With the Breaking Bad season premiere coming up this Sunday, you probably need something to sip as you and your friends gasp at the TV. If you're looking for drink inspiration for your premiere party, it's about time you break out those bottles and get mixing! You don't need your chemistry set to come up...
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Easy Buffalo Chicken Sliders
This post is sponsored by Heluva Good! Dips. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate sales links. Please see disclaimer policy for full details. These Buffalo Chicken Sliders are loaded up with spicy buffalo sauce-tossed chicken, gooey melted cheese, and creamy ranch slaw, all nestled between garlic-butter brushed brioche buns....
Honey-Whipped Feta Dip
Sweet, salty, and cloud-like, this creamy Honey-Whipped Feta Dip is almost unbelievably good-- especially considering it only takes 5 minutes to make. Serve it as an appetizer at your next party or holiday get-together, or whip up a batch for yourself to spread on toasted bread or fresh pita. I’ve been making Whipped Feta Dip...
Cheesy Garlic Meatball Bombs
What do you get when you combine garlic knots, melty mozzarella, and mini Italian meatballs? You get the perfect party appetizer: Cheesy Garlic Meatball Bombs. It's like a garlic-butter-slathered meatball sub, but snack-sized, and minus the mess. PARTIES CALL FOR PULL-APART BREAD Whether there’s a holiday, birthday, or game day get-together around the corner, I...
Basil Pesto (Pesto Alla Genovese)
Classic, homemade pesto can't be beat, so ditch the store-bought stuff and whip up a batch right in your kitchen. All you need is a few simple ingredients and you'll be making this flavorful, basil-packed summer staple in no time. (And by "no time", I mean 5 minutes or less!) If there was ever a...
Mashed Cauliflower
This mashed cauliflower recipe is more than a low-carb alternative to mashed potatoes. It's a creamy, cheesy, garlicky side dish that's completely delicious in its own right. As we all know, things are weird right now. I had some posts I'd planned to get to you this week but I think all of our plans...
The Best Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
If you’re looking for the ultimate recipe for soft and chewy sugar cookies, you’ve come to the right place. Not only are these cookies fantastically buttery, tender, and doughy; but they also stay soft for days on end. They’re incredibly easy to make and require no rolling out! Just like your favorite bakery cookies, but...
Chicken and Sweet Potato Skillet with Smoky Maple-Dijon Sauce
In this easy Chicken and Sweet Potato Skillet, tender-crisp chicken thighs are nestled into an autumn bounty of sweet potatoes, apples, onion, and bacon, then finished off with a finger-lickin Smoky Maple-Dijon Sauce.
Slow Cooker Queso Blanco
Slow Cooker Queso Blanco. This velvety, rich cheese dip is just as good-- if not better-- than the kind you get from your favorite Mexican restaurant. Serve it straight from the slow cooker (where it will keep warm) at a party, or ladle over nachos. Somewhere around the point of "8 pounds of cheese down",...
Cranberry-Jalapeno Baked Brie Dip
Cranberry-Jalapeno Baked Brie Dip. Tart cranberries, spicy jalapenos, and brown sugar transform brie cheese into a hit party dip. This recipe for Cranberry-Jalapeno Baked Brie Dip was also featured on Serious Eats. You all have probably picked up by now that I'm a sucker for sweet and spicy recipes, gooey cheese, and easy appetizers. But...
The Best Cornbread Stuffing with Sausage and Bacon
The Best Cornbread Stuffing with Sausage and Bacon. This cornbread stuffing (AKA cornbread dressing) pulls out all the stops. Sweet cornbread, salty bacon AND sausage, tons of herbs and aromatics, and crunchy toasted pecans make this stuffing the most popular side dish on your Thanksgiving table. It's about time that we all start ironing out...
15 Minute Thai Basil Chicken
15 Minute Thai Basil Chicken. When it comes to Thai recipes, this stir fry is one of the most popular and easiest to make. It's flavorful, fast, and is going to become one of your favorite quick dinners. If you ask my old college roommate, Jackie, whether or not she would personally make a recipe...
Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread
Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread. This is one of my most popular easy recipes, and for good reason. With sweet, fall-spiced apples, fluffy biscuit layers, and a delicious vanilla glaze, this pull-apart bread is always a hit. After making Buffalo Chicken Pull-Apart Bread a few years back (don't tease me for the bad pictures, that post needs to...
Charred Cherry Whiskey Lemonade
Charred Cherry Whiskey Lemonade. Grilled or sauteed cherries add great flavor (and a little edge) to these sweet and tart whiskey cocktails. Yesterday, while scheduling out my to-do-lists for recipe-making in the next few weeks (which, by the way, is a very ambitious schedule that's definitely going to result in lots of How Did I...
Nacho Baked Potatoes
This recipe for Nacho Baked Potatoes has also been featured on Serious Eats. It's almost St. Patrick's Day, so naturally I've been day-dreaming endlessly about salty corned beef, flavorful cabbage, fluffy baked potatoes (like these!) and, uh... nachos? Alright, so this wasn't the recipe I originally planned to share with you today. I had another potato...
Spinach and Artichoke Dip Baked Potatoes
This recipe for Spinach and Artichoke Dip Baked Potatoes has also been featured on Serious Eats. Have any of you ever done those DNA heritage tests? I did, mainly to try to fill in gaps in my family tree (which I've been working on for eons), and to figure out what debilitating diseases I'm at a...
Loaded Juicy Lucy Sheet Pan Sliders
My housemate has been waiting for me to make this recipe since I moved in. It's been, uh, two years... so sorry for the slight delay. I off-handedly mentioned the idea of sheet pan sliders in a random conversation with James' friend Mike a couple of years back, when I first visited his place to...
Hot Cajun Crab Dip
Call me a bad influence if you must, but I'm going to distract you all from your kale for a second and present you with this flavor-packed, melty, decadent crab dip. Reasons that I don't feel bad about eating all of the leftover Hot Cajun Crab Dip yesterday: I went on a 5 mile walk...
Amaretto-Matcha Christmas Surprise Cake
This delicious pound cake has been sponsored by Aiya America, who inspires my matcha Christmas creations year after year. I used to be firmly in the cookie camp, but this year I've got to say that my new favorite Christmas dessert is actually pound cake. Specifically, a dense, moist, and sweet pound cake that's drizzled...
Cheddar Green Bean Casserole Onion Rings
This crunchy mash-up exists thanks to the Friendsgiving with French’s® program. #RealFlavorsHaveCrunch Check out the other Friendsgiving posts (Bacon Jalapeno Popper Creamed Corn Gratin and Holiday Cranberry Mimosas) and add them to the menu for your upcoming feast.
Loaded Pull-Apart Breakfast Bread
This Loaded Pull-Apart Breakfast Bread is sponsored by Smithfield (and in my heart, co-sponsored by my sincere and unwavering love of all things bacon-related). I don’t know that there’s ever a bad reason to make a bacon-y recipe, but lately I feel like I’ve got a lot of excellent ones. To name a few: It’s...
Grilled Chicken & Peach Saltimbocca Skewers
This recipe has also been featured on Serious Eats. I made the mistake of telling James that peach season will be ending soon. It started with the simple suggestion that he might like to buy a couple while they're still juicy and ripe. He's got a weak spot for peach-habanero salsa and brown butter peach...
Green Chile Chicken Quesadilla Sticks
You could say that I'm extra invested in football season this year. The guys got NFL Sunday Ticket so we now get all of the games at home, I finally formed my own fantasy football league, and most importantly, I actually took time in the off-season to study up so I kinda know what I'm...
Crispy Hearts of Palm Tacos with Chipotle Baja Sauce
This post is sponsored by Reese Specialty Foods, who inspired me to broaden my taco horizons-- for which I’m always grateful. Once you try these Crispy Hearts of Palm Tacos with Chipotle Baja Sauce, trust me, you’ll be grateful, too.
Cheesy Garlic Zucchini Bites
Have you ever seen three grown men get excited over zucchini? Because I have to say that was definitely a new experience for me. Don't get me wrong-- there's a lot to love about these Cheesy Garlic Zucchini Bites. They're tender inside and crispy outside, kind of like what you'd expect out of a great...
Piri Piri Chicken and Potato Skewers
I'm sure you're a dutifully patriotic citizen, planning your all-American menu for this weekend as we speak. You've probably also been expecting a recipe from me that's red white, and blue; or super traditional; or at leeaaaast originates in this country... But you know what? American food is kind of confusing. Hamburgers and hot dogs were...
Slow Cooker Jambalaya
I missed the perfect window to post this recipe, I know, I know. But wouldn't it figure that I didn't start craving jambalaya until the day after Mardi Gras? So here I am, two weeks into May, proclaiming "better late than never" in-between mouthfuls of leftover Slow Cooker Jambalaya. Realistically though, can there ever be a bad...
Garlic Knot Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches
Did I ever tell you about the time that I wound up with 13 pounds of garlic knots tossed in bowls that were strewn across my kitchen, with flour and oil and garlic skins littering any potential open counter space? Oh, well that's probably because it just happened. It was an interesting way to spend Valentine's...
Strawberry Sangarita (Margarita Sangria)
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But what do you do when life (or more accurately, overzealous grocery shopping) gives you dozens of leftover strawberries? Well, you still make a tasty beverage, but this time, you spike it. With a bottle of wine. And some triple sec. And tequila. You make Strawberry Sangarita,...
Jalapeño Popper Pigs in a Blanket
Jalapeno Popper Pigs in a Blanket are everything you could want in a snack. These spicy, cheesy appetizers are perfect for your next party or game day! These spicy, cheesy appetizers are perfect for your next party or game day! Narrowing down my Super Bowl menu has been next to impossible this year. Not only...
Buffalo Chicken & Ranch Potato Croquettes
This post has been a loooong time coming. It was 2014 and the World Cup was being held in Brazil when I heard about coxhina for the first time. The teardrop-shaped street food typically consists of a fried potato dough exterior and creamy, shredded chicken filling. It's extremely popular in Brazil, and extremely delicious. Or so...
Chewy Cherry Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
It's the final countdown. We're two days away from Christmas. One day away from Christmas Eve (and Hanukkah!). Zero days away from me making a disaster in my kitchen while trying desperately to prepare all of the food. It's go time. You might feel like you already have a handle on everything for your holiday...
Slow Cooker Jamaican Jerk Chicken Chili with Plantain Chips
Consider this my SOS call.
20 Minute Sweet & Sticky Caribbean Shrimp
I'm in complete and utter denial that we've returned to this time of year. Not because of the holidays (I happen to like those), but because I need to smother myself in 68 layers of sweater material to somewhat-comfortably waddle my way to the mailbox. We're talking the type of outfits that would rival Randy's from...
Loaded Pizza Nachos with Creamy Garlic White Sauce
I never thought I'd be caught up in a love triangle, but if you try to make me choose between a bunch of nachos and couple of slices of pizza (both of which are conveniently triangle-shaped, I might add), things are going to get reaaal emotional up in here. Nachos, pizza, and I have enjoyed many...
30 Minute Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta with Crispy Sage
Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I'm extremely honored and humbled to be here today, accepting the prestigious Totally-Made-Up Tickle Their Tastebuds Award for my accomplishment of converting two picky adult-males into squash and unusual cheese eaters. Many said that it could not be done. Some alleged that my 30 Minute Creamy Butternut Squash with Crispy Sage recipe wouldn't...
Maple Brown Butter Glazed Amish Apple Fry Pies
Sometimes, when I'm sitting at my desk, tucked inside of my warm house, with my fuzzy blanket draped over my lap and a hot coffee in hand, I almost forget how it felt to be 14 with frozen fingers. Far before I ever had the luxury of working from home, or even in an office,...
We Redecorated Around Here, What Do You Think?
Gather round, friends, and listen to the story of how a woman nearly lost her mind while tweaking her website design.
Strawberry Dragon Fruit Margaritas
I'm drinking Strawberry Dragon fruit Margaritas today for a few reasons: I'm celebrating the fact that I finally am feeling well enough to function like a real human being after a month of mystery illness. Please say I didn't just jinx myself. Speaking of jinxes (or Jynxes, I guess), I started playing Pokémon Go along...
Mexican Brick Chicken with Grilled Corn and Avocados
Say hello to the debunker of the Beer Can Chicken craze. You may think you know the tastiest way to grill a whole chicken, but I'm about to cast some doubt and introduce you to this delicious, crispy, juicy, spicy, delicious (again for emphasis) Mexican Brick Chicken with Grilled Corn and Avocados.