Chocolate Strawberry Fluff Waffles are a fun and decadent treat for Valentine's day. I love waffles. We all know this. For breakfast, brunch, dinner for breakfast ( yay brinner!), dessert. Sweet, savory or crazy decadent like these. Give me all the waffles.
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Grass Fed Sous Vide Brisket
Grass Fed Sous Vide Brisket - a great alternative cooking method for a fantastic brisket. I have a new episode of "husband cooked food" for you all today: Grass Fed Sous Vide Brisket. Ever since we got the Nomiku Sous Vide, my husband has fallen seriously in love with it. It is a love affair...
Gluten Free Meyer Lemon and Blueberry Pancakes
Happy National Blueberry Pancake day!!! I am helping Driscoll's celebrate this fabulous food holiday with my Gluten Free Meyer Lemon and Blueberry Pancakes. If I HAD to choose one food I could eat for the rest of my life, it would be breakfast. Yeah ok so that isn't ONE food, but a category. But...
Pomegranate Broccoli Slaw with Avocado Oil Vinaigrette
Pomegranate Broccoli Slaw with Avocado Oil Vinaigrette. An easy to make healthy slaw that is perfect for a light salad for any holiday meal, or a way to kick of a healthy start to the new year. Ah January. The "monday" of all the months. We finally packed away all the holiday decorations, although I...
Kir Royal New Years Champagne Layer Cake
Happy New Year's!! I am ending this year with some. glitz, sparkle, shimmer and CAKE. Kir Royale New Years Champagne Layer Cake. Ok so I am ending it with some fanciness too. I realized I never made a cake for my blog all year!! This had to be remedied asap. Whenever I make cakes its...
Satsuma Persimmon Negroni Sorbet Champagne Cocktail
Satsuma Persimmon Negroni Sorbet Champagne Cocktail is a fancy and delicious way to say by to the old year and ring in the new year! Why this cocktail is amazing: I love a fancy champagne cocktail and I was inspired by a few sorbet cocktails I had seen and tried and even made before with...
Vanilla Mojito Champagne Cocktails
Vanilla Honey Ginger Mojito Champagne Cocktails. My fun take on a cocktail mashup for New Year's eve. I think I blinked and Christmas was over. Maybe I blinked twice. It is always amazing to me how busy the holiday season is leading up to the big day and then BAM its all over. The mess...
Old Fashioned Champagne Cocktail
Ring in the new year with my Old Fashioned Champagne Cocktail. Something old to represent the past year ( a classic cocktail) and something new to represent next year (this new recipe). I decided to have a little fun with making classic cocktails into champagne cocktails. I love champagne cocktails and the possibilities really are endless...
German Lebkuchen Cookies (Honey Molasses Gingerbread)
German Lebkuchen , or honey molasses gingerbread cut out cookies, have been a tradition in my family for a long time. They are such a fun Christmas cookie to make. And eat! When I was a little kid I loved going to my grandparents house because they always had a wide variety of Lebkuchen cookies....
French Buche De Noel (Chocolate Yule Log Cake)
This French Buche De Noel is sure to be a stunning showpiece dessert for your Christmas or holiday party this year. Ever since I was a little kid we have always made a French Buche De Noel (or Yule Log cake) for Christmas. I loved helping decorate it with little mushrooms, trees, pine cones. Whatever...
White Christmas Cocktails
These White Christmas Cocktails will make a stunning presentation at your holiday party. They are as delicious as they are pretty. I'm dreaming of a White Christmas..Just like the ones I used to know ...Where the treetops glisten and children listen ....To hear sleigh bells in the snow.... Actually I don't like the cold as much as...
Dutch Banketstaaf ( Dutch Christmas Log Pastry)
Dutch Banketstaaf or Dutch Christmas Log Pastry. A traditional Christmas breakfast treat from the Netherlands. Flaky pastry, a citrusy marzipan filling with an apricot glaze and dusting of powdered sugar. These are delicious and so easy to make. I love recipes like this Dutch treat that can be made quickly with store bought ingredients for...
Spiced Hibiscus Cranberry Mojitos
Cheers! Happy Aloha Friday! Spiced Hibiscus Cranberry Mojitos are a perfect way to start off December! I am a strange person. I love summertime, I love the heat, sun, warm water, warm sand. I am like Olaf the snowman from Frozen. But then when Christmas comes around I love all things Christmassy and cozy. So...
Petit Pains au Chocolat aux Amandes (Petite Chocolate Almond Croissants) #ChristmasWeek
Petit Pains au Chocolat aux Amandes (Petite Chocolate Almond Croissants) Christmas Week is still going strong and this is my second recipe for the week. Petit Pains Au Chocolat aux Amandes which is French for small chocolate almond croissants. These are ridiculously easy to make and are perfect for Christmas morning breakfast. This holiday season,...
Quince Cranberry and Persimmon Crisp
Quince Cranberry and Persimmon Crisp. I have three new recipes this week for you all for a week of Christmas recipes. First up is this simple Quince, Cranberry and Persimmon Crisp. Out of all the seasons, Winter is my least fave only because I don't like being cold. I also don't like shoveling snow to...
Dark Chocolate Swirled Peppermint Chip Meringue Cookies
These melt-in-your-mouth Dark Chocolate Swirled Peppermint Chip Meringue Cookies are sure to be a hit this holiday season for any occasion you make them for like a cookie exchange, family get together, holiday party. Easy to make and so delicious, everyone will be asking you for the recipe! We make meringue cookies often at my...
Pear Pineapple Spiced Rum Cider
Introducing your newest favorite holiday cocktail : the Pear Pineapple Spiced Rum Cider. It's like a fall cocktail took a Hawaiian vacation. Or what people want to sip on when they live in places that don't really have full on seasons such as Las Vegas and Hawaii. The first time I tried Koloa Rum Company...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. Chocolate and Peanut Butter. Quite possibly everyone's favorite flavor combination. OR at least most people that I know have a hard time resisting. I know I did when I was flipping through my friend Miriam's cookbook, Something Sweet, and spied her Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies and I knew I...
Maple Bourbon Brined Turkey Legs #EasyDoesIt
Maple Bourbon Brined Turkey Legs Easy does it this Thanksgiving with the Char-Broil oil-less fryer : The Big Easy. I cooked up some delicious and juicy Maple Bourbon Brined Turkey Legs for you all today with The Big Easy. Thanks to Char-Broil for sponsoring this post. When my friend Kita of Girl Carnivore asked me...
Easy Blender Kahlua and Cream Chocolate Mousse
Easy Blender Kahlua and Cream Chocolate Mousse Today is national chocolate day. And the one person that I know that celebrates this day better than anyone else, passed away suddenly in her sleep last week, at a much too young of an age, and it was, still is, a huge shock to the entire food blog...
Creamy Pumpkin Chipotle Soup with Savory Pie Crust Croutons
Creamy Pumpkin Chipotle Soup with Savory Pie Crust Croutons. I caved. I said I wasn't going to make a pumpkin recipe this year and I did. I have made a few now actually and this soup, Creamy Pumpkin Chipotle Soup with Savory Pie Crust Croutons, was totally worth breaking my own promise to myself of...
Chicken and Andouille Sausage Pasta with Creamy Smoked Mozzarella Cream Sauce
Chicken and Andouille Sausage Pasta with Creamy Smoked Mozzarella Cream Sauce, hearty, comforting and delicious. I did the thing the other day that you aren't supposed to do but end up doing it often since life is busy and it happens. I went grocery shopping while hungry. Like reaaalllly hungry. Like I was about to...
Toasted Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Toasted Coconut Chocolate Chip cookies. Crispy, chewy, chocolaty and coconutty! Four of my favorite elements of the perfect cookie. 100 degrees still in September and I baked cookies. Because these delicious toasted coconut chocolate chip cookies made having my oven on while it's still sweltering outside so worth it. Have you ever watched the show...
Epic Hawaiian Pineapple Burger with Sweet Maui Onions and Homemade Taro Chips
I have for you today on this lovely Aloha Friday a burger of epic proportions. My Hawaiian Pineapple Burger with Sweet Maui Onions and Homemade Taro Chips. That goes amazingly well with Maui Brewing Co. beer. When my friend Kita of the blog Girl Carnivore asked me to join in her burger month group I...
POG Mojitos ( Passion-Orange-Guava)
Tropical POG mojitos made with the best juice from Hawaii - POG. Passion orange guava juice mixed with rum, a hint of mint and lime and a splash of soda water. A perfect summer drink that will whisk you away to a virtual Hawaiian vacation. We just got back from almost two weeks spent in...
Sous Vide Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken
Sous Vide Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken I realized a few weeks ago I had yet to blog one of my favorite dishes I make. One of my favorite Hawaiian recipes that is so simple and so flavorful. A recipe that is in regular rotation on the dinner menu ( and leftovers for lunch menu) that my whole...
Mango Pineapple Agua Fresca
If you drink only one fruity beverage this summer, this Mango Pineapple Agua Fresca should be it. This refreshing beverage is super easy to make and it is something I crave during the hot summer months. This agua fresca recipe is non-alcoholic so my kids can enjoy it as well. I will tell you, however,...
'Otai - Tongan Watermelon Drink
Today is National Drink Watermelon Day, or is it National watermelon drink day? Either way I am celebrating. I happened to have two watermelons in my kitchen and I knew exactly what I wanted to make. 'Otai. It's a delicious and really EASY to make Tongan watermelon drink. 'Otai recipe history: 'Otai originates from Tonga....
Tin Roof! Rusted! Tin Roof Ice Cream Cones
Tin Roof Ice Cream Cones Remember the B52's song "Love Shack" and the part where they stop the music and the one gal yells "Tiiiiiiiiin Roof! Rusted!" That is what inspired this recipe today. Tin roof ice cream cones..but "rusted" with the swirl of caramel sauce. AND right in time to celebrate National Ice Cream...
Pimm's Cup Strawberries and Cream Eton Mess
Pimm's Cup Strawberries and Cream Eton Mess. I am a huge tennis fan and the last two weeks most of my time has been spent watching Wimbledon. Or at least having it on my computer while I attempt to get other things done. Wimbledon is known for its traditions from its all white attire for...
Lemon Ginger Crepes with Blackberry Whipped Cream
Ooh la la Lemon Ginger Crepes are so fancy sounding but they couldn't be easier to make. You all know by know that I am a huge fan of breakfast food and am more than happy to eat them for any meal of the day, not just for breakfast time. A lot of times I...
Tahitian Vanilla Seared Scallops with Lemon Coconut Risotto
I have some fancy food for you today. Tahitian vanilla seared scallops with lemon coconut risotto and a vanilla bean beurre blanc. Once in a while I love to cook something I would typically order in a restaurant but not make at home due to the work involved. Things that professional chefs have training on...
Tropical 7 Layer Bars
Tropical 7 Layer Bars Time for a decadent sweet treat - tropical 7 layer bars. Like the 7 layer bar you remember from picnics and summer potlucks but made with as many tropical ingredients that I could find. This post is sponsored by World Market, they asked me to make a fun summer themed tropical...
Simple Citrus and Coconut Cocktail
Simple Citrus and Coconut Cocktail It was 90 degrees today. I feel bad for friends that are still talking about snowfall, waiting for spring when Vegas is feeling like summertime. There have been nectarines and cherries at the farmers markets already, and weather like this makes me want to sit outside, stick my feet in...
Jam Filled Aebleskivers ( Danish Pancakes)
Jam Filled Aebleskivers ( Danish Pancakes) I am such a sucker for breakfast foods and these Aebleskivers AKA Danish pancakes are amazing. I am pretty sure I could eat them daily, and I am looking forward to them on this upcoming Mother's day. This post is sponsored by Bonne Maman. When I was asked to...
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies I honestly can't tell you how many times in my life I have baked chocolate chip cookies. Probably a gazillion. Ok maybe only a million. Chocolate chip cookies are a classic, a comforting delicious cookie. Especially warm right out of the oven. But not too hot, because burning one's tongue on...
Man Food : Steak and Eggs
Steak and Eggs for Breakfast. Sous Vide Steak and Bacon Fat Fried Eggs. Also known as breakfast Steak and Eggs. And yes, I realize that this isn't just MAN food, women eat steak and eggs too. I am calling this recipe man food because my husband cooked it for this post and he also hand...
Spicy Buffalo Ragu over Pipe Rigate Pasta
Spicy Buffalo Ragu over Pipe Rigate Pasta is perhaps my favorite pasta dish that I make. I am pretty picky when it comes to pasta dishes. Pasta isn't my first choice in Italian restaurants, I always go for risotto if it is on the meny, but once in a while a hearty, delicious pasta dish...
Cardamom, Rosewater and Pistachio Kulfi
Cardamom, Rosewater and Pistachio Kulfi Kulfi is a popular frozen dessert from India and I got to try it for the very first time exactly two years ago when two of my best friends FINALLY got married, after 10 years together. I was so fortunate to be a part of one of their ceremonies and also...
Wicked Waikiki Sour Cocktail #GalentinesDay
Wicked Waikiki Sour Cocktail It is finally here - Galentine's Day! The day where gals get together to celebrate being awesome women over brunch - you know waffles, frittatas and cocktails. Cocktails like my Wicked Waikiki Sour Cocktail I made for you all today. This post is dedicated to all the awesome women in my...