Brand Pancake Mix & Paka Baking Pancake Mix:
Per Serving of Pancakes:
| Per Serving | Regular Pancake Mix | Paka Baking Mix |
| Sugar | 6g | 0g |
| Fiber | 1g | 11g |
| Protein | 5g | 16g |
The Paka Baking Pancakes are quick and easy to make. Simply take 1 cup of mix and stir in 1/2 cup of water and 1 egg. Heat griddle to 350 degrees and cook up a stack of tasty nutrient rich pancakes! These protein rich pancakes come out light and fluffy and have a subtle coconut flavor which pairs amazingly well with fruit. I do love to add a little pure maple syrup and fresh fruit, so it’s great that this pancake mix starts out so low in sugar.
I’m always looking for ways to add additional fiber to my family’s diet, so what a bonus to have 11 grams of fiber per serving!
Ditch the pancake guilt and try out some healthy-option Paka Pancakes!
Paka Baking has other amazing guilt-free treats and gluten-free baking mixes.
* This post is sponsored by Paka Baking Mixes but the content and opinions expressed are that of my own. There are also affiliate links in this article.
