Blog Awards & Restaurant Review: The Dorrance

Hello Jalapeno Margarita!

Happy Weekend Everyone!!Toby and I are going to Cape Cod, Massachusetts this weekend thanks to my in laws and I could not be more excited. We are so close to Cape Cod, being in Rhode Island, but we never go there. So we are taking a relaxing weekend away. Hooray for mini vacations!

Anyway before my review I wanted to give a quick shout out to a few people that nommed me for blog awards this week!

Hawaiian Chicken & Coconut Lime Rice

Now that the weather is getting nicer it was time to brush the dust off of our outdoor grill and start grilling!! I was fiddling around on Pinterest ( like any other normal day of course) and came across a recipe for Hawaiian chicken. What makes this chicken "Hawaiian" I'm not entirely sure.I have never marinated chicken in coconut milk before, but it was such a great idea!

Chipotle Carnitas Tacos with Brie

I love love love carnitas. For those of you that are unfamiliar carnitas means "little meats. It  is a type of braised or roasted meat. You most often have it in burritos, tacos, on anything really. I have been trying different variations of carnitas and my belly is enjoying it so much. I did a basic preparation for my previous carnitas post. For this version I wanted to go with a smokey spicy flavor so I bought a can of chipotle peppers in adobo ( usually found in the international aisle.)

WIAW & Veggielicious Pad Thai

 Horray! Half way through the week! This week has been flying by, ( which I am totally ok with.) I wanted to do a WIAW recap on some things I ate this weekend. My friends came down from Baltimore and Long Island so we had a big reunion of eating drinking and over all bad habits. I love weekends like this. It makes me happy about all the good eating I do during the week!

Zucchini Tots

**News Flash** My husband is awesome. I came home to one of the best birthday gifts ever. Do you guys remember my post about making a photo box for better blog photos? Well, not only did he make me one, he made me two! What a nice surprise! Big thanks to my father in law for helping! They are so handy! Take a look. Bigger, better, made of wood. Totally bad ass. I love it! 

Ode to Truffle Salt

Flecks of black truffle=Goodness

I got a great idea from Andrea at Quest for Delish that I should do a post about the most simple and amazing dish I made this week that I was so enamored with I tweeted it and put it on Facebook .It is funny that sometimes the easiest, most simple dishes are the ones we like the best.

Most Common Cooking Mistakes

Happy Friday Everyone!It has been so nice out all week in the tiny state of Rhode Island! We have had such great weather.. well for March anyway. Eighty degrees in March? Yes, please. Global warming- a possibility. I thought I would leave you all with common cooking mistakes people make from Cooking Light Magazine. I picked ones I have done myself so you won't all feel bad. For the complete list of mistakes click here!