Known for its intensely beefy flavor, hanger steak is also sometimes called “butcher’s steak” because butchers often keep it for themselves. If you can’t find it, you can use sirloin tip steak, but it will cook more quickly.
Pesto Crusted Rack of Lamb
The four-step method for roasting these lamb racks—a quick sear for color and flavor, a brief rest so the meat can relax, a coating of bright, lemony parsley pesto and cheesy breadcrumbs, and then a roast in a hot oven—yields lamb that’s tender, tasty, juicy, and beautiful, to boot.
Crustless Mini Veggie Quiche
Great low carb breakfasts that are easy to make and portable.
How to Crochet the Aligned Puff Stitch
This stitch creates a visually appealing and entirely symmetrical fabric composed of small puffs. This stitch would be best for scarves and home decor items.
Korean BBQ Chicken
This sweet and tangy marinade makes the delicious bbq chicken. Try to marinade the chicken for at least four hours!
Risotto alla Milanese – Classic Risotto
This is the recipe from the wonderful risotto cooking class Melissa, my mom and I took at the Williams-Sonoma Kitchen in San Francisco. You need to stay near the stove, but the flavor is totally worth it!
Gatsby Gray Striped Blanket Crochet Pattern
This soft modern blanket is great for a cool evening. Classic shades of gray make it go with anything although I designed it to match a nursery.
Mommy’s Famous Meatloaf
When I was a child I gave my mom nothing but grief about her meatloaf — and now even I can’t help admitting that it rocks! Melissa LOVE’s it and it’s a great comfort food!
Feta Cheese, Tomato, Red Onion and Basil Omelet
Fresh basil, cherry tomatoes, red onion and feta cheese make the sweet and savory filling for this colorful breakfast or brunch omelet.
Vanilla Cupcakes
The secret to theses cupcakes is the buttermilk. It gives the simple store bought cake mix an extra something that makes them 100 times better!
Hippy Chick Tie Die Cupcakes
These fun and colorful cupcakes are really fun to make with kids. Every bite is a full color explosion!
Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes
Who doesn’t love Nutella? These cupcakes are delicious and a big crowed pleaser!
Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Grilled Ratatouille
This healthy vegetarian pasta dish is light and delicious. The grilled veggies taste great with the nutty whole wheat pasta.
Aloo Gobi – Cauliflower and Potatoes
This indian dish is one of our favorites. It’s hardy, yummy and is even better the next day for lunch. Be warned, its pretty fragrant when you make it 🙂
Lion Brand Yarn Cotton-Ease Yarn
This is truly a truly utilitarian yarn—one that can be used for a number of different cloth projects and serves several different purposes.
Cucumber Green Smoothie
This is one of my favorite smoothie recipes. You can taste the cucumber and it’s not too sweet.
Sriracha, Honey & Lime Chicken Skewers
This quick marinade shish kabob recipe is just the right blend of sweet and spicy. It’s great weeknight recipe or crowd pleaser.
Glazed Grilled Salmon
A simple soy sauce and brown sugar marinade, with hints of lemon and garlic, are the perfect salty-sweet complement to rich salmon fillets.
Peaceful Stripes Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern
This soft modern blanket has a lovely soft color pallet that is soothing and perfect for a baby blanket.
Toddler Boy Stripes Baby Blanket Crochet Pattern
This easy blanket pattern is the perfect size for a stroller. It’s bright colors are modern and fun.
Rowan All Seasons Chunky Yarn
This yarn although a chunky (bulky) weight is light enough to wear for any season and shows beautiful stitch definition.
Diagonal Spike Stripes Blanket Crochet Pattern
This modern blanket pattern creates beautiful diagonal stripes for a square blanket.
Knit Picks Comfy Worsted Yarn
I absolutely love this yarn! It’s super soft, has great stitch definition, and creates really wonderful, and professional looking products.
How to Crochet the Slip Stitch
A slip stitch has very little height. It is used to join stitches that are worked in rounds such as a granny square. It is also used to travel to another part of a row without producing any visible stitches (such as indenting an armhole on a sweater).