Well, 2017, you have arrived like a whirlwind. I am slowly catching up, but WOW life gets busy sometimes, doesn’t it? I’ll give you a little update about what’s been happening since September (it’s been awhile!), but first let me tell…
Read more →Easy Weeknight Taco Salad
September 15, 2016Last week was chocolate cake , this week it’s salad. Gotta keep the balance, right? I would not call myself a person that loves salads, but I make this here taco salad once a week. Probably because it’s ready in…
Read more →Flourless Orange Chocolate Cake
September 8, 2016If easy decadence is a thing, this is it. Only six basic ingredients, and almost as easy to throw together as a mix from a box–but the flavor is on another level. This flourless chocolate cake is rich and wonderfully…
Read more →The Best Guacamole Recipe
September 1, 2016Whatever your plans are for this Labor Day weekend, this guacamole should be there. Going to a cookout? Bring some of the very best guacamole to share. Or perhaps staying home and binge-watching Stranger Things? Snack on some chips and…
Read more →Balsamic Pasta with Chicken, Tomato, and Asparagus
August 25, 2016Today’s lesson is in the art of multitasking. Perhaps I’m getting in the back to school mood here–this is a recipe that will teach you to juggle multiple things at one time. The end result is a seriously worthy dinner.…
Read more →Summer Berry Galette
August 18, 2016Welcome to the simpler, easier version of pie. “Easier than pie,” if you please. That phrase never made sense to me to describe something easy, because a lot of things are easier than pie. A lot. Including this recipe for…
Read more →How to Make Freezer Sweet Corn
August 10, 2016I must start by saying that this is a secret family recipe, but I like you so I want to share it with you. Frozen sweet corn and dumplings are the two foods that I request every time I go…
Read more →Easy Weeknight Zucchini Quesadillas
August 2, 2016Shocking news: on weeknights I usually don’t feel like cooking a big dinner. Raise your hand if you’re with me. Ever since the first time I made zucchini quesadillas, they became part of our weekly meal rotation. They are just…
Read more →Simple Israeli Salad
July 28, 2016Somehow I always forget how ridiculously hot DC gets in July. Every year, it comes as a surprise that these temperatures are achievable, as I step out of my doorway and into a thick wall of humidity and heat. Perhaps…
Read more →Sizzling Chicken and Veggie Fajitas
July 19, 2016Just in case you are ever in a scenario where you have to feed ten hungry women who are finally recovering from their hangovers, I have a recipe for you. That recipe is chicken and veggie fajitas. Turns out fajitas…
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