Crave-driven recipes and lifestyle inspiration.
Cinco de Mayo is approaching and although I’m 0% Mexican, I plan to celebrate with sangria, margaritas, and this awesome steak fajita recipe. Fajitas are a perfect weeknight meal because they’re easy to make, come together quickly & the recipe can be doubled (or tripled) to feed a family or large group of friends celebrating Mexico’s victory over France.
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While perusing Pinterest, I’ve noticed quite a few recipes for buffalo chicken lettuce wraps made in the slow cooker. As a lover of buffalo chicken, I wanted to re-create a healthier/Paleo version of this wrap, but in much less time than it would take a slow cooker. I turned to an old favorite, rotisserie chicken.
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Let the Spring recipes begin! After spending the winter eating hot soups & stews, it’s good to welcome Spring with bright, fresh ingredients. Fresh vegetables, lemon, and herbs are what come to mind this time of year, and what better way to enjoy these ingredients than together in a tasty sauce?
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My sister often raves about using her slow cooker to make homemade chicken stock. As delicious as it sounds, I never thought making stock from scratch would be worth it – since it’s a cheap grocery store item and I never remember to save chicken bones. As I’ve been cooking with rotisserie chickens quite a bit, I figured it’d be a great time to take advantage of both the bones/carcass and my slow cooker.
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I’d sworn off meatloaf a long time ago. Maybe because it was one of the only things my grandma would make for us and I was sick of eating it. Maybe because the thought of meat shaped into a ‘loaf’ was never appetizing. Either way, this recipe has definitely changed my mind.
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‘Tis the season of common colds and chicken soup. Warm, delicious chicken soup can take a while to cook if you expect to do it the old fashioned way with raw chicken and water. This recipe skips those steps and gives you a punch of flavor, in a short amount of time.
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The winter holidays have ended and New Year resolutions have begun, which means crowded gyms and healthy eating. Since my boyfriend and I have a tropical vacation to look forward to at the end of February, I too am following a health-conscious New Year resolution.
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While stuffed peppers are a new phenomenon to me, I fell in love with the idea very quickly. One day after chatting with one of my girlfriends about what to make for dinner, as we often do, I decided to search for a stuffed pepper recipe.
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This morning, as I walked out the door and on to a sidewalk covered in ice, I decided tonight would be the perfect night for tomato soup. Soup is definitely comfort food, especially when the weather is cold.
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In my opinion, Tzatziki is one of the best sauces ever… especially this recipe. If you’re reading that word & wondering what the heck ‘tzatziki’ is, it’s a Greek sauce typically served over meat or as a vegetable dip.
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