Entries by Zest Blog

Bowl Game Food: Soft Pretzels

This holiday season was so confusing. All the holidays on the weekends, and the Rose Bowl game on the 2nd. What to make? Well, it felt like we should’ve made chili, but that didn’t happen. Luckily, there’s almost always white flour in the house. Sorry, Atkins, South Beach, Dukan and Boulder, in general. Can’t seem […]

Welcome 2012!

What a year 2011 was! It seems that the years go by faster and faster. Today is not only the day we celebrate a new year and all its possibilities, but it is also the 1 year anniversary for Zest! Thank you all for following our journey. We have learned a lot and have loved […]

Shrimp & Grits

I have been taking a bit of a break and enjoying the holidays at home with the fam. Our white Christmas got the better of me and I am nursing a bit of a cold. In honor of my NC State Wolfpack winning their bowl game last night (and my need for comfort food) I […]

Orange Glazed Shrimp

We are in the middle of a cold snap here in Colorado and I have been craving comfort food. There are so many ways that you can do comfort food, but I was looking to change things up a bit. So, I thought maybe risotto would be a good start; I have made this Orange […]

Turkey Roulade

I promised you some recipes this week from our fabulous Thanksgiving celebration last week. This is one of my favorites. We just use our regular sausage stuffing recipe as there always seems to be enough. We also glaze the roulade with our homemade apple habañero jam (which is super easy; I will post that soon.) […]

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Thankful

We are still coming down and recovering from Thanksgiving and mostly taking it easy this weekend with football and classic movies while trying to get outside a bit as well. I thought I would share with you some of the highlights of our day…with some of the recipes to come this week. As you know […]

Thanksgiving Countdown: 4 Days

Today we want to share with you our plan for the week. As I mentioned before, we like to spread out our tasks across the week to make things a bit easier. Yesterday, we did most of our shopping, so we are all set to get started. Since some things save better than others, you […]

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Thanksgiving Countdown: 5 Days

Our Thanksgiving tradition has evolved over the years, but the last 10 or so years, we have joined forces with a family friend to share the workload and the fun! As we mentioned earlier in the week, we always invite people who are without a “home” for dinner. It really has made things fun and […]

Thanksgiving Countdown: 7 Days

We got a little too caught up in life this week to pull together a full Thanksgiving prep list for you. So let’s start with where you should be today. You should have: Invited your guests Check on special food needs for guests Planned your menu (not so hard with Thanksgiving) Check your place settings […]