BUFFALO CHICKEN VEGGIE QUESADILLAS

RECIPE | BUFFALO CHICKEN VEGGIE QUESADILLAS

I love quick meals and using up all my leftovers, so naturally creative quesadillas are an automatic go-to for me.  This beauty made use of the roasted chicken I had for a previous dinner and was spiced up with a few versatile goodies I keep in my fridge and freezer.  You can either bake these in the oven and/or cook them stove top.  The quesadilla pictured above was actually a left-over from an oven-baked batch that I decided to reheat by pan-frying it in a bit of butter to golden crispiness!

NO-BAKE GARLIC BREAD

Too hot to turn the oven on but craving garlic bread?  Don't have an oven?  Try this super quick and easy recipe for NO-BAKE GARLIC BREAD!  

PUMPKIN BUTTER ON ICE CREAM?

Pumpkin Butter on Ice Cream!?  Yes... and it's a deliciously sweet treat!

ART TASTING | CHELSEA GALLERIES APRIL 2015

NOTE: This is a preliminary post offering YOU a taste of some of the art I sampled last weekend in the Chelsea Galleries in NYC!  Enjoy!  More coming soon!

TEA JOURNAL | RUM & CHAIDER

TEA JOURNAL | RUM & CHAIDER:  Once upon a time a few year's back, I was visiting friends at a cute little pub in a cute little New York town.  On the bar of that cute little pub in the cute little town was a great big slow cooker filled with spiced apple cider... which they served to us warm and wonderful with a special twist... RUM.  (My favorite!)  Now that is fine and wonderful and delicious and perfectly excellent on a cold night all on its own, but let's take it up a notch, shall we?  For this we need another short tale... Once upon a Fall afternoon, I stumbled upon sweet and fancy little tea shop in Boston and was offered my first taste of Chai tea (something I had otherwise been avoiding due to the intensity of the flavor and my inclination toward green tea) steeped in... you guessed it... hot apple cider.  So let's take these two brilliant ideas and throw them together in a cute little pink teapot and enjoy kicking back in our cozies on a cold and snowy day, now shall we?

CASHEW CREME RASPBERRY MOCHA

After a week of being spoiled silly in southern Colorado by the expansive sky, majestic mountains, fantastic local food, and outrageously delicious coffee beverages, I felt my life lacking in the gritty Big Apple.  The extraordinarily expensive food drink here pales in comparison to what the south west has to offer.

FIRE FACE SUNNY SIDE QUINOA

Here's a super easy (and super spicy) five ingredient meal for under $5.  Nothing fancy here, but it sure looks and tastes it.  Prep takes nearly no time and uses up barely any ingredients for a fairly filling yet light and healthy dinner.  Ready to raid your fridge for the ingredients?  I'll bet you have them.  The only tricky one is the quinoa, but that's not in the fridge anyway, it's in the pantry. :)

TEA TASTING | CHERRY BLOSSOM | DAVIDsTEA

TEA TASTING: A MINI REVIEW

CHERRY BLOSSOM | DAVIDsTEA | WHITE/GREEN BLEND

white tea blended with green tea, cherries, coconut, rosebuds & flavoring
Tastes like cherry candy!

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TEA JOURNAL | DAVIDsTEA | MINT CHOCOLATE ROOIBOS

DAVIDsTEA | MINT CHOCOLATE ROOIBOS

South African rooibos, peppermint, chocolate, cocoa, natural and artificial chocolate mint flavouring.

TEA JOURNAL | DAVIDsTEA | YELLOW DRAGON

DAVIDsTEA | YELLOW DRAGON

Oolong tea, lemongrass, peppermint

TEA JOURNAL | DAVIDsTEA | LOVE TEA #7

DAVIDsTEA | LOVE TEA #7

Chinese Black Tea with Dark Chocolate, Strawberries, Red Rose Petals, & Flavorings

RECIPE: BERRY CHILL PROTEIN SMOOTHIE

 

RECIPE: Chill out after you workout with this deliciously tart protein smoothie!  Antioxidants and vitamins galore!  Carrot juice and hemp protein powder compliment a cluster of all natural, fresh fruits in this perfect post-workout treat.  Try it yourself!

RECIPE: CINNAMON-SUGAR GRILLED PINEAPPLE SPEARS

RECIPE:  Grilling season is approaching (if it hasn't reached you already!) so let's kick it off right with a juicy-sweet treat that's quick, easy, and absolutely delicious... Cinnamon-Sugar Grilled Pineapple Spears.  I've seen a few variations to the recipe, but the basics are always the same: three ingredients.  Pineapple, Cinnamon, Sugar.  Easy.  You can spice it up however you please (I included Cinnamon-Sugar) but the bottom line is simple.  Slice, Mix, Grill, Eat.  Read on to find out my personal recipe for a dessert that will wow you with flavor, fun, and simplicity.