Food In Between the Saguaros

Here Goes Nothing..

I’ve always loved to cook. One of the first things I remember being “allowed” to cook was..drum roll… scrambled eggs – in the microwave – yuck! However, not much later in life my mother encouraged me in the kitchen. My best friend from across the street, Meredith, would often join me as I pulled the…

Chicken

Honey Balsamic Roasted Chicken – Easy Peasy!

Originally I thought the whole Quarantine/Covid-19 would have allowed me extra time to focus on cooking and sharing these recipes with you, but obviously that was not the case. Maybe forcing me to stay home and cook caused the opposite reaction for me? I just wanted to go out and have someone else do the…

Garden

Blueberry Jalapeno Glaze

We love smoked salmon and typically keep it pretty simple. Which we did the same prep with this one as well, but I decided I wanted to try out something new. All of the gorgeous fresh jalapenos growing in the garden and it’s also blueberry season right now – inspiration created. I’ll give a quick…

Eggs

Pork Noodle Bowls

This has become a go to recipe for us whenever we have leftover pulled pork. You can also use chicken or really any other meat that you want. If you have leftovers or meat already prepared this dish is super fast and easy to put together! We started by heating up the pork in a…

Baked

Scalloped Potatoes

I don’t make recipes like this very often. Like this meaning.. I consider it too unhealthy to include in a normal meal rotation for us. But.. I did grow up with a love for cream sauce and what is it really going to hurt every once in a while? The grocery store finally had potatoes…

Baked

Brown Butter Sage Roasted Radishes

Radishes are so pretty and very easy to grow! These beauties all came from our little backyard garden. I planted the Easter variety – which is just a multi pack. My favorite is when you are surprised with the watermelon radishes. I just think they are so beautiful! There are a lot of things you…

Chicken

“George’s” Chicken Soup

We are having just a couple of cooler days in the desert before we shoot up toward the 90s next week. The cooler days combined with being stuck in the house made soup sound like just the thing for dinner. One of our favorite soups both David and I enjoy is from George’s at the…

Chicken

Creamy Mushroom and Chicken Pasta

I always love pasta. I love that you can do so many different things with it. I love that dried pasta keeps in the pantry for a LONG time so you can have it for all of those last minute throw together meals. I love that we typically have it as a one dish meal….

Dessert

Meyer Lemon, Lavender “Quarantini”

Ok – I know.. I guess I’ve been slacking on recipes. I’m coming back with this simple “Quarantini.” Our Meyer lemon tree, as per usual, produced hundreds and hundreds of lemons and we were a little late to getting them all picked this year! But luckily – only sacrificed a few to our lateness. So…..

Garden

Lamb Ragu

My husband and I both love lamb and we love ragu. We had roasted a fantastic lamb shoulder from our favorite local meat market and of course, I froze the leftovers. I personally think the lamb really makes this recipe, but if you aren’t a fan you could easily substitute about any of your favorite…

Garden

Tomato Basil Bisque

I’ve always loved tomato soup, especially paired with a fancy grilled cheese. I’ve found that it freezes well, so when I have extra tomatoes from the garden this is one of the things I make with them. I’ve made quite a few different versions of this, some spicy, some sweeter and some with cream and…