The Food Addicts

Home-cooked meals made from scratch are definitely great, but when you are juggling work, school, and just life in general, it can be quite the challenge to prepare on a regular basis. That’s why there are shortcuts that help ease the frustration of what to eat. All of us have some sort of frozen meal [...]

Imagine having a garden full of organic lettuce and greens that you can harvest when you are ready to eat them – everything from Bibb Lettuce to Arugula. Somehow the days and weeks of watering these plants become so worth it when you take a bite out of your home grown produce. And frankly, lettuce [...]

Don’t be fooled that the Swiss Roll originated in Switzerland! No one knows how the term “Swiss” ever got incorporated into this famous dessert, but this style of cake is also very popular in Chinese bakeries, and pretty much all over the world. This swiss roll, also known as a jelly roll, is basically a [...]

The first thing that comes to mind about what to give our Moms on Mother’s Day is flowers. That is lovely and all, but why not step it up a notch and give her edible flowers? We want to celebrate all the moms out there on this joyous occasion and share a fun recipe that [...]

This is something you don’t eat everyday – grape leaves! Okay, some of you probably have never eaten grape leaves in your entire life! So that’s why we wanted to share a classic Greek recipe called Dolmades. The word “dolma” is Turkish which means ‘to be stuffed.’ The grape leaves are typically stuffed with rice, [...]

As most of you know, we’ve only started gardening seriously since last year. Now that we’re entering our 2nd year, we are feeling more confident about this year’s yield. We spent the weekend harvesting our winter vegetables – like kale, beets, spinach, and radishes. We also went to the local nursery and brought home some [...]

This post has been a work-in-progress since April of this year when we started taking pictures of our garden. We are finally proud to feature it on our blog as a main link that will take you to the gallery and inside our backyard that boasts a garden full of fresh herbs, vegetables, and fruit [...]