While I love to cook, and it is a great source of healing for me during painful circumstances, I’ve not wanted to spend much time in the kitchen this past week. When someone you know loses a child suddenly, it really gives you a new […]

Time for a trip to the archives. I originally posted this Chinese Plum Sauce Recipe four years ago. It’s surprised me by becoming my most popular post, so I decided it was time to give the post and photos a little bit of a facelift. […]

My pregnancy cravings have been shifting from Asia to south of the border.  I still love to eat potstickers and spring rolls, but now I find myself also wanting guacamole, fresh salsa and tacos.  We even made grilled quesadillas on our annual Mt. Rainier camping […]

Beans and rice, rice and beans.  As a Dave Ramsey fan I hear this phrase all the time, and get the impression it’s meant to depict the image of eating the absolute cheapest most boring and monotonous food possible.  Eric and I always laugh when […]

We eat a lot of sandwiches at our house.  Pretty much every lunch during the week is sandwiches, and sometimes we have them for dinner as well!  One of my favorite dinner sandwiches is a Greek Pita Pocket, so I was very excited to see it in […]

Since kale is my best growing crop (I just planted some in the ground and ignored them, a year later they’re still huge!) I’m always on the lookout for ways to use it.  I love kale chips and the sinfully rich kale casserole, but our […]

Everyone needs a few easy spaghetti recipes under their belts.  Spaghetti noodles are cheap and fast to cook.  If you have a few different sauce recipes memorized you can always easily whip something up.  This is a slightly spicy spaghetti recipe, a meaty red sauce […]

Half way through winter I start itching for fresh produce.  I’m grew up in Hawaii where so much fresh produce is available year round because of the mild weather.  While we love our root vegetables and kale chips, I start craving the things I see […]