It is spaghetti squash season and I couldn’t be more excited! Spaghetti Squash is so versatile and goes great in Italian and Thai dishes. I was in the mood for Italian so I decided to whip up my Baked Spaghetti Squash dish. I tried to pick out the smallest spaghetti squash that I could find, since there wasn’t a price on any of them and I was only cooking for two. I got up to the register and even though the… Read more »
Dear sweet sweet mac n’ cheese how I love you so. Macaroni and cheese is one of my favorite foods and guilty pleasures. I have loved it since my mom use to make it for me with cheese whiz and celery way back in the day. Over the years my mac n’ cheese recipe has been constantly evolving, and it has become a bit more gourmet…but it still has the celery in it in honor of my mom. I… Read more »
Yup, I went there…I made homemade Sriracha that you will want to put on ALL of the things. I will be the first to admit it that I have a hot sauce addiction. I currently have 10 hot sauces hanging out in my fridge, and I welcome anyone that wants to share their favorites with me. My current favorite hot sauces are Cholula and Gringo Bandito, but I have a large place in my heart for the almighty Sriracha. I… Read more »
Oh my god, it is basilpalooza at the farmers market and I am in love! I am obsessed with basil and I wish that it were available in this quantity all of the time. Since it is not I have to find a way to capture this magical summer gift, so that I can enjoy it year round. This is where the 5-minute pesto comes in. I can’t stand to see the basil that I buy go bad, but there… Read more »
To say that I have a small addiction to chips and salsa is an understatement. I could probably eat chips and salsa every day if I had the chance. Heck, I made Derika take me out for Mexican food on both Friday and Saturday last weekend…I seriously have a problem. Last week Tuesday, my friend Erin reached out to me to see if I might like to grab a tasty beverage or dinner. It occurred to me that it… Read more »
So the heat continues and I am still not complaining after the winter that we had, I am just getting more creative with how to not use the oven on the sweatiest of days. We have also officially opened up the Double D Bistro and we are now taking reservations. 🙂 We are lucky that the windows of our apartment overlook a quiet street and a courtyard. We open the windows and slide our bar stools up… Read more »
It has been heating up in NYC, which has been making our apartment feel like my own personal sauna. We do have air conditioners, but I am fighting it, because I feel like I really need to embrace the summer a bit since the winter was so brutal. I will admit though that we have been using the one in our bedroom at night to help us sleep…it has also been doing wonders on drowning out the city noise. As a result of… Read more »
Derika managed to catch the plague at work last week and with all the travel and long hours, this cold has been holding on for dear life. I have been keeping my distance the best I can in our 582 square foot apartment. I have also been downing a ton of fire cider and drinking tons of water in hopes that I don’t get the plague as well. So far it has been working like a dream! Yay, for Fire Cider and… Read more »
I hope that everyone had a great holiday! We didn’t get into too much, but the weather was beautiful so we headed on over to Central Park and pretended that we were laying on the beach in the sunshine. It was not the beach, but the little extra vitamin D and the bunny ears did us wonders. 😉 Minus the weird snow hiccup we had last week, spring has officially sprung in NYC and I cannot stop taking photos of… Read more »
I wish that everyday were taco Tuesday, so then I could eat all things Mexican all of the days! I think that I have mentioned in a blog post or ten that I love Mexican food and I really love taco Tuesday. Not like I need a reason, but it gives me an extra reason to whip up some Mexican food and eat the heck out of some chips and salsa. The other day, I was doing the washer and… Read more »
