Color-Changing Slushy Margaritas. This recipe uses a secret ingredient to create color-changing blue ice. It's also perfectly slushy with no blender required! Neatly cut and quietly chew? Stop mixing everything around on my plate? Dinner isn't time for science experiments? Stop plopping spoonfuls of my meal into my water cup? WELL MOM, LOOK AT ME...
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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,...
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...
Caramelized Pineapple and Jalapeño Margaritas
My birthday is 2 weeks before Cinco de Mayo, yet it took me nearly 26 years to realize that throwing a combination party stocked with salsas and overflowing with margaritas would be right up my alley. Apparently, it is also right up the alley of far more friends than I ever thought would RSVP, and now the...
Blueberry Pineapple Margaritas
Is it just me, or are you also gasping at the fact that it's May already?! Wasn't it just Christmas? I'm still getting used to writing "2015" on things. Still, I'm not complaining. May means beach-worthy weather is on the way. May means longer days of sunlight. May means Cinco de Mayo, and oh my Mexican-food-loving stars, do...
Breaking Bad Blue Margarita (with Blue Salt and Blue Ice Chips)
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...
Creamy Margarita Popsicles
They always say you should write about what you know. Well, I know how to put alcohol in anything. I learned a lot in college. Because I couldn't decide on a major for the longest time, I took classes in pretty much every subject out there. Everything from linguistics to psychology to art have been in my arsenal...
Coco Pina Margarita
I have my first sunburn of the year, everyone. It's not of the same, near-watermelon pink fate that my boyfriend's poor skin endured, nor the kind that leaves uneven strips of ghostly white where sunglasses or tank top straps once rested. Still, it's there. Just barely. Really I do mean just barely, but there's...
How To Pit Cherries
Is a recipe chock full of fresh cherries calling your name? Here's how to pit cherries without the fuss (or cherry pitter)! You're going to be using these methods all cherry season long. Sweet, tart, juicy cherries are way up there on my list of favorite fruits. But if I'm honest, there is one thing...
Champagne Punch
This fruity, festive Champagne Punch is just as delicious as it is pretty. Loaded up with fresh berries, citrus, champagne, ginger ale, and a few flavorful liqueurs, this punch sure packs a punch. Serve this bright and bubbly drink for New Year's Eve, Easter, Christmas, Mother's Day, and more. Whether it's brunch or a special...
Apple Cider Sangria
Light, refreshing, easy-to-make, and bursting with flavor, this fruit-loaded Apple Cider Sangria is the perfect big-batch Fall drink. There’s no denying it: The holiday hustle is here and it’s time to buckle down. But first, sangria. With all of the holiday rush and fuss, while we’re frantically coordinating with family and planning the perfect Thanksgiving...
Coconut Mojitos
Boat deck or roof deck, there's no better way to sip this summer than enjoying a few Coconut Mojitos. A refreshing mix of rum, lime, and mint mingle with creamy coconut for a cocktail that turns any party into a vacation. Sometimes when people hear that you work from home, they can’t help but tease...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Dragon Eggs
Easter is coming! There's no better way to celebrate the holiday and the return of Game of Thrones than by making your own Chocolate Peanut Butter Dragon Eggs at home. This recipe includes a Reese's-style peanut butter filling, crunchy sliced almond "scales", and a smooth chocolate coating. If you're planning to throw a Game of...
Pomegranate New York Sour
Pomegranate New York Sour. This tart and sweet whiskey cocktail features a red wine float and gorgeously pink, pomegranate-spiked base. It's the perfect cocktail for Valentine's Day, and while it looks impressive and professional, even a cocktail novice can whip it together. Well, it's still winter-- we're only halfway through it, in fact-- and we're...
The Great Kitchen Kapers Holiday Gift Guide and GIVEAWAY 2018
We've made our list and checked it twice: Check out our round-up of the best kitchen gifts for everyone (and we do mean everyone) on your list, whatever your budget. Don't tell anyone, but I haven't bought any Christmas presents yet. I can't believe we're already through week one of December and quickly moving on to...
Spiked Fruit Straws
Spiked Fruit Straws. Flavor in the cocktail, meet flavor in the straw. Fresh fruit makes for a delicious and useful garnish! They say that to come up with a great invention, you need to first identify a problem that needs solving. The same can be said for great recipes, or at least I tend to...
Chipotle Chicken Sheet Pan Quesadilla with Avocado Salsa Verde
Okay so this is not nearly the first time I came up with a way to serve quesadillas at a party., and I'm sure it won't be the last. Why? Because I'm not sure I've ever seen someone turn down a quesadilla. Crispy flour tortillas surrounding melted cheese and whatever other fillings you decide to...
How to Host a Homegate
Thank you NFL for sponsoring this post. Can’t wait for my next Homegate! I’ve been hosting football parties since before I knew what a touchdown was. Or I guess I should say that my dad was hosting them back then (since I was a baby and all), but you know, I was hosting by...
Mini Party Poblano Quesadillas
The end of April in near, which means three things: It's almost Cinco de Mayo It's time to put *NSYNC on repeat and burst into laughter whenever Justin Timberlake says "It's gonna be me" in that nasally way that makes "me" sound like "May". Oh, you don't do that? Uhh... me neither. It's my birthday All of...
Greek Avocado Salad with Garlic-Dill Vinaigrette
How many more times do you think I'm going to bundle up in my puffiest ski jacket before taking a step outside and realizing that the sinisterly frigid season is decidedly over-- not just "it's technically spring" over, but "I can go to the grocery store with a t-shirt on and survive strolling through the refrigerated section" over?
4 Must-Make Salsas
Can we have a moment of silence for all of the snack aisle salsas that'll get tossed from the refrigerator shelves to the trash bins right after people have a taste of these aptly named, homemade, Must-Make Salsas?
Loaded Mashed Cauliflower
You know what is absolutely disgusting? Cauliflower. ... Said I, 4 years ago. I was a vegetable-lover, but cauliflower, with it's mild-but-nutty-broccoliness, well it just grossed me out. But then! Then I realized that I'd been doing that whole cauliflower thing all wrong. When prepared correctly, it could be absolutely delicious. It could add extra fiber, vitamins,...
Sangria Sorbet
You might not be used to your frozen desserts having rules, but this one has three: Must love sangria. Must resist the urge to eat it all before fully frozen. Must not operate a vehicle immediately after consuming, because this sorbet packs a punch.
Blue Moon Orange Creamsicles
Just over two years ago, I came up with one of my most popular recipes-- Creamy Margarita Popsicles. At the time, James told me that they were going to be a hit; "You should sell these," he said, "You'd make a lot of money." And even though I didn't decide to venture into entrepreneurship with a...
Crock Pot Chicken Tinga Tacos with Bacon Pico De Gallo
Happy Cinco de Mayo! How are you going to celebrate? (Pssst! If you're not planning on eating tacos tonight, it's time to reevaluate your choices.) Lately I've been absolutely swamped with things to do, so I've been trying to be a bit minimalistic in the kitchen. Simple recipes with a relatively short list of ingredients...
Mango Chile Glazed Shrimp
After an hour of blow-drying and flat-ironing, I've got Medusa-head going on within 30 seconds of walking outside.  I can feel that August is just around the corner-- that glorious month of hair-ruining humidity. Yes, August, when we finally come to terms with the fact that we never prepared for swimsuit season.  Even well into swimsuit season, we...
Boozy Red, White, and Blueberry Cheesecake Popsicles
I'm really bad at coming up with short recipe names. I thought about calling these "The Absolute Best Frozen Dessert The World Has Ever Seen", but that seemed a little too wordy. Boozy Red, White, and Blueberry Cheesecake Popsicles was shorter-- by a margin-- so I went with that. You can call them whatever you want though,...
Chorizo Green Chile Breakfast Skillet
I can usually tell by 8AM what the rest of the day is going to be like. Â If I only have time for a granola bar or coffee for breakfast, it's gonna be a struggle. Â If I have, say, a Chorizo Green Chile Breakfast Skillet, I'm going to spend the rest of the day giddy...