Kim has us over a while back and made her “Super” Creamy Corn Dip to snack on before dinner. I was instantly addicted and promptly demanded she share her recipe! (So here we are!) The combo of sweet corn, creamy cheese, and that jalapeño kick is just one of those perfect flavor blends. I think…
These Pretzel rolls are the real deal. Chewy, buttery, salty outer crust, soft and fluffy inside; just like the $5 mall pretzels we all pretend we don’t totally love. They are completely delightful on their own, and even better dunked in cheese dip. They have few steps and take a little time but are not…
Haaay! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! We had a blast, enjoying time with the kids, the rest of the family, and worshiping at church. But… we still have one more celebration to go. My mother in law is an RN and had to work this year on the big day, so we’re wrapping…
Remember that fantastic Middle Eastern and Greek inspired feast I told you about last week? As promised, here’s the hummus recipe I made as an appetizer to go along with my feast. You guys, I just know you’re going to love this hummus! In fact, I don’t think you’ll ever go for store bought hummus again after…
Meet my newest food obsession, Arancini. I first came upon Arancini quite a long time ago at a usually quite excellent Italian restaurant. I read the description on the appetizer menu: fried balls of risotto filled with bell pepper and Italian sausage!? Yup, count me in.
All you husbands, boyfriends, guys-who-have-a-certain-girl-in-mind, I have some beer for you. Nope, nope, that wasn’t right. Apparently, my computer would like to talk about beer (stupid autocorrect!)… Lets try this again. Husbands, boyfriends, etc. I have some advice for you. Since we’re doing wings perhaps there might be more guys reading today? Or maybe that’s just stereotyping, but…
I am the kind of person who leaves notes, lists, recipes, all over the place. Everywhere, on everything. On my legal pad, in my zillion notebooks, on the calendar, on the backs of letters, napkins, paper scraps, in my phone. I actually have a pretty good memory. But, like anyone I can forget things, which…
I’m kinda feeling like a dork today. My husbands got me playing this phone game Clash of Clans. I’m thinking this is so not a thing in the female, almost 30, world. My husband promises me other adults actually play this game. Apparently guys at work go around asking each other, “Do you clash?” (Which is…
It was another stuck in the house, the kids are sick, kind of weekend. Which meant I watched a fair bit of TV (relaxing), stayed in my PJs till rather late in the morning (awesome), and spent quite a lot of time tending my poor sick little ones (kinda stressful). I also managed to get…
Bonus post this week! I was recently invited to participate in a recipe contest sponsored by Tyson Chicken; the point of which is to get the word out about their crispy chicken strips. I actually really like Tyson Chicken Strips. Yes, I’ve made my own chicken strips, but honestly they take a fair bit of work…
A little while back I was goofing off on pintrest, avoiding writing, or doing laundry, or whatever. As everyone knows helping you avoid things you should be doing is Pintrest’s #1 function. Anyhow, I came across a recipe for gougère. I first wondered, gou-jer, gouger, gow-j-ère, how on Earth do you pronounce that word? (BTW it’s actually goo/zhehr. You can click here…
You guys! I am so psyched. I have discovered not only an amazing new food blog to read but also a recipe for 15 minute puff pastry (yes! 15 minutes!) that actually works! The recipe came from Dessert For Two, which might now be my new favorite baking blog. I made the puff pastry over Thanksgiving…
This may be the best appetizer EVER. I actually got the idea from a craft beer and culinary pairing event, BrüFrou, I attended a while back. The event was intended to showcase local breweries, and of course pair beer with food! It was a lot of fun, I tried soooo many different great local beers….
I absolutely love potstickers, gyoza, dim sum dumplings, and more or less anything rolled in a wonton wrapper. I order them anywhere they are available. My mother in law is Japanese and makes fantastic gyoza. As you can imagine I (and the entire family) am always trying to rope her into making incredibly large batches. …