Next month will mark four years of creating recipes and publishing them to this site. Wow! Sometimes I still marvel at how I've managed to continue to come up with more creative ways to feed our family with easy to find ingredients. Throughout these past four years, one recipe continues to be the source of so much traffic. My fish tacos! When I first decided to begin a website where I could share my own recipes, this one was one of the first I'd planned to share. It was an absolute favorite in … [Read more...]
Southwest Chicken Salad with Sweet Potato Fries
This post is brought to you courtesy of your friends at NatureRaised Farms® & Alexia® but all the opinions and content are mine. Around this time of year I am left craving salads morning, noon and night. After months of holiday themed comfort foods and desserts and the impending birthday season that last from January through August in our home - salads sound like the perfect alternative. One person in my family who is wonderful at whipping up an amazing salad out of scraps is my mother … [Read more...]
Steak Arepas with Mozzarella, Tomato and Avocado
Disclosure: I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Influence Central for P.A.N. Cornmeal. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. Over the summer I've made a few recipes that include one of my favorite pantry staples, P.A.N. Cornmeal. I shared a delicious dessert recipe for a nectarine and plum cobbler using cornmeal that was a twist on a classic dessert. I also shared a fun breakfast recipe for cornbread battered breakfast bites … [Read more...]
Black Bean Burgers with Chipotle Mayonnaise
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, all opinions are mine alone. #KingsfordFlavor #CollectiveBias Now that grilling season is upon us, I've discovered that sometimes coming up with recipes for the family can be a bit difficult. Especially since RiRi has been a vegetarian since last Fall and the rest of the family loves our traditional grilling meals. I've played around with a few different recipes here and there that she's been … [Read more...]
Quick Recipe Ideas: Finger Foods for Dinner
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, all opinions are mine alone. #WeekNightHero #CollectiveBias Years ago, in my single mom days, Campbell's soups were my mealtime lifesavers. I loved grabbing a can of cream of mushroom soup or cream of celery soup and essentially making the recipe on the back of the can. All you needed was some chicken, rice and cheese and you had a super easy meal that looked more complicated than it was. It was perfect for … [Read more...]
Avocado, Kiwi & Pomegranate Salad with Blackberry-Lime Dressing
There's one thing that I truly love, and that's a good salad. That might surprise you since I share so many sweets and comfort foods, but it's true. I'm a salad girl, I could live off of it. There's so many ways to create a perfect salad. I love so many vegetables and I live for colorful dishes and meals. With such a variety of ways to make a salad, sometimes I just throw them together without even thinking. One day a few weeks ago I had a few different types of fruit and nothing in … [Read more...]
Avocado & Grilled Chicken BLT
Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. All thoughts are my own. It's crunch time, folks. The end of the year! During this time of year I'm usually running around doing a million different things. Christmas shopping, reorganizing the house for the new year, preparing for holiday guests, etc. It's been a busy week and we're about to have back to back house guests. Christmas is that time of year for mini-marathon cooking and baking, so this easy sandwich is a welcome change for us. You … [Read more...]
Healthy (and Gluten Free) Tuna & Avocado Bowls
When I think of eating healthy, vitamin rich foods one of the things that always tops my list is tuna. Tuna is rich in Omega 3 and protein, and it's mild taste compliments a variety of meals. Mixed with the right ingredients it can be just the right fuel your body needs when you are eating right and getting in shape. Unfortunately, tuna tends to get combined with a ton of bad ingredients, which completely ruins the health benefits by adding unnecessary fats, carbs, sugar and sodium. Recently, … [Read more...]
Fish Tacos with Creamy Fish Taco Sauce
Growing up in California, I've always had access to Mexican food in many forms. From fast food, to Tex-Mex, taco trucks, taquerias, and even the nice fancy authentic restaurants. So it's no wonder that I make burritos, quesadillas, beans, taco salads, enchiladas, tacos and many other dishes. I love Mexican food, and one of my families favorite meals is fish tacos. I remember one time I went to this one little place that served the best fish tacos. I was hooked, and when that particular … [Read more...]
Grilled Fried Egg Sandwich with all the fixings
One of the earliest staples for my breakfast meals was a fried egg sandwich. They started with just a fried egg, some melted cheese and some toast with a little mayo, salt and pepper. I loved it that way for years, and then started switching it up a bit. One of my favorite things for breakfast is a breakfast burrito or sandwich and my husband still requests an "egg sandwich original," which is what I call that original version of this sandwich.Sometimes you just get tired of the original way, … [Read more...]
