The Grand Strand

The best kinds of vacations are the kind where you come home with sand in your pockets and a stellar seashell collection.The kind where you wake up and go to sleep to the sound of waves. The kind where the most important part of the day is how many cornhole games you get to play...

Salmon Croquettes and Tartar Sauce

Winter allows me to expand my own recipe book. And go back to it all year long. We are major seafood fish eaters. And are really blessed to almost always have Alaskan salmon either gifted to us or fish for it ourselves. However, I find salmon, no matter how perfectly it’s cooked…. needs something. And homemade tartar sauce...

Tuna Poke Bowl and Sauce

I’ve been waiting to make this salad for a LONG time. I’ve had a hard time finding sushi grade tuna/ahi in my area, but I FINALLY found it in Fort Collins last week. (At Sprouts… oh my goodness I love that place) The first time I had ahi, was about 10 years ago in Hawaii. I...

Spicy Creamy Shrimp Pasta

I try really hard to eat healthy foods most of the time. But at least once a week I will go all out and make something fried or creamy full of things that are totally not awesome for you. (I DO NOT believe in a completely restricted diet.) So a few weeks ago for Fat Tuesday...

About the Birds

I didn’t want the chickens. My husband had been begging to get them for a few years. And I just couldn’t commit myself to it. Because here’s the thing about the animals here on the compound….they are mostly mine. I work from home. I worry about them and check on them a thousand times a...