Roasted Potatoes with Mustard Vinaigrette + Bleu Cheese

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I hope you’re reading this feeling refreshed after a long weekend!  We had a great one that involved so much yummy food and this Roasted Potato Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette +Bleu Cheese was up there on the list.

It’s a fantastic way to doll up potatoes without much work at all.  We paired it with grilled steaks and a green salad and it fit in just perfectly.  It’s wonderful both warm and at room temperature which makes it great for entertaining and it couldn’t be more simple to do. Continue reading

Turkey ‘Banh Mi’ Lettuce Wraps

 

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Let’s just go ahead and agree on something, okay?  It’s time to make this recipe.  It was time, like yesterday.  Whip em up…wrap em up..and shovel.  Then shovel again.  As many times as you’d like.  Your life will be changed. Continue reading

Goat Cheese, Spinach + Sun Dried Tomato Pork Rolls

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Those thin little pork loin cutlets you see in your market?  They were made for these.  These rolls look fancy.  They taste fancy.  And they are equally as special for entertaining as they are for a simple weeknight assemble-ahead meal.  Heres how they go: Continue reading

Thai Chicken Pineapple Kabobs with Coconut Rice

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Right here we’ve got a bunch of my favorite flavors all muddled into one fabulous, stand-out meal.  The tiny bit of peanut butter in the marinade takes the flavor of this juicy, smokey chicken straight over the top….the pineapple adds the perfect hint of sweet acid and the coconut rice just simply turns this number into a home run.  So yum.

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Beet, Orange + Burrata Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette

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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.

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Crispy Fried Eggs + Asparagus

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This is hardly a recipe.  But, as a civilized human being I am required by the law of good-will to share this valuable information with you just in time for your Saturday morning.

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Banana Chocolate Marble Bread

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Well, friends, it’s been a while. Too long, in fact. My husband and I just returned home from a few days away and man am I feeling refreshed and ready to go.  Continue reading

Tomato Basil Cream Chicken

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This is something I make fairly often and realized just this week that I have yet to share the recipe with you.  You’ll have it on the table in the blink of an eye and it may be devoured just as quickly, too.

This Tomato Basil Cream Chicken is the perfect dish for those times when you are wanting yummy tomato flavor but are unable to get your hands on delicious, home-grown varieties.  Store-purchased roma tomatoes are all you need-sounds blah, no?  But let me just tell you how this whole deal works…I’m sure I can convince you to get the “blah” out of your brain… Continue reading

Parmesan Crusted Cauliflower Steaks

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I must begin by saying this is the easiest, most no-fail, fabulously scrumptious vegetable recipe on the face of the planet there ever was forever and ever.   Continue reading

Grilled Chicken Caprese Flatbreads

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Hallelujah!  It feels like spring!  Time for super quick, super bright food to fill our tables so here is a great recipe to get things started this week!

My family loves flatbread in any way, shape or form and this recipe is no exception.  If you are a fan of the Caprese Salad you are sure to dig this one.  It makes a fabulous party-food for entertaining and hits our table often for quick dinners, too. Continue reading