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

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

It’s 10:50 am and I am currently day-dreaming about the sandwich I made for dinner last night. Let me start off by saying I think one of my favorite foods is a sandwich. Give me anything between two pieces of good bread, and I’m a Read More

Summer is calling….and light, crispy coconut shrimp with a cool mango salsa is answering! This is the perfect summer dish. These can be an appetizer for a BBQ you’re throwing (the shrimps can even be served room temp), or it can be a quick dinner Read More

These. Are. Life-Changing. Some days I want to make the most time-consuming, skilled recipes (ahem chocolate babka) that will feed 10 people for a week; and other days I want to just have a liitttle something sweet after dinner and not have a whole pie Read More

One of my ultimate “let-me-pat-myself-on-the-back” moments is when I make fresh pasta.  Pasta is one of my favorite things to eat.  There are so many combinations of not only pasta shapes, but sauces that can be put together to create a delicious dish. There is Read More