Fire Roasted Salsa

Fire Roasted Salsa

My family is weak when it comes to Mexican food. We love it! I have several salsas that I’ve tried to master over the last few years. Fire-roasted salsa is one of them. Here is my current recipe… so grab some chips or some tasty tacos and make yourself...
Smoked Tri-Tip with Pico De Gallo

Smoked Tri-Tip with Pico De Gallo

I was on a cruise with my wife’s family and we stopped in Santa Barbara, California.  We were walking around the “Funk Zone” and found a place we contemplated renting little two person “vehicles” from.  We figured it would be better to...
Bootcamp, BBQ style….

Bootcamp, BBQ style….

I’m far from what you’d call a world traveler…but I think I’ve seen quite a bit of this country over my lifetime. I’ve definitely seen much of California as I’ve lived in Southern California for the first 13 years of my life and...
Chicken Pesto Roll-ups

Chicken Pesto Roll-ups

Recently I came across what looked to be a fantastic recipe on the Natasha’s Kitchen website that I just needed to try. I wish I could take credit for this but I absolutely cannot.  As a food influencer and occasional blogger the first thing I noticed was how...
Pesto Shrimp

Pesto Shrimp

I recently posted a photo of our pesto slathered shrimp on Instagram and many said they wanted the recipe. I’m fortunate to have an awesome wife that loves to garden. We have basil growing and often she’ll make pesto and add our fresh basil leaves to it....