Cilantro Lime Sweet Potato Salad is bursting with flavor from the sweet potatoes and the garlicky and citrus dressing- it’s a match made in heaven! Cilantro Lime Sweet Potato Salad, is naturally gluten free, vegan and will be your new favorite accompaniment to those summer barbecues. However, I am pretty sure you’ll enjoy this…
10 Amazing Blackberry Cocktails
Boy it’s hot and humid here in Louisiana. Every day I count my blessings for this air conditioned house! After coming off of a long vacation, it’s been an especially exhausting week. We’ve been registering the kids for their activities, doing heaps of laundry and trying to get organized again for the new school year (and…
Black Bean and Corn Salad {Vegan, Gluten Free}
I’m not very good about working ahead of schedule. I never have been. In college and grad school, I always did my best the day before an assignment was due. Not much has changed! But I have learned that having 4 kids alone can throw you some curves balls, so it’s probably a good idea…
Everyday Grilling Mistakes
I am finally feeling excited about cooking again! We ate pretty well while we were on vacation and now that I am home getting organized I plan on getting back to meal planning. Since we have fabulous summers here in Washington state it has inspired me to fire up the grill. I found this great…
4th of July Recipes
Well I am 12 weeks along in the pregnancy and although nausea is improving, I still have little motivation to be in the kitchen cooking up a storm. For those of who know me well, this is very unlike me. It’s upsetting because I really want to eat good, healthy, homemade food, but I just…
Smoked Ribs
One of my best friends of almost 30 years visited over the weekend. I’ve known her since elementary school, we went to high school together and lived together after college and although I haven’t seen her in 5 years, it felt like it had only been months. Whenever my we get together it is nothing…
Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
Happy Fourth of July everyone! Hope you all have a fun, relaxing day planned. We are going to hit up the neighborhood parade, cook out, bake cookies and watch some fireworks! I wanted to share this super easy recipe for those of you that want the taste of BBQ without putting in any of the…
Grilled Vegetable Ratatouille & Meal Planning
Seen the movie Ratatouille? Ever since the first time I saw it I wanted to make the dish. Ratatouille is a traditional French Provencal stewed vegetable dish, but it there is much debate on how to make a traditional ratatouille. It can be done in the saute pan, oven or grill, but the typical cast…
BBQ Cola Chicken & Meal Planning Monday
I found a can of coke in my fridge from when we had company and decided it was going to be put to good use. This grilled chicken was really yummy with this sweet and tangy homemade BBQ sauce smothered on top. If you want the recipe, I posted it over at Our World Family….
Fourth of July Recipes!
If you haven’t done your shopping for the 4th, here are some recipes to give you some ideas apart from the usual burgers & hot dogs. We have decided to test out our new smoker with a brisket! One, we’ve never smoked anything. Two, never cooked brisket. Being from Texas, it is very important to…
