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Nasturtium (flowers and leaves) may not be for everyone with their peppery bite & strong flavor – but the flowers are a beautiful addition to any plate and Sister Chef loves to eat them fresh from the plant! This week she decided to help me …
Today I have some Ghost Cookies to share with you. Not only do these cookies look like adorable little friendly ghosts, but they also have the ability to scare you when you bite into them. Now, they won’t scare you TOO much but these ghost …
FRESH Food is the Best!
I don’t think that there is any argument to that. If you had fresh strawberries being put in a blind taste test against thawed strawberries from the freezer, I am sure the fresh ones would win. Or if you had a fresh sandwich you whipped up and compared it to a store-made & pre-wrapped sandwich, you would probably pick the fresh one! Fresh food gets even better when it is picked right from the garden!
We have just returned from our Honeymoon and I am enjoying getting back into the swing of life and cooking again! After raiding our (and our vacationing neighbor’s) garden, I found we had a nice pile of cucumbers and a few tomatoes, along with a jalapeno or two. While we are still waiting for Continue reading Cucumber Salsa
As the Summer Produce Season is now in full swing, you need to take advantage of all the fresh & amazing treats you see in the markets and farm stands and gardens and farmer’s markets! During the delicious fresh veggie season, we sometimes go weeks …
A few years ago if you would have offered me Fish Tacos, I probably would have said “NO”! As I have probably mentioned before though, I am marrying a fish-lover. Fish has tons of health benefits and we are trying to include [sustainable] seafood in …
I. Love. Mexican. Food.
People always ask me what my favorite thing to cook is, or my favorite recipe. I honestly cannot answer that – but it seems the things I always go back to making are Mexican Food. In fact, Enchiladas were the first thing that I ever cooked for Rich the first time he came to my house (fun fact – Pizza was the first thing he cooked for me, and Continue reading Enchilada Cups