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...
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Strawberry Avocado Spinach Salad with Greek Yogurt Poppy Seed Dressing
Something strange happened last week that I'm still trying to wrap my head around. James and I went to a cook-out where the hosts totally (and deliciously) went overboard with the food: there were sausages of every sort, kebabs piled so high on platters that it looked like they'd topple over, racks upon racks of ribs,...
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...
Salted Caramel S'more Dip with Cinnamon Sugar Chips
Hold on to your sweet tooth, because this dip is all dressed up and ready to party. James-- being the resident dessert-fiend-in-chief that he is-- has been asking me to make something sugary for, gosh, probably two months now. But since I'm selfish and prefer salty foods usually inspired by more savory ideas, I just finally got around...
Blackberry Basil Moscow Mules
Eight years ago, I was finding respite from the constant chaos of my apartment (that's a story for another time) with my upstairs housemates and an oversized bowl of beef-flavored instant ramen. Komal made it for the four of us, because despite being a stereotypical broke and miserable college student-- as we all were, at...
Pepperoni Pizza Stuffed Garlic Bread
So I've seemingly tripped at the entrance of 2017 and fallen clean past the "healthy eating of the New Year" phase, straight down to the foot of Super Bowl snack-time. Oh nooooo... ? Ah, I can't even pretend to be bummed about it.
Roasted Eggplant and Feta Fritters with Tahini Sauce
I won't sugarcoat it: 2016 has thoroughly and relentlessly kicked my ass. In fact, if social media is to be believed, it has kicked all of our collective asses. But all of that blubberin' that I love to do aside, we've had a phenomenal year in food, don't you think? I don't know about you, but I'm pretty...
Slow Cooker Jamaican Jerk Chicken Chili with Plantain Chips
Consider this my SOS call.
How To Make The Ultimate Autumn Harvest Cheese Board
I'm not sure if I've ever gone on record with this admission before, and I'm a little nervous to let the secret slip. But here goes: I could take or leave Thanksgiving food. There, I said it. Now, don't get me wrong. I love fall flavors. Carbs are my closest pals. Turkey and I are tight...
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...
Spider Web S'more Cheesecake Brownies
For about 315 straight days every year, you could call me a Halloween costume visionary. From pop culture to punny to straight up scary costumes, I'm a veritable goldmine of ideas. "How ever will I choose?" I ask myself, but of course I never write down my favorites, because that would be the smart thing to do, and I'd...
Jalapeño Buttermilk Ranch Fried Chicken
It was with a metal mug full of Pimento Beer Cheese, a freezer full of Ultra Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits, and a mason jar overflowing with Jalapeño Buttermilk Ranch that I realized that I was missing an essential piece of the puzzle (or sandwich, as it was). I realized that I had no fried chicken for slathering...
Yogurt Marinated Lamb Skewers with Mint-Pistachio Pesto Pilaf
I had fully planned on devoting this whole month to Mexican dishes, since Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner, and I don't believe that a person can ever have too much Mexican food. Yet here I am, posting a springtime dish that has absolutely 0 south of the border influence, because sometimes a...
One Pot Chicken Cordon Bleu Alfredo with Toasted Breadcrumbs
Did you have a lovely, food-filled Eater? I did, and now I'm overloaded with more jelly beans than I know what to do with, a carton full of hard-boiled eggs, and a fridge stacked high with various leftover-filled plastic containers. I'm not sure how I'm ever going to get through all of this stuff. Are you right...
Easy Cheesy Pretzel Sticks
This certainly isn't the first time I've made soft pretzels for the blog. (Proceed with caution, there's a flood of old posts ahead.) There's been pretzel buns, pretzel dogs, pretzel skillets, pretzel pinwheels, pretzel bread, and chicken cheesesteaks served on-- you guessed it-- pretzel rolls. It's also not the first time I've professed my undying love for...
Loaded Vegetable Lo Mein
There are times, like after a night out, a particularly miserable day, or a rough break-up, that I welcome the absolute lack of restraint that most takeout restaurants exhibit when it comes to salt, sugar and oil. Oh yes, nothing soothes a broken heart quite like massive amounts of some seriously artery-clogging cuisine. But for every day...
Crispy Tabasco Zucchini Chips
I'm a snacker. I could eat the most amazing meals all day long but still feel lost without something salty to munch on in-between. This, unfortunately, does not always make it easy to stay in the same pant size, if you know what I'm saying. I have a tendency to blissfully eat an entire bag...
Indian Spiced Rice & Lentil Salad
Last year, I discovered that rice salad was an amazingly wonderful thing. It's replaced pasta salad as my favorite binge-on-at-barbecues-until-the-shame-kicks-in dish. Actually, being perfectly honest, shame doesn't even stop me most of the time. I will eat rice salad until I can't physically get up to get more. You think I'm exaggerating, don't you? It...
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....
Freezer-Friendly Everything Bagel Bombs
Raise your hand if you don't have time in the morning before work to make yourself a filling, healthy, and delicious breakfast. Hello, my fellow sad-excuse-for-breakfast buddies. I feel your pain. Not to worry, though. What I'm about to tell you will change your breakfast game forever. You can have ham, egg, and melted cheese stuffed...
Sofritas Tofu Burrito Bowls
As a lover of bacon, pulled pork, and burgers, a lot of people find it surprising when I say that I also adore tofu. Or maybe I should say I adore good tofu. Tofu gets a bad wrap from the many people who don't know how to properly prepare the wiggly soybean curd, leaving a lot of people to think...
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...
Fluffy Old Fashioned Pancakes
More times than not, my breakfast consists of coffee. Just coffee. Maybe a granola bar, too, if we're getting crazy. Sure, I'm a food blogger. Sure, breakfast is "the most important meal of the day". Sure, I live in a state filled to the brim with diners. I should probably be ashamed. But the issue with...
Buffalo Chicken Mozzarella Logs
The Super Bowl is in less than two weeks, which means that I'm going to make as many appetizers as possible to pile into my face hole until the big game arrives. Sometimes, I'll even combine appetizers because I just can't choose between them. Who doesn't love a little hybrid hors d'ouevre? Anyway, I'll be sharing...
Salted Caramel Apple Cheesecake with Apple Roses
I worked on this all day and night just to be sure I could get it to you today. Why? Because it would be a crime to not give you a recipe for something this good as soon as humanly possible. So here we are. It's 9AM as I write this and I'm on my fourth...
Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagna
Okay, I'm just going to lay it out there right away-- this isn't really a lasagna. Please put down your pitchforks, food-name-purists, and open your hearts to this layered lasagna-esque casserole of zucchini, eggplant, spinach, cheese, and bechamel. It's seriously yummy, no matter what you call it in-between mouthfuls. Ever since I first made the Zucchini,...
Fried Green Tomatoes with Goat Cheese and Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette
I have been waiting for a whole year to make and share this recipe with you. Last summer, James and I went down to North Carolina to visit my cousin, Ashley, and her fiance (now husband), Evan. We planned on jetskiing and picnicking and walking downtown, but we didn't get to experience much beautiful Carolinian...
Blackened Fish Tacos with Avocado-Cilantro Sauce
I come from a family of avid taco lovers. We eat tacos of some sort at least twice a week (in fact, we had tacos last night), and every single week, when I ask my brother what I should make for the blog, he tells me to make tacos. The only thing that rivals my...
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...
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...
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--...
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...
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...
Boozy Raspberry Hot Chocolate
I've never been a huge fan of hot chocolate, but I also never realized that real hot chocolate doesn't come from a powder packet. In real hot chocolate, you actually melt chocolate and add milk and cream, which probably should be obvious but I never even considered it. It tastes like liquid happiness. Or at least...
Freezer-Friendly Athenian Chicken Quesadillas
I'm not ashamed to admit that out of all the awesome places I've eaten (and there have been many), my favorite place to frequent has always been a little dive bar just up the road from my mom's house. It's an unassuming spot that's far too small for the amount of locals who crowd in for...
Spicy Pork Bulgogi Sliders
It's not often that you see Asian food gracing tables or tailgates once football season begins. There are hamburgers, hot dogs, wings, pizza, 7 layer dip, and of course, plenty of beer, but nothing to represent the world's largest continent. I, for one, think that this is a tragedy (okay, maybe that's an exaggeration, but...
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...
S'mores Treats in Mini Mason Jars
I don't really have much of a sweet tooth, but some days I have cravings for s'mores. Really, I should say most days. Most days I have cravings for s'mores. If you're still hung up on the non-sweet-tooth part, I apologize. I'm just more of a salty snacker than a sweet eater. Except...