28 October 2009
Smoked Salmon
The Pink Salmon run is in full force in the PNW and my husband had the opportunity to go fishing a few times in the last few weeks and brought us back a bunch (...)
16 March 2010
Calamari recipe
I decided to be adventurous the other day and take on the challenge of making homemade Calamari rings because I found squid for a great price. They were such a (...)
28 October 2009
Pork tenderloin with roasted raspberry chipotle sauce
So a few weeks ago I was in Cost-Co and they were giving out samples of this Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce made by Fischer & Wieser. It was really tasty but (...)
28 October 2009
Oatmeal raisin spice cookies
I decided I wanted to come up with a healthier oatmeal cookie. This is what I came up with. They were really good I think and would lend well to many different (...)
16 December 2010
Russian Tea Cakes
These are one of the easiest and tastiest cookies I make around the Holidays. They are buttery and just melt in your mouth. I love that there are very few (...)
15 November 2011
Chicken and Dumplings
This recipe is really good. The flavor is perfect and the dumplings are very tender. This is the second time I have made this within a week because I made it (...)
2 August 2010
Grilled Halibut with Pesto
I don't think I ate enough halibut while I was in Alaska because I have been craving it ever since we got back. Halibut is one of my favorites and (...)
19 June 2012
Barbecued Chicken
Back in May we had a great stretch of nice weather and that always has us wanting barbecue to enjoy on our deck. I made Tyler Florence's Ultimate Barbecued (...)
28 October 2009
Blackberry turnovers
These are so easy* I'm not even going to post a recipe. I love making individual desserts and turnovers are very simple especially when using store bought puff (...)
28 October 2009
Apple Dog Biscuits
Bodie our Black English Labrador (4) has been under the weather for the last few days. Sick as a...well you know what! I thought it was because we changed his (...)
12 March 2010
Cajun Shrimp Pasta
This is a pretty healthy pasta dish I tossed together. I had some left over coconut milk so I decided to try and make a pasta sauce with it much like you would (...)
11 June 2010
Black Bean Burgers
I actually call these “Friday Night Black Bean Burgers” because I seem to always make these on Friday nights. By the end of the week, many times my supply of (...)
28 June 2011
Chicken sauce piquant
I received Food & Wine Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes 2010 edition as a gift awhile back. The book features the best recipes from 25 of the best cookbooks (...)
1 October 2012
Jalapeno Jelly Recipe
My bagels turned out well but they were eaten too quickly so I did not get any pictures. So I decided to go ahead and try making my own jalapeno jelly and post (...)
24 November 2010
Roasted lemon and herb chicken
Roasted chicken is one of my favorite things to do for a simple dinner party. Roasting a whole chicken is really easy but looks impressive. It also looks like (...)
29 February 2012
Krystal's Smokey Red Chili
I have made chili a lot andusuallyis always has a bunch of chili powder in it and always has ground beef. My church was having a chilicook-offso I decided to (...)
4 February 2010
One-pot chicken and brown rice
This is a really simple and healthy dinner recipe. I really like it. The brown rice is fantastic and has so much flavor. And oh do I love one pot meals....so (...)
28 April 2012
Vanilla cupcakes with strawberry Swiss meringue buttercream
I happened to come across this recipe for Strawberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream on Pinterest from the blog "Tracey's Culinary Adventures". I had never made a (...)
28 April 2012
Birdie birthday cake for a first birthday celebration
This was my second cake that I made with the help of my Cricut Cake. This cake was for afriend's little girl's first birthday and it was a total hit.All the (...)
31 August 2011
Fougasse stuffed with roasted red pepper
It had been awhile since I had made a batch of Artisan Bread In Five Minutes A Day so I planned some meals in which I could utilize the bread dough. Potato (...)
9 February 2011
Chocolate Coconut Milk Ice Cream
Chocolate ice cream is one of my favorite things on Earth. I have been making my own ice cream since Ryan and I received an ice cream maker for a wedding gift. (...)
28 October 2009
Raw vegan brownies
This is a great recipe I ran across. Very easy and tasty. They are more like a really good LARA or Power bar than a brownie, however. I doubled the batch (...)
1 May 2011
Creamy Potato Salad
I did not think I was going to make it....I almost did not get in a post for the month of April. I really need to get back in the habit of weekly posts but I (...)
20 November 2009
Vegan moist apple cake with healthy twist
This is a revised version of my Grandma's apple cake recipe with a healthy twist. This version is actually vegan but is just as good as the original (as tested (...)
7 October 2010
Single Serving Pear-Maple Cobbler
Sometimes you just need something sweet. For me, this often happens when Ryan is at work and it is just me home alone for the evening. Why?? Because I'm bored. (...)
