• no thai take out here

    OK, so yesterday I shared my new favorite sauce (Peanut Sauce) and I mentioned that The Hubby and I love to drizzle it over grilled chicken, but we love it even more when we drizzle it over this grilled chicken. Why this chicken?  Well it is all about the marinade.  The marinade is loaded with so much flavor…it has soy sauce, brown sugar, siracha, lime juice, fresh cilantro and so many other yummies making this chicken really something to remember.     I love anytime I can marinade something that is going to be grilled, especially boneless & skinless chicken breasts.  I love grilling anything and everything but I LOVE grilled…

  • loving this thai peanut sauce…

    Not too long ago I was strolling the aisles at my local Trader’s Joe and came across a thai peanut salad dressing.  Now I know this doesn’t sound too special but to The Hubby it is was a HIGE find.  You see The Hubby loves peanut butter, he loves thai flavors and he loves sauces so really this was a perfect find for him. Now the Trader’s Joe version is delicious but it does have some things in it that I can’t pronounce so I decided I need to make my own version that The Hubby would love and with ingredients that I know what they are…and then this thai…

  • sweet & spicy…oh so good pineapple!

    It is no secret that we love to grill here in Texas.  I mean c’mon we kinda live on grilled everything in the spring & summer.  We will grill anything that will sit still on the grill (or not fall through the grates)….fruits such as pineapple. The obvious favorites are of course, steak (like this steakhouse steak), chicken, pork anything, veggies…but another big favorite is fruit!  Yes, I said fruit.  There is just something so yummy about fruits that have been charred a little…it really brings out the sweetness of the fruit while intensifying the flavor immensely.   I love grilled peaches for sure but my favorite grilled fruit is pineapple.  It’s so funny, I…

  • stay in for this favorite…fajitas

    The Hubby has started cross fit in the last couple of months…yes I said The Hubby is doing cross fit.  Now just to be clear, I am not doing cross fit The Hubby is doing cross fit and I am so, so proud of him.  He has been so committed and goes at 6:00 AM, 3 days a week and in turn I have been trying to feed him a little better (with a  few indulgences here and there). One of the things The Hubby has been really craving and needing is protein and I think he could eat grilled meat 6 times a day, and especially fajitas.  He has…

  • chicken + grilled cheese = perfect sandwich

    One of my most very favorite things to eat in the whole world is a sandwich and a grilled cheese is at the top of the list.  OK, I know that sounds a little simple from a “food blogger” but I LOVE a grilled cheese sandwich.  There is something so yummy to my tummy about a crunchy buttered bread with ooey gooey cheese…and when you add other yummy stuff to that combo it only gets better. Last week I made one of the most delicious grilled cheese sandwich I have ever had and it was all by accident…I just love it when that happens.   So it all started with some thawed…

  • at home pork that is so, so good

    I don’t know about you but one of the hardest things to eat out, when you are trying to eat good, is Chinese food.  It can be loaded with tons of sodium, hidden calories and fat all the while being bathed in delicious sauces that make you want to keep eating.  The Hubby loves chinese food so I have been on a mission to find some lighter options, that can be made quickly but still with all of his favorite flavors…trust me this has been a challenge for sure.  I have had some success in the past…I made this skinny stir fry that The Hubby loved but he kept asking me…

  • quick, easy and salmon

    I don’t know about you but my schedule is so crazy right now.  There are some days that I don’t get home until  super late and I am hungry and The Hubby is super hungry.  To be honest I just don’t want to take a ton of time to fix dinner and especially clean-up. On these nights a pan dinner is a perfect go to option. One pan and done I have done some one pan pasta dinners, one pan chicken dinners but this one pan salmon dinner is so good.  It is not only good it is easy and loaded with veggies.  This well rounded dinner is low in fat…

  • a mac-n-cheese treat for all ages…

    Comfort food is always a treat and when we were growing up mac-n-cheese & sausage was a a treat for sure.  Back then my dad was the master of mac-n-cheese.  He would make it on the stovetop with noodles, velveeta and cheese and we thought this was the best mac-n-cheese EVER.  We loved how creamy it was and how cheesy it was…even better my dad would grill up some link sausage and it was a perfect dinner.   As I have grown up my taste have changed some but mac-n-cheese is still a favorite for me…and when paired with sausage it is still a treat.  To make it a little more…

  • quick, skinny and oh so good fajitas

    I have a confession (one I have made several times before, but it probably needs to be made again) I LOVE MEXICAN FOOD!  I am not overly picky…I love tacos, burritos, enchiladas but I especially love fajitas! I love that you get all the yummies that Mexican food has to offer but without a lot of the calories and fat of some other options (such as tacos, burritos or enchiladas).   You can have fajitas made with beef, shrimp, chicken or just veggies…all of which are good but when I decided to do a quick one pan fajita skillet at home I knew I wanted to use chicken as it…

  • ham, ham, beans & more ham…

    Easter has come and gone, and if your refrigerator looks anything like mine it loaded with tons of leftovers.  I have some au gratin potatoes, green bean casserole, pistachio fluff and of course ham…tons & tons of ham…so why not add some beans to the mix?   It never fails, you think you buy a ham that is the perfect size for all the peeps you have coming, where most of it will be eaten and there won’t be half a ham in your fridge the next day…but it always seems to happen.  Every year I say I am going to buy a smaller ham (and I did this year)…