I have been so obsessed with these rainbow carrots! They are beautiful raw or cooked, and each color has a slightly different flavor and texture. I love roasting them in the oven as a side to any protein, or throwing them into a salad. This Chili Fig and Curry glaze is insanely easy and ...
Grilled Steak Bites with Porcini Butter and Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
If you have a steak lover in the house, but don’t love making steak for said steak lover trust me…there are still options! My husband loves steak, but I don’t crave it the way he does and since I’m the one who usually cooks we don’t make it often. Well because it was just Father’s Day I wanted to ...
Summer Salad Pizza with Fig and Prosciutto
Tell me you’ve had veggie pizza before? Not a pizza with vegetables on it, but the party pizza appetizer made from canned crescent rolls topped with cheese spread and raw veggies! It may sound weird (if you haven’t tried it), but it’s so good! I’ve taken the idea of “veggie pizza” and made it so ...
Spicy Shrimp Spring Pasta
This is a simple yet luscious pasta dish that you will make over and over because it’s that easy! The shrimp and Spring vegetables keep it light and add a great bite. So perfect when you’re craving those carbs. I have to tell you that I use jarred pasta sauces a lot. More often since ...
Fig and Feta Chicken Sausage Flatbread with Pears and Fig Balsamic Glaze
Want to know how to make the easiest fig flatbread ever? Start by getting high quality ingredients—Gilbert’s Craft Sausages just released their Fig and Feta Chicken Sausage, and it’s amazing, then add fresh ingredients like arugula, pears, caramelized onion, and fig preserves. Trust me when I tell ...
Bailey’s Mint Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cake Shake
You all know I live in Chicago, and in Chicago there is an obsession with Portillo’s chocolate cake. They even put this cake in a shake! So I took the idea of a chocolate cake shake, and went nuts with it! This chocolate cake shake was originally for St. Patrick’s Day, but let’s be ...
Easy Cookout Ideas: DIY Hot Dog Bar
Sometimes hosting a barbecue or cookout can be daunting. You wrack your brain going over details about the party. Will there be enough food? Enough drinks? Will someone be at the grill the ENTIRE time? What will the kids eat? That’s why grilling (or microwaving…wink, wink) high quality hot dogs with ...
Southwest Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Chili Lime Basil Dressing
I crave tacos..so much. I love the flavors, textures, and they are so satisfying! But in reality, I need to eat more salad. UGH. Okay, it’s not the worst thing in the world, but why can’t we just eat tacos every.single. day?!?! Since I’ve been craving the flavors I decided to make a yummy dressing ...
Baked Caprese (Trader Joe’s) Cauliflower Gnocchi with White Beans and Balsamic Drizzle
Yes, like probably millions of others I have an obsession with Trader Joe’s! They have so many great snacks and options for basically every dietary need. I won’t say that I love everything there, but just shopping at a Trader Joe’s is pretty cool…right!? It gets my wheels spinning for sure, and much ...
Gluten-Free Strawberry and Almond Butter Banana Bread
I’ve been working on a grain-free banana bread for a while now. This started when the Polar Vortex hit Chicago, and I suggested baking something to use up some time while we were all cooped up in the house. I don’t really bake, but when I do I try to come up with these “healthy” variations on ...
Mexican Naan Pizzas: Costco Haul
I while ago I posted this little mashup on Instagram: Carnitas Naan Pizzas that I made with almost everything that I got from a trip to Costco and you all loved it! As always, thank you for your kind words and support! Here are the details for these easy pizzas that can most definitely feed a crowd! ...
Sheet Pan Tandoori Shrimp and Roasted Fennel w/ Pistachio Salsa Verde
Man, it’s been a while since I’ve made shrimp (for the blog and in life)! I may have already mentioned that I broke out once from what I think was shrimp, but I’m not 100% sure so I try to avoid them. I still pick at them here and there if it’s in front of me, and I’ve been fine so who really ...