Ask and Ye Shall Receive… I have to say, no exaggeration, this might just be the best thing I’ve ever made. Ok, except that time I made steak sandwiches on homemade everything bagels, because c’mon, fresh bread, but it’s a darn close second. The thing is, it really isn’t anything I did that made it […]
dinner 101
blackened mango salmon with coconut rice
A few of you were asking about the “kid friendly salmon” on my instagram post last weekend. Well my friend, this is it! Yup- a blackened salmon dish is kid friendly, not a typo, I swear, it works! This also happens to be my go-to “impress company with your mad culinary skillz” dish. Little do […]
Gluten Free BBQ Macaroni & Cheese (made with leftover chicken wings!)
Did you do anything fun last night for the Superbowl? I can’t remember the last time we spent it with friends, Superbowl had become a lot like New Year’s Eve…it was just way more enticing to stay home with the kids & relax. Not this year however, well, we did stay home but we had […]
Crock Pot Mashed Potato Bowl with Apple Gravy
It’s been raining for 4 days. FOUR. This was pretty much exactly how we all felt…wonky eye & all.One good thing that’s come of this weather, besides getting to know eachother realllllly well, is this new recipe. It came from my culinary creativity that was inspired by a deep desire to not go to the […]
Accidental Dairy Free YUMMIEST Cookies EVER! (with Coconut Oil instead of butter)
*UPDATE!* Thank you Jess for letting me know that chocolate chips do in fact have dairy in them! (DUH!) It’s a good thing my family doesn’t have hardcore allergies because I totally missed that one! It’s been a pretty brutal couple of weeks around here. Remember the girls being sick? Well, I caught that nasty […]
Cheater’s Steak House Salad
Want to make a nice date night dinner for you & your honey but have less energy than a sloth competing in a watching paint dry contest? Here’s a little backdoor trick I pulled last night… (apparently I’m also still tired today because after staring at my screen for 10 minutes that was the best […]
The Strawberries of Lies:: Strawberry & Banana “Cupcake” Muffin Recipe
The other day I took the girls to pick their own strawberries & sweet peas. I thought it’d be lovely to spend some quality time together outside on a gorgeous day but my sneaky underlying intention was I wanted to find a way to get Sam to eat a strawberry. Yup, the kid has never […]
Cheater’s Salmon (or chicken) Florentine
I made this last week & put the picture below on Instagram & Facebook & so many of you asked for the recipe that I had to put it up. There’s a bit of a secret to this dish though, it’s where the “cheater’s” comes from, (remember cheater’s broccoli cheese soup & the cheater’s chicken […]
had a bad day brussel sprout, onion & bacon mac cheese
Does this ever happen to you? You read or see a recipe that just somehow connects to you on a spiritual gastroenterological level & for days YOU CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. That happened to me, our sitter Amy was telling me how she had whipped up a macaroni & cheese dish with brussel sprouts […]
recipe review: Artichoke & Tomato Pasta
If you’re anything like me when you get a new magazine you dog-ear pages with recipes or projects that look good. In fact when I’m done my magazine won’t even lay flat because of all the folds I’ve made. How often I actually ever go back & try one of those articles is a completely […]