Not Just A Food Blog

We have been "parmesan-happy" lately because I have been cooking a lot of dishes using parm. There's something about it that ...

On a sushi plate. Yeah! I wasn't very fond of eating spinach as a child. Even after the countless Popeye cartoon shows my brother and...

This is a Zebra Longwing butterfly. It is, by far, the hardest to stalk! It probably took me two weeks before I got some decent pictures of...

Alton Brown introduced us to the "Pouch Principle." To borrow his own words, "cooking in a pouch is a remarkably simple meth...

  I was very excited to try my homemade pesto and of course, paired with pasta! I used whole grain noodles. I love whole grain - whether pa...

I made pesto a few days ago after seeing that our basil plant was growing well. I have read in several websites that the more you harvest b...

This is my favorite go-to recipe for chicken. It is very easy to make, has few ingredients, and the meat stays moist! We try to do away wit...

What a beautiful Fall day! I woke up to a nice 50 ° F and it was gorgeous! Ok, maybe that was a tad cool for us Floridians, but still gorgeo...

Another semi-homemade recipe. Like I said before, I am not much of a baker - I would rather get help from Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines. To...

Regular readers of this blog would know that Hubby and I are big fans of ethnic food. We particularly like Japanese and Mediterranean food....