First things first. Happy Anniversary to our parents! They’ve been married 34 year today!! We love tacos. Any kind of tacos. Although we grew up eating classic tacos, I’ve since come to think of tacos as sort of a blank canvas. You need a tortilla, a protein, a sauce, and some sort of veggie or…
Herby Chicken Skewers with Blueberry Salsa
I may have mentioned before that I have a slight addiction to cookbooks and cooking magazines. I’ll read my cookbooks cover to cover like a novel and love ripping recipe ideas out of the magazines. Most of them end up in a folder for me to pour over when I plan meals for the week,…
Barbecue Chicken Thighs
I just posted the recipe for my favorite barbecue sauce a couple days ago, so I figured I should show you how I like to make one of my go-to recipes with the sauce. Bone-in chicken thighs – well any form of chicken is really a go-to for us – but I really like these…
Tequila Lime Chicken with Roasted Tomatillo Salsa and Corn & Black Bean Hash
Derek likes to joke that he is the ‘Le Gourmet Chef’ in our household and I’m just his sous chef. However, its times like these when he comes up with an idea like this that I start to wonder if he has a point. But at least he still needs me to execute the ideas…
Pesto Zucchini Noodles and Chicken
Typical Tory, it’s Monday at lunch time and I’m just now trying to figure out what to make for dinner and what I am going to eat all week. I had really big plans to do this on Sunday, but got carried away with crafting Sunday Funday with my friend Macks. So as I’m spending…
Chicken Gyros
There is this place in the skyway in downtown Minneapolis that makes awesome chicken gyros. You see, I’m not a huge fan of lamb, but I LOVE the flavors in a traditional gyro especially the tzatziki sauce. So when I’m looking for a gyro fix that’s where I go, until I found this recipe for…
