Author: Black Tie and Jam

Menu Plan Monday – Tomato Chicken, Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Salad Tuesday – Instant Pot Lemon Chicken, Steamed Cauliflower, Salad Wednesday – Thai Beef Stir Fry, Cauliflower Rice Thursday – Rotisserie Chicken, Sauteed Squash, Salad Friday – Leftovers Saturday – Sausage and Pepper Bowls Sunday – Porcupine Meatballs, Divine Asparagus, Spaghetti Squash Breakfasts – Keto cereal, […]

Lately, I have used a lot of scraps from scrapbook paper to create my own embellishments. I love how these butterfly embellishments turned out. I might make a few of them, so I will use them for making cards, placing them on gift bags or gift wrap or as an embellishment for another craft. I […]

I make six of these at a time so that each of us can have two. I use a variety of toppings that include fresh fruit, nuts, granola and candy. These parfaits are great for breakfast or as a snack. I use clear plastic punch cups or parfait cups from the Dollar Tree to store […]

I have a funny relationship with skewered foods. Skewered appetizers are fine in my book because the skewer provides the means to consume without using utensils while mingling at a party. Using skewers to grill meat and vegetables (especially vegetables) seems pointless to me. Skewered vegetables are difficult to cook; they are difficult to get […]

F9, the latest Fast and Furious movie in the franchise, has been out for a while now. The AMC theater we went to placed it in one of the smaller venues this week, so if you want to see it in the theater, you should probably go in the next couple of weeks before it […]

Menu Plan Monday – Egg Roll in a Bowl Tuesday – Stuffed Peppers, Salad Wednesday – Chili and Keto cornbread from a mix Thursday – Went out to eat Friday – Keto Chicken Strips, starch-resistant roasted potatoes Saturday – Chili Dogs and deviled eggs Sunday – Shrimp Creole over Cauliflower Rice Breakfast – Spring Vegetable […]

Every time I go to Costco I pick up two of their rotisserie chickens. Sometimes I pick up three. We call the rotisserie chickens “lucky chickens” because you can call yourself lucky to get dinner that night. If I pick up three, one is for dinner, and the other two I remove and shred the […]

If you are new to Black Tie and Jam, I shop for most of my groceries once a month. I do not have a farmer’s market, access to farms to butcher meat, hunt for wild game or use paper coupons unless online. I do shop sales at different stores in my area and familiarize myself […]

When was the last time you saw a movie in the theater? We love going to the movies!. The movie theaters shut down for a while last year at the beginning of the pandemic, but they opened back up, but people did not swarm to the movie theaters to watch the next blockbuster because there […]

Making a pizza crust from Fathead Dough is so incredibly easy. It is actually my favorite way to use Fathead Dough. A FAthead pizza crust is a little bit different from a regular homemade pizza crust made with all purpose flour because it is not stretchy. If you try to stretch the Fathead Dough to […]