First off, the adventures, we spent the first half of the trip, driving around the island, checking out white sand beaches,
black sand beaches (shouldn't Mr. KMW be a hand model?!),
hiking around Volcano National Park,
and checking out Akaka Falls.
We were in awe of the contrasting landscapes, check out the lists of our favorite spots after the photo purging!
We spent the second half of our trip, spoiling
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Before we get into my absolutely favorite broccoli (it tastes like candy), I know I've been MIA. I was busy relaxing and enjoying some vacation time in Hawaii.
This trip will definitely get its own travel post, but I can't tell you how nice it was to have an entire week off of work. It had been way too long. I will be inundating you with pictures from our exploring, relaxing, eating and drinking our way through the Big Island in another post. So back to the broccoli for now!
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2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about CHILI CLUB.
3rd RULE: If someone says "stop", goes limp, or taps out, the meal is over.
4th RULE: Only one cook to a night.
5th RULE: One bite at a time.
6th RULE: No soups, no sauces.
7th RULE: Meals will go on as long as they have to.
8th RULE: If this is your first night at CHILI CLUB, you HAVE to eat.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, it is time to put Chili Club on hold until next season. We'll get together at some BBQ's and start thinking about the 2013-14 season.
Before we move on, I thought it would only be appropriate to do a Chili Club season in review. Let's just start this off by saying, every cook brought their vision of chili to the table, they were all mouth watering and a whole lot of chili was eaten!
Now onto the chilis.
I kicked off the season by throwing a curveball with this Non Traditional Pork Butt Chili, I am a big fan of the unique flavors to this chili and have made it multiple times.
Next up,
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Spring is here, which means Asparagus is running rampant at the farmers market! And the salmon...we just eat a whole lot of that around here. Combine both of those with orzo and a light creamy sauce and we're in business!
The creamy sauce added the deliciousness that creamy sauce always does, but was also light enough to be refreshing for spring. In an effort to reduce carbs, I had a pretty high ratio of fish and veggies to pasta.
Mr. KMW gave this a 10 out of 10 and is looking forward to this spring pasta being added to our dinner rotation!
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While I was way behind with my Deviled Eggs recipe post for Easter, I am on the ball in getting you ready for Cinco de Mayo!
You know I love my queso, well I also love Tex Mex in general. I was a HUGE fan of these enchiladas filled with cheesy goodness and topped with meaty goodness. It doesn't get much better than that, does it!?
I know, deviled eggs are sooooo 3 weeks ago. But seeing all sorts of deviled egg variations popping up everywhere gave me the inspiration for my first attempt at making them. I figured Easter was the perfect excuse to give deviled eggs a whirl.
I'm not sure what took me so long, they were super easy to make and I can't wait to try out different ingredients in them. Mr. KMW is a deviled egg fanatic, so he's going to be pretty pumped about my latest kick.
This time around I went with Bacon and Horseradish. It's impossible to go wrong with bacon and the horseradish gave the creamy eggs a nice kick.
What's your favorite thing to mix into deviled eggs?
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Recently Tammi over at Momma's Meals reached out to me to be a part of her 'Featured Friday'. The general gist was she tries out one of my recipes, I try out one of hers and we blog about it. Sounded fun to me, especially when I saw she had a pretty solid slow cooker section on her site!
I mean, I like slow cooker recipes, you guys like slow cooker recipes and apparently Tammi does to...sounds like a win, win, win to me.
I decided to try out her
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Let's move beyond my extremely boring name for this cocktail, and get to drinking.
When Blood Oranges came in our CSA a couple of weeks ago, I knew I was going to mix them with some booze. I was seeing all sorts of Blood Orange Margaritas and Martinis and wanted to share in the fun. As usual with my drinks, I kept it simple, the fewer ingredients and less mixing I have to do, the quicker I get to drinking!
Let me know if you think of a better name for this drink. In the meantime, cheers!
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To be honest with you guys, I am really busy so I'm going with a bookmark to blog post today.
What am I so busy with?
Filling out my March Madness brackets! As I've mentioned before (& here), I am a huge college basketball fan and this is my favorite time of year. I'm a die hard Kansas Jayhawks fan, and just because I'm now a Washington resident doesn't mean that I am on the Gonzaga bandwagon. I'm staying with my roots on this one.
Time to move onto the food, I'm sure you here to talk about that and not college basketball. I found this recipe over at MyRecipes and it was a hit in our apartment. It was easy to make, a nice presentation and had excellent flavors. Another recipe that would be prefect for guests. The only adaption I made was that I used Spanish Chorizo and sliced it up, instead of using ground Mexican Chorizo with casings removed.
You can
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If you're looking for some comfort food, this Spicy Pork Ragu will hit the spot.
The meat cooks low and slow, it is filled with flavor and in the end there is a lot of food. This fed the two of us for 3 dinners and we were still able to stow some away in the freezer for a rainy day. And let me tell you, I CANNOT wait for the rainy day we pull some ragu out of the freezer.
If you have the time to be at home to cook the meat for several hours, this would be excellent for company. That is, if you like your friends, and want them to come back for dinner again, because after this meal....they will be back! Don't hesitate
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