In my opinion, wild rice is a highly underrated and underutilized ingredient. If you've never had it, the texture and taste varies greatly from your average white rice, as it's made up of four different grains (the most recognizable are the long black grains). Wild rice is also VERY high in protein and dietary fiber- it has about 6x as much protein as white rice and 9x as much dietary fiber! 

Personally, I love wild rice because of its al dente texture and how versatile it is. You can cook it on its own, add veggies to it, add sausage to it, you can serve it hot, or even as a cold salad. Many people also make wild rice stuffing for Thanksgiving (it's deli...

If you've never had carnitas before, let me help- Carnitas are a salty, shred-y, crispy, porky treat that graces your tacos and burritos with its presence. It's the kind of meat that guys want to be and girls want to be with. It's what any good and honest human would do with a 5 lb pork shoulder. You catch my drift.

Even if you are lucky enough to already know all of this, what you may not know is that Carnitas are also deceptively easy to make. It pretty much involves throwing meat, onion, garlic, and a few other ingredients in a dutch oven for an afternoon and trying not to pass out from how delicious it smells.

So, if this sounds l...

Pasta is definitely one of my top 5 favorite foods. It's just so versatile, comforting, and hard to screw up. How could you not love it? 

Over the weekend Asher and I walked over to our local farmer's market. I knew I felt like making pasta for dinner that night, but wasn't sure what exactly I wanted on it. Generally, I'll make a home-made meat sauce or pesto when we're in the mood for pasta, but all of the beautiful seasonal stuff at the farmers market inspired me to make something different. We came across some beautiful bunches of Tuscan kale and a ginormous leek which was about 2.5 feet long (for real though, this leek was like the 8th...