Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo!  I’ve been feeling festive all week and making some of my favorite Mexican recipes. I’ll share all of them below, but first I have to tell you about my newest recipe that I created from memories of our amazing getaway […]

Fennel is such a fun looking vegetable that I’m always interested in finding new ways to use it.  Fortunately I have The Flavor Bible to help me decide what ingredients to use in creating new fennel recipes.  If I had to choose just one cookbook, […]

This may be my new favorite rice dish.  Actually I think I’m evenly divided between this and pomegranate saffron rice.  The great thing about this recipe is that it’s perfect for using up leftover rice.  Sometimes when I make rice for something I end up […]

A great use for boiled eggs that people don’t always think of is salad dressing.  I often put boiled eggs in my salad, but the other day I realized they’re and ingredient in thousand island dressing, and decided I needed to try making my own.  […]

Fried rice is one of Eric’s and my favorite meals.  This fried rice recipe is the basic one I usually make, but the great news is that it’s such a flexible recipe that you can substitute pretty much any vegetables and meat.  I often make […]

This time of year in Washington, I want hearty warm meals like soup, stew, and chowder.  Some of my stew recipes simmer for hours to reduce and thicken, so I make a huge batch that I can freeze for a quick meal later.  But sometimes […]

I was asked to try making a Safeway holiday recipe of my choice this weekend.  I decided to try out three of their recipes!  I love our local Safeway, and not just because my husband used to work there 😉  (Yesterday was his last day!  […]

As I was deciding what recipe to post today, I came across this Forbes article and had to share it with you.  It’s all about how confusing food labels can be.  The article starts out “Imagine three items in your grocery cart: Peppercorn Ranch SunChips, […]