Sandwich God - Warm Apple & Fig Sandwich with Grilled Chicken

Okay.
So I did something awesome today.
I made (wait for it) the best sandwich ever.
That's right. I did it. 
I created Godliness on plate.
Try it, you owe it to yourself.

Something Un-Ocassional - Chicken Cordon Bleu

Personally, I love meals I can make ahead and stick in the oven as soon as I get home. I'm at my most creative and energetic at night, so it suits me perfectly. I also love dishes that make me look amazing. This is no exception. Chicken Cordon Bleu is one of those 'fancy' dishes that is usually brought out at special occasions, or even just saved for restaurants. I'm really sure why. I try to incorporate it into our normal meal rotation (although, I will admit my definition of 'normal' is very different from most... rosemary-mint lamb chops or beer-battered cod anyone?).

Now, to be fair, I am making this today in belated celebration of my mom's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!) so this does fall under the special occasion category, all I mean is, it's too good not to make on a more regular basis. And, it's make-ahead friendly and totally easy. 

Beg. Borrow. Steal - Becky's Best Ever Bran Muffins

My boyfriend's mom makes the best bran muffins. I'm so addicted to them. I used to be all about the blueberry or chocolate chip variety, but not since I tasted these fabulous delights over 7 years ago. My favourite way to enjoy them is warm, fresh from the oven with melty peanut butter. They also freeze well, I find they should be kept in the fridge after a few days, the blueberries make it a little too moist to keep out on the counter - not that they ever last that long...

Take it Easy - Warm Avocado with Prawns

Bonjour from bed!
After an insanely busy two weeks I have finally found time to eat the avocado sitting in my fridge. Trust me, I was pretty excited.Now, I was going to make my fabulous guacamole, but that would require me making my fabulous nachos, and that seemed a bit to involved for me today. So instead, I threw this together for a quick snack. The warm avocado with the spicy shrimp is awesome, try adding quinoa to this, it would be great.

Something Stringy - Baked Spaghetti Squash

Say "squash" to my boyfriend. And when you do, watch his eyes. They widen, then they squint. "Squash" is not a trusted veggie in our house. Well, at least, it`s not trusted in half of our house. 

I, on the other hand, have fond memories of helping my mom make spaghetti squash, although, admittedly I cant actually remember eating it.

There are many many many ways to preparing this particular squash, this is one of my favourites though, a veg version of "white trash pasta", pretty simple with butter, salt & pepper, minced garlic and Parmesan cheese. 

How Old is That Sock? - Lamb Chops with Mint Yogurt

Does anyone else love that episode of Friends?

Too funny. 

Anywho - I found this easy little dish today at work. It's awesome, not only in taste, but I had all the ingredients already at home! Perfect non-planning on my part.
Enter my new rule, always have plain yogurt in the fridge, it comes in so handy so often! Make this for a casual dinner, trust me, your guests will gush and think you slaved away all day. And while we both know you were actually watching Friends, I wouldn't dream of ratting on you. Enjoy!

Swinging with Springsteen - Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs

Brace yourself. 

I'm back. 

And have A LOT of smoked salmon to eat. 

That said, welcome to dinner at my place. On the books for tonight, an order of The Best of Bruce Springsteen and smoked salmon scrambled eggs. 

Perhaps not the snazzy thing to make, when you think of everything you can do with this particular ingredient, but it's easy and simply wonderful. So, in my opinion, make it the perfect Monday meal. I bought frozen smoked salmon, my grocery store didn't have any fresh, fresh is best, but frozen will do almost as good.

I Went Into The Country - Fresh Peach Milkshake

To me, nothing screams summer more than a typical Okanogan sweltering hot day, on a beach or a boat, eating fresh peaches.
So, in order to preserve the summer feeling a little longer after we arrived back at home, I made these. Perhaps, if I wish very very hard, I'll magically find myself back on a beach in Creston, on holiday, eating peaches...

Photo Post - Public Love, Seattle

Better with Booze - Kahlua Cupcakes

The statement stands for itself. Everything is better with booze. Beer sausage, whiskey BBQ sauce, muscles in white wine reduction, coffee with Baileys. This isn`t limited to food either. in most cases, booze makes everything a little bit better. Parties, first dates, Saturday mornings, sex.

I digress.

My point is, when I was looking for something a bit more jazzy then your typical chocolate butter cream icing (which is still awesome, I`m not knocking it) I turned to booze. More specifically, I turned to Kahlua.