Things are heating up on the blog today... Today is the first day of Fiesta Fridays!! When I was doing my recipe development for the first couple months of the New Year I started thinking about how I can make all my favorite Mexican recipes healthier. I've come up with a long list and decided to ...
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Skinny Vodka Pasta Sauce
In college, my group of friends and I often chose cheap Italian BYOB restaurants as our dinner option before important parties or other events. It was not my favorite thing to do, but it was a pretty regular occurrence nonetheless. I came to love (and trust) the Penne a la Vodka as a cheap and ...
Quinoa Flake Crusted Salmon with Orange Balsamic Reduction
Have all of you who celebrated Thanksgiving finally recovered from your food comas? It's a new week (and month!!) and time to move past turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. If your family is like mine, then there will be time for more turkey on Christmas. So let's take a little break for now and ...
Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Coconut Oil Shiitake Mushrooms
I'm sure after the carb party many of us had on Thanksgiving, gnocchi is the last thing we are thinking about, but it's what I'm having for dinner this weekend so I figured I would share this recipe with all of you as well! If nothing else you can put it on the plan for next week when you are all ...
Wild Mushroom & Garlic Tacos
One of my favorite food groups here in Mexico are handmade tortillas. I usually end up eating a lot of handmade tortillas in one sitting because I can't stop myself once I start. They are so worth it though. There have been some beautiful mushrooms at the organic farmer's market lately and I have ...