JessicaJaeger

Lime and Honey Glazed Salmon with Warm Black Bean and Corn Salad

This is a great recipe. Truth be told, I don’t usually like Rachel Ray’s recipes (not very healthy, weird ingredient combinations) but this recipe of hers is just fantastic. The recipe calls for salmon as the protein, but sometimes (like tonight) we substitute chicken when we’re not in the salmon mood. With the beans, spinach,Continue reading “Lime and Honey Glazed Salmon with Warm Black Bean and Corn Salad”

North Conway, NH

Check out my guest post on Wicked Good Travels & Activities about one of my favorite local travel destinations…North Conway, NH!

Cupcake Paper Punch

I just ordered a ton of new crafting supplies (paper, stamps, etc…) and cutest of all…. the Cupcake Punch! You can stamp and then punch all the components of a cupcake (frosting, stump, candles, sprinkles, etc…) and build to assemble an adorable cupcake! I made this cupcake as part of a birthday card for myContinue reading “Cupcake Paper Punch”

Low Fat Cheesecake Ice Cream

There’s nothing better than ice cream. Correction – there’s nothing better than homemade, low fat ice cream! Traditionally, it doesn’t work very well to make a homemade low fat ice cream because it’s not creamy enough and ends up having the consistency of slush. Well, this recipe for low fat Cheesecake Ice Cream solves thatContinue reading “Low Fat Cheesecake Ice Cream”

Homemade Chinese Food

Who doesn’t love Chinese food?! But take-out Chinese is just so unhealthy that sometimes when the craving hits, we decide to make our own. *Warning – this is a very involved process, not really an after work cooking project, I suggest making this on a weekend or day off. My husband and I also divideContinue reading “Homemade Chinese Food”

2-week Mani, the Final Day

So last night I finally removed my 2-week mani. I had enough of the nail growth “look” and went through the process of soaking my fingertips in straight acetone and the polish just started chipping off tiny piece by tiny piece (you can see it all at the bottom of the bowl). Overall, it tookContinue reading “2-week Mani, the Final Day”

Pizza Toppings

By now, everyone has a pizza stone and makes their own pizza at home, right? We love to use regular dough from the deli section of the grocery store or the herb dough from Trader Joe’s. The only hard part of homemade pizza is thinking of a delicious, creative topping! Cheese is so boring, pepperoniContinue reading “Pizza Toppings”

2-week Mani, day 9

Ok, so today is day 9 of my 2-week manicure and things look good, but I am starting to get disappointed. The tips of my nails are still perfect, you would think that I just got a mani. However, since it’s been over a week since I got my nails done, they have grown andContinue reading “2-week Mani, day 9”

Pulled Pork Sandwich

In honor of President’s Day (really, having nothing to do with any of our Presidents but all to do with having a day off) we made pulled pork sandwiches today. It’s such a long process, it’s best to do on a weekend or day off. The results are BBQ Heaven! Pulled Pork Sandwich adapted fromContinue reading “Pulled Pork Sandwich”

Fish Tacos

I love fish tacos so I thought I’d share how we make them at home. They’re so easy to make I don’t even follow a real recipe with measurements. For the tacos, tilapia works great – we like to use a white fish that isn’t too flaky since we don’t deep fry (the deep fryContinue reading “Fish Tacos”