
Meet my new Culinary Best Friend. The light to my kitchen darkness. The vibrant to my blah. The gorgeous sunshine to my spring. I have fallen. And let me just tell you why.


Meet my new Culinary Best Friend. The light to my kitchen darkness. The vibrant to my blah. The gorgeous sunshine to my spring. I have fallen. And let me just tell you why.


So these happened this weekend.
I suppose I won’t go into detail about how fall-off-the-bone tender these ribs are. I won’t bore you with the details of the sticky sauce smothered on top. And that perfect crispy char…I know you have no interest….so lets just talk for a second about how easy this recipe is to create and I’ll let you go about your day. Continue reading

It’s {nearly} the weekend! Hurrah! And I couldn’t think of a better way to send you off than with a recipe that’s great for making on Sundays to gobble up throughout the week…Curry Chicken Salad Lettuce Boats.
I love having something like this in the fridge during the week for quick lunches and it’s such a nice switch from my staple Roasted Chicken Salad I love so much. Having it prepared at the beginning of the week is such a life-saver come lunchtime for me. Continue reading

If you know me you can pretty much call it a day after reading the title of this recipe. Say no more, me. But I can’t help myself. This is 187% my kind of food. I think it could be yours, too, if you knew what was good for you. Continue reading
I’m inventing a thing. It’s called a Chorder. Oh, funny you asked, my personal, dilluted-brain dictionary just happened to create a definition

I hope your Easter was a blessed one, friends. We had such a lovely weekend…a ton of family time, endless fun for the kiddos and food galore.
Ham was on the menu over here and I know for many of you, as well. So in an effort to simplify your meal plans for the week, lets find a way to use up that leftover ham in 5 Simple, Delicious Weeknight-Worthy Meals! Continue reading

How was the weekend? It’s officially spring, friends..congratulations..you’ve made it! I’m feeling awfully grateful that ‘technical’ winter is behind us…now if we could just get these temps (and random bouts of snow) out of the equation.
So with spring comes lighter food, which I am feeling so ready for. You know I’m all about soups, stews and gratins but there comes a point in time when a change of food is in order…and around here our changes in food tend to come and go with the seasons. Continue reading

So this daylight savings time thing. Are you feeling it? Am I crazy {enter VERY loud boom upstairs and a screaming 4 year old…I’ll be right back} Continue reading

When I first moved up to Minneapolis I waited tables at this place. There was a reuben on the menu that they were sort of known for at the time. But it wasn’t like any other reuben I’d ever had. The corned beef was braised. So the results were not a slice of dry beef, but the most tender, pull-apart, juicy bliss. It was basically like a love child between a pot roast and a corned beef brisket.
Fast forward about a bajillion years and here I was, just this past weekend, standing among a St Patricks Day haven at the local market: a giant cooler full of corned beef briskets. Score! Totally trying this reuben thing at home. Continue reading

So friends. I really wish I didn’t have to do this, but I’m left with no choice. It’s time to preach. I need you to get your cute butt in your kitchen. Immediately. Continue reading