What’s for breakfast? Cereal. Eggs. Toast. Chocolate cake. Ya know, the boring regular breakfast foods. Don’t you get tired of it? Aren’t you like why, oh why, must I eat chocolate cake for breakfast again?! Today, we’re going to spice things up with this Costa Rican Inspired Breakfast! It’s the type of thing you can …
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Pork Chops With Honey Lime Cilantro Sauce
I’ve been on a cilantro kick and I can’t be stopped. If you’re one of those cilantro haters, I regret to inform you that this won’t be my last cilantro recipe. And haters, let’s bring peace to the cilantro world. No fighting. Put down your protest signs. I’ll make a “pro-cilantro” meme and force it to …
Sticky Rice With Cilantro and Sweet Caramelized Onions
So this happened. We’re eating this delicious sticky rice with this sauce, binge watching Silicon Valley, and my husband, out of nowhere, totally starts flirting with me. As he was happily scarfing down his second helping of this cilantro and caramelized-onion-infused goodness, he told me that I make the best rice he’s ever had (whoa) and …
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Spicy Chicken Fried Rice
Let’s be dramatic. I’m so hungry, I’m going to pass out. I’m dying of starvation. If I don’t eat cake soon, I will die. These are things I’ve actually said or thought in the last 2 days. My sugar withdrawals have kicked into high gear and, although I know it will pass, I’ve gone mad. …
Surviving Day 1 of the Fed Up Challenge
For those of you who are already joining me in the Fed Up Challenge (and for those who are going to start the challenge a little late) I thought I’d share with you how my first day went. 8:00a.m. Lie down after shower and wonder why my stomach hurts. It can’t have anything to do with …
Herbed Basmati Rice
It’s truly a masterpiece. Make it for your peeps and you’ll come off like a smiling, apron-clad housewife. This herbed basmati rice recipe comes from one of my all-time favorite cookbooks Five Star Recipes: The Best of Ten Years by Cooking Light magazine. It was submitted by a reader of the magazine who’s husband loved …
Plain Jane Supper a.k.a. Easy Pan-Seared Pork Chops
Sorry, Jane. I know you get a bad rap. But don’t worry. I’m going to change everyone’s perception. Plain Jane is the new black. It’s hip. It’s quick. It’s the new “it” thing. Don’t believe me? Read on.
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Pork Stir-Fry With Honey, Lime, and Ginger
My town is in an Asian food crisis. We have a few Chinese restaurants, a couple of Thai restaurants, but I’m going to break it to you gently: they suck. I complained. I griped. I whined. I threw a temper tantrum where I hurled my body onto the floor and flung my arms and legs …
Cilantro Lime Rice Infused With Garlic
We need to talk. Oh don’t you just love those 4 little words? Yes, you and I. We are going to sit down and have a little chat. If we want to build a strong foundation for our relationship (yep, things are going to get weirdly uncomfortable) we have to have trust. You: What’s this …