Now that I have my own little herb garden growing in the back yard, I had to step up my cooking game. My go to meal when I hit a wall is grilled chicken kabobs. It’s easy, its delicious and healthy. My husband has been complaining about the marinades I’ve been using for the chicken. WTF, right? I channeled my anger into making a kick ass marinade to shut him up. So I decided to try something extremely simple because I had a toddler grabbing at my damn legs the other night (and every night I’m cooking for that matter)….
Cheesy Quinoa
0Quinoa (keen-wah) is my newest food obsession. Some might question WTF it is exactly, because that’s what I did when I first heard of this stuff. I didn’t even know how to friggin’ pronounce it (thanks Wiki). I just kept seeing delicious recipes on Pinterest with this crazy weird-named ingredient. So what exactly is quinoa you ask? It’s in the family of couscous, a very nutty grain that is gluten-free and said to be easily digest. Its just really good. But I learned quickly that it must be mixed with something, for eating it completely plain is just terrible. Once…
Easy Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
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Looking for an easy dessert that will make you like Betty-effing-Crocker? Then you must make this pie..immediately. Don’t let the name “rhubarb” scare you. It scared the shit out of me when I first tried it about 3 years ago. My sister had a family dinner party and made this. I thought rhubarb was like a parsnip or something weird like that and was thinking why the hell would you make a pie out of THAT! Turned out it was the most delicious thing I’ve ever had, a perfect combination of sweet and tart. Now that I am a Stay-At-Home-Mom,…
Beer Marinated Chicken with Summer Salsa
0I have been getting bored with my normal grilled chicken and veggies, so I felt I needed to spice things up for dinner the other night. I was on the phone with a girl friend and literally not even paying attention to what I was grabbing or even chopping. It all just started coming together, in one delicious, crazy concoction. I adore cilantro and wanted to use it in some type of marinade but I thought, what else could I put in this? Alcohol. Beer to be exact. Now, for anyone who knows me knows I only drink beer when 1….
Turkey Lettuce Wraps with Cucumber Salad
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I love me some lettuce wraps. They are quick, easy and pack a shit ton of flavor. I have been experimenting with a few different recipes over the years in hopes to find the perfect combination of sauces, veggies and meats and FINALLY landed one that fits the bill. I came across SkinnyKitchen’s version of lettuce wraps that tasted very similar to P.F.Chang’s. Minus the gazillion calories..score! I added a few tweaks and they came out incredible. Now, I like to eat, and so does my husband, we were left a little hungry about an hour later so the 2nd…
Easy Shrimp Scampi
0While visiting my very pregnant sister, I felt bad letting her do any work what so ever. I tried to do everything I could to give her a break while I was there. I remember being pregnant and how much I hated every second of it…the swollen feet, not being able to shave my legs or even seeing my feet for that matter and the utter exhaustion that never seemed to leave. There were more, but I’ll spare you guys a pity party. Well, to get where she is just add twins + a 15 month old toddler to the…
Nutella Makes Everything Betta
0Love me some Nutella! After this great Memorial Day weekend, my husband and I had our own little BBQ, just the 3 of us. While he was napping on the couch (lucky bastard), I thought I’d make a special dessert because after stuffing my face with yummy BBQ foods, I need something sweet! I had just bought Nutella and always have at least 1 box of Pillsbury pie dough in the fridge. So I got a brilliant idea to make little Nutella & Banana Pie Pouches. How bad could those turn out right?! They are extremely easy to make…
Fried Brown Rice
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Here is the most absolutely delicious, better than your local Chinese takeout place fried rice recipe, as promised from yesterday. I stumbled upon this recipe on this site called Pinterest. I don’t know if any of you have ever heard of it…or if I ever mentioned it before….(subtle sarcasm much?) I’ve attempted fried rice numerous times, and it always came out greasy or just tasting way too much like soy sauce. I had brown rice in the house and made about 3 cups worth. Ate one cup that night with my husband, and save the last 2 cups for this…
Better-Than-Takeout Baked Sweet Chinese Chicken
0Who doesn’t love a good Chinese food take-out night? I have always loved attempting to make my own Chinese, Thai, and Oriental foods. I’ve attempted – as you can see attempted is the operative word – fried wontons, pad thai, lo mein, sesame chicken and lettuce wraps. I succeeded maybe 2 out of 5 times. So last week as part of my daily routine, I was scouring Pinterest for new recipes and came across one for Sweet & Sour baked Chicken. I was intrigued. I have been craving it for some time and figured to test it out for dinner….
Meatless Friday – Roasted Veggie Pasta
0Normally I am strictly a pasta and marinara sauce kind of girl but decided to step out of my comfort zone and test out a new kind of pasta dish. I knew it would either be a hit or complete fail and was prepared for the latter. We have been on an “lets eat healthy” kick for our upcoming trip to Vegas (whooohooo!). Clearly we are trying some Jedi mind trick to make us feel better and justify the fact that we will be drinking heavily and eating like crap for 4 days. Whatever works, right? So I made a…
