Joel and I went out on a date last month and we ate at one of our favorite Italian restaurants in town. When we go there, I always get the same thing. It’s just so good I can never bring myself to order anything else. But this time I was determined to go out of my
Category: Condiments/Sauces
Copycat Olive Garden Dressing
Have any of you stripped and refinished furniture before? Any tips or tricks? It’s our big project this weekend and it seems like a bit of work but I’m super pumped about it. We are tackling our dining room table and buffet which are both older than me. My parents bought it right before I
Homemade Ketchup {Clean Eating}
One of the hardest things for me when I started making eating clean a priority was condiments. I love dip, you may even call it an addiction. Although ketchup is never my first choice in condiments (gasp, how un-American of me) it is necessary during grilling season for burgers and hot dogs! So when I
How To: Roast Garlic
Roasted garlic is a glorious way to flavor dips, veggies, potatoes, steaks and salad dressing or to just slather on French bread. There are so many delicious ways to enjoy it! As you can see, I have mentioned it many times around here but have never shared in an official manner how to make it. So here
Honey Lime Cilantro Vinaigrette
This Honey Lime Cilantro Vinaigrette is officially my new favorite salad dressing and I’m pretty sure it will be my dressing of the summer. It’s incredibly vibrant and zingy….the perfect dressing to keep it light and bright for the upcoming swimsuit season. My favorite way to serve this dressing is over a salad of romaine,
Honey Mustard Dressing
Growing up, there were lots of foods that I thought I didn’t like because I never actually tried them to find out. Salads, sweet potatoes and mustard were among them (well, it actually took a few months of forcing myself to eat salads to like them and now I love them). Turns out I really like mustard in moderation
Homemade Nut Butters
I have a Pinterest board called Storebought to Homemade with all kinds of DIY recipes for delicious items from the grocery store. Things like dulce de leche, wheat thins, graham crackers, extracts and homemade nut butters. Things that I have totally intended to start making from scratch but as you can see, I just haven’t gotten
Bleu Cheese Dressing
Homemade Bleu Cheese Dressing is incredibly easy to make and SO much better than the store-bought version. Whip up a batch today. For the longest time I thought I didn’t like bleu cheese. It was another one of those foods that I never actually tried and just assumed I wouldn’t like. Since starting this little
DIY Vanilla Extract
Save some money and do a fun DIY by making this homemade vanilla extract. It’s super simple to make and way cheaper than buying it at the store. This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please read my disclosure policy. Did you know that besides saffron, vanilla is the most expensive spice you