The Pescetarian and the Pig

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies I am so unbelievably happy right now. The Christmas season puts me in the best mood ever! I’ve already Christmas-themed my website, put up all of my decorations (I’m getting a tree on Thursday! Wahoo!), and last night I watched Home Alone. Love! Yesterday I went to Bed Bath and Beyond […]

Cranberry Pomegranate Goat Cheese Poppers This is the best season. The BEST. It’s just a continuous stream of holidays, parties, gatherings, and desserts (wonderful desserts!) And plenty of amazing appetizers. Plenty of pomegranate. Plenty of cinnamon. Plenty of awesome. These little “poppers” are perfect appetizers. They’re very quick to prepare, and you can even set […]

Mini Espresso Pumpkin MuffinsYum yum yum, I do love pumpkin! And I did promise not to oversaturate you with pumpkin recipes this year. i have one (possibly two) more after this, and then I swear I’m done! Not that the world couldn’t go for more and more and more pumpkin recipes…. There’s such an amazing […]

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 […]

The Best Banana Bread (Ever) I know it’s a big claim, but for serious, it’s for real. I’ve toyed around with banana breads for a while. Gotta make sure they’re moist enough, dense enough, flavorful enough, and of course, with a crunchy sugary topping to make your tastebuds swoon. Well, I nailed it. Really and […]

Low-carb Smoked Salmon and Avocado Roll-ups. OK, Daylight Savings Time, you’ve tricked me again! My iPhone changes times automatically… Or at least it did on Sunday! Then yesterday morning, for no reason at all, it switched back to the wrong time, sending me into a whirlwind of confusion! Luckily for me, this is the time […]

Spooky Halloween Chocolate Cups. Halloween is just around the corner! Oh, MAN that came quickly! I’ve had a lot going on in the wonderful month of October, including my best friend’s wedding back in Seattle. It was such a beautiful wedding put together by the bride herself who is such an incredibly creative young lady! […]

Tah-dah!!! It’s pumpkin time! I find it amazing how many pumpkin recipes we all have to share, and all of them quite different from each other. I only have 2 or 3 to share with you this year, so I promise not drown you in pumpkin– This particular “recipe”, however, is the easiest freakin’ appetizer […]

Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes with Marzipan Bottoms This fall weather is absolutely wonderful. Not only has it brought down the temperatures at least a good ten degrees, but it’s brought about a brand new crop of strawberries for me! My strawberry plants really seem to love the cooler weather, and they’re prolifically putting out berries to […]

Garlic and Herb Steamed Crab Crab. Sweet, juicy, ocean-y (?) Dungeness Crab. Dungeness Crab is a childhood tradition. For years and years and years my family would go to my Uncle Toshi’s cabin at the Hood Canal, WA. We would set crab traps out in the canal in the morning and at the end of […]