Hussein loves Asian food. From Thai to Japanese to Vietnamese to American takes on Asian flavors. I also love Asian Cuisine and don’t cook it often enough. We generally get take out Pho or go out for sushi! But I need to do a better job of using these flavors (& the personalized chop sticks…
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Butternut Squash and Arugula Pasta
One of my favorite things about fall are all the different varieties of squash. Growing up, my family ran a small produce market and I absolutely loved when we got in the first pumpkins of the season. All those gourds, inspired this butternut squash and arugula pasta! My sister, Deana and I would help arrange…
Game Day Bites
I grew up watching football, college and professional. Sundays, Monday’s and Thursday nights from September until the Superbowl in February, were spent watching football. My mom a Dallas Cowboys fan. My dad a Detroit Lions fan. My sisters and I, didn’t have strong opinions until years later when Deana became an Indianapolis Colts fan, Mona a Lions…
International Food Blogger Conference Overview
Sadly, the International Food Blogger Conference has come to an end. It was an exciting, and energizing weekend of food, friends, photography and technology. I enjoyed some aspects far more than others and I’m feeling most excited about the new blogger friends I’ve made. The highlight of day two was hearing and meeting Kim Severson….
MasterChef Season 6 Finale
Wow! I cannot believe this season is over! It has been an incredible summer of watching the best cooking competition on TV! Before I continue, if you have not watched the finale, please stop here! Go watch the finale and come back and read this 🙂 The finale was incredible. The top 20 of…
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
I love a good cookie. Chocolate chip, Reese’s Smores Cookies, white chocolate macadamia nut, sugar cookies, Birthday Cake Cookies, Snikerdoodle, double chocolate chunk, Mint Chocolate Chip; the list is never ending. But one of my new favorites is this; my Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies. I found the peanut butter M&M’s and knew immediately that I…
Peach and Blackberry Cobbler
Peaches are one of summers best treats! Sweet, juicy, easy to eat and a great addition to almost any dessert! While at the Farmer’s Market, I picked up some beautiful peaches that were grown in Cashmere, WA. I knew immediately that I would make a favorite; peach cobbler. But I couldn’t just make an ordinary…
Loaded Hummus Dip
This summer has been unusually dry and hot for the Seattle area! Climate change? Al Gore would say so! Whatever the case, it is often too hot to cook and bake. I find myself looking for a quick dinner using the tomatoes and cucumbers from my little patio garden 🙂 The quickest dinners in our…
So Many Ways to Toast
Many often ask where I find inspiration for my recipes or what my process is for developing new recipes. I sometimes have an idea after seeing something at the farmer’s market or on the web. But most of the time, I have no idea what I am going to do until I actually start doing…
Frozen Milk Cubes?
I’ll start by apologizing for falling off my schedule for posting new recipes and blogs.. I’ve been catching up after Ramadan and Eid and Hussein and I took a long weekend trip down to San Diego! San Diego was amazing! It rained the first three days we were there but that didn’t bother us. We…
