From my kitchen to your palate
Summertime brings all things good in San Diego….sunshine, warm days, cool nights, and ripe ready delicious fruits and vegetables. I feel so fortunate to live in a place where we can eat fresh and organic products year-round, but when summer arrives so do the best crops of …
I know what you’re thinking, the name’s a little cheesey… but we’re talking about pizza! Pizza. Who doesn’t love pizza?! What’s not to like, it’s the perfect combination of cheese, tomato sauce, cheese, carbs, cheese, veggies, meat…. did I mention cheese? It’s pretty much my …
I just love eggs. They are so versatile and can be prepared in many ways. Sometimes when I’ve had a long day at work and I’m not in the mood to cook up a full meal I make omelets for dinner. Omelets are almost the …
For those of you that don’t know, my hubby and I lived in Kansas City for a few years (well a few years for me – hubs was born there). We both went to college at Kansas State University and lived in Overland Park for …
So for those of you who know me it comes as no surprise that I love Pinot Noir. And yes, I loved it before the movie Sideways came out and was happy that Pinot started getting the attention it deserved after the movie’s release. However, …
This oven roasted chicken recipe is my go to, especially during the weekends. There is nothing more simple and comforting than a whole roasted chicken. It so versatile too, it can be changed up for every season by tweaking the ingredients and spice mixture. For this …
I’m in love with eggplant. Maybe it’s because of my Middle Eastern background, but my hubby loves it too and he’s totally not Middle Eastern so maybe eggplant is just that good. There are so many ways one can prepare eggplant. Personally I roast it, smoke it, puree it, …
Oh how I love lemons. We have a very mature tree in our yard and she gives us lemons on the regular. Like I’m overwhelmed with lemons, but thankfully I have many uses for them and I always give tons to my mom and friends …
My internet obsessed shopping husband always has at least three packages arriving at our door step each week. He always claims it’s something “for the house” in order to justify the expenditure (sure Greg, sure). In a nice turn of events his latest purchase was …