Before you file this cocktail away under “St. Patrick’s Day recipes” to be forgotten and neglected for the rest of the year, hear me out. Sure, it’s green; and sure, Irish whiskey is a staple of St. Paddy’s day; and sure, you want to drink it right now in honor of your possibly-existent, possibly-distant Irish heritage…
Sweet Chili Crab Dip
Sure, I sometimes like to go all out, but I much more often prefer some demi-cheeked fanciness. Bringing out the nice wine glasses with the takeout Chinese food, the nail polish stickers that make it look like you went to the salon recently, nibbling on Texas caviar, you know, that kind of stuff. It’s really all about enjoying…
Thai Guacamole
In an effort to incorporate guacamole into as many of my meals as possible, I decided to get my fusion on. Thai dishes feature a lot of similar flavors as Mexican, surprisingly, making them great candidates for combination. Cilantro, hot peppers, green onion, garlic, cumin, and lime are just a few examples of shared ingredients, and wouldn’t…
Soft & Chewy Ginger Cookies with Eggnog Frosting
This week has been all about the cookies for me. With the holidays coming up, The Best Chewy Cafe-Style Chocolate Chip Cookies have been all over the web, which makes me a happy gal. Especially because it’s given me an excuse to make a couple of extra batches this week. “I just want to make…
Thai Coconut Curry Butternut Squash Soup
Usually I’m pretty convinced that “make it in the slow cooker” is all I have to say in order to turn some heads around here, but it tends to take a lot more to coerce James and Mike into trying a recipe without ruling it out before they take a bite. Include anything that even…
Thai Cashew Coconut Rice with Ginger Peanut Sauce
I go to barbecues and shovel pasta salad in my mouth like it’s going out of style. Seriously, I load up with enough dressing-doused noodles to make my paper plate sag down in the middle, and then I go back for seconds. And thirds. I love the stuff. For obvious reasons, pasta salad has been…
Crock Pot Chicken Tikka Masala Meatballs
It’s easy to rekindle our love with a lot of things this time of year: (most) Christmas music, twinkling lights, super thick sweaters, and, of course, our crock pots. With the holiday hustle in full force, I typically have a tendency to neglect my home cooked meals and I really don’t think I’m the only…
Fireside Bourbon Cider
The nights have already become crisp and there’s an unpredictable chill in the air throughout some of these mid-October days, laced with the faint aroma of damp trees and spice. The leaves are just beginning to turn from their subdued green to brilliant reds and golds, reminding us of the fireplace flames that we’ll soon…
Pork Potstickers with Spicy Dipping Sauce
(Part of the Chinese New Year Theme Thursday Series) My Grandma Sandy is Chinese, and I have grown up lucky enough to eat authentic Chinese food on many occasions. My family requests that we get a batch of her creations all the time… maybe too often. The most beloved of her treats are the…
Asian Sesame Ginger Chicken Wonton Cups
(Part of the Chinese New Year Theme Thursday Series) About a year has passed since I made these Asian Sesame Ginger Chicken Wonton Cups for the first time. In fact, it may have been exactly one year ago that I was scrambling to get things together for the millionth potluck dinner I was attending for my…
