I’ve been on a real kick with these summer recipes lately, and its not even really summer yet. But when the sun is out and the temperature rises, I crave cool dishes like this spicy shrimp and avocado cocktail.  This really just came together when I was looking for some sort of side dish to [...]

May in the Northwest means the start of salmon season and as a result wild salmon is available pretty much everywhere. So when my friend mentioned to me that I didn’t have enough fish recipes on my blog, I figured now was the perfect time to do some experimenting. For this recipe, I simply seasoned [...]

With Memorial Day behind us now,  it is officially time to start enjoying our favorite summer treats. For many, those treats involve ice cream and my favorite summer treat is no different.  It was the summer break of my junior year when my good friend Natalija and I decided that our treat of the summer [...]

With this being Memorial day weekend and the kick off of summer I thought I would share a dish that would be a great addition to any BBQ. If sweet corn on the cob doesn’t scream summer BBQ then I don’t know what does.  Corn was a pretty common component to many of our family [...]

The other day I went to lunch with a friend  to one of those places where you walk through a line of food, put it in your container and then pay by the weight. It was a pretty good place, I was trying to be healthy so I made a simple salad, but one of [...]

I have to be honest, it took me a little while to warm up to cauliflower. Whenever I would go to pot luck parties someone would always bring a veggie tray and cauliflower would be on the dish but I would usually skip it for  broccoli or celery and I’m not sure why, I just [...]

Last Friday when I posted my recipe for Shredded Beef Taquitos, I mentioned that I would share a recipe for the awesome sandwiches I made the next day with the left over beef. First I wanted to jazz up the beef a little bit so I cooked it with some chopped serrano peppers, garlic and [...]

So I was craving chocolate the other day, well ok I am always craving chocolate, but I finally decided to do something about it yesterday. I am a sucker for brownies and cookies so I figured why not put them together? And how about I throw in some dark chocolate chunks for good measure. They [...]

Last week when I shared my recipe for Roasted Chicken Drumsticks with Dill I mentioned how much I love fresh dill so it only seemed natural that I would share another recipe showcasing this tasty herb. For those of you out there, like my husband, that love jojo’s you will love these simple to make [...]

I love fresh dill.  Just the smell makes my mouth water and I begin to think of all of the wonderful things I can do with it.   I can use it to make homemade ranch dip, and of course pickles, and as I found out from this recipe, it also pairs nicely with chicken. To [...]