Chili & Chives

The adage goes, "when life give you lemons, you make lemonade." That's great and all, but are you supposed to do when life gives you oranges.. like 8 oranges. My first step was to spend a little time asking my buddy Google. What were the options? 1) Juice it and freeze it... nah, 2) cake, but that only uses one orange, 3) ice cream, but I didn't want to eat orange-flavored ice cream. So, I decided the next step was to stare at the oranges until an idea came to me. That was 2

I made it home from France yesterday and I couldn't wait to show off my new skills to Tina, Mommy, Daddy, and Talal. The dishes that I learned to make in France were not foods that I would typically make, nor enjoy eating. Instead, I made my own meal with my favorite tastes. The first course was an Orange-Beet Salad. The salad consisted on orange segments soaked in sugar, fresh orange juice, and apple cider vinegar. Each plate had three boiled and perfectly-cut discs of beets