This is my absolute favorite time of year – when it’s finally cool enough to eat warm soups, and virtually everywhere you go, you find a pumpkin flavored food or beverage. I love fall. I live in Houston and it takes a bit longer to get that cool weather down here, so when the first cold front came through, I ran over to whole foods and bought the ingredients to make this recipe and I can’t express how excited I […]
Okay… this is a serious late night snack post for me. It was one of those nights where you can’t fall asleep because you just need SOMETHING sweet and savory… and I really hit the jackpot with this one. I just threw together a few things I had around but woahhhh this was yummy. I really try to keep only healthy ingredients on hand so for the most part this was pretty healthy… maybe I cheated a little 🙂
For all you pepper lovers out there ITS FINALLY HATCH PEPPER SEASON!! And for those of you who do not know anything about the Hatch Chili Pepper, allow me to sum it up: -Hatch Chili peppers roll into town mid August and disappear late September (they are only harvested four weeks out of the year). – They are grown in the Hatch valley of New Mexico, the chili capital of the world. This valley is located along the Rio Grande’s […]
I am one of those people that connect emotions and memories with my food, and this meal just makes me so happy. I remember growing up and watching my babysitter, more like my second mom, make this for me and it was impossible not to feel the love and devotion she put into food. This dirty rice recipe is exactly that – I can make this any time and it just reminds me of being a kid in my mom’s […]
