peanut ginger chicken
grilling season is my favorite. i have a hubster that loves to grill, and does a fine job, i might add. it is easy. i whip up a marinade the day before and boom dinner is halfway done. but i mostly love grilling because it …
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strawberry pie
well, holy cow, blog, it has been a good long while! things have been a tad bit busy around here… the most wonderful, exhausting and rewarding kind of busy. meet ben! beautiful baby, you’re sweeter than strawberry pie! every day is a deeper shade of blue, …
fiesta lime chicken
i love knockoff recipes. most often, you can usually tweak them to be better than the original! this is the case with fiesta lime chicken. i’ve been making this dish for quite a long time (as in about the time tom and i started dating …
zucchini bars
cravings are in full swing for this pregnant lady. it started with anything peach, and then pickles, then to watermelon sorbet, then vernors, cream soda and my current craving is zucchini. i was telling my mom about my cravings and she said, just plain zucchini?? …
two-ingredient dog treats
ever since we brought lucy home, i’ve been eager to make her homemade dog treats. i quickly purchased dog biscuit cutters from crate & barrel (below) and then stashed them away in the baking drawer. i started looking online for recipes, and a lot of …
cinnamon rolls
back in our auburn hills days, we lived dangerously close to a cinnabon. it was in the mall across the street, and it was a friday tradition to pick up cinnabon before a movie to bring them home for saturday morning breakfast. ohhhhh, it …
chocolate muffins
valentine’s day week means chocolate finds its way into breakfast everyday. this is a not-so-subtle way of getting your chocolate fix in. i’m all for chocolate in the morning because it means you have all day to burn calories! source: bake at 350 1/2 c …
shish kabobs
it’s mid february and i’m ready for grilling season. here in wa, we’ve only really had one week of true winter, and the rest could just be called late fall/early spring. it. is. awesome. our grill is in the garage for “winter”, but i am …
mexican shells
this dish is a hybrid of mexican food and italian. it was another pinterest find and it has definitely found a permanent spot on our dinner rotation! i originally halved the recipe (as shown in the pics below) but now make a full batch, …
