I love waking up every weekend and thinking of the endless possibilities for breakfast and brunch. Crepes are something I do not make as often as pancakes or waffles but they are type of pancake. With crepes you can either go sweet or savory and with sweet it can either be breakfast or dessert. This …
Do you ever get tired of having the same salads over and over again? The good news is that we have come a long way from a couple lettuce leaves and croutons. I live on salads during the summer time and I also like to switch it up when I can. Thankfully, there are no …
There are two things I love when creating recipes and one is getting a random ingredient and using it as a base. The other is thinking of a way to use it especially when it comes to classic recipes. When I bought blood oranges at Trader Joe’s this weekend, I had a salad in mind. …
With the temperatures warming up and summer approaching, we can all look forward to grilling season. One of my summer go tos are salads and here is a recipe I came up with using leftover jicama. This salad is really easy to make and comes together in a few minutes. You will need a melon …
If you have been following my page religiously you will probably notice I love a balance of sweet and heat. One of the ways I achieve that is adding a little honey to just about anything spicy. These tacos are bold with flavor with the addition of hot honey. To help balance the flavor, I …
I think breakfast has to be the meal I most look forward to especially on weekends. There are so many ways you can use common breakfast ingredients. Eggs are one of the ingredients I most often use, either for scramble or an omelette. This is my take on a Mexican style omelette that is filled …
This Limoncello Hibiscus Collins is a modern twist on the classic Tom Collins. Collins is a classic drink that consist of gin, lemon juice and carbonated water. This modern take on it uses limoncello in addition to lemon juice, Tazo berry hibiscus mixer and ginger beer. I recently made limoncello ricotta pancakes and I am …
I am all about coconut and I must try or have anything that has coconut in it. There is a certain enthusiasm anytime I am at the market and I see something that has coconut in it. So when I thought of an ingredient this week, I thought of these coconut bread muffins. If you …
Taco night or any other night just got a winter upgrade. Think about everything you love about steak fajitas. Usually served with flour tortillas but not this time. All that is getting stuffed in an acorn squash making use of this winter vegetable. I love acorn squash and it is probably my favorite winter squash. …
Super Bowl weekend has come and gone and all I can think about is my homemade barbecue sauce. In my first attempt at barbecue sauce, I wanted to incorporate guava somehow. I also didn’t want it to be just sweet and one dimensional, so I added chipotle peppers for some heat. I am a huge …
