Braised Grass-Fed Beef |I choose grass-fed beef because it’s leaner than conventional beef. The difference isn’t huge but, every little bit counts. This beef can be prepared in a slow cooker or electric pressure cooker.
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Meal Prep Roast Chicken Breast Recipe
Roast Chicken Breast | When prepping proteins my goal is to prep them with as much flavor as possible without adding any calories. For the chicken, I chose bone-in skin on chicken breast that I roast in the oven. Chicken breast is high in protein and lean. Because it is such a lean meat I…
Easy Spiced Skillet Candied Pecans
Candied Pecans | Whenever I walk into a store or venue and I smell the sweet wonderful smell of roasting candied nuts I basically turn into a bloodhound. My nose goes up in the air and I am on a mission to sniff them out. When I smell warm candied nuts my mouth immediately begins to water. I…
Tembleque (Coconut Pudding)
Tembleque | Hey, coconut lovers! I have got a treat for you! It’s called tembleque and it’s one of my favorite desserts. Not only is it one of my favorites but it’s one of the easiest dessert ever! I know I’ve said before that Flan de Queso (cheese flan) was my favorite dessert but why should I choose?…
Orange and Dark Chocolate Olive Oil Cookies
Olive Oil Cookies | This post was sponsored by Pompeian. All opinions expressed on my site are my own. Yes, you read that right, olive oil cookies. And, let me tell you olive oil cookies need to be part of your life. Olive oil cookies will change your cookie loving life. If you are looking for a cookie…
Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Sticks
Hot Chocolate Sticks | It’s Christmas time and it’s getting really cold outside. There are so many treats that I love this time of the year. Of course, I love some Puerto Rican classics like coquito and tembleque but if I am craving something sweet, hot, and creamy I want a cup of hot chocolate. …
Bacon Ranch Crispy Potato Skins
Potato Skins | This post was sponsored by Pompeian. All opinions expressed on my site are my own. I don’t know about you but I love some crispy potato skin. It’s one of my favorite parts about a baked potato but, you don’t have to bake a whole potato for crispy potato skin. It’s cold out and I…
Homemade Spiced Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry Sauce | I remember as a kid my mother would always toss a trusty can off cranberry sauce in the shopping cart when doing the Thanksgiving dinner shopping. She was always sure to grab the whole berry cranberry sauce not the jellied. Then suddenly one year I was around 10 years old and she…
Mustard & Sage Roast Turkey Breast with Fall Vegetables
Roast Turkey Breast | Every year I hear on the news that Thanksgiving is the biggest travel day of the year. Although we have hit the road on a few occasions for Thanksgiving most years we just chill at home with an intimate Thanksgiving dinner and start preparing for Christmas. We are a small home of two…
Brown Butter Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin Bread | I was craving pumpkin bread. But I didn’t want your run of the mill pumpkin bread. I wanted a pumpkin bread that would knock my socks off. I wanted it to embody all things delicious in the Fall. I wanted to be smacked in the face with pumpkin flavor and fall spices….