What is the Scoville Scale? When it comes to hot peppers, there’s one thing most pepper fans can agree on – the Scoville Scale for Peppers. What is the Scoville Scale? It is the way to tell how hot a pepper is going to be. I like to cook with hot peppers, smoked peppers, hot sauces and…
18 Easy Cold Party Appetizers
18 Easy Cold Party Appetizers Want some great ideas for cold party appetizers? A lot of these types of appetizers are make ahead, place on a platter and then refrigerate before serving. I love this idea as you are then freed up to enjoy your company so that is why I am bringing you 18…
Thai Pepper Shrimp Curry
Thai Pepper Shrimp Curry We adore Thai food here and make it regularly. A Thai curry like this Thai Pepper Shrimp Curry is fast to make and a very easy weeknight meal. The prep with Thai food is the most difficult as it usually has quite a few ingredients but once those are set it…
Mediterranean Lentil Salad
Mediterranean Lentil Salad We are huge lovers of lentils in this house. As a matter of fact we had a gorgeous Slow Cooker Lentil Soup last night for dinner. We put lentils in mains, sides, salads and soups and love them in all our dishes. We use green lentils, black lentils, brown lentils and red…
Freezer Breakfast Burritos
Freezer Breakfast Burritos Are you always in a rush in the mornings and never seem to provide your kids with a healthy breakfast. Making these Freezer Breakfast Burritos ahead of time, gives you the peace of mind that your kids will start the day off right! This post first appeared over at Real Housemoms, where also…
Homemade Canned Tomato Salsa
Homemade Canned Tomato Salsa We have been doing a lot of canning as of late and we love it. We have made for years Homemade Canned Tomato Salsa but this year we went out on our own and did our own recipe. Nothing like a homemade product as opposed to store bought. Adding in our…
Thai Peanut Noodle Salad
Thai Peanut Noodle Salad I haven’t done a cookbook review in sometime so I am excited to show you Nourish by Nettie Cronish & Cara Rosenbloom. It is a whole food recipe cookbook featuring seeds, nuts and beans. The cookbook is full of healthy, gorgeous looking recipes just like this Thai Peanut Noodle Salad. I…
Asian Skillet Stir Fry
Asian Skillet Stir Fry I love great Asian food but take out can be so expensive and then there is the MSG issue that is in so many Asian dishes. Why not make it at home? Don’t have a wok, no problem you can make this Asian Skillet Stir Fry in a gorgeous Circulon Skillet…
Slow Cooker Kare Kare Pork
Slow Cooker Kare Kare Pork Slow Cooker Kare Kare Pork was a creation I made using Pulo Cuisine Kare Kare Toasted Peanut Cooking Sauce. Pulo cooking sauces make a great fast dinner with just fresh produce and a protein of your choice and then stir fried. Well nothing could be easier, right? Well maybe unless you…
Cowboy Hash Browns #LittlePotatoes
Cowboy Hash Browns I am here with Little Potato Company potatoes again for you. Man, I love these little potatoes!! I am even more enamored with them since I tried their BBQ/Oven and Microwave Ready Kits. Of course the BBQ ones are at the ready in our fridge now, as they are the best quick grab…
Grilled Peppers with Eggs #CanadianEggs
Grilled Peppers with Eggs #CanadianEggs We are celebrating eggs for Father’s Day. Does dad like grilling? And he loves his eggs? Then combine those two joys in one with Grilled Peppers with Eggs for Father’s Day!! Eggs are very versatile but are usually forgotten at this time of year with the BBQ. I got this cool…
Mouth Watering Mondays – Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers
We are nestled right here between Christmas and New Year’s for this Mouth Watering Monday. I haven’t done one of these for awhile because I have just been too busy showing you all the wonderful things for Christmas. Today we look back in the archives to this time last year, almost exactly to the date!…