Quick and Easy, Stress-free Recipes.
Easy Recipes – Casual Food & Drink Recipes with a Coastal Twist.
Easy Recipes
Casual Food & Drink Recipes
Kell-
Chief Mermaid & Mojito Maker
Recent Recipes
Smoked Salmon Black Bean Chili Recipe
Wild smoked salmon black bean chili is a unique and tasty riff on traditional chili. When I lived in Alaska, late summer into fall was time to smoke salmon for the winter. Fall is chili season, so it just made sense that I’d create a wild smoked salmon chili.
Crab Stuffed Halibut with Pears & Brie
Crab Stuffed Halibut with Pears & Brie is a super easy recipe to make. Perfect for a special occasion meal and easy enough for a weeknight meal.
Steamed Alaskan King Crab with 3 Dipping Sauces
Steamed Alaskan King Crab is a super easy, stress-free entree to serve for any special occasion. Whip up one or all of these 3 Dipping Sauces to serve alongside.
Holiday Cranberry and Champagne Punch
For a delicious stress-free holiday punch try this recipe for Cranberry and Champagne Punch. It’s super festive and super easy to make.
Easy Shrimp and Scallop Pozole
Easy Shrimp and Scallop Pozole is a great variation of traditional pozole. Pozole is a hearty Mexican or New Mexican hominy soup, is traditionally prepared with pork or chicken. Shellfish make this version special enough for any occasion.
Easy No Cook Cranberry Relish
This Easy No-Cook Cranberry Relish is so yummy and so easy you’ll never serve the wiggly canned cranberry sauce again – unless you really want to.
Pumpkin and Cranberry Bread Pudding
Pumpkin and Cranberry Bread Pudding is the perfect dessert for Thanksgiving or any autumn dinner meal. An easy and flavorful twist on a favorite dessert.
Braised Wild Greens Featuring Swiss Chard
Braised Wild Greens featuring Swiss Chard plus collard and mustard greens is flavored with smoky bacon and garlic. Make it veggie by using Tempeh Bacon Bits.
Pueblo Butternut Squash Piñon Nut Sweetbread
Pueblo Butternut Squash Piñon Nut Sweetbread is traditionally served to parties of Rio Grande Pueblo nut pickers in September when piñon nuts were being picked from the mountain slope trees. Families would (and some still do) camp for many weeks in traditional areas reserved to clans. In the recipe you can use either cooking-type pumpkin (these have necks and thick, meaty bodies, not like jack o’ lantern pumpkins) or a sweet bright orange squash, like butternut.
Smoked Turkey on the Grill
Smoked turkey is easy to cook on the grill and using the grill frees up oven space for all sorts of yummy side dishes. Brining creates a perfectly moist turkey.
Apple, Truffle and Roasted Garlic Pizza
Apple, Truffle and Roasted Garlic Pizza is one of my favorite pizza’s. The combination of roast garlic, apple, and truffle oil make this amazing and easy to make. Topped with arugula and walnuts this is sure to become a new favorite.
Shrimp and Asparagus in Black Bean Sauce
Shrimp and Asparagus in Black Bean Sauce is a quick, healthy and filling. Serve over rice or noodles. The black bean sauce is the perfect complement to shrimp.
Party Philosophy
Who doesn’t love a good party? We love to entertain. Any excuse to get the gang together is a great reason for a party. We do lots of easy poolside BBQs + lunches, snacks, and cocktails on the boat. I spent years throwing parties that we great for guests but I never left the kitchen. Now I’ve learned to make entertaining spree-free and fun for me and my guests. I’ll share what I’ve learned and hope it will make it easier for you to throw awesome parties – that get you out of the kitchen and into the party.
Let’s get this party started!
Kelly
Kell-
Chief Mermaid & Mojito Maker