The Pescetarian and the Pig

Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette Oooooooh, I’ve got a zesty one for you today! A very zesty, very healthy, very refreshing salad dressing that will probably make you want to drink a Corona and sit by the pool. Isn’t funny how tastes and smells prompt your activity cravings? Eggnog and chocolate peppermint, no matter what time of […]

Pear Citrus Vinaigrette Healthy, simple, and unquestionably delicious salad dressing is only a couple of steps and a mere 5 ingredients away! And this particular dressing is so good, it will make you forget all about the heartbreak you experienced when you found out that Dawson’s Creek on Netflix has a different theme song than […]

Black Pepper and Cranberry Maple Glazed Pecans.  Palm Springs was excellent and my birthday was a blast. This year, being at my parents’ home in La Quinta, I spent my birthday with my parents and their friends that I’ve known since I was but a wee child. Kevin (a fellow redhead) and Jeanneane Kelly and […]

Low-carb Shrimp Pesto and Angel Hair PastaHappy New Year! Seriously! Happy happy happy happy New Year! My spidey senses tell me that 2013 is going to be  an amazing year. Beyond amazing! 13 has always been a lucky number in my family, and I’m really looking forward to seeing what’s in store for this year. […]

Cranberry Walnut Butternut and Brussels  I’m making these for Thanksgiving. So there. I’ve got a family full of Brussels Sprouts skeptics and I’m about to blow their minds! Turn them into to true believers, so to speak. I know that for some, it’s pretty hard to believe, but Brussels Sprouts can be so tasty. These […]

Sun-dried Tomato and Goat Cheese Riced Cauliflower Cauliflower may very well be my new best friend. Ok, not best FRIEND… ’cause yeah, that’s kind of sad. But definitely one of my new favorite meal accompaniments! The whole low-carbness and basically being able to put anything on it and it still just tastes so good .This […]

Kale chips are my thighs’ best friend. They have saved me from so many nights of craving tortilla chips and popcorn. They love to be put in a big bowl and be eaten like popcorn while I watch a movie. They also really like to accompany mouth-watering dishes like Black Pepper Sesame Sea Scallops . And […]

I am 100% unquestionably addicted. And I don’t normally even like cauliflower that much. But as a healthy, starch-free alternative to mashed potatoes? I have fallen off the train of sanity and could eat this with every meal. It’s super easy to prepare, too. Ridiculously easy. And I’m showing you pictures of how to do […]

Alright, before we get to this awesome blend of spicy, zesty, juicy, and sweet shrimpy deliciousness, I have to point out this incredible gem of cinematic genius: I just can’t get over how funny this scheme is. All the effort to turn him into a flea, put him in a box, in yet another box, […]

So you hate Brussels Sprouts, do ya? Trust me, I get it. I had this sort of vague memory that as a child I once ate brussels sprouts at my grandma’s house and really loved them. But then I never ate them again. So when I was about 22  I remembered  loving them so much […]