I make soup all fall and winter long. I am often inspired by other blogs, cookbook, and family recipes to change things up in the soup department. I do love traditional tomato, butternut, and chicken, but sometimes I want more. This is the definition of that soup. It is balanced, filling, nutritious, and delicious. I did not rhyme on purpose, that just happened. No, serious, this is mmm good. You can add, and delete items you may or may not…

This simple tomato sauce is perfect for this weekend of leftovers. It is quick, easy, simple and tasty. This is an oldy but a goody. I believe we all need simplicity in our lives more often than not. Be it in the kitchen, an outfit we throw together, a recipe, or a good book. Simple can be magical in its own way. I lavish in simplicity of all things. I am not joking. I enjoy the complex nature of a good gluten structure, but I equally enjoy…

Disclaimer: This is a compensated post in collaboration with Sabra. I am a Sabra Tastemaker and am a part of the #SalsaLove campaign. As usual all opinions are my own. Thank you Sabra for making NJB awesomeness possible! It’s now officially soup and cornbread season in these parts of the world. I can get down with it, give me carbs and call it good. Oh you know I love vegetables but carbs are my life givers lol! Something funny,…

Time for some grilling my friends! Grilling is an all year long event in our home, no weather can stop us, but some for some it only happen in the summer. So why not take advantage of our wonderful citrus friends and grill on with it? Brian says I will put lime on anything, really anything, and he is probably right. I LOVE lime a lot. I drench my tacos, salads, fruit, desserts, chicken, beef, you name it, if it sounds good with lime, it…

Another one of my, ” I can make that at home deals” so I did. I like to think I can make almost anything at home instead of buying it at the store. And now with a lot of free time on my hands, I can, at the very least try, then share with you. This time I was thing back to the pepper buns I made for the turkey bacon burgers, and remembered how much I love light fluffy burger buns. So the next step, naturally, is to bake them at…

Disclosure: This is a compensated post in collaboration with Sabra Dipping Company. I am sharing this awesome recipe here and on a live cooking segment on KATU AM Northwest! Are you going to watch the Superbowl this weekend? It’s kind of a big deal for us in the Pacific Northwest, being that the Seahawks are in the bowl. So here is my confession, I don’t watch football, I only watch the Superbowl. That’s it. I may watch one…

Chole is an Indian dish that I learned about in my Asian Cuisine class in Culinary School. It is also known as Chana Masala. In this particular class we were focusing on the cuisine of India. We made samosas, chutneys, flat breads, and curries. This is a Northern Indian dish full of spices, onions, tomatoes, and chickpeas. Beautiful and flavorful, perfect on a cold day, and this cleanse. It is vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, the works. We were…