Tag: Easy

Bacon, Apple, Walnut & Arugula Salad

Bacon, Apple, Walnut & Arugula Salad

This Bacon, Apple, Walnut & Arugula Salad is perfect anytime of the year  This salad is delicious, healthy and so easy to throw together in a flash. You can omit the bacon if you’re a vegetarian, or substitute vegetarian bacon. Adding chicken or turkey to…

Smoked Turkey Salad

Smoked Turkey Salad

Leftover Smoked Turkey?  This is a great way to use your leftover smoked turkey. You can also use roasted turkey, chicken, duck or any cooked poultry you have on hand. I don’t recommend canned chicken – There’s just something weird about that stuff. Don’t have…

Mincoff Café Spicy Blend No. 1

Mincoff Café Spicy Blend No. 1

Four Ingredients that make me smile Have you ever made your own spice blend? You probably have these four ingredients in your spice cabinet already, so combining them should be super easy. I love repurposing items and in general hate to throw things away that…

BLT Salad with Homemade Croûtons

BLT Salad with Homemade Croûtons

You know whats better than a BLT Sandwich?   A BLT Salad with these homemade croûtons. So, Pepé is wondering why I’m cutting the bread into small cubes. He said, “Are you planning on making a bunch of teeny tiny BLT sandwiches?” I said, “No,…

Easy Homemade Hamburger Buns

Easy Homemade Hamburger Buns

Making homemade hamburger buns is fun, easy and way better than pulling weeds… Just ask Pepé Summer weekends often seem to involve a lot of grilling or gardening and this one was going to be both. We planned on grilling some burgers on Sunday, but…

Best Homemade Grilled Burgers

Best Homemade Grilled Burgers

My hubby makes the best grilled burgers   It was a lazy summer day without any plans other than to relax by the pool, so I made these Easy Homemade Hamburger Buns and my hubby grilled his incredible perfect burgers. He’s been making them for years,…

Easy Chimichurri Sauce

Easy Chimichurri Sauce

Is it a sauce or a marinade? Well, it’s both. Or as my hubby would answer… “Yes”. If I ever ask two questions in a row… a “is it this or that”, “do you want to go here or there“ question, you can count on…

Grilled Sweet Potatoes & Asparagus

Grilled Sweet Potatoes & Asparagus

Grillin’ & Chillin’ We just grillin’ & Chillin’, but Pepé is confused as always. He wants to know why I’m putting my sweet potatoes in the microwave when I said we were grilling. Fair question I guess. I like to put my veggies on the…

Chili Lime Pork Tenderloin & Chimichurri Sauce

Chili Lime Pork Tenderloin & Chimichurri Sauce

Well, the Game of Thrones finale may have been disappointing, but my dinner was a hit! I originally wanted to do a pig roast. Not your ordinary pig roast, but cooked via sous vide, then on a spit. I saw the idea from ChefSteps® and…

No Flip Chicken Quesadillas

No Flip Chicken Quesadillas

No flip, no mess, no stress Hey, thanks for stopping by. There are probably 40,000 chicken quesadilla recipes out there, so I have no idea how you landed here, but I’m glad that you did and I really think you’re gonna love this recipe.  I…

Light Mexican Corn Salad

Light Mexican Corn Salad

Because there are other options besides rice and beans Why does almost every Mexican meal in the United States come with rice and beans? OK, I like rice and beans, don’t get me wrong, but really? Let’s step it up already. Plus this Light Mexican…

Best Homemade Guacamole

Best Homemade Guacamole

Please Stop Putting the pit in the Bowl! I’m sorry if this offends those of you who still insist on putting the avocado pit in the bowl. You all declare that it keeps it from turning brown. It absolutely does not. The only part it…

Smoky Pulled Pork Street Tacos

Smoky Pulled Pork Street Tacos

Hold the asphalt please  Pepé was a little confused when I said we were making street tacos. He thought we were going get some asphalt from the road and make it into a taco. His head must be full of gravel. LOL His little chompers…

Homemade Pawpaw Ice Cream

Homemade Pawpaw Ice Cream

  Can’t make this sh*t up!  Sorry for the harsh language, but now that I have your attention, I think you are going to really enjoy this story — it’s bizarre and 100% true.  We have lived in our current house for many years and…

Light and Healthy Tuna Salad

Light and Healthy Tuna Salad

The best tuna salad ever Okay, now I know that sounds like I’m bragging, but I have been told by many people that my tuna salad is the best they have ever eaten. And I have been asked to post this recipe more than once.…

Strawberry Tart & Balsamic Glaze

Strawberry Tart & Balsamic Glaze

Strawberry fields forever  Do you ever get a song stuck in your head that you can’t stop singing over and over? Well, with the plethora of strawberries that keep showing up at my house, that’s what happened and how the strawberry tart transpired. I told…