Things are back to their usual level of crazy around here now that Sadie is back.
These are the faces Sadie busted out of her repertoire as I tried to work in our home office this afternoon.
She is now hunting the reflection bouncing off of Ryan’s watch. Must catch the light!
Dinner
With Sadie back home, it was nice to have my little sous chef in the kitchen with me to lick up crumbs and make me feel like everything that I make tastes delicious. (Remember her ring of drool?)
She got quite a few samples of beef as I prepared sloppy joes for dinner.
I started by sautéing a chopped onion before browning beef and adding ketchup and apple cider vinegar. Gotta love four-ingredient recipes that are done in less than 15 minutes!
The ‘joes were served with roasted cauliflower and unpictured garlic bread (we didn’t have and hamburger buns on hand). And yes, I ate my garlic bread before the cauliflower was done. It was staring at me.
Ryan and I have some household to-do’s on the agenda this evening in preparation for this weekend when we have some guests staying over on Friday and Saturday night, so I’m off to get to work.
Sleep well, friends! 
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that sloppy joe meat looks so good! I haven’t had a sloppy joe since summer camp!
I ate 2nof my ‘sides’ tonight before my chicken was done!
Wow, that looks amazing. Just have to share that I just discovered gluten-free foccacia with rosemary and garlic. I will die happy now.
Oh my gosh, Sadie is so cute!!! And those sloppy joes look awesome :). I should make them soon! I haven’t had them in such a long time but that would be a great meal especially now that it’s colder out! Hope you have a great evening Julie!
That is such a good idea for simple, healthy joes! 🙂
Sadie is too cute! I prefer my Sloppy Joe’s without buns anyway. Weird? Probably, but the bun ruins it for me!
i tend to agree. i feel like sloppy joes are too sloppy for buns!
I remember begging my mom to make Sloppy Joe’s for the first time when I was a kid, and I hated them! Now I don’t know why because they (or at least your recipe) sound great!
Dogs always add a certain level of excitement to life! 🙂
Sadie is just the cutest flippin’ thing ever!
mmmm garlic bread. one of my favorites.
sadie is adorable as usual!
Sadie’s expressions are priceless. She has quite the (big) personality, huh? 🙂
Sadie is hysterical!! It’s crazy how much pets become a part of the family and everything seems so off and lonely with them gone. Such a poised old lady in picture #2!
I’ve always been a dog person (had the same dog my entire life) but now live with a cat, and though they both have personalities, I swear dogs think they are a human member of the family and have SUCH a human personality. I have never met a cat with a personality like my little Lucy and I can’t even imagine a Sadie-cat twin.
Sadie needs a laser pointer!! Our vizsla girl chased hers around the floor for about an hour tonight!! Highly entertaining… for both the dog and the humans!!
haha, one of our dogs goes CRAZY over light reflections or laser pointers. he FREAKS OUT trying to chase them!
She has such a huge personality! I love it!!
Love sloppy joes but actually hate it with bread- the bread gets too soggy. Good call on the cauliflower!
That recipe looks delicious!
How old is Sadie?? She’s looking white in the muzzle! Or is that just her natural coloring? Such an adorable dog….
she’ll be four in january 🙂
I think I let out a little shriek of joy when I saw the first couple of photos were of sadie. It implied an extra awesome post was about to ensue 🙂
Omg so darn cute. I miss my puppy!
Isn’t it so nice to have dogs in the house? It feels beyond strange when our dogs aren’t around. Although they are getting pretty boring since their not pups anymore. lol The usual is sleep, eat, bathroom, beg for food, sleep:) But I wouldn’t trade them!
Haha Sadie is so cute! She totally reminds me of my dog, Mandy, who is also on an endless mission to catch light reflections!
I love those Sadie pictures!! She is too funny. You can just see her personality through your posts 🙂
I love cauliflower – always forget about it which is weird since it is right next to the broccoli I buy all the time.
My mom makes sloppy joe’s open faced style, so we end up eating them with a knife and fork. So good though!
Sadie is too cute!! You must have really missed her this weekend!
Sadies face cracks me up!!
How do you like to season your cauliflower? Just with salt and pepper? I never really roast my veggies… but am thinking of starting?!
i usually toss it in olive oil and season it with garlic salt!
Yup, yup, yup, I totally love 4 ingredient meals that come together in 15 minutes, they’re the BEST! 😀 Sadie’s faces are so funny – what a cutie! <3 xyx
Thanks for sharing a simple, fast and healthy dinner idea!
I looove Sadie! So cute! 😀
Those sloppy joes sound awesome.
Hah, I love the pictures of Sadie! She is so cute 🙂
Your sloppy joes look and sound delicious! I haven’t had sloppy joes in such a long time!
I also make my Sloppy Joes using vinegar and ketchup – plus I add a little mustard for some zing! So much better than out of a can. My fiance Sean LOVES them so much, we now call them Sloppy Seans!
Sadie’s face is hilarious! She cracks me up everytime!