There is something magical about a roasted tomato soup and when you add roasted red peppers and a bit of a kick from red pepper flakes it puts into a new foodie dimension. Last summer I grew tomatoes here in Colorado for the first time and we had a big and beautiful harvest and I made ooooodles of Kicked up Roasted Tomato + Pepper Soup. I also roasted and froze a ton of tomatoes that we used over the winter….
We have made these tacos three times in the past week because they are so easy and sooooo delicious. I might be kind of addicted. Ok, I know I am addicted. These tacos go together rather quickly with just a few ingredients. We love Mexican food so we usually have most of these ingredients on hand, but did have to go hunting for poblano peppers. We went to 5 grocery stores in town before finally finding them at Safeway, on…
Many years ago the mister and I would often go to PF Chang’s and get Kung Pao chicken. It used to be a favorite, but over the years PFC’s food has seemed to go downhill and we haven’t been back in many years. One night I decided to come up with a version of Kung Pao Chicken that we both liked and that was fairly simple to throw together on a weeknight. I’m not claiming this is “authentic” or even…
My husband is a big time fan of pizza, especially homemade pizza. Me, on the other hand, I can go a long time without eating pizza. When I do eat a pizza I want the crust to be on the thinner side on the bottom and have a super bubbly and chewy crust. A few nights ago we made a pizza with a crust that was absolutely amazing. I played around with dough – this one that works amazingly with…
Oatmeal cookies are one of my MOST favorite cookies ever and these are a serious winner in my book. Combine a thick oatmeal cooking with a yummy chocolatey filling and Yum Yum Bars are what you get! My friend, Lethicia, shared these with me last fall and I have made them several times since, twice in the first two weeks after she brought me a plate of them. HA! Apparently they are a thing and have been for a while,…
One of my most favorite foods ever, in the history of food are chicken taquitos… but not those gross ones made with paste from the freezer section of your fave grocery store. A good, homemade, shredded chicken taquito that has been fried perfectly golden. For weeks I’ve been telling the mister “I want to make taquitos.” And for weeks we’ve either been too busy or too tired. Today I was both, but dang it I wanted taquitos. They were supposed…
Croutons are kryptonite to me. For real. I can not resist a good, garlicky, buttery, sometimes cheesy crouton… but I don’t always love the icky stuff (preservatives, artificial flavors, etc) in commercially bought croutons so sometimes I make my own. Last week my Utah besties came to visit. We saw Ed Sheeran (absolutely amaaaaaaazing) in concert at Mile High Stadium (Empower Field at Mile High), wandered and explored and ate entirely too much good food. On Sunday we had a…
I was never a huge lover of brownies… … until I found a recipe online many years ago that was really yummy. I made it the first time as written. And then I tweaked it for high altitude… and then I tweaked it some more, made more adjustments and added my favorite black cocoa powder and then added a peanut butter swirl. Holy moly, my new favorite brownie recipe was born. This is the easiest brownie recipe! The most difficult…
Sometimes in your life you meet an amazing person online… I have met many amazing people, through creative interests and foodie interests. I met Carla several years ago in a foodie group and we just really clicked as friends. She is both crafty and a foodie. Over the years we have traded recipes back and forth as we shared our excitement of yummy food. A month or so ago she shared the recipe for her dad’s Mexican steak – Papa’s…
Cilantro Lime Rice is one of our family’s favorite side dishes for all things Mexican. It goes together quickly and you can make a large batch all at once. I often make a large batch and portion it into bags for the freezer so we can grab and go when we want a quick side. There are only two of us two-leggeds in our family so a batch of cilantro lime rice goes a long way. I prefer to make…