Product Raves

I must say that there are some really good products out there that can make you a fantastic cook, if you just know a little bit of what you're doing.

My husband LOVES to grill. All summer long, it's some sort of meat on the grill. Heck, he'll even grill in the winter if there isn't too much snow. (So not this winter.) For his birthday, his sister gave him a package of grill rubs from William's Sonoma. We didn't even look at them until recently. I used the chili lime rub with chicken to make fajitas. Oh my goodness. YUM. And tonight, I used the Adam's Steak Rub on steak. Fan-freaking-tastic. It was also the first time I didn't overdo the steak in the broiler (I'm still new to that). Even my toddler liked the steak, and she's a horribly picky eater.

I'm sure there are other fantastic companies out there (I know people who swear by Tastefully Simple), but this is what I've used so far. I highly recommend them.

I also have fallen in love with the steam in bag frozen veggies. These are awesome, and a great way to mix up what veggies we have for dinner. Our grocery store currently has them on sale for $1 and I'm tempted to go back and stock up like crazy. I love frozen veggies, but being able to just stick the bag in the microwave for 5 mins while doing other things is great. I hate overdone veggies, and it seems to be impossible to do that with these.