30-Minute Monday– Italian Sausage, Pepper & Onion Hoagies
Happy Monday everyone! It’s time for another 30-Minute Monday dish. Are you excited? I know I am. This weeks dish was a tasty one. I loved the pepper and onion mixture SO much; that I served it over some linguine the next night for dinner and it was UH MAY ZING! Whoa! Yeah, if you would rather just skip the hoagie roll, boil up some pasta and top with a couple slices of the sausage, and a few spoonfuls of the peppers and onions. Yee-Haw it was tasty. Actually, now that I think about it, you should probably try this as a hoagie first simply because this was a very flavorful and filling…
Real Food Girl Takes a Field Trip to We Know Stuff
Hi Everyone! Today I’ll be doing a guest post over at We Know Stuff. There are two fabulous sisters behind this fun blog and a couple months ago Denine, Daniele and I started chatting about how overwhelming all the information available online was regarding Real Food. All this information with resources to show them the way and instead of empowering them to make the changes they desired to make, that information made them feel inferior, ashamed, and anxious. Understandably, that made me sad. It made me sad because I personally know many Real Food food bloggers and if we’re making people feel ashamed because they aren’t at the same point on their path…
Balsamic-Strawberry Black Pepper Jam
I made jam!! This is the first time that I’ve ever made jam and I’m quite thrilled with how it turned out. Last year I went to one of those craft fair thingy’s where people sell jams, and homemade crafts, candles, jewelry, scarves, things for your pets, and your home. Anyway, I bought a small jar of Strawberry Balsamic jam with Black Pepper. For $12.00. That’s right, I paid $12.00 for an 8-ounce jar of this stuff. Man, was it good. I savored every $1.50-ounce of that jam. I did not however want to keep spending $12.00 for a small jar of homemade jam, no matter how good. I knew I was going…
30-Minute Monday–Red Lentil Coconut Soup with Garam Masala
Spicy, exotic, hearty, filling, luscious, vibrant, unique- these are words that I would use to describe this soup. It’s a celebration in your mouth. You may even violate the spoon because you’ll wanna get every.last.drop off it when you take your first bite. Yeah, it’s *that* good. You may be surprised to learn that I don’t care for Indian food. Back when I used to do home mortgages and worked in a bank, we would have a big potluck once a month. We had the sweetest banker who was from India, but every single time I ate the dishes he brought, I’d get super sick. For some strange reason I tend to avoid…
Pan-Fried Cumin-Cayenne Tilapia
Today’s dish is one of our favorites. I know. I say that a lot, but it really is true. We have so many favorites and I keep testing new recipes that we don’t always get to eat our favorites as often as we’d like. Whenever I do make this dish, The Stud Muffin is a happy man. Tilapia is one of the few fish that TSM likes. I enjoy fish a lot. I’d eat many other kinds if I knew he’d enjoy them, but he’s picky about his fish. I want fish in our diets, so Tilapia is one of the fish that we eat and enjoy. I’ve done a fair amount of…
30-Minute Monday- Speedy Pork Pozole
Today’s recipe is really yummy. There is something about a rich, spicy, pork and hominy stew to get the taste buds revved up and bring a smile to my face. I typically make this dish over several hours in a Dutch oven and I buy some red chiles and make a sauce with them to enhance the flavor of this stew, but in this rendition, we’re short on time, so a few teaspoons of adobo sauce from a can of Chipotle chiles will have to do. This is one of the first 30-Minute Monday meals that TSM (The Stud Muffin) did not like. At all. He’s not a big soup/stew guy and apparently…
Real & Simple Homemade Pizza
Pizza night! Who doesn’t look forward to homemade pizza night? I know we sure do. Once I got over my aversion to making my own organic fail-proof pizza dough, I started playing around with sauces and toppings and after years of experimenting, this is our family favorite and I’m excited to share it with you. Shortly after starting my blog I shared my homemade Stromboli recipe. In that post I share my pizza sauce recipe. I’ve since tweaked it slightly, and will share the ingredients in the recipe card below. Our favorite toppings are a Calabrase Salame, fresh mozzarella and when we’re feeling particularly fancy, I’ll add some prosciutto. What are your favorite…
How To Make Black Beans- So You Don’t Have to Buy Canned
This post has bean a long time coming. <— Ha! See what I did there? All puns aside, I love dried beans and they are so easy to prepare. I do enjoy the convenience of canned beans and there are some decent organic brands out there, yet there is something to be said about preparing them from scratch. I’ve been trying to use fewer canned items and because they are cheap and basically low maintenance in the preparation department. I thought I’d share with you how to make your own beans so that you can use them in other dishes such as my Skillet Tamale Pie or you can add them to my…
