Quick meals

This is a quick, easy, healthy, delicious and fancy shmancy looking appetizer that could easily morph into a dinner, if you skipped making the little cups and served the shrimp …

with fresh parmesan and basil leaves (and shhhh! … it’s kind of even  … almost … healthy) There is a bit of a funny story surrounding this dish … we like …

on a bed of greens with Kiwi, Pomegranate, and a Sweet Balsamic Habanero Mustard Drizzle This was simultaneously a long, hard week for me and a wonderfully blessed week. I am …

A long time I found this cookbook on a clearance table and looking through it, I just couldn’t believe my luck. There are so many recipe treasures hidden in this …

I had the urge to make beer cheese soup the other day … and there was just a bit of bacon sitting there needing to be used, and then while …

on Artisanal Kumquat Cornbread It was National Cheese Lover’s Day yesterday and since cheese is one of my very favorite foods (right next to chocolate), I just had to have …

A nearly wordless Wednesday post … “Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in the food world than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to …

Felafel is a traditional middle eastern food: usually deep fried little balls of spiced chickpea batter. Crunchy, delicious, and actually healthy for you, even if you fry them. These felafel …

And a kickin’ blue cheese yogurt dressing This was a salad-scape I threw together on Friday for lunch. I had some steak from a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich I bought that …

In Albuquerque, there is this fast food chain called Teriyaki Chicken Bowl. We called it TCB. It’s not a New Mexican thing, really, but they are all over Albuquerque. We …