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Jeff and I share a lot of common ground, food-wise, and this sauce is a big contender. We've been eating out less than we used to due to our budgeting efforts of 2019. We received a mini-food processor as a house warming gift (more on new house coming soon!) and I was excited to make …
Jeff and I are on a filled-pasta kick. We made these once last month and I accidentally deleted the pictures that I took (oops! trying to save storage on my phone!). Thus, we made them again this weekend. And they were so good (again)! The trick is to roast the butternut squash before and to …
This recipe used up what we already had on hand; a box of chicken broth, snow peas, green onion, and frozen shrimp. Bonus: we spent together-time sharing our days while we folded wontons, and from start to finish the whole recipe only took 45 minutes. I have heard of couples building Ikea furniture as a …
A spiralizer creates "noodles" out of vegetables, like "zoodles," or zucchini noodles. I used to have a spiralizer, but it did not make the cut through multiple moves. With this recipe, I wanted to show that a similar result can be made with just a vegetable peeler, which transforms zucchini into a delicious vehicle for sauces. …
This is my first recipe in a few weeks since we have been busy! Jeff and I just returned from a lovely trip to Denver, where we visited with his family. Jeff has been holding down the blog fort, and I am very thankful for him. The four days away was just the refresh that …
Originally I tried this recipe using cabbage as the wraps and then baking it all together. As Jeff and I were eating our meal, we both kept commenting on how the wraps would be better with lettuce instead of cabbage. So, that experiment did not make it to the site, but when we tasted this …
