my lavender blues

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I don’t know about your household, but mine is always overflowing with leftovers. I mean, it’s just me, and it’s very difficult sometimes to cut my recipes in half and cook for two. Well in this case, one. Whenever I recipe develop I like to try and cook all meals for a group of 4-6, […]

Winter Braised Short Rib Tacos (Leftover Saturdays)

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    Why is it at the end of the day, that whenever I know I have a mouth watering home cooked meal in the fridge leftover from a morning slaving away in the kitchen, I end up sitting down with a big glass of wine and a big ol’ bowl of popcorn. If it makes […]

Wine & Honey Braised Short Ribs

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  Hold. the. phone. Tis the season to be noggin’. Yes, we officially have reached November which is a kick off to patchy facial hair on a majority of the males out there along with any and ALL holiday baking, cooking and of course, fancy shmancy cocktails. Now not only do you have the option […]

Easy Vegan Chai Nog (Guilt Free)

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  Happy Monday (said no one ever). Especially a Monday that has followed a weekend filled with belligerence and over indulgence of Halloween candy. It left me with a headache, a belly ache and mouth sores. Way to go America! It also left me feeling incredibly lazy and not wanting to make any home cooked meal. […]

Sticky Rice Beef Balls

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  Why is it that when I basically drop a frying pan while my son is sleeping it doesn’t disturb him however when I literally hold a sneeze in all hell breaks loose.  Arghhhhhhhhhh.  I’m going on basically zero-none sleep currently and loads beyond loads of caffeine is fueling my current state of mind. Heartburn […]

Indian Spiced Cauliflower Rice

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    Has a movie ever enraptured you so much that you feel like you’ve actually been there? Or you can physically picture yourself as a character in the film? I have a movie that does that to me almost every time and I swear it leaves me on cloud nine for a couple of […]

Tandoori Chicken Tuscan Kale Salad

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I hesitated adding the “No Cream” bit to the header above. I didn’t want to scare anyone. Sometimes, at least in my opinion, right away when something says “healthy” or “no cream” I automatically set the recipe up for failure. I’m like, there is no way this is going to taste good if a) it’s […]

Healthy Roasted Asparagus Soup (No Cream)

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Meatballs can be moist AND healthy!? Well. Sorta. These aren’t like….. super duper going to lose a bazillion pounds healthy. But they are, you know, on the healthier side……  They are also mini so your eyes will make you feel like you’re eating a ton more as oppose to one and feeling lonely.  I’m about […]

Mini Healthier Italian Meatball Skewers (Kebobs)