I love eggs. I could eat eggs every single day. I could eat them just about anyway (insert Bubba from Forrest Gump style read off of ways to eat eggs here) but my favorite way is soft boiled. Soft boiled eggs are the perfect topper to just about any dish that could use a something rich on top to add an oomph of flavor and texture. I've always used chicken eggs but this weekend at the farmer's … [Read more...]
Curried Coconut and Butternut Squash Bisque
I saw a few recipes over the last few days, okay I'm totally behind... make that months. Anyway, I saw a couple of recipes over the last few months for butternut squash bisque and knew that I needed to make one of my own. I love butternut squash just about any way - mostly I love it cut into cubes and roasted and put into salads, soups, or just eaten with tons of salt and pepper. So I figured I … [Read more...]
Crispy-Skin Chicken Thighs with Root Veggies
Well I decided to try something new this week. Have you seen one of those commercials for a "family meal" from a fast food chain lately? I feel like they're all over my TV these days. Promoting their value meal, feeding a family of 4 for only $20. I watched one the other day and thought about it and $20 really isn't a good deal, even if the meal you were getting were delicious - which let's … [Read more...]
Edamame and Kale Piña Colada Smoothie
Last week I received an interesting email from Williams-Sonoma (if you haven't shopped there before you should definitely check them out... they have everything a you need to make your kitchen functional and fancy - www.williams-sonoma.com). Anyway, they are having a smoothie week and presented me with an interesting challenge. Make a "Not Your Typical Smoothie" recipe - it could be an unusual … [Read more...]
Spinach and Chicken Salad
So who doesn't love chicken salad? Probably no one because it's amazing. I always loved chicken salad even when I was young. After years of ordering it all sorts of places I have had plenty of different varieties. Everything from mayonnaise heavy to a mustard curry... some with fruit, some with nuts, some with veggies... some with cubed chicken, some with shredded, some with tofu. I don't … [Read more...]
