A Culinary Comfort Zone – Are You Going To Eat That? (FAK Friday)
Creepy Crawly Cuisine, The Gourmet Guide to Edible Insects What is “normal”, anyway? When it comes to food, normal could be loosely defined as what you grew up with. Here in America, we might think of processed cheese slices, hot dogs, or twinkies as “normal”. In other parts of the world, a plate full of […]
Healthy Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce, and The Importance of Listening
Vegetable Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce I think of myself as a good listener. I like being that person who can really take in what another person is saying, and make them feel heard. As it turns out, I’m only a good listener some of the time… the rest of the time I’m on […]
Sweet Potato Fries – The Quest for Crispy (FAK Friday)
Healthy Never Tasted So Good I have a confession to make. I have never successfully made crispy sweet potato fries. Until now. Every once and a while I come across a simple culinary task that renders me completely inept. I know plenty of people who turn out perfectly crisp sweet potato fries every time, with no […]
30 Random Acts of Kindness in 30 Days – and then some!
“In this life we cannot always do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” -Mother Teresa At the beginning of the month, I set out to complete 30 Random Acts of Kindness in 30 Days. I’d been seeing a lot of 30-Day challenges, and kept thinking to myself “that’s something I […]
How To Cook Pasta Like An Italian – To Salt Or Not To Salt & Other Questions (FAK Friday)
How To Cook Pasta Like An Italian Pasta is probably one of the easiest things to learn how to cook. All you need to know is how to boil water, right? Well, sort of. There’s little more to it than that, if you want to get technical about things. One of the most common questions […]
Chocolate Chip Cookie Monster Cookies & Random Acts of Kindness
Om nom nom! I’ve got a bit of a sweet tooth. I know, I know, it’s hard to believe… but it’s true. To be completely honest, sometimes I don’t even get past the dough portion of making cookies. It’s an understatement to say I like them under-baked. Then again, there’s really no pleasure to be […]
Pan-Seared Ribeye with Chimichurri Sauce & 12 Tips for the Perfect Steak (FAK Friday)
Steak with Chimichurri Sauce – recipe in post When I first set out to write informative blog posts, my hope was to tackle some of the things I don’t know a whole lot about and learn something new myself. Well, this week I accomplished just that. I’m not vegan or vegetarian, but I don’t cook […]
How To Roast Garlic – A Rose By Any Other Name (FAK Friday)
How To Roast Garlic Garlic is kind of like the bad-boy of the vegetable world. Known for its stink, its pungent bite, its ferocious ability to ward off vampires and demons… and yet despite its bad reputation, Garlic is every foodie’s secret crush. The unassuming bulb, so innocent in appearance, has even earned itself the name […]
Chicken & Black Bean Enchilagna (30 Days of RAKs)
Enchilagna: noun, a cross between an enchilada and a lasagna. Have you ever made enchiladas and thought, wow, this would be so much easier if I didn’t have to fill all of these tortillas…? Well, problem solved! As it turns out, enchiladas work pretty well as a lasagna, with the filling, cheese, and tortillas layered […]
Chewy Ginger Granola Bites & Random Acts of Kindness (30 Days of RAKs)
Chewy Ginger Granola Bites – recipe in post This month is a very special month! I’ve set a goal for myself to do 30 Random Acts of Kindness in 30 Days – today is Day 6, and so far, so good! As the name suggests, Random Acts of Kindness are any little thing you do […]
31 Unconventional Uses For An Ice Cube Tray (FAK Friday)
31 Uses For An Ice Cube Tray Have you ever stopped to appreciate how much modern technology has become a part of our every-day lives? It’s amazing how much we rely on, and take for granted, the electronic world that surrounds us. I’ve had plenty of time to be thankful for the simple things in […]
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Cookies, and a 30-Day Challenge (30 Days of RAKs)
PB&J Sandwich Cookies – recipe in post Let’s get something straight – no matter how “grown up” I get (really, what does that even mean?) I will always hold a fondness for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Forget fancy and sophisticated, sometimes there’s nothing I want more than this childhood classic. These sandwich cookies began, as things […]