Appetizer

When my husband was alive, I tried to “trick” him into eating healthier things under the guise of something else.  Like these buffalo cauliflower bites I made the other night – I may have attempted to pass them off as chicken!! My favorite story though is when I thought I could trick my husband by adding red quinoa into his meatballs and spaghetti.  I literally...

I love when I can make one dish and morph it into a few things later in the week, like these pork and mushroom wontons. I love wontons so much because the possibilities are endless.  Have some protein and veggies?  Wrap it up in a wonton.  I bought 1/2 a pound of ground pork from Mariano’s – if you stick to chicken or beef, please...

Turn your leftover brown rice into crispy, golden brown arancini for a healthier twist on this classic Italian favorite, filled with gooey cheese or savory fillings!

Is there anything better than crispy shrimp? The other day I made these crispy shrimp and I basically want to put them on my menu each week. I used regular frozen shrimp from @marianos – just $6.99 a bag, but I swear they tasted just like lobster! The recipe is so simple – my first thought was to deep fry, but I know not everyone...

Black Bean Dip Recipe This black bean dip will soon be your go to appetizer! Show of hands how many times you’ve gone to the grocery store, stood in front of the canned bean aisle and think “do I need black beans?”  So you buy a few cans, only to come home and find that you have 7 cans already in your pantry?! 😂 Ingredients...

The black bean burger recipe I posted on Friday?  Has morphed into so many things.  I made these southwest egg rolls that were so good.  No real recipe – I took 1 cup of the black bean burger mixture and combined it with a cup of chopped rotisserie chicken breast, a couple tablespoons of my salsa roja, and then air fried them for 4 minutes...

Stop what you are doing and make this delcious ancho chile salsa roja. You will wnat to put it on everything!

I made a batch of my friend Ed’s biscuits, and they have been on repeat all week.  I love a biscuit breakfast sammie! Yesterday was a bit different.  I had an 11 call with a potential new campaign, and what was supposed to be a 15 minute call turned into 45 minutes.  I had clocked out for lunch at 11 and was back at my...

I love using what I have on hand to make my weekly meal plan, including this naan! I did a bit of meal prepping yesterday.  My friend Alexis is going a “shop from your pantry, fridge, freezer” challenge and last week I spent just under $21 on groceries.  This week?  $13.70!  I had some yogurt that needed to be used up, so I made a...

Shrimp spring rolls are my favorite.  As much as I like to think that I am a pretty good cook, and have definitely gotten better over the years.  Visual learning is the best way for me to learn and I can watch a few YouTube videos and get the gist of the recipe. Spring rolls, however, have never worked for me.  The wrappers tore, or...