Today my blogging friends and I are sharing four delicious cocktails with you—we get together the first Monday of every month for the Taste Creations Blog Hop! For today's hop, I will be sharing a simple but delicious Tequila Winter Chaser! This drink features fruit, orange juice, and tequila, and is perfect for remembering warm, sunny afternoons! Scroll down to the bottom of this post to see the cocktails my friends have put together, too! Tequila Winter Chaser It was bitterly cold here in New Jersey over the weekend, as it was in other parts of the United States. So I decided to mix Continue reading...

Welcome to Taste Creations Monday! Once a month my friends and I get together to share recipes along a particular theme. This month's theme is soup recipes! I'm sharing an all-natural, ramen-style rice noodle soup recipe, since I adore ramen soup! My recipe is also gluten free and vegetarian. It's a perfect recipe if you are on a gluten-free diet, or if you are looking for a healthy meal option with fresh vegetables. My doctor has put me on a trial gluten-free diet, which means I'm not supposed to eat wheat, barley, and rye. I have been missing ramen soup, since ramen, a Japanese-style Continue reading...

Happy Monday! Today my blogging friends and I are getting together to share after-school snacks for the Taste Creations recipe blog hop. We get together the first Monday of every month to share recipes, and today we are all sharing our after-school-snack recipes! My kids are in college now (sniff!) but I'll pretend that they are home so I can whip up a tasty afternoon snack—I am always up for a good snack! I tried some pimento cheese when I went to the Haven blogging conference a few years ago with my friend Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom. I thought the cheese dip was so good, so I decided to make Continue reading...

I am participating in the Big Mountain Foods Recipe Challenge. I received free product in exchange for my participation. Happy Monday! Today my blogging friends and I are getting together to share healthy breakfast recipes as part of the Taste Creations Blog Hop! I will be sharing a recipe for an easy and delicious veggie bratworst and egg sandwich with two kinds of kimchi! Scroll down to the bottom of this post to see the healthy breakfast recipes that my friends are sharing. I have been looking to eat better in 2022, including eating more vegetables. So my breakfast sandwich includes Continue reading...

I was provided with Fortune Brand Noodles in exchange for participating in the Fortune Noodle Recipe Challenge. Today I am participating in the Fortune Noodle Recipe Challenge! For the challenge, I have been encouraged to share a recipe that includes Fortune Brand Noodles. I decided to share a recipe for Korean steamed eggs that can be served with these delicious noodles—I chose to pair the Korean steamed eggs with Fortune Brand Soy Ginger Yakisoba Stir-Fry Noodles. Korean-Style Eggs My husband is Korean American, and he cooks several tasty Korean dishes for our family. One Continue reading...

Thanks to Serious Foodie for providing me with the delicious spice rub used in this recipe. My husband and I have been eating more healthy foods lately and have been having more chicken and vegetables for dinner. I've been looking for different ways to serve chicken. I have discovered the Filipino Grill Spice Rub, which features citrus and a little bit of heat, and thought it would be perfect for a weeknight chicken sandwich. This meal is quick and easy to pull together on a weeknight and tastes great! The Filipino Grill Spice Rub I used is from the Serious Foodie Collection of Continue reading...

This post includes Amazon affiliate links. Today my blogging friends and I are getting together for the Taste Creations blog hop. My blogging friends and I get together once a month to share recipes that include a common ingredient. This month's common ingredient is mushrooms. I decided to make an easy and delicious one-pot recipe — braised chicken thighs with beer and mushroom sauce. For this recipe, I used one of the most handy pots in my kitchen — a Dutch oven. A Dutch oven is a deep, heavy-duty pot with a lid. It's a versatile pot — it can be used stovetop or in the oven. I have Continue reading...

My family and I traveled to Annapolis, Md., last month. While we were there, we discovered Eastport Kitchen, which was near our AirBNB rental in Eastport. My teens and I ordered the Daisy Sandwich, which has roasted beets, hardboiled egg, arugula, pickled onion, avocado, and an herbed cheese spread on toasted multigrain bread. We like the sandwich so much that we ordered it twice! Once we got home I decided to make my own version of it. I think I've come pretty close. We love this delicious sandwich! The sandwich contains no meat and has fresh vegetables, so it fits with the semi vegetarian Continue reading...