• Fish,  Healthy,  Vegetables

    Herb Salmon with Lemoned Green Beans

    It’s Friday!! I am pretty excited for the weekend to be here. This week has been busy, to say the least, and next week isn’t going to be much better. Needless to say I am totally looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Maybe I will even take the bike out for a ride since it is supposed to be so nice. Winning! Whenever it is a nice out I have a really hard time not firing up the grill every day of the weekend. You can make so many different things and it always seems to taste good. The taste of food coming off the grill just reminds me of…

  • Food,  Side Dish,  Vegetables

    Garlic Fries

    I have a love affair with garlic… We go together like peas and carrots, chocolate and peanut butter, lamb and tunafish! <—movie reference, I don’t really like lamb and tunafish together. Just want to make that clear haha. Seriously though, I have a really hard time not cooking with garlic. I am one of those people who can put a whole head of garlic into the oven, roast it, and then spread it on bread….YUMMMMMMIE! Or should I say NomNoms ;-). Or how about garlic and olive oil as a dipping sauce? ::kisses fingers:: MUAH! OR how about a fresh tomato salad with cucumber and garlic…. ::dreams of summer tomatoes::…

  • Food,  Side Dish,  Vegetables

    Green Beans for Any Meal

    I promised you a green recipe didn’t I? Well here it is! I have a confession…I used to HATE green beans! I would refuse to eat them when I was younger, and when I say refuse…I mean RE-FUSE! The only time I started eating green beans was in college because I was too poor to eat anything but the cafeteria food when I was a Freshman and Sophomore. So needless to say, I learned to eat them in college real fast haha. Now? I love green beans! I swear as I get older my taste buds change. Oh well.. This green bean recipe is awesome for any side dish to…