When I first came across this recipe on Epicurious, it just spoke to me. I really like the idea of making a healthy-ish meatloaf with ground turkey, and I thought the flavors of thyme would be a perfect, unique flavor to add. Plus it has mushrooms, so I was sold. This dish really doesn't look that appetizing in the pan, but it's very tasty and...

Bonnie is loving the warmer weather and hanging out on the patio. She's such a cutie and so well behaved! She just jumps in the planter that acts as a border for our patio and hangs out there while we cook and eat. As we sit and eat good home cooked food in the Seattle sun with our little puppy, it's hard to imagine life getting much better....

I cannot wait to make it back to Europe for a visit to Spain to eat some authentic Spanish paella. Until then, Dustin and I had to improvise and make our own, which was very simple to do thanks to this recipe from Epicurious. It was really fast and easy to come together. This version has chorizo and shrimp, but I bet it would taste great with...

Dustin and I ate pretty badly in Jamaica. We ate a lot, and we ate bad foods. When we got back home we actually decided to stick to a (mostly) vegetarian diet for a week because 1) it's healthier and 2) to experiment more with things other than meat. The exception to our vegetarian diet came when our neighbor grilled us big, juicy steaks one...

I know it hasn't been that long since I've made chicken pot pies, and I've made a vow to not repeat recipes. But I promise this is not a repeat. These chicken pot pie muffins (the original post refers to them as cupcakes, but that sounds too dessert-y to me) are quite different. They looked so darn adorable in the pictures, I had to make them...

Orange chicken is another of my favorite Chinese foods. I love the complex combination of citrus, sweet, and spicy. I hate the fried aspect of the dish and not knowing exactly how many calories those Chinese restaurants put in that orange sauce. The best way to remedy these problems? Make it at home, healthified. First we decided to bake the...

The day we arrived in Seattle on our visit last spring, we stopped at an Italian restaurant called Barolo right by our hotel downtown. I had this fabulous creamy pasta with smoked salmon off of a prix fixe lunch promotional menu. It was my first taste of the Northwest, and I still think of this pasta to this day. I wanted to develop a more...

Before Dustin and I really started experimenting with our food, we made the same six or seven dishes over and over again. Pretty much every week we made some sort of chicken taco dish, one of our favorites. One version was a sour cream chicken taco where we'd finish cooking the chunks of chicken in some sour cream. It had been way too long since...

We finally had ONE day of nice, spring-like weather before the cold and rain came back, so Dustin and I jumped at the chance to have dinner outside on our patio and long for the warmer days ahead. Awhile ago I had seen a recipe for quesadillas with artichokes and pesto, which sounded good, but I had the idea to make a pesto with...

This is how you do baked chicken. All of the yummy, creamy stuffing keeps the chicken super moist, juicy, and downright heavenly. You'll actually forget you are eating boneless, skinless chicken breasts. This dish was so easy. We cooked up sliced onion and minced garlic in olive oil until fragrant. Then we added some fresh spinach and sauteed...