If You Like It Then You Should Have Put An Egg On It…| A Brunch Time Recipe

My husband has some solid beliefs when it comes to food.  His philosophy is strongly sandwich-based.  He believes that everything can be made into a sandwich. This has become such a thing in my family that I find myself texting my brother pictures of meals that my husband has turned into sandwiches. He is famous for it. In fact,  I have caught him daydreaming before while we are driving around and doing Sunday errands.  I asked him  “Hey Hun, what are you thinking about?” to which he replied “I was just dreaming about a sandwich that I am going to make when we get home.  It has ham and salami and an egg on it.  Ooooh, and cheddar.”

He is a dreamer, what can I say.  He believes in breakfast.  He believes that everything is better with an egg on it.  I cannot entirely disagree with him.  Put an egg on almost anything and you got yourself a brunch. […]

Chard and Cashew Pesto

I’m going to tell you a secret.  You can make pesto out of pretty much anything.  I know it’s been masquerading as something reserved for spring weather.  Don’t let the pesto police fool you.  There are no rules.   If you have greens, nuts, oil and a little cheese, you are golden.  I just happened to have chard in my fridge and cashews in my pantry. There are endless combinations when it comes to making a pesto.  Play around with it.  I encourage you to be creative. […]

One Pot Spanish Rice

Is anyone  experiencing an Election Day hangover? Not the booze induced kind (unless you are…no judgement, I get it.) but rather the kind that comes from nail-biting anxiety and an over-indulgence in things like chocolate, or perhaps a particularly hefty Chipotle burrito bowl.  Yeah.  Me too.  I woke up this morning wanting to crawl back into bed.  Isn’t it Friday yet?  It seems like Friday.  Nope.  Still Wednesday. Hump day. That joke never gets old.  Truth.

So, let’s make something easy.  Something you can make in one pot.  Who wants to do dishes on a Wednesday?  Not me.  Let’s minimize and simplify and make something comforting, flavorful and delicious.  Today I bring you a One-Pot Spanish Rice. […]

Balela | A Recipe For Friendship

 

I made a new friend! *clicking heels* (Note: I can’t actually click my heels in real life.  I can, however,  high five enthusiastically and dance spastically to anything with a beat.  Salt N’ Pepa preferred.)

Making awesome new friends is a big deal.

When we were kids making friends was easy.  We were all thrown into a small space to learn things together.  We complimented each other’s slap bracelets or New Kids on The Block T-shirts and BAM, friendship.  Easy. We go to middle school and we all bond over boys and baby doll T-shirts and an intense love for the band TLC (maybe this was uniquely my experience, I won’t put that on you.  I WILL say that I subscribed to VIBE magazine for a suspiciously long amount of time.) We travel onto high school where it is more boys, tight pants, musical theater,  Cliffs Notes, and the notion that parents simply just don’t understand.  College comes around, and every one of us freshman is so freaked out that you have instant besties by day one.  It’s almost like you grab onto the first person you see (usually your roommate) and figuratively (or literally) hold hands and walk the mean halls together.  Of course, by the first week of college, you usually realize that you have made a rash decision by adhering yourself  onto the first person you came in contact with.  Maybe that person turns out to be selling drugs out of your dorm room closet.  Maybe they decide to cook very suspect and fragrant ethnic foods in the room using nothing but your rented microwave and a rice cooker.  But, no worries… everyone is on the hunt for new besties.  Your people are out there.   You find them. […]