Lime juice

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 …

Pineapple smoothie + basil? What? Hear me out. Occasionally people ask me where I come up with ideas for recipes. Lots of places! But, my favorite source of inspiration is travel. Hands down. Steve and I took a couples trip to Mexico and the food was SO good. And inexpensive — I mean $6 for …

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 …

Here we go. This is what I was teasing you with when I posted that Instant Pot Coconut Rice over the weekend. Rice isn’t super interesting in a photo by itself, so I put some of this curry on top. OHHH you’ll love this Thai fish curry. Well, unless you don’t like fish, then… don’t …

Today is Steve’s birthday. The big 4-0, people. Steve’s the kind of guy who embraces stuff like that. I embrace it, too . . . on him. I like how his hair is on its way to be salt and peppery just like his dad’s. He’s lucky to have a full, thick head of it, …

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. 

On a scale of chicken nuggets to sushi, how adventurous are your kids when it comes to ethnic food? (Or you, for that matter? haha.)