Ingredients Ground beef Yellow onions Poblano peppers Chili powder Garlic powder Smoked paprika Ground cumin Cayenne pepper Crushed fire roasted tomatoes Tomato paste Diced green chiles Hot sauce Salted butter Bay leaves Salt Chicken or beef broth Cream cheese Shredded cheddar cheese Mixed chili beans Fresh cilantro Chopped green onions Avocado Greek yogurt What you need in the kitchen: Large dutch oven Spatula Ladle Chili bowls When I woke up on Saturday morning, I looked outside to see a wintery wonderland of snow....

It’s kind of through the roof. I know that some of you may be like, “figs?? On pizza?? Ewww”. But don’t be like that, I promise, they give the pizza such great flavor. Ok, and you may also be a bit weirded out by the whole dandelion greens in my pesto thing, but really that’s not weird at all, and it’s so amazingly good. AND I literally just walked outside my door and picked the greens....

I love this time of year. Well, kind of, I love this time of year for the produce it brings and the anticipation of summertime. The weather can be kind of a mixed bag here in the mountains. We often move right from winter into summer. But this spring has actually been really nice, with plenty of sunshine and fairly warm temps too! It’s got me craving the warm summer days ahead....

There are 3 secrets here. The first is to boil down the apple cider to concentrate its flavor. The second is to use spiced apple butter, it provides even more delicious apple flavor. And finally, serve the cake with warm salted honey butter – so delish! When the apples are pretty, sweet, and delicious, it’s time to bake with them. September is my favorite month for using apples. I know everyone’s started in on the pumpkin craze, but in September, I bake with apples....

This post is sponsored by Fleischmann’s®. Happy Friday before Christmas. I have to say, I am so excited for the next few days. Most of my family arrives tomorrow and after this weekend the bulk of my work will be done for the remainder of the year. It’s been crazy busy leading up to Christmas, but I’m feeling grateful and excited for everything we’ve been able to accomplish this last year....

I use ground lamb, however mutton mince, goat keema, chicken mince, ground beef or ground turkey will also work beautifully in this recipe. Keema pulao takes about 40-45 minutes to make on stove top. I am also including the instant pot and pressure cooker instructions (these two methods save you about 10-12 minutes of rice cooking time). Keema pulao or keema pasta are dishes that I did not grow up with....

I baked a really delicious Eggless Whole Wheat Carrot Walnut Cake today and I got so excited that I had to share the recipe immediately! I had planned a bunch of eggless baked goodies for this festive season and this is the next recipe in line after my eggless cinnamon rolls and gingerbread men cookies. Although I love making cakes and cookies, breads and savory bakes are kind of my thing....

You guys remember a couple of weeks ago when I shared this herbed garlic naan? Well, as you can guess, I’m very obsessed with that recipe. Naan is one of the few recipes that I make over and over again, at least once a week. No exaggeration. Here’s the thing. I only made the herbed garlic naan to use for these wraps. I needed a sturdy, but delicious flatbread that would hold rice, falafel, and toppings....

Cause that is kind of how I want this Monday to go down. A big bowl of hummus and a big side of fresh naan for dipping. Like YES. WATCH HOW-TO VIDEO HERE: Hummus Dinner for the win! OKOK, but first, can we talk about this weekend and how it was the perfect first weekend of June? Things have finally gotten green and colorful here. I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to see color again....

{This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Almondmilk!} Everyone knows the month of August is back to school, but for me, these freezer friendly whole grain waffles are also back to childhood. Last week it was these homemade blueberry Nutri Grain bars and this week it’s freezer friendly waffles! It might be kind of odd, but I’m loving these childhoods eats, especially with everything that’s been happening in life, it’s nice to be going back to comfort foods from when I was a kid!...

You can never go wrong with chicken wings, I love to serve zesty baked chicken wings, lemon pepper wings, baked buffalo wings and this crispy deep fried version. Whenever I’m entertaining, I love to put out a big platter of fried chicken wings. These wings are super crispy and flavorful; people always go crazy for them! You can serve your wings as-is, or toss them in a sauce like BBQ or buffalo sauce for a hearty snack....

I love making Tikkas at home and I have already shared Paneer Tikka on stove top, Paneer Tikka in oven, Hariyali Paneer Tikka recipes on this blog. Recently I had a thought on what else could be used to make Tikka, especially for vegetarian lovers like me. I had a big fresh cauliflower staring at me and my initial thought of making Gobi Golden Fry or Gobi Manchurian was pushed aside and my mind was set on making Gobi Tikka Masala!...

I’m just going to go out and say it, you guys, I hate the word meatball. It’s just not very cute, you know? Like MEATBALL?! Hmm, it’s so odd to me and just well, so unattractive, but I guess that’s what you call a ball of meat. Makes sense, I get it, but still, it’s just not my favorite word, especially when there are 171,476 in the English language, I mean that’s the best we could come up with?...

Meatballs are great on their own, but they’re even better combined with rice, herbs and fresh veggies. This is a meal that the whole family will enjoy. Serve as is or with a chopped Greek salad on the side! My girls’ favorite meal right now is spaghetti and meatballs, it’s only of the only dinners I can make where I know all three are guaranteed to eat it. That being said, there’s only so often you can eat the same thing without getting tired of it, you know what I mean?...

My grill is one of my favorite cooking devices, I regularly make grilled chicken tenders, steak kabobs and this sweet and savory grilled salmon. Grilled Salmon Ingredients To make grilled salmon you will need salmon fillets as well as olive oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, lemon zest, Dijon mustard, parsley leaves, thyme leaves, salt, black pepper and garlic for the marinade. You may want lemon wedges to garnish your dish....

It’s been my dream to make Hara Bhara Kabab at home, don’t ask me why 🙂 And I don’t know why I had put it off for so long until now. The first time I tried this vegetarian Kabab was at a restaurant during one of our office team lunches. It was not great but I kind of liked how colorful it was and wondered how delicious it would be if done right....

Time to break out the hula skirts, grab a lay and most definitely a fruity drink, one preferably with those cute little umbrellas and a slice of pineapple sitting on the rim. Oh yes, today we are doing Hawaiian, and if we are doing Hawaiian we might as well just go all out! Cause really, it’s Wednesday and Wednesday needs some cheering up, some fun – some pineapple, some avocado and definitely some cheese....

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And I am talking the ice cream kind, not the snow kind. Although, it is currently snowing like crazy right now. There were times during the day today that there were white out conditions. White out conditions! Spring time in the mountains of Colorado = Major dumpings of snow. So why the heck am I making blizzards in the middle of one? Truthfully, because I had already planned on making this today (me, very planned and organized)....

I love DIY stuff. There is a sort of independence in making something from scratch right at home. I know, this is a contradicting belief to getting something store bought. It is easy-peasy and makes your job in the kitchen simple. At the time, the joy of making things with your own hands, knowing exactly what has gone into preparing something – I have no words to explain this feeling....