Browned Butter Baby Potatoes & Chicken Sausage

Most people crave comfort foods in the way of pasta, mashed potatoes, casseroles, and often sweets.For me, my comfort is WARMTH in food. I crave veggies and some protein.I also have an affinity for chicken sausage. I’m not sure what it is about the product, but I just like it. And that’s that.Thus, after a…

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Carne Asada Sweety Drop Peppers & Cilantro Mashers

We can all agree on a few things here: Great carne asada should taste, first, of the beef. It should be buttery, rich, and juicy, with a nice charred, smoky flavor. It should also be fork-tender, but also somewhat substantial. Finally, the marinade should have a good balance of flavors, with no single ingredient overwhelming…

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Herbed Chicken Patties & Roasted Red Peppers & Potatoes

Italian herbs – the aroma fills the kitchen, ignites the senses, sparks the fire of desire, and eventually satisfies all our salubratory cravings! Garlic, onion, parsley, thyme, basil, sea salt and pepper – olive oil, red bell pepper, spinach, feta, and chicken. Oh, it’s all there. And, it’s wonderful. Herbed Chicken Patties with Roasted Red…

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Apple Onion Kale Smoked Gouda & Pork

I’ve had this idea in the queue for quite sometime…in fact, I think it’s been at least a year that the words Apple Onion Kale Smoked Gouda & Pork burgers have stared back at me from the notes in my phone on a daily basis. I keep a copious list of recipe ideas both on…

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Wild Zora Paleo Meals to Go Product Review

It’s been a while since I entertained and discussed my affection for Wild Zora. REAL food for REAL people. (REAL Life). That’s what I’m all about. And that’s what Wild Zora is all about too. Four years after launching our first products, Zora met Dawn Anderson, Co-Founder of Paleo Meals To Go at a networking…

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Cucumber Sheets & Homemade Honey Mustard Dressing

For years and years and years I told myself I had no need for a KitchenAid mixer. Yes, that was the “story” I was telling myself. Even though I wanted one sooooo badly. They are made in such miraculous colors ~ vibrant red, retro aqua, pastel pink…and shiny blackberry. I now have the blackberry. It’s…

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Earthy Almond Olive Tapenade Pasta

This recipe has it all. It’s earthy – nutty – deep – salty – herbal – rich – fresh – silky – and delicious. The multitude and variety of different flavors and textures meld together and melt in your mouth all at once. Toasted almonds, of course, with brined black olives, aromatic mushroom and sage…

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Refrigerator Door

Sometimes – and only sometimes – I just don’t want to come up with anything new. My brain, my body…my energy – it’s done. I will stand in front of the refrigerator door and just look. I peruse. And then, without even trying ~ Shazam! It all comes together. Leftovers and all…things just seem to…

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