It’s no secret here or to anyone I know I crave Mexican food all of the time, everyday. I love the balance of flavors it offers with acidity, sweetness, sour, and sometimes spicy, but always so good. Being on the cleanse I needed to find a way to eat tacos. Yes, it is difficult for me to not eat tacos for 21 days. I love tacos, clearly. I can eat tortillas on this cleanse, so long as they do not contain weird ingredients, they must be…

Did you know pears are a year round fruit? We think of them as winter bearing fruits, but in fact you can fresh of the tree fruit whenever you want. Especially here in the Pacific Northwest, pears are abundant and beautiful. I took this opportunity to add natural sweetness to a butternut squash soup recipe using pears. Also seeing as I just finished my 21 Day Food Lovers Cleanse, I am easing into eating meat again. So it was fun balancing…

This is a serious business kind of chicken. Although I gotta say, it is pretty easy as chicken cookery comes, it seems way fancier that it is. Appearance is everything right? It is as juicy as they come with the best lime flavor you could hope for. Am I selling this enough? I absolutely love this brick grilled lime chicken recipe, and have cooked it five times in one month, addicted much? In all seriousness it is really easy to put a flattened…

This is the easiest no heat using soup that the Summer can offer! Yes it’s soup. But it’s tortilla soup, so it doesn’t count in my book. You know when you want good food, but are running around enjoying Summer, working, and playing but also don’t want to eat out? That is what the crock pot is for, I think. I rarely use my crock pot, but it saves so much time, and avoids using hot stoves and ovens. Plus this tortilla…

Disclosure: This is a compensated post in collaboration with Gourmet Garden Herbs. As usual all opinions are my own. Thank you Gourmet Garden for making NJB awesomeness possible! Herb squash biscuits?!!! Yes. Ok, it’s just a smidge of squash but it’s there, and it is totally necessary. The squash made friends with the Gourmet Garden Oregano that I used in this recipe. They played off one another to give this biscuit a deep savory…

With the jars of tomatoes filling our cabinets from the summers bounty, I felt the need to repost this beautiful, healthy, and filling soup. Original: I am just finishing a lovely serving of this tomato soup and I have got to be honest, I am not sure I was breathing while I inhaled the last few bites. There is something special about this spicy tomato soup. It hits all of the right notes for me spicy, sweet, tangy, crunchy, and perfect…

Disclosure: This is a compensated post in collaboration with Gourmet Garden Herbs. As usual all opinions are my own. Thank you Gourmet Garden for making NJB awesomeness possible! Mmmmm squash soup can be made in thousands of ways and be the perfect meal. Adding topping makes it a meal, and adding Gourmet Garden herb mushrooms, makes a better squash soup. It’s been a crazy week here at Casa Not Just Baked. I am sure we are all feeling it,…