Author: Lee Hersh

Ooooh quinoa. I remember the days when you were $1.99/pound. Now I can’t find you for less than $5.99/pound. I knew you were too good to be true when I fell in love with you back in 2010. Just because you are expensive now and everyone wants you, doesn’t mean I will stop loving you.

What makes a nacho a nacho? Is it because there is a giant bed of chips with tons of stuff on top? Or because of the cheese?  Either way, normal nachos are usully not-cho healthy. This is how I do nachos. With homemade baked corn tortilla chips, a big grass scoop of Quinoa Salsa, and

You ready to get your Crock-Pot on again? Seriously people, that is how I’ve been feeling about cheese lately. I CAN NOT get enough of it! I love all kinds of cheese: goat, feta, bleu, Colby jack, mozzarella, you name it! I made a giant batch of chicken chili and realized i didn’t have any shredded cheese. No fear. I slapped on an entire square! Just one though I have a feeling that the crock-pot (CP) is going to be making a weekly appearance in my kitchen and on the blog for the next few months. I haven’t ever been…

I told you I would be back with 19 more crock-pot recipes. The crock-pot is that one invention that I wish I would have thought of. It’s genius. Pure genius. Everyone is “busy,” and some people claim to be “too busy to make themselves dinner at home.” Well- they probably don’t own a crock pot!

It is officially fall here. Leaves are changing and leaves are falling. I have a love hate relationship with fall. Fall means chili and layering and pretty colors and perfect temperatures. But it also means winter is right around the corner. sigh.  Speaking of Chili…FFF’s Black Bean and Quinoa Chili was featured a couple times

This post is sponsored by Pure Canadian Maple Syrup. I was compensated, but all opinions are 100% my own.  Hey grownups, do you eat grilled cheese? Uhhh- you should!  My friends at Pure Canadian Maple sent me a giant package with lots of maple syrup involved and I knew what I wanted my first recipe