• greek rice (spanakorizo);

    July 4, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Happy Fourth of July!  I know you all will probably be spammed by social media with red, white, and blue galore!  So here’s some green to mix it up!  =D  I wanted to share this because it’s an easy recipe to make for company!  If you prep the ingredients before cooking and then just add to a pot to simmer away, it works quite nicely.  Let me know if you try this method!  I am in Chicago for a family vacation until Wednesday, so I wanted to make sure I shared a recipe at least and didn’t leave you all hanging.…

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  • Marinated Kabobs @ bestwithchocolate.com

    marinated kabobs;

    June 9, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Today, T made dinner!  Like whole hog, from shopping to marinating to grilling.  I mean, to be fair, I guess I made a rice side from a bag, but it was the kind where you just add water and boil.  So it doesn’t count, and this meal was suuuuper tasty!  Super flavorful, and not too hard.  T estimated he spent less than 30 minutes total working on this, though start to finish is a little longer, since you have the marinating time in there. I will say that we did forget to throw in a few extra vegetables.  We did only…

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  • pecan crusted rainbow trout with spinach and rice

    pecan crusted rainbow trout;

    May 19, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Originally posted May 19, 2016. Updated May 23, 2021 for content and clarity. So Tyler and I had date night! One of those impromptu date nights where we ended up cuddled on the floor watching Castle and feeling really full. The best kind of night. =) And the star of the night was pecan crusted rainbow trout! It all stemmed from high fish prices at the grocery store–I was actually looking for cod and thinking about fish and chips. But everything was more expensive, and I saw the rainbow trout and just had to buy it on my way out…

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