Just like clockwork every year, it happens. The temperature soars into three digits or at least it feels like the number is 3 digits and everyone begins counting the days until cooler weather. Dinner still needs to be prepared and this time of year, the easier the better. No one wants to heat up the oven and in turn heat up the kitchen.
This main dish salad is perfect for these hot summer days and the leftover make great lunches for work the next day. [Read more…]
We have been remodeling our kitchen—with all of its excitement and challenges! It means that I have no kitchen right now, but have hope for something wonderful to come. Thank goodness it is the ideal time of year to cook outside on the grill and I just had to share one of our favorite meats. [Read more…]
Tacos are the easiest family meals we can think of. If you are like us, this spring has gotten busy and calendars are full. Families struggle to get all of the school activities done before the end of the year, extra programs dot the calendar and those beautiful spring days call us outside. So, what’s for dinner?
Tacos to the rescue and we have got you covered. First, this great Chipotle Chicken Taco recipe is from our book, The Newlywed Cookbook: Cooking Happily Ever After. The recipe makes a wonderful dinner anytime of the year. The book is a perfect shower present for all of those upcoming weddings—but we also want you to think of it any time you are cooking for two. Newlywed or not, quick meals are always a necessity. [Read more…]
Chicken. Same old boring dinner? Not this time.
Just like you, I tire of the same recipes and need something new and different. [Read more…]
Summertime—and in my dreams it is supposed to be lazy and easy. Why isn’t that always the case? Last week I was in North Carolina to attend a special wedding, then we took a couple days to explore the beauty and foods of Charleston, SC. Now home and back to a busy work schedule as Roxanne and I finish up a book manuscript. Wonderful times, yes! Lazy—far from it. It is time for easy, summer recipes! [Read more…]
