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Category: Recipes

Lemon Seared Salmon with Grain Salad and Parsley and Basil Chimichurri

Lemon Seared Salmon with Grain Salad and Parsley and Basil Chimichurri

I know… it’s a mouthful! But it’s necessary to say the whole thing, because….well, it just goes together. This is a light dinner that is not light on flavor. I came up with the idea when I saw Trader Joe’s Harvest Grain Blend on the Read More

Kale Caesar

Kale Caesar

Summer to me is all about BBQing and finding new ways to elevate the boring sides. I actually first made this salad for New Years Eve, and I’ve been making it ever since: Kale Caesar. Instead of using the traditional romaine, I upgrade it with Read More

Chicken In The Oven

Chicken In The Oven

Chicken In The Oven is my favorite way my mom made chicken growing up (besides cutlets, obviously). Chicken In The Oven is really just roasted chicken with lemon. But there is so much more to it. Fresh herbs, lemon zest and juice, crisping on the Read More

Pasta with Sausage, Mushrooms and Peas

Pasta with Sausage, Mushrooms and Peas

Have you ever dreamed something up in your head, and somehow executed it *exactly* how you thought it up? I’ll admit, it does not happen often, but this pasta was one of those times. I wanted to make a fresh, light pasta, with the peas Read More

Homemade Queso

Homemade Queso

One of my girlfriend’s lives in New York but is a Texas girl at heart. Almost every dinner party she has a delicious bowl of warm queso for cocktail hour. It’s so yummy and everyone just goes nuts for it. I mean, who doesn’t love Read More