Cilantro and lime are not just for salads. They are also great ingredients to add to a marinade. Combined with the flavors of garlic and ground cumin, they make a wonderful marinade for steak fajitas. When I make fajitas, I marinade and grill one flank steak (about 2 pounds). I also grill sliced peppers and onions…
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Perfect Pairings Part 2 – Grilled Corn and Black Bean Salad
As promised, here is another recipe using cilantro and lime. I have had countless black bean salads made with corn and various other ingredients. The one thing I always find lacking, though, is the flavor of the corn. Many recipes simply call for thawed frozen corn or steamed corn on the cob. My favorite way to…
Perfect Pairings – Cilantro and Lime
One of my favorite flavor combinations is fresh cilantro and lime. The pair of flavors, when added to a dish, provide a bright and fresh taste that really wakes up your taste buds. I find myself adding these ingredients to lots of my recipes, especially in the spring. So, throughout the week, I thought I…
Strawberry Cupcakes
Typically, when my family gets together, I am in charge of making dessert. I love to bake and decorate cookies and cakes, so it is always a lot of fun for me to come up with new things to make. For Easter, in addition to the cookies I posted yesterday, I made strawberry cupcakes with…
Happy Easter!
Most years I make candy for Easter – peanut butter eggs, chocolate bunnies, mocha truffles, etc. This year, though, many of my friends and family (myself included) are watching what they eat and trying not to have too many sweets. So, it seemed silly to spend countless hours making chocolates that everyone is trying to…
Thai Chicken Stir Fry
One of my favorite Asian dishes is a Thai peanut chicken stir fry with rice noodles. I used to make it with a packet of peanut sauce mix purchased at the grocery store. For this week’s Asian dish as a part of my challenging cuisine challenge, I have recreated the dish from scratch, using the peanut…
Friday Favorites – Episode 4
This week has been a good week for food bloggers everywhere. I found myself starring almost all of the posts in my RSS reader! As a result, it was especially difficult to pick my favorites this week. As I started re-reading the articles that I had starred from this week, I thought that maybe I would…
Healthy Dinner for Two – All Wrapped Up
I love to bake and make candy for Easter. So, in the week leading up to Easter, I try to make healthy dinners so that I can afford to splurge a little on Easter Sunday. This dinner is very healthy and super easy to make, too! I saw a recipe for fish packets in a…
Barbeque Chicken Pizza
One of my favorite things to do when I travel is to go for long walks and take pictures. While I was in Boston, I spent most of my afternoons walking around the city exploring. While walking around Beacon Hill, I stopped in at Deluca’s Market for an afternoon snack. In addition to fresh meats, cheeses, and…
Easy Lime Pie
Last Thursday, we had a friend over for dinner and a movie. She offered to bring Texas Caviar as an appetizer, so I thought it would be good to make a Tex-Mex themed dinner. I made steak fajitas on the grill (no surprise there) with all of the usual accessories – sour cream, guacamole, salsa,…
