Inside Out Sofrito Stuffed Peppers

Sofrito, a staple in Spanish cooking, is basically vegetables cut in small pieces that are sauteed in vegetable oil until they resemble a sauce.

The one that I usually make is garlic, green peppers, tomatoes, and bell pepper. I add annatto and parsley too. 

So when I wanted to make stuffed peppers and had no rice to stuff them with, I came up with this. This is another one of those recipes that could win over any meat lover. It's so filling, and very adaptable- you could add ham chunks to the quinoa if you don't want to go without meat, and end up with an easy, healthy option for dinner.  Yum. I'm probably going to be living off of this for the next few days. It's addicting. 

French Galette Pancake with Sweet Plaintains in a Butter Rum Sauce

There’s always a few recipes floating around in my mind that I’m dying to make. This one has been simmering for about six months so you can imagine the anticipation when I finally got around to buying the ingredients to make it. I’m honored to be sharing it here with you today. It’s a very special recipe. I’m half French and my husband is half Puerto Rican. I wanted to combine our cultures to make the perfect breakfast treat. Galettes actually originated in the town that my great, great, great grandparents grew up in. (Brittany, FR) And if you’ve ever been to Puerto Rico you’ve likely tried Mofongo or Tostones which are both made with plantains.


If you’ve never tried a plantain they are sort of like a banana mixed with a potato. They tend to pick up the flavor of whatever you add to them, making them a fun ingredient to play with. Sweet plantains are just overripe plantains, so if you can’t find them, put a ripe plantain in a paper bag for about a week. It’ll ripen just like a banana, except you want this to get black before you use it.

Painting & Sherwin Williams Emerald Paint Review

I bet you did not know this. I actually minored in interior design and got my start in professional photography by photographing rooms and interior design products for companies. I've been published in Architectural Digest, Southern Accents, Veranda, and Elle Decor. I like to think that I know what I'm doing when it come to interior design, which is why I was really excited when we purchased a blank slate of a house.

Our house was built in 1908. It's considered a Victorian Builders Cottage, which basically means it's Victorian leaning in the details but wasn't built by an architect. It was likely a contractor that built the house who had worked on Victorian builds in the past and sort of just threw the house together in a way that made sense to him based on what he had picked up. 

This house has no hallways and every room other than the bedroom, office, and bathroom are off of this foyer, so we felt like it should be our first project. 

We wanted to go with a bold paint color and are aiming to make it sort of like little sitting area/bar area/art gallery. 

So, here is what we started with:

And here is the semi-finished project: