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Are you ready for Super Bowl LV (55) next Sunday? Everyone loves to host a Super Bowl party, or any football party! It is fun, loud and, most importantly, there is usually a lot of good food and drinks! BUT when your team is part…

This salad is a healthy and well rounded meal. You have your veggies, your proteins, your dairy, your healthy fats, and add some broken up oven pita bread chips and you have your grains & crunch! This is a wonderful salad for lunch or a…

This is a simple vinaigrette that is great on salads, other vegetables, and meats. I love the fresh taste of lemon so I prefer to make it with lemons but you can also substitute the lemon with apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar when…

There is nothing like a nicely grilled piece of steak with some fresh sauce on it. This is so easy to make, you just grill some steak and blend ingredients together. You can serve this on top of a green salad or with some slices…

This dish was one that I learned to make while at Bangkok Cooking Academy in Thailand. Very simple and a lot of flavor. They are always the first thing to go when I make them! I think pork is one of the most flavorful meats…

This is a fun appetizer to prepare and, visually, very pretty. It can also be a meal, if you think about it. You have your protein from the garbanzo beans and feta, veggies from some of the toppings and dippers, carbs from the pita and…

This is another drink I created in the colors of our football team when they were in the Super Bowl last year, 2020, for our gathering…yes, they won! Yes, they are the Kansas City Chiefs! As some of the other drinks I made that day,…

These drinks are a refreshing flavor bomb. I created them last year (2020) when our football team went to the Super Bowl, and won….Way to GOOO, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS!!! Don’t you like my made up name?…Chiefaritas? I think it’s catchy! I made these non-alcoholic but,…

Souzoukaki in pita was one of the sandwich options offered in our family’s restaurants when I was growing up…along with the traditional gyro, pork souvlaki and chicken souvlaki. Traditionally, souzoukakia are oblong and plump meatballs that have been pre-fried or baked and then left to…

I love to make no bake cheesecakes. They don’t take as long to make and they have a more creamy texture. For the Thanksgiving holiday, I wanted to make a cheesecake with all the ingredients my mother used to like the most, especially around Thanksgiving.…