Sometimes the best meals really are the simplest! Take this recipe from Cooking Light, for instance. Nine ingredients. And four of those are butter, olive oil, salt, and pepper, which most people already have on hand. Pasta. Butter. Olive Oil. Garlic. Shrimp. Salt. Spinach. Parmesan Cheese. So simple. So delicious. So satisfying. A meal in … Continue reading »
Last week I found myself searching for a side dish recipe to accompany the salmon I had planned for dinner that night. Blackened Salmon Actually, let me pause and tell you more about the salmon cooking method that is such a staple in my kitchen. Typically I purchase frozen wild Alaska salmon filets for this … Continue reading »
Are you a fan of grits!? (Don’t mind that lurking pumpkin can.) Grits are not a food I grew up eating – ever! As an adult my experience with grits has been pretty limited too. In fact, I think each experience I’ve had with grits has been documented on the blog. I had grits for … Continue reading »
I’ve had the idea in my head to make cornbread stuffing for a while now. I think maybe even up to a year ago was when I first started thinking about it, after seeing the idea over at Edible Perspective. Since then, I’ve seen lots of different cornbread stuffing and dressing renditions around the blogosphere. … Continue reading »
I’m subscribed to so many magazines right now it is ridiculous. I initially subscribed to a couple food magazines, including Taste of Home, a few years ago, and then branched out to the other Taste of Home publications like Healthy Cooking and Simple & Delicious. More recently, I had tons of RecycleBank points to redeem … Continue reading »
Everyone loves coconut shrimp. Right!? I have yet to meet one person who doesn’t gush at the mention of coconut shrimp. (Excluding vegetarians?) I loved the idea of making my own baked version of coconut shrimp at home, and Kraft’s recipe looked to be one of the most straightforward I could find, so I went … Continue reading »
So I made salmon this week. As one might expect, I used a recipe I found in Cooking Light. Yeah, I’m predictable. Recently, to celebrate their 25th Anniversary, Cooking Light published an article featuring their 25 best recipes EVER and I have been incorporating these recipes into my weekly meal plans. A couple others I’ve … Continue reading »
It’s been a while since I’ve redeemed any Groupons. But this past weekend, I redeemed TWO! First up, lunch at Coffee House Creamery, located in a small strip mall by the Quality 16 movie theater on Jackson Road in Ann Arbor. This small, locally owned business is somewhat like a Panera, but with ice cream! … Continue reading »
