We Went Meatless!

Pepper Jack and Black Bean Tostadas with Southwest Lime Crema and Spicy Pico de Gallo. I am always excited for veggies and this was a chance to try black beans as the main protein! I didn't really make any changes to their recipe except to pickle some of the red onion in the way we …

Hit You With The Best Taco

Garlicky Soy-Glazed Chicken Tacos with Cabbage, Pickled Cucumber and Lime Crema. I chose this meal because I knew I could do a couple of extra things to make these tacos really sing! We have talked about my love for Korean and Japanese food and I have started dipping my fingers into Thai so I have …

The wind cries “Tacos”

Pork and Pineapple Tacos with pickled onion and lime crema. I know I said we were going to talk about chicken but these tacos have been on my mind since we had them and I am thinking of making them again so this is a refresh for me and an introduction for you! What they …

Chicken Linguine

Specifically Tuscan Herbed Chicken Linguine with Creamy Tomato sauce and Charred Lemon. I chose this one because it sounded super easy with a 5 minute prep time and 40 minute cook time and like I could easily stretch it into 4 servings with just 2 or 3 things from the market! Ingredients they send: 1 …

Lasagna!!

Ya'll! This lasagna was magical! It took all day and used just about every dish in my cupboard but it was absolutely worth it! I already had noodles in the pantry so I only needed the filling ingredients. I wanted to add a fresh component since I was using canned sauce and I had my …

I am sorry

I know that I said I was cooking things and that I would share them but what had happened was, I am considered "essential" so I have been working 10 hour days and then Netflix released Tiger King so in between work and naps I have been lost in a sea of "I met him!!" …

What condition my condition was in..

I work at a grocery store so I know what the shopping situation is like these days. Limit one of this and probably none of that, this isn't that but it's close. We are all on the same struggle bus but let's not panic! We are ready for this! We know that our freezers are …

Thai Pork Larb

The very first meal delivery company that I tried was Plated and this is one of the best dishes ever. No, I didn't know what Larb was as I was beginning my journey down the Asian dish road and needed all the help I could get, thankfully  the recipe card educated me and for those …

Onions

So the kid called me with an onion question and I answered her to the best of my ability but now I am curious about onions and all of their forms! Red, Yellow, White, Shallot, Scallion, Chives and I have seen ramps on TV but are they included? And what about so called Sweet Onions? …

Chicken…again

Chicken is fairly inexpensive and I buy either breasts or thighs every time I go shopping so there is no shortage of chicken so that has been my "fresh food" go to this last week so I dug up one of my very first cookbooks ever, 365 Easy Chicken Recipes so that I could do something …