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How to Make Melania’s ‘Killer’ Chimichurri Recipe
Aug30

How to Make Melania’s ‘Killer’ Chimichurri Recipe

Posted By on Aug 30, 2009 in Appetizers, Cinco de Mayo Recipes, Condiments, Ethnic Foods, Featured, Fruit & Vegetables, Healthy, Holidays & Events, How To Cook, Mexican Food Recipes, Onions, Sauces, Snacks Recipes, South American Food Recipes, Southern Food Recipes, Sports Tailgating, Tex Mex Recipes, Tomato, Vegan, Vegetarian | 0 comments

My new friend and neighbor, Melania McCarley, from Dallas, Texas made us this recipe this weekend and she told us it was “killer”. Once we tasted it, we completely agreed – Wow! Amazing pico… Melania is originally from Costa Rica where they call this mixture chimichurri. Try it – you’ll love it – I begged her for the recipe, so I could share it with you, and be able to make it whenever we want...

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Healthy School Lunches – Be Ready for Back to School

Posted By on Aug 23, 2009 in Healthy, Kids Recipes, School Lunch Ideas, Snacks Recipes | 0 comments

Instead of sending your child through the cafeteria line with a $10 bill each day for school, get into the trend of packing them a healthy lunch. Healthy is in right now, as is budgeting. So, your child will not be the only one brown bagging or bento box-ing lunch this year! Keeping your kids healthy should be of paramount importance to you and here’s how you can improve their lunches…the easy way! Think of food in 6...

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Smoking Destroys Your Taste Buds – Taste & Smell

Posted By on Feb 2, 2009 in Healthy | 0 comments

If you love food and you smoke, and you then quit smoking… Smoking & Food just DON’T go together! Food would taste even more phenomenal to you… Did you know that smoking not only deadens the taste buds, as well as the nasalepithelial cells that regulate your smell? In fact, nicotine can irritate those little taste buds and make it more uncomfortable to eat, as would a hot chili on the tongue, but to a lesser...

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Policies

Posted By on Dec 30, 2008 in | 0 comments

Disclosure: This policy is valid from 16 April 2013 This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That...

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How to Cook Holiday Pumpkin Soup

Posted By on Nov 13, 2008 in Appetizers, Christmas, Featured, Fruit & Vegetables, Holidays & Events, Soups, Stews & Chilis, Squash, Thanksgiving | 1 comment

I can’t wait to make this for the Holidays! In fact, I’m debating making this for dinner tomorrow, as we always have way too much to eat on Thanksgiving anyway! Sooo Yummy! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Soup Serve With: Dollop of sour cream and sprinkle of nutmeg or hulled pumpkin seeds (also called ‘pepitas’), if desired. Prep Time: 12 min Cook Time: ~ 55 min Yield: ~ 9-10 cups of soup Ingredients: Instructions:...

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Web Chef Review: Central Market – Dallas Preston Royal
Oct05

Web Chef Review: Central Market – Dallas Preston Royal

Posted By on Oct 5, 2008 in Dallas Reviews, Food Finds, Product Reviews, Quick Meals, Restaurant Reviews | 1 comment

While visiting Dallas this time, I finally got the privilege to visit Central Market at Preston & Royal. Central Market is a whole-foods, organic-type grocery store/market. That’s a mouthful, right? Well, it is. Not only does it have the prettiest, cleanest, freshest & healthiest-looking produce I’ve seen in quite some time, it is sooo much more. The store is filled with fantastic & “obscure”, mom...

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How to Make Hummus from Heaven + Video
Jan27

How to Make Hummus from Heaven + Video

Posted By on Jan 27, 2008 in Appetizers, Beans, Cooking How-To Videos, Ethnic Foods, Fruit & Vegetables, Healthy, Indian Food Recipes, Low Calorie, Sauces, Vegetarian | 4 comments

If you’ve never tried Hummus before, you really are missing something special. It tastes so fabulously complex, is a vegetarian recipe, and it’s quick and easy to make at home. Try this recipe because I’ve been told it’s Hummus from Heaven…LOL Just delicious! Great as an appetizer or hors d’oeuvres…Lovely! Type: Appetizer Recipe Serve With: Grilled or fried pita, or naan Prep Time: ~ 8 min...

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Healthy, Cooked Breakfast For The New Year

Posted By on Jan 1, 2008 in Beans, Breakfast, Cooking Tips & Tricks, Fruit & Vegetables, Healthy, Tomato | 0 comments

Healthy and Cooked Breakfast? Really? That’s right! Read on… *** A Healthy Cooked Breakfast? By Karen Thorne It may seem a contradiction but it is possible to have a healthy and delicious cooked breakfast. First, start with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice – full of vitamin C and counts as one portion of fruit and veg. Then a bowl of porridge made with half semi skimmed milk and half water. Top with just a...

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How to Cook Cream of Butternut Squash And Sweet Potato Soup

Posted By on Nov 10, 2007 in Butternut Squash, Cooking Tips & Tricks, Fruit & Vegetables, Great Cooking Products, Main Dishes, Soups, Stews & Chilis, Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Vegetarian | 1 comment

This hearty, creamy soup is just the ideal fall treat with fresh, crusty bread or fried pita on the side. It makes a wholesome, fresh, delicious and satisfying lunch or dinner meal. You will probably like it enough to serve it as an appetizer when you have guests over for dinner. It is fast, easy and healthy! You could also make it as a vegetarian recipe. Enjoy! ~ Kimberly Edwards 😀 Type: Soup Serve With: Fresh, crusty bread or fried...

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My First Fantastic Fondue Experience @ The Melting Pot – Addison
Oct12

My First Fantastic Fondue Experience @ The Melting Pot – Addison

Posted By on Oct 12, 2007 in Appetizers, Ethnic Foods, Great Cooking Products, How To Cook, Main Dishes, Quick Meals, Restaurant Reviews, Sauces, Swiss, Western European Food | 1 comment

Okay…I must say, Fondue Rocks! I have never had fondue before this week…Amazing, but true! While we are in Dallas for a few weeks, we always take advantage of the rich array of amazing restaurants in the area. My husband has wanted to take me to The Melting Pot in Addison, Texas on Beltline Rd. since we were first dating in 1998, and even though we have lived here through the years, we have never actually gone…until...

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Dragonfruit Is A Fruit On Fire

Posted By on Sep 2, 2007 in Breads, Breakfast, Fruit, Soul Food Recipes | 0 comments

Okay, I’m sure they’re not the only ones… I have been asked a number of times, “What the heck the fruit is to the right of the mangoes on the top of this page?” Well, the reddish-pink ones that have spiky flaps are dragonfruit or pithaya/pitaya. The yellow fruit with the spiky flaps are also dragonfruit, yellow ones, or yellow pithaya/pitaya. I have found a photo of a yellow dragonfruit sliced...

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