Take 5 Carrot Cupcakes

This recipe from Food & Wine was good but could be altered - I've never used so much oil, and think replacing some of it with yogurt or applesauce would not only be healthy, but actually taste better as well. I find it hard to believe this has been "tested and perfected" but maybe it has and I did something wrong. I love carrot cake more than any other! 

Cucumber-Mint Water

I've been putting cucumber and ginger in water for awhile, but wanted to try something else. This minty cucumber water is easy and refreshing....and mine was very green...good for St Pats!

Stuffed Peppers

Every Tuesday I get the Tuesdays With Tori recipe and I usually think they look good, but I almost never make any of the recipes.

Recently she presented something that looked quick, easy, and delicious, so I tried it. I used Pasilla peppers since they were all I could find. I had never heard of Pasilla before so I quickly checked them out on my phone while I was at the store. They had a one out of five heat rating so I figured they would be mild. I found them to be pretty spicy and was sure they would be too spicy for S. However in the end he declared dinner delicious.

Here is the link to the recipe.

Soba Noodle Salad with Salmon and Asparagus

This Soba salad is super simple, and not too heavy on any one flavor. I didn't end up adding in the salmon or the asparagus as I just wanted to make the sauce, but I can see it being much better with salmon.

Miso-Glazed Salmon Steaks

This salmon recipe is easy and exquisite! Seems like I'm using a lot of Bon App recipes lately.

I didn't use steaks, I used a filet, and marinated in the fridge for about an hour. (pic below is from Bon App) Yes this is a bit salty, so don't add the salt at the end. This was my first time using miso, and now I want it on everything!

Mixed Greens with Mustard Dressing

"Blasphemy!!" you'll say, when I tell you I didn't take a pic of the two recipes I made last Sunday. Luckily I'm good with screen shots :)  What's worse is how amazing they both were.

For this mustard dressing salad I used a spring mix and added in two endives, this was well liked. I think tarragon makes everything better

Oatmeal Toffee Cookies

These cookies from Cooking Light don't taste light, but they don't taste super buttery / fatty (in a good way) either. My friend called them "hearty", and I agree.

I used chocolate chips, and they turned out ok! Oatmeal is my favorite type of cookie :)