These Mexican Steet Corn Grits are like a Cinco De Mayo party in your mouth. I know this recipe is a little bit random. Mexican street corn grits? What? You just have to trust me because, it really is so delicious. I actually would have never thought of it on my own, but my husband…
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Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Peach Short Cakes with Cinnamon Mascarpone Whipped Cream
Is there anything better than fresh, ripe, juicy peaches? Perhaps only one thing is better: fresh, ripe, juicy peaches stuffed between warm brown sugar and cinnamon biscuits with clouds of cinnamon mascarpone whipped cream. I found some glorious peaches for 50 cents a pound and I just could not resist buying tons of them. I…
Strawberry Chickpea Pancakes (And How to Make Your Own Chickpea Flour)
I know what you are thinking….CHICKPEA pancakes? Really? I know it sounds weird, but just hear me out! These pancakes are just as easy and simple as normal flour pancakes, but much healthier. Chickpea flour is a whole food that is, simply, ground up raw chickpeas. Its used in many dishes, in many different cultures….
Sweet Potato Salsa Veggie Burgers with Cholula Mayo
Is everyone just about fed up with winter? I am always so jealous when I see pictures of my Arizona friends in shorts living the good life. I just keep looking longingly out my window at my snow covered grill and wishing that I could walk outside and pick a bunch of basil from my…
Meyer Lemon and Raspberry Crepe Cake (Perfect Valentine’s Day Dessert)
So, I made myself and early birthday cake. My birthday isn’t for a couple weeks, but I needed an excuse to create this recipe I have had swirling around in my brain lately. I have so much to say about this cake! Lets break it down, piece by piece. First of all, it has…
Grilled or Roasted Cauliflower Steak Burgers with Chimichurri Sauce
Happy Fall everyone! I feel like Fall snuck up on me. I am still having a hard time relinquishing summer. Where I live, the fall nip in the air has started making its presence known, but there are still quite a few hot days that feel like summer again. Some days all I want is…
Best Ever Breakfast Bowl with Homemade Granola, Greek Yogurt, Fresh Berries, and Pistachio Brittle (Inspired by North Star Café)
How would you like to wake up to this? It’s a bowl full of pure joy. In August I went to paradise. When I say paradise, you are probably thinking of somewhere in Hawaii or the Caribbean, but I am talking about the little town of Houghton, Michigan (in the summer). It’s a tiny town…
Ben Patch’s Fresh Peach Pie with Cream Cheese Filling and Fresh Berries
Is there anything better than fresh peaches? I’m not sure. This pie recipe was given to me by Ben Patch. Do you know who he is? He is college Volley Ball player for BYU and he is really good. And he is really really tall. 6’8” people! He is full of energy and personality and…
Homemade Ginger Ale (Similar to Northstar Café’s)
One of the best things in life is a little place called Northstar Café in Columbus, Ohio. It is my very favorite restaurant. I always want to go there when we eat out. The ambience and atmosphere is modern and bright, the workers are happy and helpful, and the food is all natural, local, organic,…
Easiest, Fastest, and Yummiest Whole Wheat Hamburger Buns
Guess what! Guess What! Guess What! I finally got a grill! Our neighbors just moved and gave us their grill before they left. As happy as I am to have their old grill, I’m super sad they moved. My neighbors on both sides are gone! Breaks my heart! I had the best neighbors in the…