Every once in a while it’s nice to spice up a recipe with something that doesn’t normally go with your dish. This past Saturday, I decided to give my sweet pepper scrambled eggs a bit of an Indian flair by adding in some curry powder. It adds the right amount of flavor without being overwhelming [...]
In the book, Born to Run, during the stories of the running people (tarahumara) the author recounts a particular beverage that they have, based on a seed that has been grown for many many years. You have almost certainly heard of it, as it is called Chia and is in fact the same stuff as [...]
Nachos are everybody’s favorite treat, and they don’t have to be that bad for you. Using the right ingredients and cooking methods, you can make perfectly healthy nachos that pack quite a punch, spice-wise, and have great taste overall. A few of the ingredients do much better when added after the cooking phase in their [...]
Who doesn’t like lasagna? Or Mexican food? This Mexican lasagna recipe is a great meal that can be made by layering the ingredients and cooking in the oven. It’s simple, tasty and pretty good for you too. We like to make things that will give us some meals for a couple of days, so the [...]
What happens when you are craving a smoothie, but don’t know what you want in it and you have lots of random fruits in the freezer? A multi fruit pear smoothie, that’s what. After assembling all the frozen fruits to put in like a granny smith apple, a D’Anjou pear and frozen red grapes, I [...]
Have you tried our Cora Bars yet? Our original recipe was the Blueberry-Cashew Bars which we think is a very tasty combination. They have proven themselves in our house to be a perfect snack that takes a lot of that in-between meal hunger out. The SimplyDixon kitchen continues to innovate and test, and we are [...]
Last winter, I decided to make something that could be hot and ready to eat at the end of a long run with our saturday running group. The best way to cook something while you’re out pounding the pavement for a couple of hours is to do it in a crock pot. The next decision [...]
