I make no claim to the title of Nacho Elitist; I'll eat 'em even if they're microwaved, smothered in fake cheese, and soggy-bottomed-- they are nachos, after all. But I do have to say that sometimes you have to splurge a little and do nachos the right way, and yes, there is a right way. The Right Way™...
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Cornbread Salad with Jalapeño-Browned Butter Vinaigrette
Usually when I hear the words "cornbread" and "dressing" together, I have Thanksgiving flashbacks. But not today. Today, I'm having flashbacks to a weekend barbecue when I served up some Cornbread Salad with Jalapeño-Browned Butter Vinaigrette, which-- with its ton of toasty sweet cornbread, creamy avocado, melted cheddar cheese, fresh corn, juicy popped tomatoes, and sweet,...
Jalapeño Popper Chorizo Taquitos with Creamy Avocado Sauce
I originally made these Jalapeño Popper Chorizo Taquitos with Creamy Avocado Sauce to prepare for my Cinco de Mayo / birthday party. I figured I could make them now, freeze them, and be ahead of the game for once. Like that would ever happen.
Irish Baked Potato Soup with Corned Beef and Crispy Leeks
My love story with potato soup is on a better-than-Twilight, stronger than Kim and Kanye, transgressing all pop culture kind of level. It's the real deal. And if you're with me (whether or not you're Irish, and while we're at it, whether or not you have any idea what I'm talking about at all right...
Dubliner-Dill Skillet Irish Soda Bread
I'm about to reveal something pretty controversial, so hold on to your seat belts. ...I think raisins RUIN perfectly good soda bread. It's true. I like my crumbly, dense, delicious soda bread to be savory and buttery and definitely not filled with little sugar-bombs of wrinkly, dried grapes. Alas, every option I've seen at the grocery store...
Loaded Nacho Bombs
Nachos are pretty much the quintessential football food. They're tortilla chips piled high with seasoned ground beef and refried beans, blanketed in melted cheese and salsa, and topped with sour cream-- what's not to love about that, right? Besides the fact that the toppings nearly never wind up evenly distributed, of course. And how the chips...
Classic Creamy Macaroni and Cheese
If anyone were ever to call me a recipe purist, they'd be wildly mistaken. I like my foods fusion-ified. I like them loaded with crazy amounts of fillings and toppings, and authenticity always follows far behind enjoyability when it comes to my meals. I do not have a Plain Jane appetite, to say the least....
French Onion Soup Drop Biscuits
Fluffy, tangy, cheesy, oniony, and buttery. No kneading, no cutting in butter, no folding, no mess. My love affair with drop biscuits began, predictably, with a trip to Red Lobster. After one cheddar and garlic loaded biscuit, I was hooked. After a basketful, I was dead set on making them at home. Mind you, back...
Mexican Turkey Burgers with Cilantro-Lime Pesto
Typical Turkey Burgers have never really been my thing, despite my mom's best efforts to get me to enjoy them. Save for the rare exception, they usually seem dry and unbelievably boring. I'll just have a hamburger, thanks. But I've been trying to eat a bit less red meat lately (I'd been downing blue cheese burgers with a...
One Pot Creamy Jalapeno Popper Chicken and Rice
A lot of my recipes are born out of laziness. Laziness or resourcefulness, depending on how you look at it. When I made this recipe, I was too resourceful to wash a ton of dishes. I was also too resourceful to drag myself out to the grocery store. I had a serious craving for One Pot Cheesy Chicken Taco Rice last week, but I found...
Easy Ham and Cheese Pretzel Pinwheels
Here I am with another pretzel recipe, and I have to say that I'm not even the least bit sorry. Especially because this time we're not fussing around with making our own dough! It's easy to get excited about pretzel pinwheels that don't take hours to make-- simply pop open a can of refrigerated breadstick dough and you're...
Cheesy Chorizo Cornbread Balls with Chipotle Dipping Sauce
If you're anything like me in the way that your one, truest of all true loves happens to be Mexican food, and your second truest of all true loves happens to be appetizers in their many forms, then do I have a treat for you! Also, we have a lot in common. We may be kindred...
Fried Pickle Poppers
As a "northerner", there are a lot of foods that I feel it took me far too long to discover. I've fallen in love with BBQ brisket, pecan pie, collard greens, fried green tomatoes, and chicken fried steak all within the past few years. There's no denying that there's some delicious dishes to be had...
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......
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.
How to Put Together Your Own Italian Wine and Antipasto Spread
I personally don't believe that you can go over-the-top with a meal as long as the taste is worth it in the end. I don't find anything wrong with spending hours in the kitchen, or searching high and low for the best ingredients, or meticulously planning out the details of each course. Food is something...
Mini Pretzel Dogs
Forgive me if I'm repeating myself here (which I'm nearly positive I am), but I consider myself a pretzel expert. Or maybe more of a pretzel fanatic. I mean, whatever you call it, there's definitely an obsession there. Thin, sourdough, mall-style or Philly-- I'll take them all. I worked at Auntie Anne's for...
Buffalo Chicken Pull-Apart Bread
(Part of the Super Bowl Theme Thursday Series) Before you go all crazy telling me what a great idea this is, let me apologize. I did not make this recipe up. I saw this recipe for Buffalo Chicken Pull-Apart Bread from Bev Cooks on Pinterest, and knew I had to try it out for...
Buffalo Chicken Dip
(Part of the Super Bowl Theme Thursday Series) So you love to serve buffalo chicken at your football gatherings? Well ditch the messy wings with dozens of bones and greasy fingers (which of course wind up being wiped on pillows and pant legs by the less cleanly guests) and try this cheesy, flavorful...