Pomegranate Margarita
I tasted this drink, while visiting family in California, over Thanksgiving holiday. It was good, but it was missing something. I decided to make again when I got home. In California, I remember it being a pretty, pale, ballerina pink. This drink is now an extraordinary shade of pink. It is the color of the [...]
Raspberry Kefir Oat Smoothie
I have been making smoothies since I started making milk kefir, about a year ago, when a good friend was kind enough to share her milk kefir grains with me. My milk kefir grains and I have kind of a symbiotic relationship, I nourish them and they nourish me and my family. While my girls [...]
Ruby Red Devil
My family and I had a quick vacation in Napa, CA this Summer. While we were there, we had a fun night out, with our great friends, sans kids. After a delicious dinner at Grace’s Table, we walked over to Angele. This was the restaurant Dominic and I shared our very first drink, of our very first date together, ten [...]
Watermelon Aqua Fresca
My family and I just got home from a fantastic week and a half trip to California. While we were in Napa, there was a heatwave, and the temperature reached the 90′s and 100′s for a few days. Luckily we were house sitting for our dear friends, and could comfortably come in from the heat [...]
Hi! My name is Jillian. I grew up on TV dinners and eating out in restaurants. I just started to cook for myself and my family about four years ago, and am truly living a food filled life.