Curry in a Hurry

Around our home, we LOVE our take out from Asian restaurants. It’s something I do NOT make well and I find it is a lot of ingredients that I just never have on hand. It can be time consuming to get the depth of flavor that I want and to be honest, it still never…

Zucchini Three Ways

Sometimes I have a surplus of one specific ingredient in my kitchen, in this case…it’s zucchini! Thankfully, it is a very versatile item that is super easy to cook and can take on many flavors. Now that I have gone back to work post-pandemic, I wanted to have dinners that we could prepare in advance…

Black Bean Quarantine

Once again I find myself writing about the all encompassing black bean. Not on purpose, but my husband and I stumbled upon an amazing family owned business, Mecca Family Farms. https://www.facebook.com/MeccaFamilyFarms/ They were offering FANTASTIC quarantine curbside service of FRESH produce boxes at just $10 a pop! We never left the car and received no…

You have been “Chopped!”

JK… There has been a fun quarantine challenge going on via Instagram. Food Network has been tagging and posting the #ChoppedChallenge where someone picks you 4 mandatory basket ingredients and you have 24 hours to prepare and post your meal. SO FUN! Here was ours! Pictured on the left was my husband’s dish he created….

Baby Got Back (Ribs)

OK so it’s not ribs…. One of my step mom’s favorite dishes is pork baby back ribs with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes…who’s isn’t? I wanted to revisit this meal with a little twist. My take on this classic dish was a slow cooked pork butt served up on a cauliflower mash and a cabbage and…

Breakfast for Dinner

Cornbread Waffles with bacon and green onion + a fried egg on top! Sometimes breakfast for breakfast is just not enough. I don’t know about you, but I could eat it all day long. So why not for dinner? I want something quick and delicious and breakfast is pretty much always quick and delicious. The…