The Wylie Kitchen

06/01/2026

June Food Roll Call

What’s one thing you’re looking forward to eating this month?

For me:

🥗 Pasta salads
🍅 Fresh tomatoes
🌽 Summer vegetables
🍗 Easy dinners that don’t heat the entire house up

Your turn.

05/31/2026

Currently testing a theory:

If I cook teriyaki chicken at 400° while Florida is already set to “surface of the sun,” does it count as dinner or a science experiment?

Chicken thighs are in the oven.
Broccoli, onions, and peppers are standing by.

The house is approximately 17 degrees hotter than it was an hour ago, and I’m questioning every life choice that led me to turning on the oven in late May.

Will I complain about the heat?

Absolutely.

Will I still make homemade food instead of eating cereal for dinner?

Also yes.

The glaze is about to get sticky.
The broccoli is about to get roasted.
And if you don’t hear from me again, tell everyone I died doing what I loved:

Cooking real food in Florida with questionable air circulation.

What’s for dinner at your house tonight?
👇

05/27/2026

ALDI shoppers — little local tip because this annoyed me way longer than it should’ve. 😂

If you’re trying to check the actual weekly ad for the Navarre store, you HAVE to put in ZIP CODE 32566 on the ALDI site or it starts showing prices from some random store nowhere near us.

This week’s ad honestly has some decent basics if you’re trying to stretch groceries without feeling completely robbed at checkout:

🥒 Cucumbers around 99¢
🫐 Blueberries around $2.29
🍉 Whole watermelon around $5-ish
🍊 Mandarins around $2.99

And yes… the middle aisle is once again trying to financially ruin us all.

This week’s “I came for groceries and left with a lifestyle” items:

🌹 12-stem roses — $6.99
🪴 Patio planters — $9.99
📱 Flexible tripods — $9.99
🍋 Kitchen towels and summer house stuff
🧴 Shampoo, razors, body scrubs, random summer self-care chaos

Honestly one of the reasons I still love ALDI is because it feels like real people shopping there.

Nobody’s pretending.
Everybody’s comparing prices.
Half the store is trying to survive inflation.
The other half is debating whether they “need” another patio plant.

Meanwhile I’m over here doing the weekly rotation:
Walmart delivery for the heavy stuff.
ALDI for produce/snacks/random finds.
Then somehow still ending up at another store because I forgot one ingredient.

That’s adulthood now apparently.

If y’all went this week —
what was actually worth grabbing?

05/14/2026

With Wendy's – I just earned their Top Wendler badge! 🎉

05/14/2026

05/08/2026

🥬 Wylie Kitchen Unstuffed Cabbage Skillet
Tiny Home Comfort Food That Feeds Everybody & Makes Good Leftovers

Ingredients
- 1 lb ground hamburger
- 1 lb Italian sausage
- 1 diced onion
- 1 diced bell pepper
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 head cabbage, chunked/chopped
- 1 can tomato paste
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 cups cooked rice (served on the side or mixed in)
- EVOO (olive oil)
- Salt & pepper
- Garlic
- Italian seasoning

Instructions

1️⃣ Brown the meat
In a large deep skillet or Dutch oven, drizzle a little EVOO and cook:
- hamburger
- Italian sausage
- diced onion
- bell pepper

Cook until browned and onions soften.

Add:
- garlic
- salt
- pepper
- Italian seasoning

(Measure seasoning with your heart like a proper Southern home cook.)

2️⃣ Add the tomato base
Stir in:
- diced tomatoes
- tomato paste

Mix well until everything gets rich and saucy.

If it feels too thick:
add a splash of water or broth.

3️⃣ Add the cabbage
Pile in the chopped cabbage.
It will look like way too much.

It’s lying to you.

Stir, cover, and let it cook down about 15–20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender but not mushy.

4️⃣ Cheese it
Once cabbage is softened:
sprinkle mozzarella over the top.

Cover a few minutes until melted and gooey.

Serve It
Spoon over rice OR keep rice on the side depending on household preferences and who suddenly “doesn’t want rice tonight.” 🙃

Optional extras:
- garlic bread
- crushed red pepper
- parmesan
- hot sauce
- buttery toast

Wylie Kitchen Notes™
This is one of those meals that tastes EVEN BETTER the next day after everybody’s personalities settle down and the flavors marry overnight in the fridge. 😂

Also:
This freezes surprisingly well.

Tiny-home approved.
Budget friendly.
Feeds a crowd.
Minimal

05/08/2026

This week’s meal plan is officially locked in over here at The Wylie Kitchen and honestly? This is exactly how my brain survives adulthood. 😂🍽️

Every week starts the same:
✔️ Check the pantry first
✔️ Dig through the freezer like a raccoon with purpose
✔️ Figure out what produce is about to turn on me
✔️ Build meals around real life instead of fantasy grocery hauls

I do the majority of my shopping through Walmart+ delivery because listen…
sometimes protecting your energy IS the productive choice.

And seriously — shoutout to the awesome people delivering groceries, random household chaos, Coke Zero, and “I forgot we needed toilet paper again” emergencies to my house every week. Y’all are the backbone of modern civilization at this point. 😂👏

Then usually one day a week we make our Aldi run:
✨ produce
✨ snacks
✨ chips
✨ “just one thing” that somehow becomes $87
✨ and of course…
THE AISLE OF SHAME.

That’s also when I become passenger princess.
(Second only to Nami obviously because that dog runs this household.)

One thing people don’t realize is I use ChatGPT constantly in the kitchen — not just for content or graphics.

I use it to:
• organize meal plans
• build grocery lists
• figure out substitutions
• tweak recipes for picky taste buds
• stretch ingredients we already have
• compare prices & ideas
• help me not stare into the fridge like it personally betrayed me

Sometimes I’ll literally throw random ingredients into ChatGPT like:
“okay I have cabbage, rice, pork chops, emotional damage and half a bag of shredded cheese… now what?” 😂

And honestly?
That’s become part of my kitchen zen.

Not perfection.
Not Pinterest.
Not aesthetic beige meal prep containers.

Just feeding people I love without losing my mind in the process.

This week:
🥬 unstuffed cabbage skillet
🐟 snapper & hushpuppies
🍖 pork chops, rice pilaf & veggies
🫘 pinto beans
🥪 Spam sandwiches & chips
🍕 frozen pizza because balance

Real food.
Real life.
Tiny home chaos.
That’s the Wylie Kitchen way. ❤️

05/07/2026

Wendy's I’m goin to need you to put your mega bowl of chilli on your mobile app!

05/03/2026

Yesterday’s dinner did more for the family than I did 😂

Beer-marinated chicken quarters
bacon baked beans
mustard dill pickle potato salad

No fancy recipe. Just seasoning, letting it sit, and hoping for the best.

Sometimes that’s all it takes.

What’s the last meal you made that turned out better than expected?