Crostini with Arugula Pesto and Roasted Tomatoes
Happy Tuesday! It is a happy day for my today because it is my hubby’s birthday! This morning I woke up early to make him some homemade blueberry lemon scones (don’t worry I’ll be sharing that recipe soon!) and tonight I’m being a great wife and letting him grill his own birthday dinner! I am...
Homemade Pickles
Happy Monday to all! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Now the start to another week…want to know the only thing getting me through the Monday morning blues? The promise that at the end of this week is one of my favorite days of the year…Super Bowl Sunday! For a girl who likes appetizers...
Brown Sugar Applesauce
Happy Friday! I am SO ready for this weekend. It has been a long week at work and I am ready for some relaxation and to give my alarm clock a break, even if it is just for two days!
Oven Roasted Salmon with Lemon, Capers, and Rosemary
Salmon is one of my very favorite things so my hubby and I eat a LOT of it! I am always trying to find new and interesting ways to prepare salmon we we don’t get bored with the oh-so-nutritious fish. This is a super simple (and no mess!) way to get your daily supply of...
What I ate (for breakfast) Wednesday!
Happy Wednesday! So, I was so excited for my very first What I Ate Wednesday post! This saturday I photographed my entire day of food (it was pretty good I won’t lie) then what happens? I totally forget my camera and cord to load my photos into my computer. Wha wah wahhhhhh Oh well! Luckily...
Cranberry Almond QUINOA Cookies!
Yep. You heard me right. QUINOA cookies! I can barely contain my excitement over these delicious drops of heaven. Not only are they so delicious that I nearly burned my tongue eating as many as I could straight out of the oven, but they are also packed to the brim with tons of healthy ingredients – quinoa,...
Jalapeño Basil Martini
Happy Saturday everyone! It is becoming somewhat of a tradition to post a cocktail recipe on Saturday, and why not?! It’s the weekend! As promised, this is the cocktail Michael created for our dinner party last Saturday. We had a version of this cocktail at a sushi restaurant a few weeks ago. The name just...
Mixed stone fruit granola
Happy Friday to you all! So, I actually had a different post ready for today, but I just ate a big bowl of this granola with greek yogurt for breakfast (seriously! check my twitter and I was so overwhelmed with love and yummyness that I had to post it today! So you will have to...
Double Chocolate (low calorie!!!!) brownies
It’s Thursday, which means the weekend is so close I can taste it! You know what else you should taste? One of these brownies! I made this batch of brownies as dessert for our dinner party last weekend and they were a hit! I got the recipe from Ellie Krieger, who I call the “Healthy...
Scenes from a dinner party
Last saturday our friends Jenn and Travis came over for a dinner party and boy! did we have fun! Having friends over for dinner is one of my absolute favorite things to do-what is better than combining food and friends?! PLUS Jenn and Travis decided to spend the night so they brought over their oh-so-precious...
Kale and White Bean Stew
There is a chill in the air in California this morning and have I got the perfect cure your you! If you have a little time off this Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, after taking some time to think about why you have the day off (I’m constantly reminding myself to do this on days...
