To precede our molten chocolate lava cake, we cooked up a romantic risotto dinner together. You know it was romantic because it had lobster. When I went to Whole Foods to pick up ingredients, at the seafood counter, there were 3 of us all buying lobster tails. I'm pretty creative that way. The recipe from Food Network  was pretty similar to...

For Valentine's Day, Erin bought me one of those "hey why dontcha go make this for me" kind of gifts. This time it was a sushi kit. I'm not upset though because I love sushi, and she helped empower me to create my own! We went on a hunt across all of the Seattle area for fine sashimi-grade ingredients. We were having lunch in Ballard, so we...

Sorry if you accidentally read this yesterday morning. Scheduling error :) I without a doubt have married the sweetest boy in the world. This meal had to be made on a certain day, the day I bought the mussels, to ensure their freshness and quality, but by the time dinner came rolling around I really did not feel like cooking at all. I had gone...

The words cheesy, garlic, and basil all in the title of a recipe? And it's healthy? Count me in! I found this recipe for Cheesy Garlic Basil Tilapia while flipping through the Penzey's Spices catalogue, and decided to make this as an easy dinner one evening for company. Fortunately, I had all of the needed Penzey's Spices on hand to make this...

In 2013, like most people, we have some New Year's resolutions. Namely to exercise more and eat a little healthier. Don't worry, we still have lots of desserts planned. We've still got to treat ourselves! But we'd like to cook more healthy dishes with more veggies, particularly the green ones. To start the new year, we share our dinner of...

It's official. I do not like green bean casserole. Until recently the only kind I'd ever had eaten used cream of mushroom soup and processed ingredients, so I thought maybe I just didn't like that version. I followed Alton Brown's recipe for the Best Ever Green Bean Casserole, with the topping slightly modified because the comments section...

After a year plus of dinner ideas where I literally had menus planned out a month in advance, I've hit a bit of a mental block. I think my mind has become fixated on all of the desserts I want to make. Desserts are one area where I will never run out of ideas. In fact, I could probably currently plan for an entire year's worth of desserts from...

I'm so excited for the next few weeks, as I've planned so many meals that incorporate different seasonal produce, which I absolutely love. I'm not of a fan of the weather getting cold, but I do love all of the flavors that come with it— pumpkins, butternut squash, and sweet potatoes; cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice! Bring it on! I know most...

At the end of September we went to the Northwest Chocolate Festival here in Seattle. Dustin and I have a good working relationship— I go to beer festivals with him and he goes to chocolate festivals with me. It works out well for both of us. We had a lot of fun watching cooking demos, sampling tasty treats and purchasing chocolates from vendors...

I've had shrimp enchiladas on my to-make list for a long while now, but it's been one of those dishes that kept getting pushed to the back burner. I had this great idea of making a healthy enchilada with shrimp and black beans, very little cheese, and a spicy homemade tomatillo and hatch chile sauce. Unfortunately, the grocery store decided not...