I originally wrote this post as a guest on another blog. It was Taco Tuesday. I never shared it with my readers so today you guys get it as Meatless Monday because well it’s Monday. Why not have a meat free day? We all want to be a little more conscience when making food […]
Tag Archives: fresh ingredients
A Quickie…..Building a Better Burrito
How do you build a better burrito? It’s pretty simple… you have to start with fresh Ingredients. That’s what draws us to places like Chipotle. They promise us fresh ingredients. It’s one of the reasons the McDonald’s corporation purchased the sweet Mexican chain. It wanted to be associated with fresh ingredients. Well if a big […]
St. Patrick’s Day
Yesterday was St. Patrick’ s Day a celebration that some many non-Irish have come to make a part of their lives. I participate yearly from wearing something green to cooking corned beef and cabbage to occasionally going out for cocktails with friends. This year I created a menu that included a Honey Mustard & Brown […]
A Quickie….Chicken Pot Pie
So while perusing a Facebook group dedicated to people who like cooking, I came across someone’s picture of a pot pie they made. It instantly brought me back to my childhood, where my Mom had a freezer with individual boxes of pot pies for us (something for lunch she wouldn’t have to slave over and […]
A Healthier YOU
I know on the blog I share a lot of things that may not be so health conscience but they aren’t meant to be eaten on a daily basis. If you follow me on social media you can get a feel for my daily eating habits, which isn’t all bad. With that being said I […]
A Quickie….Sargento
So what do you do when one of your best friends is in town and stopping through? Well I always plan to feed people. Problem… she no longer eats meat and she’ll be there in less than an hour. You do what I did. You create a cheese platter with Saregento’s new tasting cheeses. […]
December Food in Review
I’ve come to realize that most of my food posts have been to my social media sites. Which if you aren’t following you should. I’m on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram as you guessed it TheChefInPearls.( go follow me now if you aren’t already) . I seem to always have something food related on those sites. So […]
Cranberries Uncanned (Holiday Series Pt 3)
Are you still eating cranberry sauce from a can? I know I say I won’t judge you but I will give you the side-eye for not going fresh. I mean, once you learn how easy it is to make cranberry sauce from scratch you’ll never go canned again. I want you to walk away from this post […]
A Quickie…Potato Wedges
As you already know I am a football girl. To be more exact I am a New York Giants football girl. Unfortunately I now live in Atlanta Falcons territory. So when my Giants were scheduled to play dem dirty birds of course I had to hit the kitchen. I wanted to keep it simple so […]