Fresh cilantro

Have you ever had cilantro pesto? It’s a cilantro-packed version of traditional basil pesto with a few twists. Honestly, I like it better than basil pesto. It’s tied with Dill Pesto for me — try that one out, too! If you’ve ever had chimichurri, it’s similar. Chimichurri is traditionally made with parsley, but I like …

I never liked rice as a kid. Weird, right? Rice is a pretty non-threatening food. And it’s not even green. Then, I went to Russia when I was 20 and ate rice there and LOVED it. I was trying to figure out why I liked it there, but not at home growing up. Then I …

Ah, grilling season isn’t over yet, friends. I think fall might be better for grilling anyway because it’s not blazing hot outside while you’re cooking stuff over a very hot fire. Sweaty, much? Luckily, you can make these amazing beef skewers ANY TIME OF THE YEAR. Plus, it’s another reason to pull out the Homemade …

This grilled caesar salad recipe is another recreation of something I ate at a restaurant and furiously jotted down notes as I picked my plate apart and tasted everything individually. Meanwhile Steve looks at me with an eyebrow cocked.  JK. He’s used to it. And he gets excited because he thinks recreating restaurant recipes is …

I have this great friend named Kristi. She has been a reader of my blog for at least 9-10 years. And we even met in person once! (I happened to be near where she lived once so I totally knocked on her door at 10:30PM like a creeper. And she still likes me.) Kristi has …

I realize that it’s late May and soup probably isn’t on your mind. 

Yep. Another spaghetti squash bake. I’m kind of in love with these, much to my kids’ dismay. Mine are still warming up to spaghetti squash. Do your kids like it? Mostly I make them for me and Steve to eat for lunch during the week. We’re still working on getting his chiro office set up, …

Pad Thai has been on our family’s favorite dinner list for a couple of years now, and the kids always do a happy dance when they find out I’ve made it. I’ve been meaning to test out a paleo pad Thai on them and just did it recently. Only one of my kids likes zucchini …