I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. There are so many things we love about Easter — sweet memories of egg hunts, children in adorable outfits, and the promise of spring. This one was certainly one to remember…that’s for sure.
It seems my kitchen is turning out kitschy holiday dessert at every occasion these days…actually there does not have to really even be a special occasion anymore. LOL! But I have loved every second of expanding my horizons as a baker.
Read MoreThis delicious, moist and fluffy banana bread is so easy to make and even easier to eat! With the addition of some wonderful spices………..well, you may just eat the whole thing in one sitting!!!!
To get a super flavorful banana bread, you want to start with the best ingredients. That includes super ripe bananas. I have a tendency to buy bananas and never eat them in time, so I always have overly ripe bananas on hand. Ideally you want to use bananas that are turning black and are super soft.
Read MoreIntroducing The Mineragua Pineapple Shrub Mocktail With Pineapple Sage 🍍 🥂
Shrub Ingredients
1 cup filtered water
2 cups pineapple, diced
15 pineapple sage leaves
1/2 cup local honey
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 cup apple cider vinegar
sparkling water (lemon or plain)
1 bottle of Mineragua sparkling water
Like most born entrepreneurs, Aishwarya Lyer doesn’t follow a prescribed path. Raised in an immigrant household, she was taught a strong and focused work ethic from an early age. But that didn’t stop her from exploring: Iyer started her career in L’Oreal’s luxury products division at Lancôme, which sparked her interest in memorable luxury brands. Afterward, she spent nearly a decade in communications and advisory roles at start-ups and tech companies including ff Venture Capital, SecondMarket and Whisper. That’s when she first put her entrepreneurial spirit to work: In 2016, she co-founded Ellephant Partners, a strategic communications firm specializing in venture-backed technology companies.
The following year, the innovator found herself driven again to start her own venture: Inspired by her lush California surroundings and intel on the sub-par and corrupt state of American olive oil, she went on a mission to bring new energy and change to the industry, founding Brightland—a line of premium, custom-blended extra virgin olive oil “that is nourishing for the body, heart and soul.”
Read MoreHomemade Spaghetti Noodles? First thought…who has time for that?! Everyone is who! 3 ingredients, 10 extra minutes, and a room full of smiles once you make your own spaghetti!
Read MoreWe all can't all head to Naw'lins for the madness of Mardi Gras, which falls on Tuesday, Feb. 25th this year, but we can all make a favorite Creole or Cajun dish for serving at home. Or, why not enjoy a full-blown Mardi Gras celebration? Make out the menu, invite people over, turn on the Zydeco tunes and pretend your dining room is a fancy eatery in the French Quarter, following the unofficial motto of New Orleans, "laissez les bon temps roulet," or "let the good times roll." Don't forget the beads, lots of them!!!
For me gumbo is a must.
Read MoreWhile making your own bread is easy, over time I’ve found that many people are simply intimidated by the seemingly complex and work-intensive process of making bread. I was soooo intimidated!!!! But this couldn’t be further from the truth. The reality is, bread is quite easy to make at home, and you only need a few staple ingredients to make a gorgeous dutch loaf! Here’s exactly how to make a delicious loaf at home from scratch!!! I did not invent the recipe. I use Jordan Kenna’s recipe from, Tasty Team! I do cut a lot of the salt out that her recipe calls for though.
Read MoreEven if you didn’t score a ticket to the Globes, you can still party like a nominee with my delish Zephyr Silver French 75!!!! It’s not too late to run to the store and grab the ingredients, print off ballots, and some appetizers together! Don’t forget the popcorn!
Read MoreThis time of year, people tend to be more excited about sweet treats and less strict about their healthy eating habits. Since my new love language is baking, obviously I’ll be baking for the people I love. It is the tastiest time of the year after all! Lin’s sister sent us the incredible Harry + David pears so I made a delish easy rustic pear galette. Weighing in at around a full pound apiece, the Royal Riviera® Cream of the Crop Pears are the king-sized version of our famous pears. Expertly grown and handpicked, these premium pears have a soft, buttery flesh that's so sweet, you might want to save them for dessert which is exactly what I did! These juicy giants are also perfect for entertaining, whether divided up in a pear and blue cheese salad to share or set out as an impressive display in your fruit bowl. I used 4 of the 6 I received in my galette and I am actually using the other 2 in a Christmas sangria!!!
This recipe is so simple!!! I promise. This Rustic Pear Galette recipe is my new fave. The buttery and flaky homemade galette crust is to-die-for. And I am so stoked that I did not have to use gluten free flour. I used Ukrainian flour after seeing a post from @lizzyloveshealth. With a few basic pantry ingredients, you can create an amazing dessert everyone will love. Sweet pears, chopped almonds, and brown sugar top this rustic pastry. No fussy lattice, no crimped edges…just authentic flavor!!!!
Read MoreI shared in early November that I had been cooking up a storm with the most beautiful Musui from Vermicular. I am 100 percent in love with this Japanese cookware. And the two recipes I have made so far with their recipe book have been spot on!! They were so easy to create and so so delicious!!! You can find all the details of all three of those posts here.
And I still have been cooking up a storm with my Musui and have just loved it so much that I now have added the Vermicular Kamado into the mix. It has been so fun to cook again and provide delicious nutritional recipes for my sweet Lin. The Kamado delivers three-dimensional heating and precision heat control at the touch of a button. High performance induction coils with a surrounding heater provides even heat distribution, simulating the engulfing flames of traditional Japanese kamado stoves.
Read MoreI cannot remember a time in my life when I was not extremely big on Mexican food. I could truly eat it every day. I grew up in El Paso Texas in a hispanic family and let’s just say tacos were a weekly staple!!!!
If you have been following me for a while, you will know that Lin has been having lots of complications with his stomach is on a gluten free protocol. He is also trying to cut dairy and animal protein all together because they can be hard on the digestive system. He has been craving fajitas though so I started going down the Pinterest rabbit-hole a few weeks ago searching for cauliflower tortilla recipes. Well all of them called for baking and just looked so time consuming and complicated. I mean…who has time or energy to actually squeeze all of the water out of cauliflower? I just cannot make that kind of time sacrifice.
And then like magic I received an email with the opportunity to partner with CAULIPOWER to experience and share their CAULIPOWER Cauliflower Tortillas! I love their pizzas so this was a no brainer for me!
Read MoreA few weeks ago I was so happy to kickstart the holidays at Braum’s An Affair Of The Heart in Tulsa. If you haven’t heard of An Affair Of The Heart, it’s a truly unique event that happens several times a year in Oklahoma and a few surrounding areas. And if you have been following me for a while, I featured some amazing gift items in a holiday gift guide for you to discover at the show in this post and also this post. An Affair Of The Heart brings together the creators of the world who have an especially strong sense of community, creativity, and soul, and all of the exhibitors I got to talk to were incredibly friendly and talented. While I was there I spotted some amazing entrepreneurs that I thought I’d share with you today of course with some emphasis on some of the vendors I have already included-but really tried to showcase new ones that I discovered! (thanks for the suggestions on that) I hope you enjoy the pics from the event too as well as pics from the blogger event I co-hosted with Lisa and Kristin! I feel confident your other favorite Tulsa bloggers will be working with An Affair Of The Heart in 2020 too! (Thank you so much to Jenna for helping me with photos this year as I was taking so much video content for Insta Stories which you can find on my hi-lights ! There is quite a bit of my photography included too though…#teamwork)
Read MoreMusui "Waterless" Cooking is Vermicular’s fundamental cooking technique. Instead of using excess water, seasoning or sauces, let ingredients do the work. The Musui condenses and intensifies their inherent deliciousness to create exquisite flavors, naturally. I raved all about the Musui from Vermicular in this post!
Vermicular has some wonderful recipes and I made two this week actually-the first being the Minestrone soup!!! It’s such a cold weather favorite on our home!!!! Find that recipe here. And I also made this incredible Chile Con Carne recipe which is just perfection on a cold night like tonight!!!
Read MoreMusui "Waterless" Cooking is Vermicular’s fundamental cooking technique. Instead of using excess water, seasoning or sauces, let ingredients do the work. The Musui condenses and intensifies their inherent deliciousness to create exquisite flavors, naturally. I raved all about the Musui from Vermicular in this post!
Vermicular has some wonderful recipes and I made two this week actually-the first being the Minestrone soup!!! It’s such a cold weather favorite on our home!!!!
So I wanted to share it with you! Highly highly recommend!!!
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