Straw Hats (Frito Pie)

We’ve been on vacation this week, so creating in the kitchen has been on the back burner. So to speak. Well, I did make...

Blueberry Lemonade Recipe

With fresh, sweet blueberries and vibrant lemon, this Blueberry Lemonade is super pretty and absolutely refreshing. We love this blueberry lemonade recipe so much!...

Israeli Couscous & Green Lentil Salad

Don’t go to the grocery store hungry, they say. They’re totally right … but I do it anyway. All the time. Yesterday, I found...

Creamy Spinach Fettuccine

  This pasta recipe is the happy result of my starting a batch of fettuccine alfredo only to realize we were out of a...

Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes

My garden is a sad sight this year, as summer started just a tad too late for me to have much confidence in all...

Quick & Easy Dinner: Quesadillas

My carnivore guy and my vegetarian self are trying hard to get used to this raising-a-baby business. And with our sweet but busy babe...

Rosemary & Sea Salt Roasted Chickpeas

For better or worse, one single word describes a really good snack to me: “addictive.” Lay’s nailed it with their “betcha can’t eat just...

Fresh Strawberry Lemonade by the Glass

It’s July 5, and Seattleites like myself know what that means: summer is finally here! Sure enough, the sun showed its ever-so-scarce face yesterday...

Four-Cheese Stuffed Grilled Peppers

Cheese. Melted cheese. It’s probably one of these best foodstuffs on Earth, unless you count chocolate … but then again, I consider chocolate to...

Watermelon Sangria

Fresh watermelon, juicy, cherries, zingy lime, and white wine make a knock-your-socks-off sangria in the form of this Watermelon Sangria! The Story Behind the...

Creamy Parmesan Sour Cream Polenta

Here’s a versatile little dish works equally well as a delicious main or a sumptuous side. Polenta is simmered in equal amounts milk and...

No-Bake Blueberry Cheesecake Mini Tarts

I thought I’d go with a dessert recipe for this Friday. The no-bake cheesecake mini tarts are sweet, easy, and cute … the perfect conclusion to...