When most folks think about rice, two types come to mind: white and brown. But, in reality, most any rice can be brown or white, it’s all simply a matter of how the rice is milled. White rice is milled to remove the husk, the bran and the germ. Brown rice, on the other hand
Ryan loves stuffed peppers. He grew up with his Mom making the classic version with green peppers, rice and ground beef. When Traina Foods enlisted my help to create a series of recipes featuring their Sun Dried Tomato Ketchup, for some reason my brain went to Italian style stuffed peppers. Their ketchup is not like
The topic of being over-scheduled has come up a bunch of times over the past few days. It’s hard to miss in a culture of people on-the-go. I read a post about someone working to declutter their schedule and thought, “ahhh, so nice to not have that problem any more.” Oh wait. Two hours later I
I love Idina Menzel. I love Frozen. I love singing, “Let it GOOOOOOO, let it GOOOOOOO!!!” I love that song even more now because I really did follow Queen Elsa’s advice (if you somehow missed the whole Frozen phenomenon, watch this). I finally let it go. Granted, every day I fight the temptation to try
I have been working with Traina Foods on a series of recipes featuring their Sun Dried tomato ketchup. Yep, you’ve seen this stuff before in prior posts and will see a few more before the year is out. It has been a wonderful experience working with them, for one, because the product is amazing. However,
I am in the process of grooming my sous chef. It’s not child labor if he’s having fun, right? Well, okay, maybe he’s not ready to take on the caramel apple tarts I’m currently working on, but I can vouch for the fact that this little fella can make a mean peanut butter and raisin
This easy pho recipe requires a gigantic disclaimer. I’m calling it “Faux” Pho for a reason. I’m not Vietnamese, I didn’t grow up with Vietnamese food, and my experience in proper Vietnamese cuisine is limited. Pho (pronounced “fuh”) has seen a rise in general popularity. Though the best of the best places to get real
“TAH-BOO-LEE” I tell my 3-year-old. That’s how you say it. It’s what we’re using today in our stuffed mushrooms. As for how to spell it? Tabbouleh, Tabouleh, Tabouli, a google search yields a wide variety of options. But, it’s generally agreed that tabbouleh involves either bulgur or couscous. This recipe has neither, so really, it’s
Based on last Friday’s post, I was planning on writing about “Feeling God’s Love.” I was going to write about a book my therapist gave me that opened my mind up to the idea that we all connect with and feel God’s love in different ways. I wanted to tell you how What’s Your God Language?
It’s 3:35pm on Tuesday. I have been wound up all day. Actually, I was amped up last night, too. Laying in bed, asking Ryan, “why am I so tense?” He told me I would feel better if I got some exercise, to which I twisted my face and shot him that glare, silently demanding an answer
Need a good ol’ fashioned dance party? Turn up the speakers and queue the Night at the Roxbury guys. …and 90s dance break! Man, that’s a weird video! I have no clue how this one ended up in my head, but I have to call out Haddaway (ah, one hit wonders never cease) on the
