Author: Beth

I am a mother of four from Southern California currently living in Manhattan. I have one son left at home who also loves to cook as much as me. He is the inspiration for me to start this blog. I also want to preserve all the fun and memories our family has in the kitchen!

Roast Pork Nachos

When we were in Utah for Kenzie’s wedding, we stopped by our favorite neighborhood Emigration Market.  We were talking to the butcher about this roast we used to buy called a spoon roast.  He told us that we could use a Pork Boston Butt or Shoulder or a Beef Chuck Roast.  He gave us a container of the seasoning they…

Sauteed Vegetables (light version)

I got my teeth whitened the other day and they said I had to eat light colored foods for 2 days!  How is that possible?  It was torture.  I walked by the farmers market and picked up a potato, an onion, a yellow squash, fresh garlic, a white bell pepper and a yellow heirloom tomato.  It was all cut up…

Baked Canadian Salmon on Vegetables

I bought a piece of Canadian Salmon at Fairway.  It was more expensive than their regular salmon but tasted amazing.  I think partly because I didn’t overcook it.  350 degrees for 15 minutes.  I cooked it in Trader Joes Island Soyaki marinade which is really good.  From the ingredient list it has soy sauce, pineapple juice, ginger, garlic, onion, vinegar,…

Frozen Waffle Batter Experiment

I found a recipe for the ultimate waffle.  I don’t have pictures from the original experiment but I do remember there was a lot of cornstarch in the batter.  Anyway, I saved the leftovers and decided to find out what would happen if I cut up the frozen batter and cooked it directly on the waffle iron.  This is what…

Trail mix whole wheat rolls and granola

This is a clean out the cupboards type of day but they turned out great!  I was trying to get more room in the cupboard and had so many partially used bags of different nuts and dried fruits used for various recipes.  I cut up a fresh apple, added dried apricots, dried cranberries, pecans, cashews, sunflower seeds, almond slivers, cleaned…