Beet and Avocado Slaw Salad- :))

I made my own little salad creation with stuff I wanted to get rid of from my frig. It came out really good a definite keeper. 🙂  It’s been so hot out and I crave veggies of all kinds when the weather gets like this.  It is refreshing and makes for a perfect side to…

Spiced Salmon with Avocado Salsa

I stumbled on this recipe while on Pinterest and it is not just pretty colorful but packed with flavors- variety of spices and topped with an avocado mix that brings all the different flavors together. I found this flavor packed recipe from Laylita’s Recipes I must have flavor in my food,  it’s disappointing when I…

Corn and Mushroom Saute with Spinach and Prosciutto

I love finding ways in getting as many veggies into my beautiful kids as possible. I found an awesome recipe from Fine Cooking and I made it even healthier.  I only used 1 tablespoon of butter and oil in this entire recipe!  I replaced the leeks with Spinach and topped this tasty veggie combo with Prosciutto….

Stir-Fried Cod with Yellow Squash and Asparagus

My dinner is so pretty and colorful thanks to Serious Eats for this awesome Cod Fish with Yellow Squash recipe.   This recipe has a marinade for this fish that gives it an even more butter like texture than it already has.  I’ve craved something “new” this entire week, actually it’s my character to always be…

Honeyed Fig and Goat Cheese Tart

All of my favorite food magazines and restaurants has posted recipes of some kind with figs and goat cheese in the last week, so I had to try it and see what all the hype is about.  Goat cheese and fig go together like peanut butter and chocolate.  Drizzled in honey is the most amazing sweetness…

VEGAN ALOO GOBI MUTTER( POTATOES CAULIFLOWER PEAS WITH INDIAN SPICES)

I spend a great deal of time on Pinterest, mostly looking for food recipes, travel, I have boards of all the things I like.  A place I can express myself and share these things with other cool pinners that have the same interests or not.  While browsing on there today I found an Indian spiced recipe…

Herbed Aioli Burgers

So….I”m not done with the latest addition of Fine Cooking Magazine, I had to make the excellent Herbed Aioli Burgers.  I followed the directions step by step but my aioli sauce never turned white like the picture in the magazine, my sauce was green from all the herbs and not as thick,  despite that it didn’t  look…

Steak Salad with Grilled Onions

Oh I love it when recipes come out beyond amazing…..with that being said my latest take on Fine Cooking’s Magazine’s Steak Salad with Blue Cheese is a 5 star and better than those expensive restaurants. 😉   I made a couple of substitutions, my sherry vinegar bottle was sitting in the frig with just 1…

Ginger Chili Fish Fry

I kind of figure it out in my head the dishes I’m going to make that didn’t hit the rotation last week. I woke up this morning changing my mind on the dish I wanted to make, that for me is a sign to try something new. I browsed my Pinterest Recipes To Try board in search of…

Lemon Tartlette’s

I had a large container of Mayer Lemons getting really ripe so I needed to make a lemon dessert and not let them go to waste.  I love lemon Curd and found a tasty recipe from food blogger gas•tron•o•my, I followed all the directions but decided to make tartlette’s instead of a pie. I like bite size…

Butternut Squash with Spinach, Cranberries and Pine Nuts

After a few days of shifting from room to room….the painting crew has left my house in such pretty colors and I spent majority of my day cleaning up paint dust and putting things back into place.  I also got rid of two boxes worth of stuff and while knee deep in stuff and tangled…

Teriyaki Salmon drizzled in Siracha Mayo Sauce

So I’m back already tackling some new recipes and this latest find is so awesome!  I make salmon every week and I”m excited to be making my own Teriyaki sauce…none of that jar crap…but my own.  It’s super easy to make too and I can control the amount of sugar I’m using in it.  The…