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Shrimp and Cheese Grits

Today I would like to share with you a very special meal. This meal was made and shared by my husband and I on our (recent) 1 year anniversary trip in a cabin in Ponca, Arkansas. This meal was also one of three entrees served and enjoyed very much (so I heard) at our wedding […]

Simple Saturday: Steak

Confession: I don’t like steak. I would gladly choose most dishes over steak, including mashed potatoes. I grew up in a more potatoes home than a steak and potatoes home. I only remember having steak on salads or minute steak paired with mashed potatoes and I liked the greens or potatoes more than the meat […]

Quick Curry Dinner

Before I went to Burma, I really underestimated the power of veggies and rice. They’re flavorful, fresh and absolutely amazing for any meal. (And even more amazing when you get to eat them with one of the little Burmese metal spoons pictured above.) Seriously, they’re so stinking good. Recently, I found some special artisan curry […]

Sweet Potato Blondies

Let’s talk healthy baking. That may sound like an oxymoron to you, but it isn’t! I used to think for something to be delicious and heartwarming it had to contain lots of butter and sugar. And of course there are many things that I still love and bake that do contain those things. But I’m […]

Simple Saturday: Vegetable Stock

Making this vegetable stock is stupid easy. And I can’t believe I didn’t think of it before my awesome, foodie coworkers told me about it. This is one of those “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” situations. You take your veggie trash (if you will), stalks, leftovers, roots, stems, all the parts that you […]