Hot Honey Salmon Bowls are nutritious, delicious and easy to make. I often make these as a use up whatever leftovers I have along with my amazingly delicious hot honey salmon for a satisfying delicious meal. I made my bowls with simple roasted sweet potatoes and a creamy cilantro lime tahini dressing. We eat salmon...
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Malty Salted Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Malty Salted Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. Malty, salty, sweet, chewy and gooey. Similar to a seven layer bar flavor wise but all in one delicious layer. Notes of deep caramel from the dark brown sugar, a hit of coconut from the Supernatural rainbow chips and salt from the salted brown butter as well...
Honey Spelt Banana Bread with Brown Butter
This delicious spelt banana bread is made with honey, a hint of brown sugar and cinnamon, whole grain spelt flour and a nutty almost molasses flavor from the brown butter. A not overly sweet banana bread is perfect for breakfast or a snack at anytime of day. Yes we are still baking banana bread anytime...
Meyer Lemon Salmon Caesar Salad
Meyer Lemon Salmon Caesar Salad with my creamy Meyer lemon Caesar dressing and homemade garlic herb croutons. By far my favorite Caesar salad I have ever made and eaten it comes together surprisingly quick especially if you make the dressing a day ahead of time. Use wild Alaskan Sockeye or Coho for this hearty and...
Meyer Lemon Caesar Dressing Recipe
Meyer Lemon Caesar Dressing is a tangy lemony take on the classic caesar recipe with meyer lemons, mayonnaise and yogurt. This dressing is great for salads, wraps, or even as a dip. It is my favorite dressing to use with salmon Caesar salad. Why this dressing is so good: Ingredients: This is not a traditional...
White Chocolate Cardamom Shortbread Cookies
White chocolate cardamom shortbread cookies are buttery melt in your mouth spiced shortbread cookies. They have a big hit of my favorite baking spice - cardamom - which goes so well with the white chocolate that the cookies are dipped into before decorated with sprinkles. Made with Burlap & Barrel Cloud Forest Cardamom from my...
Chocolate Dipped Salted Espresso Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate dipped salted espresso shortbread cookies are a little sweet, a little savory a little bitter and a little salty but totally well balanced bites of cookie goodness. Easy to make slice and bake shortbread cookies perfect for chocolate and coffee lovers alike. I love making shortbread cookies around the holidays since the dough comes...
Holiday Half Dipped M&M Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
M&M Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies are a must bake during the holiday season. And of course I half dipped mine in chocolate and added sprinkles to make them even more festive. My favorite chocolate chip cookie in Christmas form. I almost always make a chewy chocolate chip M&M cookie at the holidays - because it...
Chocolate Dipped Cinnamon Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate dipped cinnamon shortbread cookies with a hint of ginger and orange and decorated with festive sprinkles. These lightly spiced cookies are half dipped for a more modern look of a Christmas tree cookie. Easy to make too! Decorated cookie cut outs are fun year round but seem to be the most popular during the...
Vanilla Almond Crescent Cookies (Austrian Vanillekipferl)
Vanilla Almond Crescent Cookies are a traditional Austrian holiday butter cookie with almond and vanilla rolled in confectioners and vanilla sugars. These melt in your mouth and are a great addition to any holiday cookie platter or cookie exchange. These tender, melt in your mouth almond crescent cookies are a family favorite of mine since...
Apple Pie Crème Brûlée with Apple Spice Pie Crust Cookies
This apple pie crème brûlée with apple spice pie crust cookies just might be the best dessert I've ever made. Silky smooth custard with hints of maple and brown sugar, a surprise apple pie jam at the bottom of the ramekins, and a crackly caramelized sugar topping. Served with adorable apple shaped pie crust cookies...
Cranberry Cinnamon Pumpkin Muffins
Moist, delicious cranberry cinnamon pumpkin muffins loaded with pumpkin, dried cranberries, cinnamon chips and warm fall spices. These muffins smell amazing while baking, stay moist for days and are a perfect snack or breakfast treat with a cup of tea or coffee. Finally November so that means it is baking season. This is when I...
Mushroom Wild Rice with Caramelized Shallot Thyme Butter
Mushroom wild rice with shallot thyme butter is hearty, delicious and very easy to make. This nutty, earthy mushroom wild rice is excellent on its own or as a side dish to a variety of proteins. I love it with chicken or salmon. This rice would also be a great side dish to any holiday...
Soy Furikake Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
I love roasted pumpkin seeds and these soy furikake roasted pumpkin seeds might just be my favorite way to flavor them now. A little sweet, a little salty, a little savory and whole lot of umami in these crunchy roasted seeds. A perfect pre-Halloween snack. October. Halloween time - for those who participate. Time to...
Homemade Lemon Pepper Olive Oil Cheese Crackers
These Homemade Lemon Pepper Olive Oil Cheese Crackers are so easy to make with just a few ingredients, a peppery lemon pepper spice blend and two kinds of cheeses. Swap out store bought crackers on all your seasonal snack trays with these tasty homemade crackers. Have you ever made homemade crackers before? They are as...
Creamy Salsa Verde Recipe
Sour cream is the surprise creamy ingredient in this tangy, spicy creamy salsa verde recipe. Broiling the tomatillos, jalapeños, onion and garlic add another level of smokiness to the salsa. This salsa verde was made to accompany my grilled salmon tacos, however, it goes great with any taco, tostada or burrito recipe as well as...
Grilled Salmon Tacos with Chipotle Mayo
Grilled Alaskan Coho salmon tacos with a spicy chipotle mayo and a creamy salsa verde. Just like the salmon tacos I had in Cordova, Alaska, at Baja Taco. I wanted to recreate these to share with you all and I have to say these are pretty spot on. Made with wild Copper River Alaskan Coho...
Creamy Cilantro Lime Tahini Dressing
This light and tangy Creamy Cilantro Lime Tahini Dressing is super quick to make, just a few ingredients and is super versatile. Use it on salads, taco or grain bowls or even as a dressing on a sandwich or in a wrap. Homemade dressings are always better: I love making homemade dressings and vinaigrettes when...
Simple Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Simple oven roasted sweet potatoes with just a few spices, sweetness from a sprinkling of brown sugar, sliced into coins to bake up quick for a delicious and easy to make side dish for any meal. These roasted sweet potatoes are a perfect side for roast chicken, salmon, burgers, an also goes great in any...
Granola Butter and Grape Spread Sandwich Cookies
Granola Butter and Grape Spread Sandwich Cookies. Peanut butter and jelly got a glow up with these sweet and a bit savory cookies in the shape of a sandwich ( how cute is the cookie cutter shape?) I made these cookies for Fikabröd box's "Bake to School" September 2023 box. I am a Fikabröd Box...
Hot Honey Glazed Salmon Recipe
Hot honey glazed salmon is an easy to make and delicious way to serve salmon especially when it is wild Alaskan Copper River Coho salmon. Just a few ingredients and just a few minutes and this gorgeous salmon is served for dinner. Thank you to Copper River Salmon for sending me this gorgeous Copper River...
Wild Alaskan Smoked Salmon Spread Recipe
This easy to make smoked salmon spread is made with just a few simple ingredients, can be made ahead and chilled ready to spread on a hot toasted bagel for breakfast or any meal. This smoked salmon bagel spread is inspired by my recent trip to Cordova, Alaska with Copper River Salmon. A new recipe...
Belgian Liège Waffles with Cherry Sauce
Decadent Belgian Liège Waffles made into ice cream sundaes with vanilla ice cream and boozy cherry sauce. I love waffles and these are now my new favorite way to eat them! Belgian Liège (pronounced Lee-ege with a very soft g sound almost like zh sound) waffles are such a treat, crunchy and soft, melt in...
Grilled Peach Pizza with Prosciutto and Arugula
I love grilling pizzas and this grilled peach pizza with prosciutto, arugula, fresh mozzarella and a balsamic glaze is my new favorite pizza on the grill recipe. What a better way to celebrate peaches? I love all summer stone fruit, but grilled peaches are next level, especially on pizza. This was inspired by the grilled...
Piña Colada Ice Cream Sandwiches
These piña colada ice cream sandwiches are delicious frozen treat version of summertime's favorite tropical cocktail. Creamy, dairy free piña colada ice cream, loaded with pineapple, coconut and a hint of rum, is sandwiched between layers of a soft vanilla cake. The trick is to try not to eat more than one sandwich at a...
Corn and Salmon Chowder with Sweet Potatoes
Corn and salmon chowder with sweet potatoes. Sweet Olathe corn from Colorado, king salmon from Alaska and white sweet potatoes make for an amazing, hearty and flavorful summertime chowder. I love grilled corn in summer and in my opinion the BEST corn comes from Olathe, Colorado. We were recently on a road trip to Colorado...
Creamy Zucchini and Corn Pasta with Grilled Chicken
A delicious and easy to make summertime creamy zucchini and corn pasta with grilled chicken and a tangy goat cheese sauce. The summer produce is highlighted in this pasta dish, and it is really good eaten hot or cold. Omit the chicken for a tasty vegetarian dish. I love summertime the most when it comes...
Sour Cream Plum Pound Cake Recipe
This sour cream plum pound cake is super easy to make and a great way to use up one of summer's favorite stone fruits. Especially if you have a plum and pluot trees like mine that puts out over 30 pounds of fruit each tree each summer. No mixer needed, not too sweet and goes...
Smashed Cucumber Salad with Garlic Ginger Oil
Crisp, crunchy smashed cucumbers, spicy dressing, fresh herbs and a tangy garlic ginger oil is my twist on this classic Chinese dish.
Ginger Linzer Cookies with Grapefruit Curd
Another non-traditional Linzer cookie recipe that are oh so good. Ginger linzer cookies with grapefruit curd are a ginger shortbread cookie sandwiched with a sweet-tart grapefruit curd. I love Linzer cookies and while usually associated with the winter holidays, specifically Christmas, these Austria originated bite sized cookies should be made and eaten year round. This...
Pineapple Scones
I think I finally perfected my scone recipe with these to live for pineapple scones made with dried pineapple bits, topped with crunchy raw sugar and optional pineapple glaze. These are perfect for a sweet after breakfast or brunch treat or for dessert. One thing I love about pineapples is that they are available year...
Hawaiian New Year’s Cocktail ( Sweet and Sour Passionfruit Rum Fizz)
Hawaiian New Year's Cocktail, aka Sweet and Sour Passionfruit Rum Fizz, is a perfect sweet, sour, fizzy tiki libation for ringing in the new year. Another new year requires another new cocktail. Something bright, sweet, tart and refreshing. I know there haven't been many cocktails on my blog as of late, I don't drink much...
Chocolate Dipped Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
Chewy chocolate gingerbread cookies are a chocolatey version of my soft molasses cookies with two kinds of ginger, a dark chocolate dip and festive holiday sprinkles. This year was a very hectic year with lots of personal things going on ( my major hip surgery included) so I didn't get to make as many Christmas...
Chocolate Dipped Macadamia Nut Shortbread Cookies
Rich, buttery macadamia nut shortbread cookies dipped in both passionfruit couverture and dark chocolate. A homemade version of the tasty pineapple shaped cookies from Honolulu Cookie Co.
Easy Maple Pear Bundt Cake with Maple Glaze
This maple pear bundt cake ticks all the boxes with easy to make, not too sweet, moist, a hint of spice, chock full of pears and a maple glaze that goes on when the cake is warm. The only down side is that it doesn't last long, because it gets eaten up fast, its just...
California Sweet Potato Breakfast Bowls with Sautéed Veggies and Avocado
Inspired by a recent trip to Southern California, these sweet potato breakfast bowls have it all - roasted sweet potatoes, beans, sautéed summer squashes and mushrooms, pepper jack cheese, eggs and homemade salsa. Topped with avocado or homemade guacamole and you have a hearty and healthy breakfast to give you enough energy for a full...
Simple Pan Seared Sockeye Salmon
A simple pan seared sockeye salmon with a smoky spice blend and cooked up in minutes in a cast iron pan. An easy to make wild Alaskan salmon recipe that goes well with a wide variety of side dishes for a tasty dinner. You all know how much we love salmon at my house. We...
Ube Sandwich Cookies with Coconut Frosting and Ube Halaya Jam
Ube and coconut make up the flavors of this yummy sandwich cookie. Ube sandwich cookies filled with coconut buttercream and a dollop of ube halaya jam.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies
butter and jelly thumbprint cookies. The filling is strawberry jelly for some of the cookies and Valrhona strawberry inspiration chocolate for some. You can use either or both or the jam of your choice!
Toasted Coconut Cookies with Coconut Frosting
toasted coconut, a coconut cream cheese frosting and topped with more toasted coconut. These cookies taste like a tropical vacation in every bite.