For St. Patrick’s Day, most food bloggers are posting green brownies, cakes, and cookies. What is on my mind? Avocados! And the perfect “side” for some avocado… how about a portabello mushroom burger? See the picture, there is green in the smashed avocado… so I’m safe, no pinching!!!
I love these because they literally take minutes to prepare, and are extremely healthy. Although, in addition to the big slice of swiss cheese, I added something else that made it a bit less healthy. …

You know how sometimes, you just want something really simple, but extremely flavorful and still healthy? This recipe turned out to fit all of those criteria. In fact, this turned out to be one of the most flavorful things I have eaten recently. I couldn’t believe how well the sweet, warm pepper was complimented by the avocado.
I assume spreadable fruit is basically the same as preserves? Personally, I like for sauces to have a bit of sweetness to them, and the apricot preserves might have actually …

My Mom makes a Chicken Pot Pie that is so good she is able to use it to bribe people to do things for her. Seriously, it actually became a bartering tool… and a very persuasive one at that. Now, in addition to being an incredibly delicious comfort food treat, her pot pie is also quite the chore to make. Between making the dough from scratch, a homemade white sauce, and prepping all of the vegetables, she said it ends up taking a couple of hours from …

For those of you who, like me, can stand in front of a bowl of pistachios for a good five minutes, just cracking them open and popping them down, this recipe may help to cure you of satisfy that craving. Pistachios really make an amazing topping for so many dishes. Remember the caramelized brussels sprouts topped with pistachios that I made for Thanksgiving? Yeeeaaahhhhh, um, pistachios. definitely. good.
Believe it or not, a couple of bags of those babies have actually somehow survived sitting on my shelf for …

Even if the weather can’t make up its mind whether or not its going to be cold, I decided we were long overdue for one of the all-time best cold weather foods: a huge pot of chili. Personally, I don’t buy into the whole seasonal-food thing. I am perfectly fine with having chili in the summer and ice cream in the winter. Regardless of whether the temperatures outside “deserve” it or not, is there really ever a wrong time for a big bowl of warm, meaty chili?
Chili …