Archive for 2011

A Fresh Start

Posted by Candace on Friday, August 19th, 2011

I’ll admit… I lost my love of cooking over the past year or so.  We sold our old house about 2 years ago with the beautiful kitchen and have been renting a super cute 40′s style house in our dream neighborhood.  The kitchen in the rental home is lovely and updated, but quite small.  I find myself not using certain pans because they are in the back of a cabinet, under 5 other pans.  I also have half of my kitchen stuff in the garage, which is not exactly the best place to store it.

We’ve been taking our time and looking for our dream house in this neighborhood… and we finally found it, two blocks away from our rental home.  We bought the house and we’re currently creating my dream kitchen in this home.  Needless to say, I am giddy with happiness!  I will have much more space than I’ve ever had before and I’m splurging on an Induction cooktop.  This is MY version of Christian Louboutin shoes.

Anyway, all this kitchen planning has given me a burst of cooking creativity and I’ve been cooking much more lately.  I made these quick chicken kabobs last night that I wanted to share!

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August 19th, 2011 by Candace / Filed under Chicken, Dinner, Healthy Eating / 10 Critiques

Holy Moly Guacamole-y

Posted by Candace on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

I’ve had guac on the brain since I visited a popular Mexican Restaurant in Ft Lauderdale that had flavorless (but beautifully prepared and displayed) guacamole. I tweeted about the restaurant and how disappointing it was and through the wonderful world of Twitter, I was contacted by the owner.  He was truly interested in what I had to say and actually sent me a nice gift certificate to give it another try.  Thank you Rocco from Rocco’s Taco’s!

So that brings us to my guacamole, which is somewhat famous.  I’ve made it for many parties, dinners and just because it’s Tuesday and avocados are ripe.  When I received a lovely four pack of hot sauce from Cholula, the first thing I thought about was Mexican night!  So I made some chipotle marinated chicken tacos with corn salad and yes… guacamole!  If you haven’t tried Cholula’s sauces, you are missing out.  Flavorful and freakin hot.  Good stuff and great on tacos!  I especially like the smokey flavor of the Chipotle sauce. 
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April 12th, 2011 by Candace / Filed under Dinner / 9 Critiques

Spice it up

Posted by Candace on Friday, January 28th, 2011

Hey, remember me? Yes, I know… I’ve been the biggest slacker with my beloved blog. We’ve been all over the place in the past six months.  We also have a ton of traveling this year… Paradise Island, Puerto Rico, New York, Rio de Janiero, Florence (Italy, not South Carolina!) Frankfurt (Germany) and Aruba.  This is just the first 6 months or so of the year.  Whew.

But… I’m turning over a new leaf, and plan to blog… at least once a week (month) or twice a week (month) :P

I know, this is a weird recipe for January… but I LOVE molasses spice cookies.  I always get one at Starbucks when they have them and I’ve been trying a multitude of recipes until I found the perfect one and tweaked it a bit.  This recipe is from Martha Stewart’s website, but I’ve changed the ratio a little… Although yummy, I’ve found her recipe to be a little too soft.  FYI- I tend to make a half recipe and it turns out perfect!
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January 28th, 2011 by Candace / Filed under Bakery, Sweet Tooth / 2 Critiques