Sex on the Beach

Hmmm. That sounds like a perfect start to my weekend. The drink, silly. I don’t want anyone’s imaginations running away with them now. Hehehe. Remember when I made the Blue Lemonade and the Bermuda Triangle? I said I usually love to make cocktails and imagine that I’m on a beach in my island relaxing on a beach and living life? Well this drink is another appropriate one to sip on while I put my imagination to work. It’s a classic vodka based drink with lots of fruity tones to make to a wonderful blend to whisk you away to paradise, figuratively of course.

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Scrambled Egg Whites with Sauteed Mushrooms, Spinach and Tomatoes

This dish right here was truly scrumptious and guiltless. I’ll confess – as much as love a heavy breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon and hash browns, I tend to feel guilty after those. Sure it’s delicious and satisfying but it’s all so laden with calories, and bad calories at that. Now, I am not giving up the aforementioned but it’s always nice to switch things up and eat something healthy to make my body and mind smile. This appetizing breakfast meal is one of them.

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The Green Monster

This smoothie right here is just so very delicious. In true Tia style, it’s not a classic green monster but rather a combination of different Green Monster recipes I’ve seen around the web. Although aesthetically it’s not the most inviting drink, it’s super good. As I said in a previous blog post, after a talk with my friends Vee and Nat, I was encouraged to try things that I wouldn’t usually try and to also make healthier choices. So, thanks to them for that. Plus, if you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know that I do not cook the healthiest of meals sometimes. I love pork and all pork related products (ok ,it’s just bacon I have an obsession with), I LOVE full fat diary products – whole milk – whole mozzarella, all other full fat cheeses and don’t get me started on heavy cream, do not get me started (I’m crème brûlée queen). After eating all that stuff for so long, my body started to feel heavy (and it was showing on my bum and on my waistline). I sat down with my PIC and we discussed in depth how we plan to progress from this point on to incorporate new and healthier eating habits. This smoothie was what we used to toast new healthy beginnings. (Of course I’ll still be cooking our usual favorites but we’ve decided that moderation is the key to everything)

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Chicken in Sweet Chili Sauce

I bookmarked this recipe about 6 months ago. Saw it and immediately wanted to make it. The thing is, I never got around to it until last week and then when I tasted it, I honestly wanted to beat myself up for taking that long to make it. The recipe is super easy to make and it’s truly flavorful. This is definitely going to be my go to chicken recipe when I have little time but I’m longing for a scrumptious meal.

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Penne with Herbed Cream Sauce

Pasta gets cooked over here at least twice a week (and then rice three times, and potatoes twice). Like clockwork. But I have to admit that pasta is my favorite thing to cook. Italian styled traditional dishes are my speciality. This dish I’m about to share really could have been served without any shrimp (or chicken/meat for that matter). The inspiration was actually a meatless recipe. It’s extremely rich and filling but like Emeril, I always have to kick things up a notch. Not as extravagantly as he does, but still I try.

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Lemon Pepper Salmon with Sautéed Baby Spinach

Last week I was on a little health kick at my house. I spent 2 days juicing/detoxing and I have to be honest and say that by the second morning I was feeling so much lighter. My routine for those two days was to wake up, drink a smoothie then have a snack around midmorning, a very light lunch at noon, early dinner at around 4pm and then a smoothie at 6pm. I’m so keeping that routine. Two day out of each week nothing but strictly healthy meals and juices/smoothie. My body NEEDS it. This salmon was my dinner for the first night. The entire meal was filling but not in the way that would have you feeling guilty afterwards. It certainly made me feel good! It was scrumptious and healthy and I don’t ever think you can go wrong with that.

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Ginger and Lime Rickey

It’s Friday!!!!!!!! The best day of my week is here because it’s the weekend and I get to relax and kick back with my honey! WoooHooo. I know you can tell I’m excited. So, in case you don’t know by now I love all things shrimp, all things coconut, all things black bean and all things GINGER! I’ve made so many ginger based cocktails (some posted, others not yet) it’s not funny. I like the kick ginger gives any and every thing it’s added to. Today, this drink is a twist on the classic cocktail called “Gin Rickey”. A Gin Rickey is, in a nutshell, gin, soda and lime on ice. The good thing about classics though is that sometimes it’s good to give them a good shake up. This improved drink right here is so so so good! Try it. Soon!

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Crispy Sweet Sticky Wings & Honey BBQ Wings

Wings! Wings! Wings! Who doesn’t love some good ole crispy, delicious wings? These recipes are pretty simple but they’re most definitely in the top 3 wing recipes I absolutely love! I like the fact that the sweet and sticky ones are oven-baked and I love the spiciness combined with the sweetness of the sauce that coats them (I used a little more chili powder than the recipe called for because I’m heat queen – the hotter, the better). When I made these, I also made honey BBQ wings (recipe also included) for my PIC – so he had his wings and I had mine. It’s a beautiful thing not having to share. Yes, you read right. Spectacular Food + Not Having To Share = Unadulterated Bliss

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Black Bean and Turkey Burger

This was really supposed to be a black bean burger but I had about 1/2 cup (yes half of a cup) of ground turkey lying around in the freezer and decided to incorporate it as I didn’t know how my PIC would take to this burger. He is a meat/poultry/fish/just-something-to-go-with-the-sides type of person and presenting a meatless BURGER (of all things) might have him on strike. I can’t afford to lose my taste tester and my biggest food consumer now can I? Compromise. I must say for me to even consider making this was surprising because if you had ask me to make this a year ago, I would have blank stared you for a good 5 minutes (throwing in some side eyes too) but after talking to my friend Vee the other day and after we made our vegan cookies, I am now really open to trying vegetarian/vegan dishes. Did someone just gasp?!! Anywhoos, this burger was very delicious and I think it would be just great without the addition of turkey. I am definitely going to make this without the turkey or any meat next time. My taste tester also agreed that it was delicious and why wouldn’t he? Just look at it!

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The Smoothie and the Milkshake

My PIC’s biggest qualm with me in the kitchen is how high I keep the refrigerator temperature. I keep it allllll the way up high. 9 is the highest it can go and 9 is where I keep it. So most of the time, things in the fridge get frozen. Take for example these strawberries I had in the refrigerator. I took them out to eat and they were….can you guess? Frozen. I pictured him giving me a wicked side eye so before I allowed that to happen, I just took them and whipped up this treat. See? There’s always an up side to bad things. Always! *smiles*

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