Healthy bang bang shrimp that doesn’t sacrifice flavor! With a chili paste – coconut milk sauce, it’s got a delicious twist on cool and heat smothered over light, tasty shrimp! – – This recipe is a great one to keep up your sleeve! Sure you need a few specialty ingredients, namely fresh/thawed deveined shrimp, chili paste, and coconut milk, but once you have those things, it’s a snap to make! It’s even a paleo dish, if anyone cares, because I don’t really. I won’t go off on the anthropologist’s rant (*coughTylercough*) about how the “paleo” fad diet has nothing to do with what…
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Continue ReadingLight and flavorful lightly lemon flavored cheesecake with a strawberry swirl all on a sugar cookie crust. A perfect ratio if sometimes you find cheesecake too heavy or rich, you get a light cheesecake and a larger crust! – – This one was a hit at the office! Another birthday special, although I was a few days late because of my trip to St. Louis, Missouri! (Read part one of the culinary adventure: St. Louis here!) But luckily this recipe helped smooth things over. Not that anyone really cared, but I felt bad because I said I would make my co-worker something…
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To make these healthful vegetarian samosa burritos, swap the traditional potatoes for mashed cauliflower and white beans and load up the filling with mild but flavorful spices, add a few peas for color, and you’ve got yourself an easy, healthful lunch all week! – – The idea for this recipe actually came from a coworker’s heatable lunch that was a vegetarian samosa burrito. And that sounded so tasty, I went straight to pinterest and dug up this recipe by Alissa over at Connoisseurus Veg. I will be the first to level with you–this burrito wasn’t quite everything I wanted it to be,…
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Everyone needs a classic guacamole recipe on hand, and tipsychocochip is here to deliver! Silky in texture and livened up with red onion, cumin, and tomatoes, here’s a perfect party recipe for when store-bought just won’t cut it! – – You really can’t get much better than a perfectly silky ripe avocado. It’s funny to me as I write this–I used to hate avocados. They seemed pointless to me, tasteless, and a weird texture. But I’ve come to really enjoy their subtle enhancements to dishes I already love. One of the reasons I even gave avocados a chance was cumin.…
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Light and flaky flounder marinated in Italian dressing, a perfectly easy and light mid-week meal! – – This recipe is great, easy, and delicious. Have I got you hooked? (Do you appreciate my puns?) It really only involves two ingredients, plus seasoning, if you even decide to bother. A model “simple” recipe! I love simple dishes like these to help round out the “I’m so busy I’m going 20 different directions” days, or for a more relaxing day when I want to try out a more complex side dish. In this case, I was going for tried and true and easy:…
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Refried beans smothered in salsa, guacamole, sour cream and topped with a layer of melted Cheddar cheese for the ultimate party dip! – – This is my take on a “seven layer dip”. Five layers gives me plenty of delicious goodness, and fits perfectly into a pie plate! Of course it’s completely customizable, so feel free to swap layers or add back some of the others if they appeal to you! Here are my 5 layers: Refried beans (I get mine canned at Trader Joe’s) Salsa Guacamole (get the recipe, or you can always go with pre-made) Sour cream &…
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Originally posted March 27, 2017. Updated April 28, 2026 for content and clarity. Typical burgers with a french onion soup twist! French onion mix added to the burger, and topped with a heap of caramelized onions and melty gooey mozzarella cheese, all on a toasty potato bun! – – These burgers are a definite must-make again! Considering there are only a few more steps than making a plain burger, they were amazingly delicious! Now I use this pre-boxed lipton french onion soup mix (affiliate link), so it’s not entire “from scratch”. But it definitely saves some work, although if you’re a “from…
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Originally posted March 20, 2017. Updated April 26, 2026 for content and clarity. Luscious pumpkin spice muffins, with extra luxury and festivity added from seasonal pumpkin spice choco-chips! Will the pumpkin police come arrest me for posting a recipe for pumpkin spice muffins in a month unrelated to fall?! I’m not sure, but I’m braving the waters to share this with you! Part of the reason being a coworker requested these for her birthday, and partially because I dug up the pumpkin spice chips and had leftover pumpkin from trying to help my dog out with some tummy troubles. These luscious…
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A vegetarian take on enchiladas with corn, red peppers, zucchinis, and onions mixed with a cheesy bean filling, wrapped in warm tortillas and smothered with store-bought enchilada sauce. – – This recipe is pretty much a straight adaptation of my original enchiladas (recipe) post, but subbing the beef for sauteed vegetables. If I’m being honest, I do like the beef a bit better. But this is still mighty delicious, and if I’m going to try eating more vegetables, I will sit down to eat this quite happily. I’m trying to incorporate a “Vegetarian Monday” into my schedule, so trying to come up with…
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Game day sliders, perfect to feed a crowd but with a gourmet twist! Ground beef sliders, mixed with onions and topped with bacon and blue cheese. You can even make these ahead and then pop into the oven to toast them up before serving! – – It’s been a crazy week! Last weekend I got engaged! Engaged! Here’s a picture of the ring. I drew Tyler a ring too, so he wouldn’t feel left out. But as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a crazy week! So I’m catching up on some old posts, and I’m sure I’ll go more…
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Simple and elegant, miso soup is an easy appetizer or side dish to your Asian-style meals! You can use what you have on hand, although the traditional miso soup is made with miso paste, wakame (seaweed), tofu, and scallions! – – Here’s a recipe that’s barely even a recipe. Water and miso paste. Bam, you’re done! Okay, well if you want the full experience, you might need a few more ingredients. I like some textural elements to my miso soup because otherwise it is fairly plain. But then, miso soup is not a particularly complex dish. To me, miso soup epitomizes…
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Thin cutlets of chicken breast, lightly seasoned and pan seared, topped with a lemon-stock sauce and capers. Perfect served over butter noodles, or another starch of your choice! – – Here’s another of my “tried and true”, keep going back to recipes! I believe this is also another one of the first dishes I ever made that made me realize cooking didn’t have to be so hard! I believe this is another Giada recipe, although to be perfectly honest, it’s been so long since I made it the first time, that I couldn’t even tell you if that’s really accurate.…
