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These saté chicken skewers are the partner recipe to the Asian Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad I posted last week. The combination of flavors lights up your mouth, and the creamy ‘peanut’ sauce takes this dish right over the top. In fact I almost made a recipe out of just the ‘peanut’ sauce because it’s both easy and versatile, along with being incredibly addictive! There’s a little quotation mark around ‘peanut’ sauce because there’s no actual peanuts involved in this recipe....

This is by far the easiest meal I’ve ever made. All the ingredients are placed into the slow cooker, turned to low for 8 hours, and that’s it. Also, the whole house smells amazing as it’s cooking. In fact, it’s almost better not to be home at all while it’s cooking. The second time I made this, I was home the entire day and the delicious smells were driving me crazy all day long....

And secondly, it can be really difficult to find a good quality gorgonzola depending on where you live. Since that spinach salad really isn’t worth making with a second rate cheese, (bad blue cheese is why so many people don’t like it in my opinion). I decided to recreate something along the same lines, but without the problematic gorgonzola. However I just wanted to mention if blue cheese is your thing, you can add gorgonzola crumbles to this salad, (just look for gorgonzola dolce for the best results)....

This decadent breakfast bowl has all the comfort of homemade apple pie paired with the fresh-tasting flavor of smoothie bowls. Cinnamon-scented tart green apple makes up the base, and then we go crazy with the toppings adding crunchy cinnamon nut granola, seeds, fruit, and a drizzle of yogurt. It’s very creamy and tastes like a cross between a crisp and apple pie. I made this recipe for my husband who has an undying love for all things apple pie....

Acai bowls are so tasty and fun to eat and they taste good enough to be a fresh dessert. A food truck where we live serves something similar and it is always a yummy treat. However, they’re not cheap to order out so making your own at home is way more budget-friendly. How to make this recipe step by step I really hope you enjoy these Acai Bowls! If you make this recipe, I’d love to hear from you in the comments, and be sure to let me know if you have any questions....

This little gem of a trail is only 1 mile long, and the views are fantastic. It used to be called the Great Arch Trail, but they changed it’s name because you can’t actually see the great arch from the trail. You actually hike out to an overlook where you’re standing on the Great Arch. For a view the Great Arch, you can see it from the Zion Scenic Byway before you reach the Carmel Tunnel when you’re heading East....

My obsession with chipotle aioli started at a tiny burger stand in the Calgary Farmer’s Market over 10 years ago. And ever since my first taste of this creamy lightly spicy sauce, I’ve been finding all sorts of ways to eat it! But this sauce is also really good drizzled over Mexican-inspired bowls. Or use in in a burger or as a dipping sauce for grilled veggies. How to make this recipe step by step I really hope you enjoy this Chipotle Aioli!...

It’s no secret we’re absolutely crazy about the coconut lime flavor combo around here and Thai food as well! The obsession started with this Coconut Lime Ice Cream, and I’ve been creating different recipes around those flavors ever since. You’re going to love this one because the flavors are similar to a Tom Gai Soup. But it’s more subtle because there’s no curry paste involved, and that makes it something the entire family can enjoy....

This is one of my favorite ‘cozy-up’ recipes with restaurant-quality flavor. It’s super easy to make and great for everything from weeknight meals to entertaining and at-home date nights. There are plenty of ways to change things up and make this pasta just a little different each time. And I sure hope you enjoy all the options and variations listed below! How to make this Garlic Parmesan Pasta recipe step by step Note: this pasta is based on my Garlic Parmesan Sauce recipe by popular request....

Chicken Parmesan has always been Tyler’s favorite meal, (next to my Chicken Caesar Salad that is). And I have to say it’s up there for me as well. In fact early on when we were dating, he took me to Olive Garden because he was fairly obsessed with their Chicken Parmesan. Not that it was terrible or anything, just not as good as homemade! So of course I made him Chicken Parmesan from scratch, and he’s been hooked on it ever since....

So… I’m going to let you in on the ‘secret’! I eat light meals in between the heavier ones. It’s so simple it barely qualifies as a ‘secret’, but there you have it! I often find myself having this Green Detox Smoothie after an indulgent meal. It’s fresh, and light, and it gets me right back on track. This might sound crazy, but after a full-scale holiday meal, I drink a green smoothie for breakfast or lunch the next day....

Important Note: Always check with your healthcare provider before using a home remedy as this has never been tested in a lab. Also This hand sanitizer recipe does not include the 60%+ alcohol content that the CDC and other health organizations recommend for hand sanitizer to properly kill coronavirus. I have never been a fan of hand sanitizers, you know the usual kind in dispensers everywhere! I’ve always had sensitive skin and they don’t agree with me at all....

This simple version of egg roll in a bowl has been on repeat in our house for years now. It’s just so easy to make, and so tasty, that I find myself making it often. And when you pair these flavors with some crunchy cashews and a touch of sriracha, it’s downright tasty. Cleanup is a breeze too because it’s cooked in the Instant Pot. You won’t even need to wipe down the stove after dinner which is big bonus!...

I’ll admit I’ve gotten all too reliant on convenient cuts of boneless meats, especially chicken. And I think so many of can relate to the ease factor and quick cooking nature of these cuts of meat. But I really love a good roast/roasted chicken. Even more so because the leftovers can be turned into bone broth or soup. However more often than not, I just don’t find myself taking the time to roast a whole chicken....

Energy bites are one of my favorite things to have around because they’re awesome as a snack on a mountain top in Glacier National Park. Or they’re equally good in the car on the way from one appointment to another when I just don’t think I can make it until dinner time. On one of my recent grocery trips, I noticed they were carrying a new season fall flavor called Pumpkin Pie, so of course I decided to try it....

This recipe is inspired by my love of the classic peanut butter cups. There’s just something about that combo, and the soft filling sandwiched between 2 layers of chocolate! Both Tyler and I love chocolate and raspberry together, so it only seemed natural to create a candy with that addictive combo. As it turns out, the peanut butter cup shape works perfectly for all sorts of yummy creations like this chocolate raspberry one!...

These breakfast bowls emerged out of desperation on a road trip more than 10 years ago, and I’ve been making them ever since! After about a week on the road you’re craving nothing more than something fresh, especially if you’ve been eating out a lot. So… my friend and I stopped at a grocery store in a small town somewhere in Montana. Selection was a bit limited but we bought a cantaloupe, and asked the man behind the counter to cut it in half for us and scoop out the seeds....

Baked eggs are so easy, I mean you can make them with your eyes closed/barely peeled open on a Saturday morning! You can throw them together in 5 minutes flat – no exaggeration, and they taste like you’ve slaved away to make this amazing brunch! There are so many variations of this dish floating around – every country seems to have it’s own version with different ingredients and spices. I knew that Italian style would be the way to go for us because we love the flavors of Italian food....

This recipe started off as the vaguest of ideas. I was actually procrastinating the task at hand and thinking about food, (what else is new?) when I had this thought, ‘wouldn’t it be nice if the whole house could smell like apple pie, without actually making apple pie’. That was really all it took to spark an idea, and from there this recipe for Slow Cooker Apple Pie Filling was born....

There’s a lot of confusion about what the ‘Sun Point Nature Trail’ is and how long it goes. Most will tell you begins at the Sun Point parking lot and runs past Baring Falls ending at the Sunrift Gorge parking area. But according to the current park service website, it’s a 0.8-mile short walk to Sun Point and back to your car. However, we’re going to dive into all the ways these trails interconnect so you can select the best option for you!...