Roast the most flavorful spiced pumpkin seeds ever with these three "flavor blast" store-bought global spice blends from Ethiopia, Japan, and the Middle East. This makes the perfect crunchy topping for your Buddha Bowls! Want 3 fresh new ways to make roasted pumpkin...
If you haven't been toasting pepitas, or hulled pumpkin seeds, here's how to begin! It's a quick and easy step that'll take your Buddha bowls, granola, and salads to the next level. What simple step separates you from a standout Buddha bowl, salad, or gorgeous granola...
Start with toasted sesame seeds, or quickly toast up some raw ones, to make this richly roasted sesame dressing that's sweet, creamy, and oh-so easy! But, before we get started, you just need to accept the following fact: This sesame dressing will knock your socks...
Add serious Southeast Asian flair to any salad or Buddha bowl with nuoc cham, the easy, no-cook sauce of Vietnam found in every meal! Properly speaking, you only need 4 ingredients to kickstart a nuoc cham! Just make sure you have some fish sauce in the pantry. A...
Serving pure sesame realness, tahini paste needs little improvement beyond the lightest of touches, and voila! You have the best Buddha bowl or salad dressing ever, and it's so easy to customize if you want some extra pizzazz. In case you're not familiar, tahini is a...
Americans are obsessed with grilling, and here to help master the backyard grill is New Orleans chef, David Guas, award-winning cookbook author, restaurant chef and host of Travel Channel's high-heat, high-stakes grilling competition show, "American Grilled." His new...
T-Fal Ceramic Non Stick Pan Even though summertime is known for grilling, cooking on a pan is just as essential! T-Fal's ceramic nonstick cookware is stain and scratch resistent. More importantly, it features PTFE and PFOA free surface for safe cooking. We love...
OXO provided the products for the giveaway. Fruits and vegetables are the largest part of our grocery budget, especially during the summer months when our garden is down (way too hot in Florida to grow anything!) However, fruits and vegetables are the most wasted...
Cookie Cutter Kingdom provided the products for the giveaway. I've been having so much fun with the new cookie cutters from Cookie Cutter Kingdom! They sent over a gift box full of summer fun cookie cutters. While my decorating skills need a little help (I'm not so...
Tiger provided the product for the giveaway. Tiger JBA-T10U Rice Cooker Review My Mom is the ultimate tester for this Tiger rice cooker - she cooks rice at least three times a week! Her current rice cooker is nearly 10 years old, so I let her take this one for...
Bio & Chic creates eco-friendly and elegant disposable food packaging, and elegant disposable dinnerware for dinner parties, catering - all disposable, and all eco-friendly. Whether you are hosting a BBQ dinner for friends, or a wedding for 100,...
Crisp™ provided the products for the giveaway. Crisp makes kitchen tools that are colorful, beautifully designed and function well. Their products are designed to make fruit and vegetable prep simple, with a big, bold pop of color. Chopping garlic is a chore that I...
Gourmesso provided the coffee and the Nespresso machine for the giveaway. I was one of the very early adopters of Nespresso machines, having bought not only one for myself, but one for my brother and my Mom. After a few months of Nespresso espresso, we all quietly put...
Black & Decker provided the blender for the giveaway. Our kitchen has seen nearly every brand of blender: Oster, Ninja, Vitamix, BlendTec, and many, many more. We put this Black & Decker FusionBlade Blender to the test, making smoothies and salsa. While the...
Soufeel provided the $150 gift certificate for the giveaway I'm really loving the customized jewelry that Soufeel features! The most popular item is the Pandora-like bracelets and charms at a fraction of the cost. Customize a bracelet (or necklace) with charms that...
Product was provided by Ergo Chef for the giveaway. For the past two months, our entire family has been juicing with great success. We've lost weight, gained energy and got the kids loving their morning fruit/vegetable juice. Last week, we began switching our routine...
Product was provided by CanvasPop for the giveaway. On the walls of my office are 4 photo canvas images, a series of Andrew and Nathan when they were younger. Those canvas images mean more than any expensive custom artwork that we could ever buy. To create your own...
Three Bridges provided product for sampling and for the giveaway. All opinions are my own. ~Jaden Fast, easy weeknight family meals doesn't have to mean a box of mac 'n cheese or fast food takeout. We've been indulging in Three Bridges fresh pastas and sauces for the...
You'll learn: To create the perfect Vietnamese coffee ice cream, use a mix of evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream. Coffee of your choice, either caffeinated or decaf. Vanilla extract or pure vanilla bean completes the flavor profile. Vietnamese...
Lagostina USA provided the pan for review and for the giveaway. The opinions are my own. ~Jaden I've had many grill pans in our kitchen, and just as many leave our kitchen. That's because those grill pans aren't made to last the very high heat of my stove and oven. We...
