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Updated on August 27, 2023August 27, 2023Dessert

Roasted Peaches with Miso Cinnamon Sugar Glaze

Peaches are the ultimate fruit for dessert. It’s fun to make cobblers, pies, and cakes, but roasting your peaches is such a special, simple dessert that can be perfect for a date night or for hosting one last summer party! Miso maple cinnamon butter adds a slight salty, cozy vibe which gives this glaze a warm, nutty, taste. Imagine the best peachy caramel sauce oozing in dark golden pools around sweet, cold vanilla ice cream. Roasting the peaches gives them such a decadent and pure peach flavor. If your schedule is getting busy but you still want to celebrate summer, don’t hesitate! Grab your peaches and make the best roasted peaches with miso cinnamon sugar glaze!

Updated on August 19, 2023August 19, 2023Dinner

The Best Summer Stuffed Zucchini Soup

Here in the pacific northwest, zucchini seems to explode between July and September. What better way to celebrate the bounty of the season than with a summery stuffed zucchini soup! This soup bursts with a rich hearty broth, tons of zucchini, and deliciously seasoned beef. This is the best one pot meal for busy back to school days, laid back weekends, and chill hosting parties. I suggest sprinkling gobs of mozzarella cheese on top for the perfect spoonful of stuffed zucchini soup. Mmmm! It’s the best type of comfort food!

Updated on August 13, 2023August 13, 2023Breakfast

Easy Instant Mochi Pancake Mix-No Eggs, No Milk…No Problem!

This instant mochi pancake mix is the perfect camping breakfast! You don’t need eggs or milk to enjoy these light, fluffy, golden babies. If you enjoy camping, glamping, or if you simply ran out of eggs and milk, you can still eat a delicious fluffy stack of pancakes. Keep on reading for some helpful tips on campfire cooking along with a great pancake recipe! You will have your own perfect mochi pancake mix for whenever the craving for pancakes strikes in no time!

Updated on August 13, 2023July 18, 2023Dinner

The Best Smoked Kalua Pork: Almost Island Style

Hawaiian sea salt, smoked garlic, pork shoulder, and time. This makes the most amazing meal ever invented. While nothing beats the real thing, this simple and succulent pork is almost as good as a ticket back to the islands! I love the beauty of simplicity. Kalua pork is traditionally cooked in a pit filled with hard wood and extremely hot lava rocks. once the Imu (or earth oven) is ready, the pork is covered in ti leaves or banana leaves and left to cook for a loooong time. Time makes it tender and the steam and smoke gives true nuanced and complex flavor. Since most people don’t have access to a whole pig, lava rocks, and probably don’t want to dig a big hole in the backyard, I discovered using my smoker is a really easy alternative to the Imu! Give it a try! You will be rewarded with the best smoked kalua pork almost island style! Keep on reading for step by step instructions with pictures!

Updated on July 17, 2023July 1, 2023Dessert

Strawberry Hibiscus Pie: The Best Taste of Summer

Summer is on the way! Bring on all the berries! I love this time of year. Fresh berries are popping up everywhere and that means …

Updated on July 17, 2023June 12, 2023Dessert

Homemade Oreos: The Ultimate Celebration Cookies

I love homemade oreos. I call them my happiness cookies. They are delightfully crisp, chocolatey, slightly bitter, with the perfect creamy center. Who doesn’t love chocolate and cream? Deep, dark, chocolate wafers are very intensely flavored with the help of two different kinds of cocoa powder. The instant espresso powder found in the wafers helps accentuate the chocolaty flavor and makes the cookies basically scream in a deep bass voice, “EAT ME I’M CHOCOLATE!” Add some extra creamy, milky white filling, and voila! You’ve got the best homemade oreo cookies ever! They are so much better than store bought oreos, and will bring a smile to every face! Homemade oreo cookies are the ultimate celebration cookie.

Updated on July 17, 2023June 4, 2023Dinner

The Best Soy Sauce Jammy Eggs

The happiest color has got to be found hidden away in the center of perfect soy sauce jammy eggs. Perfectly sunny, bright, gooey, and smooth, these ramen eggs are the best edition to your Jazzed up Ramen. I used to hate soft boiled eggs. However… once those runny, custardy yolks hit the steaming broth of ramen, magic happens! You instantly get a rich, full-flavored broth thanks to those happy yolks! As a total convert to soft boiled eggs, I can’t recommend soy sauce jammy eggs enough! They are filling, simple, and have the perfect salty, umami flavor due to the soy sauce marinade.

Updated on July 17, 2023May 29, 2023Dinner

15 Minute Jazzed Up Ramen

Raise your hand if you love noodles! Raise your hand if you love soup! If you said yes to both, then yay! That means we can be friends! (if you don’t like either…then I’m confused as to why you are still reading!) 15 minute Jazzed Up Ramen is one of my go-to dinners during a busy week. I can whip it up in a flash, and it is very leftover friendly.

Updated on July 17, 2023May 20, 2023Dinner

The Ultimate Ramen Soup Mix

A delicious bowl of ramen is the ultimate comfort soup. It’s warm, cozy, and so easy! As newlyweds, we eat this frequently. It’s super affordable, filling, and fast! However, Top Ramen isn’t very healthy for you. All the preservatives and additives that give Top Ramen a long shelf life are not things I want to eat all the time. Hence, the Ultimate Ramen Soup Mix!

Updated on July 17, 2023May 7, 2023Dinner

Spicy Chipotle Rice Grain Bowl

Cinco de Mayo was this week, and while tacos are always a hit, it felt like the perfect time to eat my Spicy Chipotle Grain Bowls. These delicious bowls are layered with some amazing flavors like perfectly seasoned black beans, fluffy brown rice, cheese, cool sour cream, zesty pico de gallo, and homemade spicy chipotle sauce that really packs a punch. This delicious grain bowl recipe will make your tastes buds sing!