Heirloom Tomato & Watermelon Salad

Watermelon Tomato SaladBring some flair to your next dinner or luncheon with the girls and step up the game with this amazing Heirloom Tomato & Watermelon Salad!  Continue reading

Honey Roasted Heirloom Carrots

honey roasted heirloom carrots 6I love Spring and what better way to start off the season than making delicious roasted farmer’s market heirloom carrots! Continue reading

{Boutique Catering} Women, Wine & Birthday Cake

I love Boutique Catering! I think I will always say that in every post I do about the special events I cater for. Check out the delish menu I created for this memorable event! This specific event was for my … Continue reading

Polenta Cakes with Chipotle Aioli

Polenta Cakes

Spice up your Super Bowl Party and impress your guests with these delicious appetizers!  Continue reading

{Boutique Catering} Girls Sunday Luncheon

Check out the recent event I did for a Sunday Luncheon for girls who have  a love for books! Continue reading

Roast Butternut Squash Salad

Tired of serving the same old salad over and over again? Do you want to impress your guests or loved ones with an exciting new dish!? Take a bite into Fall and satisfy your cravings with this delicious, yet healthy salad!

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What’s in Season!?

Fall is here and the leaves are falling, the air is brisk and we are almost getting ready to say good-bye to our flip-flops (hopefully, with this crazy Cali weather) and say hello to our lovely, cozy, warm Uggs! How much I have missed them!

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TJ’s Spicy Spinach Pizza

I am a huge advocate for shopping at Trader Joe’s, huge! Every week they bring in new items and I can’t tell you how excited I get to try them out! A couple of weeks ago, I was looking around the refrigerated section for pasta near the pizza doughs that they sell and came across these, LOW FAT Arabian Spicy Spinach Pizzas! Yes, low-fat! Continue reading

Pretty Pink Pickled Onions


I recently held a Birthday Dinner for my Hubby and our Best Man’s wife, since they are both born on the same day 🙂 I wanted to make something fun and easy to put together so whats more easier than tacos! I made yummy Pulled Pork (recipe coming soon) and I added an extra touch by topping them with these yummy pink pickled onions. These mouthwatering onions brightened up the flavor of the tacos and were a nice way of impressing the crowd! Continue reading

Welcome to My World of Cooking!

       

Welcome to my recipe blog! A recent newlywed, along with many of my friends, I had been getting requests to start a blog on dishes I make in the kitchen for me and my hubby. I hope this blog helps any wife, husband, newlywed or single person and inspires them to get down and dirty in the kitchen and cook with all the passion you have inside of you.

XOXO

Chef Alina

Photo: Melody Melikian Photography