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Pepperoni Quinoa

Mike recently discovered quinoa at the farmer’s market.  There was a booth there where a lady was selling a package of uncooked quinoa with seasoning in it.  All you have to do...

Mango Overnight Oats

I’ve seen recipes over “overnight oats” on the internet before and never really thought much about them.  I’ve never liked oatmeal.  I find that it tastes bland and horrible.  That being said,...

Garlic Asparagus

Mike apparently loves asparagus.  I never knew this because we never really ate it.  I never knew how to cook it.  We tried grilling it (this turned out terrible).  We tried boiling...

Pumpkin Pancakes

We used to make pancakes from a huge package of Krusteaz or Bisquick.  Mike really liked one brand but not the other.  He was going through a pancake/waffle phase, so we bought...

Bacon Wrapped Tater Rounds

  Most of the time I try to eat at least semi-healthy food items.  Periodically, I like to treat myself by making a delicious, but clearly unhealthy food item.  This is one...

No Miso Soup

Growing up my mom used to serve soup every night with dinner.  She made a variety of soups, but most of them had a bone broth base.  Sometimes she used chicken bones...

Santa Maria Tri Tip

Mike loves Tri Tip.  We used to get the marinated Tri Tip from Costco and cook them in the oven using the instructions on the package.  They were delicious!  We stopped buying these...

Pumpkin Pie Steel Cut Oatmeal

We had some pumpkin puree leftover in the refrigerator from various recipes.  Note that this is not “pumpkin pie mix”.  It is simply pumpkin puree.  It only contains pumpkin, and no other...