Side dishes are the background singers of some of the most amazing stars, like mashed potatoes with a juicy, rare steak or roasted asparagus alongside Ina Garten’s insanely delicious roast chicken. But sometimes the side dishes stand out on their own and you realize there was a star back there all along. That’s what I…
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Blueberry Banana Almond Protein Smoothie
Blueberry Banana Almond Protein Smoothie Purple. I love it. There’s something about this color that reinvigorates me and gives me the will to live. I don’t know whether it’s my fondness for ube, a Filipino yam, or my undying love for Prince, or just the nature of the color itself, but when I was developing…
Paleo Naked Burrito Bowls
Paleo Naked Burrito Bowls I’m a big fan of meal prep. Not just because I love to cook and, especially, eat. It’s more because I like the value of Time. I love the satisfaction and happiness of knowing that during the weekday when I come home from work the ingredients that need to be chopped…
Sausage, Peppers, & Onions
Sausage, Peppers, & Onions Adapted from Lexi’s Clean Kitchen http://lexiscleankitchen.com/2013/08/28/sausage-peppers-onions/ Wow. That’s all I’ve been saying after my first bite of this delicious, simple – and did I mention, delicious? – one-pot meal. Prep time is minimal and everything comes together in minutes. Start to finish is about twenty minutes. And that’s perfect when you’re…
Championship Baked Onion Rings
Championship Baked Onion Rings Less than one month until the NFL season begins. And I am so excited. And if you’re a New England Patriots fan like me, you’re still on a high from the absolute best Super Bowl of all time. Super Bowl LI was something else. I mean, how unbelievably remarkable was that…
Bibingka – Filipino Coconut Rice Cakes
Bibingka Filipino Coconut Rice Cakes An original recipe from The Tasty Page A couple of months ago my sister posted a video on my Facebook page of Jo Koy hanging out and riding around with his mother. It was so funny that I instantly started laughing all by myself, hoping no one around me would…
Fully-Loaded Home Fries
Fully-Loaded Sweet Potato Home Fries A Tasty Page original recipe I love breakfast. I’m not talking about the quick rush job during the week of having a bowl of cereal or frying or scrambling up a couple of eggs before flying off to work. And I’m definitely not talking about the scrambled eggs I used…
Paleo Coconut Flour Biscuits
Paleo Coconut Flour Biscuits Adapted from Just Paleo Food http://www.justpaleofood.com/coconut-flour-biscuits-dairy-gluten-free/ Thanksgiving is next week and I’m so excited! This is the only time of year that I can look down at my plate and see not only turkey, but stuffing, mashed potatoes (like these bad boys http://www.thetastypage.com/baked-mashed-potatoes-with-mozzarella-and-parmesan-bread-crumbs/) , and macaroni and cheese. Oh yeah, and…
Absolutely Perfect Roast Chicken
Absolutely Perfect Roast Chicken Adapted from Ina Garten http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/perfect-roast-chicken-recipe.html I said it in my last post and I’ll say it again, I think Ina Garten is the Beyoncé of the food world. And this roast chicken is why I believe that. And after you try it out, you will too. Ina’s roast chicken perfectly slays….
Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma
Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma Adapted from The New York Times http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017161-oven-roasted-chicken-shawarma I can’t remember the last time I had chicken shawarma. I’m talking about real, from a sky-high, spinning rotisserie spit kind of chicken shawarma. It had to have been from the 90s because I remember following the OJ trial and then having a shawarma after….