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Beef Taco Pasta 26 Aug 2013 | 03:50 am
I’ve been a little under the weather this weekend, so you know what that means? COMFORT FOOD! Fast and easy comfort food… Because I’d really like to crawl back under my blanket and get back to my “s...
Chicken & Pumpkin Soup 22 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
Chicken and pumpkin? Sounds weird, right? Well just wait until you taste it… I made this simple pumpkin soup ages ago and decided to make a newer, better, more powerful version today. I took it in a ...
Peach Ricotta Crostini 18 Aug 2013 | 04:46 am
Indulging in food doesn’t always have to mean eating huge portions of something heavy and filling. Sometimes for me it’s more about having a nibble of something really special. So when I finished my t...
Southwest Steak Bowls 14 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
I came up with this recipe because I had half of a flank steak in my freezer that I needed to use up. As usual, I bulked up the meat with beans, rice, and other yummies, so that the one pound (or less...
How to: Freeze Rice 13 Aug 2013 | 05:36 am
Rice is a poor man’s best friend. It’s inexpensive, filling, a blank slate for flavor, and can be added to almost any meal to bulk it out. But guess what? When I come home after a long day at work and...
Roasted Vegetable Chickpea Salad 11 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
I’ve been craving vegetables like mad lately. Every day I just want a big ol’ veggie-licious salad. But sometimes that doesn’t fill me up enough, so that’s when I start adding in the beans… or chickpe...
Cold Soba & Cucumber Salad 7 Aug 2013 | 04:20 am
Ahhh, I love this! So cold, fresh, and filling! This is actually a newer version of one of the first recipe that I ever posted on the blog, Thai Cucumber Salad. And when I say “one of the first recipe...
Easy Sesame Chicken 4 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
I didn’t know sesame chicken was so easy to make. Did you know sesame chicken was so easy to make? Well, now we both know, and have no excuse not to make it on the regular. I mean, seriously, this is...
Soft Oat & Nut Bars 2 Aug 2013 | 04:07 am
The first thing I saw when I turned on the TV today was a commercial for some sort of breakfast-oat-cookie-thing. I wanted one. So, I made some. I have made baked oatmeals, granola, and granola bar-l...
How To: Calculate Recipe Costs 31 Jul 2013 | 08:23 am
My big “Ah-ha!” moment came when I calculated the cost of my first few recipes. I was always very mindful of how much I spent per week at the grocery store, but it was seeing the breakdown of each ing...
