Year: 2014
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Green Machine Sauce on a Power Breakfast

Looking for a zing to get your morning off to productive start? This unique (I can guarantee no other food blog would dream of this one) zucchini cake breakfast recipe is so packed with protein and vegetables that it’ll leave you feeling energized and ready to take on the day. Ingredients: 1 zucchini 1 egg…
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Creamy Butternut Squash Soup

Call me Goldilocks, but I can never get my butternut squash soup to be “just right.” Always too thick or lacking sufficient flavor, I was determined to get it just right for my Fall themed potluck dinner. My guests could not get enough of this soup on the chilly October night of our dinner, so…
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I Like Big (Pork) Butts, and I Cannot Lie

I have recently hit 10,000 views; a GIANT shout out to all of you for making this milestone a reality! This recipe is a celebration of your support! And what better way to celebrate 10,000 views than with a new culinary challenge? Here’s my take on a classic Mexican dish, tacos, with homemade pork butt,…
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Banana Bread with Spicy Dark Chocolate Chunks

We’ve all seen enough rom-coms and read enough novels to know that looks aren’t everything…often more trouble than they’re worth. So why are we chucking our fruits the minute they show a little age? The bananas I used in this recipe were completely brown, but that only meant they were extra sweet and easily mashed.…
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Take In: Homemade Stir Fry Lo Mein

Do people not like chinese take out? Is that possible? For me, it is a treat I don’t often allow myself. I like the fried stuff and it never quite tastes the same as when I try and make it at home. But I have been practicing and slowly getting better at making take in…
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Colorful Corn Chowder

On a rainy fall day like today, what could be better than a nice cup of chowda! A lot of people turn to using can soups because they think homemade soup is difficult, but it isn’t! Also canned soup contains a lot of salt and can loose nutritional value a homemade soup would…
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Fall Pancakes with Cinnamon Vanilla Butter

I kind of hate how anything made with pumpkin gets the stigma of being “basic” (I hate whoever made that word BTW) because it’s fall and pumpkin is in abundance. And not to mention pumpkin is great. So although these pancakes have pumpkin in them they are far from basic especially with…
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Acorn Squash Patties

Fall is HERE! At least I think it is, but its 70 degrees out, so it is somewhat of a tease. Regardless, fall flavors are here and probably being splashed across all social media outlets currently. But we get it, pumpkin IS delicious, but lets not forget about all the other amazing gourds and squashes,…
