Chicken

I love water chestnuts. There, I’ve said it. Heehee. If you share my love, you’ll probably really enjoy these chicken lettuce wraps. I combined ground chicken, chopped water chestnuts (yum!), garlic (of course!) and some other goodies, like hoisin sauce, fresh ginger and sesame oil. My original intention was to recreate the chicken lettuce wraps [...]

I don’t think I’ve shared this with you yet, but I enjoy Asian food.  I know…groundbreaking as that may be.  “Wow, did you hear that? Lacey likes another type of food. Shocking.” I’ve talked a lot about how much I love certain types of food on this blog, but not so much with Asian food.  [...]

For the longest time, I thought Chicken Cordon Bleu was such a fancy meal. This belief even kept me from trying to make it. In college, Dustin used to make it for us. Even watching him, it seemed like it required some intricate method and dedication that somehow eluded me.  Probably because of the fancy [...]

The better at cooking I get, the more critical disappointed with restaurant food I become.  I guess it’s the lonely road of the foodie. [insert violin solo] To me, there’s nothing worse than eating (and paying for) a mediocre or bad meal I know I could have cooked better.  Therefore, when I eat out, I [...]

After coming back from our mini vacation to Arkansas and eating all that food, Dustin and I have been feeling a little “heavier” than we’d like.  So, we both agreed it was time to incorporate some more salads into our weekly dinners and maybe some more exercise.  I tried this Caesar Salad Dressing recipe from [...]