This post is brought to you by Tessemae’s All Natural. Thank you for supporting brands I love! All opinions are my own. I took one of my very favorite salads- the Cobb salad- and ditched the lettuce, traded it for quinoa, and topped it with Tessemae’s All Natural Green Goddess Dressing. It’s phenom! It’s the perfect salad…
Salad, Soups & Sides
Top 10 Recipes of 2014
Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays! I gave myself a little time off from the blog to just enjoy time with my family and to be honest, be a little lazy. But now it’s back to the grind. Back to school. And back to the blog! Before I dive into the New…
Bacon Grilled Cheese Croutons and DOLE Garden Soups
Crispy and cheesy, these bacon grilled cheese croutons are a fun addition to soup! This post is sponsored by DOLE Garden Soups and the Mom It Forward Network. All opinions are my own. It’s been a rainy, cold week here in San Diego. We’ve been bundled up in long sleeves and sweats all week long…
Maple Whipped Sweet Potatoes
My good friend Kellie shared this recipe with me years ago when we used to worked together. I was looking for some recipes for our Thanksgiving dinner and found it while thumbing through my recipe box. I haven’t seen Kellie in years, but just seeing her name on the recipe card made me giggle. She is one of…
Creamy Tomato Basil & Cauliflower Soup
Two of my favorite soups collide in this lightened up, yet rich and flavorful Creamy Tomato Basil & Cauliflower Soup! This soup was inspired by two of my favorite soups at one of my favorite restaurants in Utah. Cafe Zupas is a tasty soup, salad, and sandwich spot (a place of many GNO’s and lunch…
Coconut Mango Sticky Rice
Thanks to my friend Aarean from The Color Issue for sharing this Coconut Mango Sticky Rice today! Be sure to check out her blog — about all things colorful and creative!! WAIT! Ok, before you judge this delectable treat let me just say it was one of the most delicious things my taste buds have…
slow cooker chicken enchilada chili
It may not quite be soup weather here in California, but I can’t help but get out the slow cooker and make an easy, hearty chili when September rolls around. This Chicken Enchilada Chili is thick and flavorful and it’s a pretty basic chili- chicken, beans, diced tomatoes, green chiles, but made with enchilada sauce. …
Buffalo Chicken Chili
Loaded with flavor and a little kick, this Buffalo Chicken Chili is the perfect chili to warm up to this fall. You might just want to bust it out for game day too! This post is sponsored by Kraft and Philadelphia Cream Cheese. All opinions are my own. The combination of Franks Hot Sauce and…
Buffalo Chicken Wedge Salad
It’s about that time and season that I go a little crazy for buffalo wing recipes. It always happens when football season rolls around. It’s not the girliest of foods, but I love wings and all things with buffalo wing sauce in them, on them, or to dip in. And for some reason, football just…
Grilled Cheesy Avocado Sourdough Bread
Last night at 11pm I sat staring at my computer screen not really knowing what to say about this bread, other than “THIS STUFF IS AMAZING AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO MAKE IT!” I sat there on the couch, staring at the blank screen until I fell asleep. I woke up this morning and my husband…