The other day, I was watching The Kitchen on the Food Network and Katie Lee was brining a chicken in black tea. She was talking about how tea brining is a secret hack of food artists because it makes the chicken a perfect golden brown. Being that it is Purim today, I knew I wanted […]
Tonight is the first dinner of Trader Joe’s week and it’s a super easy one – 2 minutes of prep, 3 ingredients and no hands on cooking time. The slow cooker does all the work! I love making salsa chicken because the idea of it is so transferable – want it spicy? Use a spicy […]
I’m wrapping up Hoboken week with my favorite place to buy fish from – Tutta Pesca. They sell fish in their downstairs retail space and you can enjoy it cooked for you upstairs in their amazing restaurant. While they have so many dishes I love, my favorite is their simple, yet complex flavored pan-seared salmon. […]
It’s Hoboken week and I wanted to showcase some of my favorite restaurants foods, with my spin on them of course! Tony Boloney’s is a local pizza, sub and food joint with quite the amazing reputation both locally and nationally. They’re known for creating their infamous Taco pizza, among other amazing foods. They even have […]
My friends Su & Amy are HUGE fans of short ribs. Every now and then, they talk about how they make them, sometimes for special occasions, sometimes for a weekend meal. Both of them have given me pointers on how to make them so I decided to finally pul the trigger and make them for […]
When you think Valentine’s Day, soup isn’t the first thing that comes to my mind. Well, maybe it is but some would say I’m not normal. 🙂 With my love of soup at an all time high, I wanted to make a soup that really screamed romance or sexy or Valentine’s Day! So, I made […]
For meatless Monday, I wanted to make a healthy dish that’s also budget friendly. So, it screamed cauliflower to me. It’s cheap and can be made into just about anything. You can mix cauliflower into smoothies, into desserts and it can transform just about any kind of dinner (especially this one)! In addition to using […]
I started making veggie croquettes 2.5 years ago when Amelia began eating solids. It was an easy way of getting veggies and protein into her. She was old enough to know what the veggies were (and start refusing them) but not yet old enough to realize they were hidden inside. Now that Matilda is almost […]
It’s the last day of my whole30 month journey and I have mixed feelings about it ending. On the one hand, I’ve never felt better from all the clean eating. And, I’ve lost all the baby weight from Matilda (and then some!). But on the other hand, I desperately miss bread! So, while I plan […]
I’m not sure if it’s the time of year or just the fish stores in our area, but every time I go to buy salmon, it looks awful. I finally went to a speciality fish store to get some and I don’t think I’ll ever buy fish anywhere else every agin. It was BY FAR […]