Ever since making the Crispy-Outside Creamy-Inside Garlic Herb Potatoes, I have been totally and utterly obsessed with making the perfect potato side dishes. When done properly, potatoes can actually be the stars of your meal, and they fly off the plate like nothing you've ever seen before. Especially if that plate happens to be placed...
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Birthday Cake Remix Brownies
When I was in high school, I worked in a pretty pathetic mall (there were like 3 stores in the place that stayed open for more than a month) at an Auntie Anne's. There was honestly no reason to visit that mall unless you wanted a pretzel or ice cream. No reason at all. But in...
Zucchini, Feta, and Spinach Fritters with Garlic Tzatziki
You know how I said that the garlicky tzatziki from those Loaded Greek Chicken Pitzas was addictive? Well, I made these fritters just so I could slather them in that sauce. The Zucchini, Feta, and Spinach Fritters turned out amazingly, by the way. The taste almost reminded me of Spanakopita, but with the added mild flavor of grated zucchini,...
Crock Pot Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Tacos with Pineapple Slaw
When I'm in a creative slump, I always go to my friends and family for recipe inspiration. What does my cousin Ashley tell me to make every time? Hawaiian Chicken. Every. Single. Time. Even though she's been telling me to make Hawaiian Chicken for over a year now (seriously), I kept putting it off because......
Grilled Balsamic Steak with Blue Cheese Butter
In the past year and a half that I've been blogging, I have really warmed up to steak. "Warmed up" as in I can't get enough of it and I weep for the 22 years of my life that I wasted without it. It's like when you're in a relationship, and you really love someone,...
Cucumber Basil Gin and Tonic
I'm gonna be honest with you-- I had a very tame weekend filled with tbs movie marathons, trying to get work done on my laptop, and fried foods. And even though I'm not leaving any crazy spree of excitement behind as I enter the work week, I've got to say, I have a serious case of the Mondays...
Loaded Greek Chicken "Pitzas"
Sometimes my cooking "failures" work out even better in the end. When I say "sometimes", I mean almost never, but this recipe was one exception to the typical disaster that is my kitchen on a bad cooking day. (Yes, we all have them!) I wanted to make a regular pizza with Greek toppings, but my dough was...
Creamy Pesto Pasta Salad
This Creamy Pesto Pasta Salad is everything you always wished your cookout side dish could be. It's loaded up with flavorful ingredients like sun-dried tomatoes, peppery arugula, and fresh mozzarella balls, and tossed in a creamy pesto dressing that will make your mouth water just thinking about it. I first made this recipe as a...
One Pot Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo
You know that feeling when you're working on something and you're like 75% sure it's not going to turn out well for one reason or another? That's how I felt about this One Pot Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo. I should have been more confident, I guess, since the One Pot Spicy Chicken Riggies...
Best Ever No-Knead Pan Pizza
I've been on a bit of a pizza-kick lately. And by a bit of a pizza kick, I mean that the only thing I've been craving for the past month has been pizza. I'm not even going to tell you how many times I've ordered a pie, or how many dreams I've had involving pizza...
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,...
Bacon Bourbon BBQ Chicken Kebabs
You want bacon recipes? I've got twenty. But who cares? No big deal. I want mooooooooore... I once thought that recipes including bacon were pretty straight forward. You'd just fry up some meaty goodness in its own fat, crumble it up if you'd like, and mix it in. Then I found out about Bacon Jam,...
Eggplant, Prosciutto, & Pesto Pressed Picnic Sandwiches
"These sandwiches were so delectable that the enzymes in my palate shivered with excitement" - James, when asked how begin this blog post. And that is why he is not a food blogger. But he is a big fan of these sandwiches, because.... well, who wouldn't be? Homemade pesto, grilled eggplant, fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers,...
B.L.A.T. Croque Madame
If I could only eat one breakfast food for the rest of my life, it would be this one.
Lemon Ricotta Poppy Seed Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce
Sunday is Mother's Day, and I'm celebrating (or rather, cooking for Momma Bear) early just to make sure you've got this recipe in time. I've heard that moms love breakfast in bed. Well, everyone loves breakfast in bed, don't they? There's nothing like showing someone how much you care by starting their day with a big,...
Chicken, Spinach, & Poblano Empanadas with Avocado-Jalapeno Dip
It's been an exciting week for me. My cousin Ashley, who I've mentioned a couple times since I started posting on this blog, got married on Saturday. I don't know if I'm more excited about that or absolutely freaked out that I'm now at the age where my friends are all getting married (I have...
Baked Chicken Chimichangas with Monterey Jack Cheese Sauce
Yesterday I cried at Starbucks. Not like a little whimper, I'm talking full on sob-crying with little pools of tears collecting on the lid of my coffee. It was not my finest moment, guys. Not my finest moment at all. I'm pretty sure James was contemplating running for the hills and never looking back.
Homemade Flour Tortillas
If there is, in fact, a "wrong way" to live, then I've been doing it wrong for years. Okay, that might be a little excessive, but the fact that I've been using store bought tortillas my whole life just feels so wrong now. If you've never had homemade flour tortillas, let me tell you, it's amazing...
Chili Rubbed Steak Tacos with Chimichurri
If you've hung around here long enough, you know that I already made Steak Tacos a little over a year ago. And if you've ever met my boyfriend, James, you probably know that they were his favorite meal I've ever made. That's really a big deal considering I do this for a living. The man has...
Skillet Scalloped Potatoes
Put some cheese-covered carbs in front of me, and I get weak in the knees. You could serve up pasta with Parmesan, mac and cheese, or crusty bread with melted mozzarella, and I would dive in face-first with reckless abandon. Cheesy carbs of any sort are just my thang... but the true obliterator of any...
Garlic Lemon Chicken Stir Fry
I just came back from my lunch break, and according to my car it is 75 degrees out right now. I can believe it, because I actually felt the need to turn the air conditioning on. Then I remembered that my air conditioning is still broken because I always convince myself not to spend the...
Cheesy Crab and Artichoke Dip
Even before this dip was ready, I was hovering by the oven, mouth watering, impatiently waiting to dig in and burn the absolute life out of my mouth. I knew it was going to be good. It was loaded up with cheese, lump crab meat, and artichokes. There was no way it was going to...
Warm Balsamic Steak and Vegetable Medley
Let me be upfront with you: I had no idea what to call this dish, so if the name of the recipe sounds ridiculous, I'm sorry. At first I was thinking of calling it a "salad" because it technically is one, but I thought that could give people a different impression than what you actually...
Chorizo Green Chile Breakfast Skillet
I can usually tell by 8AM what the rest of the day is going to be like. If I only have time for a granola bar or coffee for breakfast, it's gonna be a struggle. If I have, say, a Chorizo Green Chile Breakfast Skillet, I'm going to spend the rest of the day giddy...
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
There is not enough coffee in the world to save me today. I woke up at the crack of dawn yesterday to get my cooking done (look out for the Carrot Cake Cheesecake recipe coming up-- it should be illegal, it's so sinfully good) and then took a long, hurried drive/train ride to Newark for...
Crispy-Outside Creamy-Inside Garlic Herb Potatoes
I know that the name of this side dish is on the brink of ridiculousness, but I could not, for the life of me, think of a way to describe them that gave them justice. They're so flavorful from the chicken stock, herbs, and garlic, and they have that texture combination that makes you swoon--...
Chipotle-Pesto Chicken Burrito Bowls
It all started in college, when I stumbled into a new fast food restaurant to hold me over in between classes. I wasn't expecting much, but after just one meal, I was hooked. Love at first bite. But after I graduated, I quickly outgrew that fast food obsession. I opt instead to cook all...
Guinness Beef Stew with Cheddar Herb Dumplings
Rich and hearty Guinness Beef Stew is a classic that you'll find at pubs and family dinner tables all across Ireland. This version features ultra-tender meat, deep flavors, and Cheddar Herb Dumplings that will make you swoon. It's the ultimate comfort food. It's been cruelly cold and frosty for the past couple of days up...
Crock Pot General Tso's Chicken
There are a lot of things that I've experienced over the years that I thought would be amazing but wound up being terrible ideas, like pregaming open bars, volunteering to do favors that I can't possibly fit into my schedule, or watching Juan Pablo be this season's Bachelor. (Seriously, by the end of the Finale...
Roasted Garlic and White Bean Soup with Crispy Prosciutto
It's supposed to start getting warmer soon right? I really hope so, because I for one have had enough of long days of shoveling and nights when no matter how many blankets I pile on my bed, I'm still freezing cold. One thing I'm not sick of, though, is getting cozy with a bowl of...
Baba Ghanoush (Roasted Eggplant Dip)
A few weeks ago, in the Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Piccata post, I mentioned that James and I went on a trip to DC because he won an online poker tournament. What I didn't have a chance to mention mention is that while we were down there, we had dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant called...
Tequila Sundown
Some mornings you already know that it's going to be the kind of day that deserves a cocktail. For example, if you get ready to leave for work 45 minutes earlier than usual on a Monday morning, but then you slip and fall on ice on your way to start up your car. Then, once...
Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed "Chicken Piccata"
I'm not ashamed to say that I'm typically a homebody on weekends. Some of my favorite activities include laying around in pajamas, marathon watching Netflix, and playing online poker from the comfort of my laptop (bonus points if I play while laying in bed/watching TV). I'm, like, incredibly good at powering through multiple seasons of...
Cheesesteak Potato Skins
For all of my life, I've lived only minutes away from Philadelphia. I've been to Pat's and Geno's, I've had my cheesesteaks wiz wit or with a generous amount of provolone, I've made them at home, I've laughed when people call them "Philly Steak and Cheeses", and I've firmly asserted my old belief that green...
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Quesadillas
I take after my dad in many ways-- my endearing disorganization (can't blame me for trying to make it sound like a good thing), my creativity, and of course, my desire to cover anything and everything in jerk seasoning if given a chance. There was always a jar of Walkerswood in the fridge growing up,...
Tequila Lime Chicken Sandwiches with Guacamole and Chipotle Mayo
When I go out to eat at a casual restaurant, there's about a 75% chance I'm going to get a chicken sandwich if there is one on the menu. It's only 75% because sometimes I like to "broaden my horizons", or whatever you'd like to call it. But the truth is I could get chicken...
Cannoli Dip
A few years ago, my then-roommate Allison and I were broke college students who could barely afford to pay our rent and cable bills, let alone buy anything for anyone else. When we realized Father's Day was just around the corner, we panicked a bit. Dads are hard enough to shop for in the first...
One Pot Spicy Chicken Riggies
6 years ago, my then-roommate and good friend, Allie, asked me to make her something "spicy with chicken" for her birthday dinner. I wanted to make something that she'd never had before, and after scouring the web for inspiration, I became smitten with the idea of making Chicken Riggies. I'd never heard of them before...
Bacon, Cheddar, Caramelized Onion, and Potato Pierogi
I wish I could tell you that there was some deep background history behind these pierogi-- that my father grew up in Poland and brought back the recipe from his family's long tradition, or that my mother used to enjoy them in the heart of Pittsburgh and shared the city secret of adding sour cream...
Sweet and Spicy Pulled Pork with Honey Jalapeno Lime Slaw
It's under 10 degrees Fahrenheit in my area of the world right now, yet I've been inexplicably craving one of my favorite summer-time foods: pulled pork sandwiches. Maybe it's because I've been dreaming of days when it's warm enough to even consider going outside to barbecue, or maybe it's because I like my sandwiches with...