Pumpkin Bread

This is not Starbucks Pumpkin Bread unfortunately but close enough. Goes so good with a Mocha….. I would love to try this again with some minor adjustments to make it more of a pumpkin flavor, like adding in pumpkin pie spice, ground ginger, cloves and maybe some rum. 🙂  This was really good and moist…

Orzo, Feta and Cherry Tomatoes

I loved this dish!  I’m keeping it on my repeat menu. 🙂  I found this one in Bon Appetit’s archive at epicurious.  To really appreciate this dish you need to love Olive Oil and Vinegar of any kind because it is the main flavors that pull this dish together.  Orzo is a type of pasta…

Pozole de Puerco

I grew up on Mexican food but interesting enough my mom is actually of Irish and German decent.  She learned her cooking through my grandmother on my father’s side , my grandmother grew up and resided in Ensenada,  Mexico.   Pozole is a Christmas tradition dish in my family, it is made on Christmas Eve and…

Broccoli and Chicken Noodle Soup

Soup is the perfect meal for the cold weather.  I was a bit skeptic at first about the milk content in this but it turned out to be really tasty.  I love that broccoli is in it too as it is the one veggie I don’t get enough of in my diet and the most…

Blackened Cumin-Cayenne Tilapia

Adapted from Cooking Light,  this is probably the most healthy fish I can make…..and yet oh so tasty… 🙂 Ingredients 1  tablespoon  olive oil 4  (6-ounce) tilapia fillets 2  teaspoons  ground cumin 1/2  teaspoon  salt 1/2  teaspoon  garlic powder 1/2  teaspoon  ground red pepper 1/4  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper Cooking spray Preparation 1. Preheat…