For years baked beans and I weren’t friends. Sweet beans, who need ’em? My mom never fixed them so I gracefully avoided them at all the barbeques I went to growing up. I equated them with hot dogs; yes, my mama raised me right (that was before the days of organic grass-fed hot dogs). Then…
Recipes
Simple Cilantro and Olive Oil Dipping Sauce
Spring is in the air and with spring comes fresh herbs! Many farmers in my valley grow cilantro as well as many other herbs and vegetables. Sometimes you can smell cilantro wafting across the valley on a cool breeze. Olives groves are found all over our valley as well resulting in the best olive…
Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas (Soaked)
I recently co-authored an ebook with 4 other bloggers, “The Frugal Secrets of Real Foodies”. It won’t be released until June 2014 but for the next 6 days you can get it through “The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle”. The book on it’s own will be sold for $9.95 but you can get it along with 70…
Classic Nourishing Hot Cocoa
What is better than steaming cup of hot cocoa on a cool morning? I love to wrap my hands around the mug to warm my body and soul. If you haven’t guessed already I am a bit obsessed with hot cocoa. I have seven different varieties on this site. It all started with a simple…
Gluten-Free Chinese Chicken Noodle Salad
American Chinese food. There is nothing like it, definitely not in China anyways. It is it’s own delightful cuisine that I have been in love with since I started on solid foods, or rather since the first time I went to a Chinese restaurant. Almost every single birthday until I moved to Mexico was celebrated…