Want a flavor-packed meal that takes less than a half hour from start to finish? This shrimp dish is the recipe for you. I stumbled upon the inspiration for this dish on the Food Network website – it was a recommendation at the bottom on the webpage. The original recipe […]
Au gratin potatoes used to be one of my favorite side dishes as a child. Yes – those boxes of dehydrated potato slices and powdered cheese. I don’t think I’ve had a potato dish like that in years, but the memory of them coming out of the oven brown and […]
If you have browsed a bit through this website, you have probably noticed that a common style of cuisine is Indian food. Taylor and I cannot get enough of the beautiful spices and flavors of India, and I am so proud to be able to create them in my humble […]
Chicken Tikka Masala was literally the first Indian dish I ever ordered at an Indian restaurant. Although it was not a very adventurous choice, it acted as a gateway to my love of Indian food. A simple chicken dish of tomato and a touch of cream, it tastes decadent without […]
The inspiration for this recipe came from two places. The first: Melissa d’Arabian’s Almost Raw Asparagus Soup recipe that I saw on her Ten Dollar Dinner show. The second: I had struggled in the past to create bacon wrapped asparagus that cooked both the asparagus and bacon well. The common […]
When I think of Hawaiian flavors, quite a few things come to mind: the Dole Pineapple Plantation’s insanely delicious pineapple ice cream, tuna poke, fresh fish, and home-cooked meals at Katie’s Kaneohe Bay home. When I came across the original recipe for these meatballs in the Penzeys Spice Catalog, I […]
The inspiration for this sauce? My Paleo Mexican Meatloaf. I was on the path to creating my version of a Paleo mole sauce, and stopped halfway through the process to taste the base. It was delicious enough to stand alone as a play on the ketchup of traditional meatloaf recipes. […]
Ever since having meatloaf at my friend Katie’s house this summer, I have a new love and appreciation for meatloaf. Despite my Mom’s amazing abilities in the kitchen, I was never a fan of her meatloaf growing up. Maybe this change of meatloaf perspective can be attributed to the Hawaiian […]
