Paleo Friendly Recipes
Technically, summer is still here but, if the craft stores are any indication, fall is right around the corner. August means pumpkin flavors are just starting to rear their heads, Halloween (and Christmas) decorations are showing up, monarch caterpillars will be everywhere and it is the start of fig season. The first place they start […]
Man, oh, man. Where do I even start? The title pretty much gives it away. Our recipe today is Vietnamese Lemongrass Pork Chops. If you know me personally, you will know how much I LOVE Vietnamese food. If you need a favor, bribing me with Vietnamese food has a 95% success rate. My mouth is […]
“Rufio! Rufio! Rufio!” If you know where that is from, I’d say you have wonderful taste (of course you do, you are reading my blog after all). Rufio is one of the most iconic characters from the movie Hook. Hook still remains one of my all time favorites. The movie brings back so many childhood […]
Ninety-three degrees …. the sun is scorching hot. My skin feels warm from the sun shining on it. It feels as if I am reaching into the oven to see if my baked goodies are done and then I jumped in too. Summer is definitely here. When it is hot, I want something refreshing. Food […]
I get it; it’s summer time, it’s hot and you want something light and refreshing. At times, it’s so darn hot that you don’t feel like eating anything at all! But there are those days where I miss fall and winter so much that I cannot wait for the pumpkin spice everything to roll around […]
It seems like only yesterday that my little family rang in the new year. None of us made it to see the ball drop because, as new parents, any spare second is reserved for sleep. Now it is July and in a few short weeks, my son turns one. Where did all the months go!? […]
I want you to think of a thing that brings back a memory. Is it a song, a picture, a taste, or a smell? It can be all of the above. For me, the strongest memories are brought back by food. Food IS memory. Have you ever tasted a dish that triggers a distant memory? […]
If you have ever traveled to the Midwest, you may have heard the old saying, “if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change.” It’s true. One day you may wake up and it is 60 and cloudy and the next day you might as well have awoken in fiery depths […]