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Croissant Sausage Stuffing

Forget everything you thought you knew about stuffing. This Croissant Sausage Stuffing– with its ultra-buttery, herbaceous flavors and flaky, fluffy layers– is changing the Thanksgiving game. CROISSANT SAUSAGE STUFFING I’m a carb fiend by nature, so Thanksgiving, with its glorious mounds of mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, and (most importantly) stuffing is a day straight…

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Warm Chorizo Potato Salad

With a whisper of smoke and spice, Warm Chorizo Potato Salad is a Mexican-inspired spin on the German classic. Served with soft-boiled eggs and a chorizo vinaigrette, this mayo-free mash-up is best served warm.     WARM CHORIZO POTATO SALAD When most people hear “potato salad”, they think of the American picnic classic. You know, potatoes,…

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Charred Broccoli Salad with Hot Honey Dressing

Seared (but still crisp) broccoli forms the flavorful base of this Charred Broccoli Salad with Hot Honey Dressing. With toasted pecans, sharp red onion, crisp bacon, tangy goat cheese, dried cranberries, and a sweet-and-slightly-spicy homemade hot honey dressing, this side dish has a little bit of everything for your cookout, dinner party, or lunch box.  CHARRED…

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Dreamy, Creamy Avocado Cilantro Sauce

This Dreamy, Creamy Avocado Cilantro Sauce takes just 5 minutes to make and is perfect for serving on tacos, over salads, with sweet potatoes, or simply with a side of chips for dipping. Let’s be honest, you’re going to eat it on everything. There was a time when I was in an exclusive relationship with guacamole. It was…

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The Best Cornbread Stuffing with Sausage and Bacon

The Best Cornbread Stuffing with Sausage and Bacon. This cornbread stuffing (AKA cornbread dressing) pulls out all the stops. Sweet cornbread, salty bacon AND sausage, tons of herbs and aromatics, and crunchy toasted pecans make this stuffing the most popular side dish on your Thanksgiving table. It’s about time that we all start ironing out…

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Grilled Peach and Halloumi Panzanella

Grilled Peach and Halloumi Panzanella. This summer salad includes a mix of quickly grilled peaches, halloumi cheese, and ciabatta bread croutons that are tossed with fresh basil, red onions, and a simple white balsamic vinaigrette. It looks and tastes fancy, but it only takes less than a half-hour to prepare! I placed this platter on…

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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,…

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Honey Crisp Apple Salad with Cider Vinaigrette

Did you have a fun weekend? Yeah, I’m really asking– you can tell me all about it in a comment or message me on facebook or get at me on twitter, which I am making a goal to actually use. Or we can just have a faux-convo and fake bond, whatever works for you. We’ve got to…

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Southwestern Chicken Cobb Salad with Jalapeño Buttermilk Ranch

There are two types of salads in the world, you know. Some are simple, light, and healthy. They’re sort that are loaded up with greens and drizzled with a light vinaigrette; the sort that leaves you the tiniest bit hungry, but in a good way; the sort that you eat at the end of the…

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Smoky Shrimp Pasta Salad with Chipotle-Honey Vinaigrette

This Smoky Shrimp Pasta Salad with Chipotle Dressing is about to make a lot of people reaaaal popular this summer.

Cuban Caesar Salad

Do you have one classic dish that you simply can’t get enough of? One that you will order, without fail, every time you go out? If so, welcome to the club. James and I have eaten Caesar Salad at least once a week for the past… I don’t know… two years? Yeah, I’m serious. In fact,…

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Warm Brussels Sprouts and Kale Bacon Caesar Salad

Last night I went to the Vendor Summit for Kitchen Kapers, so I’m in an especially good mood today.  If you’ve ever seen “Oprah’s Favorite Things”, then imagine that, just with kitchenware.  Instead of cars, it’s like “YOU GET A VEGETABLE PEELER, YOU GET A VEGETABLE PEELER, EVERYBODY GETS A VEGETABLE PEELER!” It actually is…

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Fig, Blue Cheese, and Walnut Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

I’m getting panicky because fig season is almost over and that means that I’m not going to be able to make my absolute favorite salad again for another 8 months.  Even worse, I nearly didn’t have enough time to share the recipe for Fig, Blue Cheese, and Walnut Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing with you, and now…

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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…

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Mango and Blue Cheese Salad

“This piece is ugly. Eat it,” my boyfriend demanded as he cut up a fresh mango for me. “I don’t like mangoes,” I told him, and the ugly piece was offered to guests at my house until finally someone eagerly accepted—the only person who liked mangoes at all. Why was I adding mango to a…

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MEET MORGAN

Morgan is a full-time food blogger, pizza-related sleep talker, and self-described hobby hoarder.
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