Who doesn't love some dirty rice?Dirty rice is usually associated with Cajun food. But, I always like to put my spin on things. So I came up with this recipe. If you haven't tried my Spam Fried Recipe, you should check that one out HERE> I like rice. Not only is rice comfort food, but it's also a …
Rice & Noodle Recipes
Rice recipes like the internet famous Spam Fried Rice and the Super Easy Curry Risotto. Plus, the Puerto Rican Dirty Rice that is perfectly spicy and delicious.
Noodle Bowls like the Chicken Curry Noodle Bowl or the Spicy Shrimp Noodle Bowls. My Aunt Donna’s Homemade Noodles are the best thing to ever hit soup.
How to Make an Easy Curry Risotto
Risotto Is Real Comfort Food This easy curry vegan risotto is completely soul-warming. If you've ever wondered how to make risotto, this risotto recipe is totally for you. An easy vegan risotto recipe is just what cold and stormy days need to warm you up for the inside out.Next time you are in …
The Best Homemade Noodle Recipe
We have my Aunt Jayne's Homemade Dumpling Noodles every year around the holidays. It's a family tradition! But these homemade noodles are too good to save for only once a year.Warm, slurpy homemade noodles in a rich and tasty bone broth.Traditionally this is a Thanksgiving recipe in my family.My mom …
Legit Hawaiian Mac Salad
This is just the recipe. I realized when I was sharing my email that I didn't have this on the blog yet. The HORROR! I will be back to write more content here soon. But, I couldn't wait to post this recipe. Just like the mac salad that comes with plate lunch in …
Easy Cous Cous Salad with Black Lentils
Colorful and delicious This easy and veggie-ful couscous salad makes the perfect Easter side. I love making recipes that are also gonna be rockinâ leftovers. Iâm kind of a leftover junkie. Although I love to cook â I also have a life too! When Iâm creating a recipe it has to meet certain criteria. …
Soup: PhĂł
What's not to love about a bowl full of slurpy noodles? This Vietnamese noodle soup is easier than you might think. I was a little bit nervous about attempting this recipe. I love this soup so much and I've always wanted to make it at home but I felt like I might be disappointed with my own home …
What To Do With All Those Thanksgiving Leftovers
You've cooked for days to feed the masses! Now it's all over, but you still have enough Thanksgiving leftovers to feed a small country. How can you put these to good use? After carving up the turkey and setting all the meat aside for sandwiches, soup, and of course Thanksgiving Leftover Beast …
Thanksgiving Menu Tip Sheet
Thanksgiving is upon us! We're officially one week out! Are you ready? Got holes in your menu? Still not sure what to make? We've got you covered! Let's start with the bird, stuffing, and cranberry sauce...Spatchcocked and Dry Brined Turkey - Fun to say, even easier to make. This is the …
Spicy Shrimp Noodle Bowls
Slurpy Noodles are one of my favorite things in life! These Spicy Shrimp Noodle Bowls are colorful and packed with all the veggies, plus aromatic herbs. They're also đąVegan Adaptable.My favorite thing about these spicy shrimp noodle bowls is the forbidden rice noodles. Life is always about …
Easy Enchilada Pasta Bake
What's better than a super easy bowl of pasta with all the delicious flavors of enchiladas?Super Easy Weeknight Dinner Working for a living, being a spouse, a parent and a gym rat (not necessarily in that order) can have itâs challanges. Because my schedule gets so tight sometimes, I take …
Vegan Alfredo with Butternut Squash and Kale
The Promised Vegan Alfredo RecipeThis recipe was created for my vegan daughter (we call her Bean). Her stance on eating has inspired me to create more vegan recipes. Creating recipes that are completely plant-based, yet still, taste like something that I want to eat, required looking at …
Butternut Squash Alfredo with Pancetta and Kale
A healthy bowl of comfort food đ´đ This butternut squash alfredo pasta is a wham-bam-get-in-my-mouth-right-now comfort food. The sauce is creamy and savory, but the pureed butternut squash gives it just a hint of sweetness. Tiny golden cubes of salty, lightly caramelized pancetta add a …
Coconut Rice with Mangoes
Coconut Rice with Mangoes  đ I experienced this coconut-rice-and-mango-magic for the first time more than 20 years ago.Little know fact about me (my friends like to call these đfun factsđ): I used to teach cosmetology - one of the seemly random life experiences that seems to have no …
Warm, Spicy, Yellow Curry Noodle Bowl
It's the season for warm comforting bowls of slurpy, spicy yellow curry noodles. I'm a super busy working mom and always love a recipe that I can make a few meals out of or pack up for lunch, especially when you can make a big batch of these and have leftovers for days. Just be sure to add the fresh …
Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice
Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice is just one of the 25Â ways I know how to cook with cauliflower.Who needs 25 recipes for cauliflower, you ask? Well probably no one really. But a conversation about this was the catalyst for me starting this blog. …