Years ago when we lived in Turkey I read an article about grilling pizza and that time, grilled pizzas were "way gourmet." One dinner party I had we made them and everyone was "oooooed and aaahhhhed" over our amazing pizzas. What a clever idea they said - LOL. Amazing how something so simple can change the taste of something so drastically. ...
Recipes
Clean Eating Brownies
Clean Eating Brownies I am torn between eating healthy and enjoying the foods I love. I have been researching on how to create substitutes that taste like the "real thing" and have a few recipes that look awesome that I cannot wait to try. The other day I told my dessert making queen of a daughter I wanted to make a few clean eating brownie ...
Cilantro Lime Rice
Click here to down for FREE copycat recipe cookbooks to your Kindle. (and some are really cheap hard copy too!) The first recipe in our Chipotle Burrito Bowl Recipe series is cilantro lime rice. Often seen on menus such as Chipotle or Cafe Rio, it's popular to add as the base of a salad or inside a tortilla with your favorite items. Chipotle ...
Chipotle Restaurant Chicken Recipe
Click here to down for FREE copycat recipe cookbooks to your Kindle. (and some are really cheap hard copy too!) This Chipotle Restaurant Chicken Recipe is better if you have time to plan it and let it sit overnight in marinade. If not, piercing the skin and letting it sit for a few hours does the trick too. I will either use my indoor ...
Mushroom Risotto Recipe With Shitake Mushrooms & Leeks
Mushroom Risotto Recipe Whenever I watch Hell's Kitchen and see Gordon Ramsey screaming at contestants for ruining the risotto I always raise an eyebrow. Making a good risotto is not that hard if you focus {maybe that is their issue?}. There are recipes I find that sound great and we end up changing them to our taste and very rarely do we find ...
Yogurt Dip with Roasted Red Peppers
We love yogurt dips and one of all our time favorites is my husband's tzatziki recipe {aka Turkish cacik recipe}. The secret to any dip is to start with a good Greek yogurt and we find ourselves using Zoi over and over again. As of yet, we have yet to find one that we enjoy cooking with more than it. If you can't find a good one, buy the one you ...
Vietnamese Pho Recipe for the Crock Pot
Vietnamese Pho Recipe I have been trying to find more uses for my Crock-Pot than the typical pulled meats and my son suggested his signature dish of pho. Why of course! Pho broth has to be cooked over a long period of time and when you do it on the stovetop, your liquid evaporates. Diluting your pho broth is a huge no-no when making pho ...
Shepherds Pie Recipe {Using Ground Chicken}
Chicken Shepherd's Pie I wish the photos of my shepherd's pie I took during the process turned out but for some reason, I have yet to master photographing near my stove as everything turns out yellowish. YUCK, not appetizing! Once the shepherd's pie was complete I attempted to take final shots of a serving in a bowl but couldn't get the ...
Sauteed Green Beans
Ah the green bean.. so many ways to prepare them. Do you steam, sautee, roast, deep fry, add to the slow cooker, or ...? With all the cooking variations for green beans there seem to be a theme of what goes well with them such as bacon, bacon, and bacon. What... my family doesn't eat bacon {they do not know WHAT they are missing!}. Since Bob ...
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
It’s Chocolate Covered Anything Day and OH MY! Last night my mind was wondering through my pantry trying to think about anything and everything I can cover in chocolate! I had visions of making the kids think I am crazy with homemade waffles dipped in chocolate, create some chocolate covered crepes, and then dip whatever I can find in the fruit ...
Cilantro Lime Chicken Tacos {Slow Cooker Version}
Cilantro Lime Chicken I hope Bob doesn't see that I made cilantro lime chicken for the family while he's out of town. The kids are in full panic asking how they will eat this week while he's gone. I looked at what I had on hand and decided to toss a few items in the ole slow cooker to make the kids dinner and keep them from ordering take out. ...
Cat Fight Broke Out Over My Easy Ricotta Cheese Recipe!
Cat Fight Broke Out Over My Easy Ricotta Cheese Recipe! I pulled my ricotta cheese out of the fridge to photograph and I had three cats in the kitchen in a matter of seconds! For those who are not familiar with my furry babies, here is the run down: Buster: My daughter's 9 year old Chocolate Point Himilayan who loves to watch me {and I always ...