Savvy with Abbie

As I'm writing this, it is pouring rain outside. Like pouring rain and flooding. I love the rain but unfortunately it is super rare for Central California. We only get rain around January/February for the most part and barely above being in a drought. I love the sound of rain, having a fire going while it's raining outside and just staying in comfy jammies while inside. I'm so glad I have nothing on my schedule today that involves leaving my house :)  Last night I made this Beef and Broccoli recipe. If you like foods on the saltier side, this one is for you. I'm not a huge fan of salty foods but I did clean my plate on this one. If you want, you can either add less soy sauce or lime juice to offset the salty taste. The original recipe can be found HERE and our recipe is below. Ingredients: 2/3 cup soy sauce (you can do less if you prefer less salty) 3 tbsp brown sugar 2 tbsp cornstarch salt, to taste pepper, to taste 1.5 pound sirloin steak, sliced thin 2 tbsp vegetabl

How I haven't gained so much weight eating all of this delicious food, I literally have NO idea. I am down almost 10 pounds in a year, which for me, has been super tough to lose weight. Still working on it but more on portion size and less of what I actually eat ;)  This recipe was also super super easy - Jace had two servings of this and for being 9 years old, that says a lot! Although he tends to like what I make, double servings is even better!  I was originally going to make this in the crockpot but I saw this sauce in the store - Sauce for Broccoli Beef by Lee Kum Kee (Albertsons) and it actually had a very simple recipe on the back of it so I just used that: - Flank steak or sliced/diced steak (we used both cubed steak and thinly sliced steak) - Broccoli - Sauce for Broccoli Beef by Lee Kum Kee - Olive Oil Heat 1/8 cup olive oil on the stove on high heat. Let sit for a few minutes. In the meantime, if you have steak you need to slice or dice, do that while it's getting ho