You know how menus in Hawaii always have sesame crusted fish? I always assumed that was such a fancy way to prepare fish that I couldn’t do on my own. Turns out, it is actually super easy! And SO delicious! When I was meal planning, I thought I was going to make lettuce tacos w this ahi. But then the store didn’t have little gem lettuce and I didn’t want to buy an entire head of butter lettuce just for this (I already had romaine at home), so I reconfigured the dish in my head… Read more >

Kyle’s company’s lawyers decided to have a zoom wine and cheese pairing for their clients (probably because they weren’t meeting in person to shmooze with the rounds of golf or whatever), and as eye-roll inducing as I personally found this to be, I was also quite happy to be on the receiving end of the tastings. We got a bottle of sparkling vino from Iron Horse delivered a few days before the event so we could get it properly chilled. And then the day before, we got a shipment of several cheese from Point Reyes… Read more >

Kyle was obsessed with this cornbread. I think it’s because I used dairy in it. Anyway, we had the leftovers from this meal with sausage and a “cheesy” green bean dish. The sausages were WF brand (organic chicken apple) which I broiled in the oven for a few minutes. The green beans were steamed before I added a macadamia nooch sauce that I had in the freezer (leftover from I don’t remember when). It was a riff off of the recipe from a modern way to cook. I thought the green beans were good, but… Read more >

We are SO close to being able to grill again! We finally got our BBQ (which we picked out back in MARCH!!!) but now we are waiting to hook it up to the gas line (and neither ACE nor Home Depot have the part so we are in a holding pattern—again). Until then, it’s indoor cooking. I was pretty content to just go without beef for the few months that our backyard remodel was slated to happen. But then it dragged on and on and ON…and Kyle was really in the mood for steak. So… Read more >

This is an oldie, but worth sharing in case you wanted to give it a try. I have only cooked pasta in the instant pot a few times, but needed to get it done quickly without being in the kitchen, so pressure cooker to the rescue. I cooked a pound of shells for one minute on high pressure with just enough water to barely cover the noodles. Then I left it to release naturally and it absorbed most of the excess liquid in that time. Worked well enough at least! Before dinner, I sauteed snap… Read more >