Sometimes when you’re a food blogger, you have to pull a few tricks out of your hat. Like when I’m making a side dish for the blog, I focus all my attention on the side dish, and then it occurs to me we have nothing but Green Beans with Caramelized Onions for dinner. Oh, you …
Recipes
Marinated Vegetable Salad
I’m pretty excited to share this recipe with you! Here’s why: June 2000: I was single in the city. (Except for my then jerky boyfriend but let’s just pretend that didn’t happen, m’kay?) My Cooking Light magazine arrived on my Los Angeles smog infested doorstep [cough], I saw this Marinated Vegetable Salad recipe and knew it …
Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps
When I first heard of chicken lettuce wraps, I have to admit, I was a teeny bit skeptical. Lettuce wraps were for those “healthy” people. You know the ones. I’m more of a “let’s wrap that in cake” kind of gal. But after a few trips to PF Chang’s, I was hooked. I’ll probably experiment …
Fresh Green Beans With Caramelized Onions and Bacon
I get in these moods once in awhile. Right now I’m in an oniony kind of mood. Spanish, red, sweet, and their sister, le shallot. Oh yes. Before, I was all about limes when I made my Cilantro Lime Rice Infused With Garlic and Pork Stir-Fry With Honey, Lime, and Ginger. Oh, and the heavenly …
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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 …
Mama’s Kicked Up Goulash
Do you ever wanna cry out “I want my mommy!” If you admit to that, I won’t tell a soul. You can come huddle with me in the corner and we can both cry into our childhood teddy bears and then pretend to the rest of the world that we’ve got our shyou-know-what together. We …
Fusilli Pasta with Spinach and Asiago Cheese
When I discover a tasty new recipe, all I want to do is share it with everyone. The recipe, that is. The actual meal I just want to eat it all myself. Sure, I’ll save a few bits for my husband. I’m generous like that. I’m feeling so generous right now, as I live and …
Easy Turkey Tacos
It’s time I confess something that’s quite embarrassing for a self-proclaimed foodie and resisting-rehab snobaholic. I’m (sometimes) a big ol’ cheater. Please don’t judge me. It’s just that, once in awhile, I need a break. I can’t be fabulous all the time, ya know? You deserve a break, too. In today’s world, it’s so hard …
Tangerine Beef Stir Fry with Green Beans and Sweet Red Peppers
“Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Growing up, I was always bored by science. Maybe I was bored because, instead of learning, I spent my time playing the Paper Fortune Teller game. Every time the teacher turned her back, I was whispering about which boys were …
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Forget Your Diet Cookies
There are some things that are just worth the calories. Birthday cake. French fries. Alcohol. Oh, and pizza. My husband would kill me for forgetting that one. I think we’ve all had those feelings of guilt when we fall off the diet wagon. We’ve been “eating right.” We’re crunching on baby carrots while displaying that …
Breakfast Strata With Sausage, Artichoke Hearts, and Feta
There is nothing like waking up on a cold winter morning and having this steaming hot, comforting dish waiting for you. It’s like putting an electric blanket over your insides. Good morning, heaven. Half asleep, you pop it in the oven. It bakes while you watch fast-forward through Saturday Night Live skits wishing Eddie Murphy …
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