This past weekend we visited our friends in Reno. Y and S were awesome hosts as usual. We had a great time, relaxed, enjoyed our friends and of course had great food. What kind of food blogger would I be if I didn’t share some of the awesome dishes we feasted on during the weekend. [...]

Before proceeding to today’s recipe I wanted to share that I was the lucky winner of a cordless Cuisinart hand held blender, courtesy of FoodBuzz.com. This was an unexpected and exciting occurrence. I received the blender this evening. I want to thank FoodBuzz.com for the lovely surprise!!!
Now to our next yummy dish. Today I’d like [...]

Another day in Vika’s kitchen. Today Vika whipped up a batch of delicious and health-conscious pancakes. You won’t need a lot of time or ingredients for these easy-to-make pancakes.
Here is what you will need:
Krusteaz Wheat & Honey pancake mix
Frozen blueberries and raspberries (or any other frozen berries)
Sugar
Cooking Spray
Prepare pancakes as directed, mix the berries with [...]

Ask my husband what his favorite dish is at a Chinese restaurant and he’ll tell you it’s sweet and sour pork. Well, at home I make a variation. The variation being…the other white meat.

I bet you’d like to know how to get this delicious tender meat on your plate. Well here is how:
Ingredients:
Skinless chicken breasts
Flour
Vegetable [...]

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New day, new dish. Today I decided to make one of my signature and favorite dishes, my egg salad , but with a slight twist.

To make the salad you’ll need the following:
5 Hard boiled eggs
Scallions
Shredded mozzarella and american cheeses (or any other types of shredded cheeses)
Mayonnaise (approximately 1 tbsp)
Grate the eggs and [...]

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Hopefully you remember my coworker U, who so graciously brought me home grown tomatoes. Well, a few days ago she brought me an eggplant from her garden.

I’ve never actually made anything with eggplant, so I decided to make my Mom’s recipe, which I love. The recipe calls for the following ingredients:
1. Eggplant
2. Vegetable [...]

Finally my trusty sidekick, Vika, and I got together for the first of many cooking sessions. Where Vika did all of the cooking and I did most of the tasting and the photo taking. As far tasting goes, these minis were fabulous. As far as photos go, judge for yourself…

Now to describe what’s what and [...]

Probably for months now, I’ve been thinking (and sometimes talking) about making stuffed peppers. My mom makes incredible stuffed peppers, but I saw a recipe for orzo stuffed peppers from the Food Network, which is a variation on hers. I finally took the plunge, got all the ingredients, rushed home from work and whipped up [...]

This weekend I picked up some grapes from the local farmers market. Nothing compares with fresh, organic, sweet grapes!

On Sunday I decided to make a healthy snack. I gave it some thought and here is what I came up with…

…an Arugula salad with Goat Cheese Toasties.
To create this all you’ll need is a baguette, cut up into slices, some beaten eggs and garlic powder. Dip the baguette slices in beaten eggs (mixed with [...]