Author: Chanteuse Designs

    My herb garden this year is doing surprisingly good. My fruit trees are usually the only successful gardening I have bragging rights to. And even that I don’t deserve the credit. But fortunately for my little garden the herbs are the best ever. This years sage has been perfect and even the bugs…

Have I bored you with how much I love lemons? Can’t drink most tea’s without them. And actually I sorta miss those painful thorns associated with my awesome lemon tree. Any tree that could have a song written after it can’t be too bad as well! So, as we head into September (Ahhh…….did I have…

My go to food. No Doubt about it. As you may already know I really, really love Quiche. It’s like a whole meal in one slice of egg and cheese drenched pie. What’s not to love?  So, earlier this week with the cooler weather (before the heat rolled in) I felt it very appropriate seeing…

I just love peanut butter. CRUNCHY that is. Have never understood the smooth kind, but variety is the spice of life. I usually find most peanut butter cookie recipes calling for crunchy peanut butter, so I don’t usually bother. Until this week when I stumbled upon this recipe from Sweet and savory tooth blog  (http://sweetandsavorytooth.com)…

Sometimes we forget the simplest, most efficient and effortless of salads. Thought I would take it upon myself to send out one of those delicious reminders. With the summer heat, this is one to not miss out on. Especially if time is of limited quantity. (Boy do we know that one!) So, next time you…

I found this awesome recipe on Tastespotting (Oh what a surprise), but had some extra ingredients around the fridge and thought I would do some tweaking. It …….So………worked ……out!! Let me tell you this was pretty easy and ever so delicious. I just wish you could smell this from your computer. The egg whites and…

I love Eggs Florentine and had such a hankering the other day that I decided it was time. Well, ok I was in a car accident…..(what is it with young boys loving to hit my car????)  So I was hankering for some comfort food and this just does it for me.  It really is an…

I finally found some dried chick peas at the supermarket and wanted to make some hummus. I haven’t made some in a while, and I like to soak the beans myself. If you haven’t noticed I have the DIY gene really bad! Wanted to make hummus but with the new added twist (or not so…

I have been on a tinkering quest with this morning muffin. You know the one, with the pineapple, coconuts, applesauce, carrots one? Yeah. That one. Well, I think I have tweaked it enough to satisfy enough nutritionists on the West Coast, to say the least. Here is what I have decided is delicious and nutritious.…

Remember that Nutella Day……..MONTHS ago??? Yeah, I don’t think I had ever heard of Nutella day and had never even ever purchased some until the beau brought some over one day. Hmmm, it was good, but I wasn’t sure how technically healthy it was.  As you may know, I don’t keep too much sugar and…

Summer arrived ………with a BANG. Finally….uh-oh! Nothing like a 15 degree temperature rise! This QUICK and oh so perfect salad was one I will be making a lot this summer and most likely right into winter. It took no time at all, especially if you make the quinoa ahead of time (early in the morning)…