Sweet Potato Chorizo Chili with Poblano-Avocado Crema. If you’ve never added potatoes to chili before, prepare to be wowed by the heartiness of this intensely flavor-packed chili. There’s a reason I’ve been making this recipe for years! Every fall, my house goes absolutely soup-crazy. The second the slightest chill can be detected in the air,…
Honey Lemon Chiffon Pie
Well I’ll bee damned. I’ve gotta tell you, I said “this probably isn’t going to turn out” to myself at least 17 times as I made this pie. But much to my surprise, the bees wound up looking like bees, the honeycomb pattern looked like honeycomb, the filling set to an awesome consistency, and the Honey…
Chipotle-Pineapple Fish Tacos with Rainbow Pepper Slaw
Last summer, I surprised myself by falling in love with fish tacos. After making Blackened Fish Tacos with Avocado Cilantro Sauce on a whim, I swore that I’d never make fish tacos another way again, because as they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But just a year later, I was putting away a bag…
Smoky Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken Penne
This is one of those recipes that shows that I’m incapable of making tough decisions. I had so many ingredients on hand that I was excited to use, but I kept telling myself not to overdo it. Sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, ale, mustard, chicken, bacon, cream, pasta, parmesan, and smoked provolone? No. No, I couldn’t… (Spoiler alert: Yes, I…
Crock Pot Carnitas Tacos with Chipotle Cream
There are few things in the world more glorious than a meal that you prep in the morning, forget about for a few hours while you go to work or run errands or watch 6 back-to-back episodes of Project Runway on OnDemand (I can’t be the only marathon-TV-watcher here), and put the final finishing touches…
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…
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…
Parmesan Crusted Chicken with Herb Butter Sauce
January, for me, is always a time of reflection. As I begin another 365-day cycle, I can’t help but reminisce on the experiences I’ve had in past years– from people I’ve met to places I’ve ventured, lessons I’ve learned to things I still haven’t quite figured out yet. Unsurprisingly, a lot of my memories have…
Cheesy Crab Poppers
It’s Christmas Eve and I’ve got about 20 million things to get done, but I have one very important thing to do before I can go brave the cold and brace myself against the hoards of last minute shoppers– I’ve got to share this recipe with you. I made these Cheesy Crab Poppers on…
Tomato Bacon Bisque
Many years of disliking tomatoes and an unfortunate encounter with Campbell’s canned tomato soup had me thinking all this time that any variation of the stuff wasn’t for me. However, this year I decided that I was going to push myself to try things I usually wouldn’t, because taste buds change and yadda yadda, so…
Roasted Garlic Gnocchi with Bacon, Spinach, and Smoked Gouda Cream Sauce
Since I started experimenting in the kitchen a few years ago, there hasn’t been much that I’ve been too scared to attempt. Most of the time, my eagerness to jump right in to a new technique or use a new ingredient has proved well worth it, although I have to admit that I’ve had more…
Red Velvet Pancakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Syrup
Cupid’s arrow often points me in the direction of Valentine’s Day catastrophe. I will spare you the gory details of my many V-day disasters, but think messy break-ups, dislocated knees, stomach viruses, and an overwhelming heap of steaming disappointment, and you won’t be surprised to hear that Valentine’s Day has never been my favorite holiday….
S’mores Martini
S’mores Martini. This creamy, chocolatey cocktail tastes like a boozy version of your favorite campfire treat. I have been so tempted to say “bring the bonfire inside with these martinis” but I feel like I am opening myself up to lawsuits. So instead I’ll say that this drink is like your favorite bonfire treat, but with…
