Wishes and Dishes

I realize I need to step up my game when it comes to posting side dishes.  I have an abundance of main course dishes and an even bigger abundance of desserts, but side dishes sometimes get overlooked by me. I made this brown fried rice to go with some Asian turkey meatballs last week (that [...]

A lot of times I like to take shortcuts when it comes to side dishes for a meal.  This is mostly because I’m putting all my effort into the main course which tends to be a lot of work sometimes….and let’s be honest, I am not very good at multi-tasking.  In fact, I’m horrible at [...]

So I’m back from my 30th birthday cruise and I have to say – it was the best vacation I have ever had!  The highlight of the trip was all of the new friends we made from all over the world.  Especially our new friends from San Diego, Micah and Nick, who were on their [...]

This is an old favorite in our family.  It’s a staple for the holidays!  You can also just make it for any meal as a quick and easy vegetable dish.  I did some change it up a little bit by adding less milk as I wanted a creamier result.  If you like it a little [...]

I’ve never met a stuffing I didn’t like, but I do tend to prefer the more simple and traditional bread stuffing.  This might be because the stuffing is my favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal and I don’t like to “mess” with it at all.  I’m a stuffing purist like that!  I literally will have [...]

Happy Tuesday, my friends! I’m in full fall mode over here at our house as I’m totally apple and pumpkin crazed this year, even more than usual.  I’m addicted to the fall flavors and smells – nothing beats it, in my opinion.  I decided to try my hand at homemade applesauce and was pleasantly surprised.  [...]

How was everyone’s Labor Day weekend?!  Mine was nice and relaxing.  Lot of sunshine, sleeping in, pool lounging, and family time.  We celebrated my Grandpa’s 80th birthday over the weekend and it was really nice to see some out of town family that I hardly ever get to see.  The weather was perfect and the [...]

I am a huge fan of the cilantro lime rice at Chipotle Mexican Grill.  I am a huge fan of Chipotle everything, really.  Im very picky about Mexican food and usually a little skeptical, but this place meets my approval. So much of their meat is from naturally raised sources and this all-natural approach really [...]