I am not what we’d call “proper” when it comes to table manners. I rest my elbows on the table. I devour my dinner in record time. If I chew on gristle or bone, I’ll stick my hands right in my mouth and pick it out without a second thought. When I eat, I can guarantee…
One Pot Creamy Chicken Marsala Pasta
Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down. And I’d like to take a minute, just take a seat, I’ll tell you how to make an easy dish everyone will want to eat. Iiiiiin a really large pot, with the burners ablaze, and boiling water, is where my pasta…
One Pot Greek Chicken Pasta with Creamy Feta Wine Sauce
Back when I was in college, my signature dish was Pasta Greco, an easy-to-make Greek-inspired pasta dish that I adapted from a local restaurant. When James and I were in the wee-beginning of our relationship and I was just beginning to realize that I could, in fact, make my own food instead of spending all…
Four Cheese Sausage & Spinach Lasagna
This is the last thing I made before burning the ever-loving you-know-what out of my fingers. About two weeks ago, I was making this Four Cheese Sausage and Spinach Lasagna and some Jack Daniels Burgers to bring to my friend’s surprise party. My lasagna was fresh out of the oven and I was trying to position it…
Nut-Crusted Fried Brie Bites
I don’t know about you, but I feel like there is not nearly enough cheese in the traditional Thanksgiving spread. Cheese, in all of its variations, definitely makes my “Grateful For:” list every year. As a result, I put cheese in my mashed potatoes, cheese in my dessert, and used warm, buttery, melted cheese as…
Raspberry Cranberry Sauce
I am no stranger to the canned cranberry enthusiasts– I have several in my own family. (Gasp!) They like their “sauce” to be, well, not at all saucy, with thick ridges in the sides that keep their mold long after they’ve thwapped from their aluminum homes onto a serving dish. While I’m not particularly a fan…
Baked Sweet Chili Garlic Popcorn Chicken
Believe it or not, in between chowing down on all things cheesy or chocolaty that I put up here, I try to make healthy choices. Well, at least sometimes. And I know that a lot of you are right there with me, trying to keep your snacking down and your salad-consumption up. However, just because…
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…
Mango Chile Glazed Shrimp
After an hour of blow-drying and flat-ironing, I’ve got Medusa-head going on within 30 seconds of walking outside. I can feel that August is just around the corner– that glorious month of hair-ruining humidity. Yes, August, when we finally come to terms with the fact that we never prepared for swimsuit season. Even well into swimsuit season, we…
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 Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo
You know that feeling when you’re working on something and you’re like 75% sure it’s not going to turn out well for one reason or another? That’s how I felt about this One Pot Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo. I should have been more confident, I guess, since the One Pot Spicy Chicken Riggies…
Bacon Bourbon BBQ Chicken Kebabs
You want bacon recipes? I’ve got twenty. But who cares? No big deal. I want mooooooooore… I once thought that recipes including bacon were pretty straight forward. You’d just fry up some meaty goodness in its own fat, crumble it up if you’d like, and mix it in. Then I found out about Bacon Jam,…
Lemon Ricotta Poppy Seed Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce
Sunday is Mother’s Day, and I’m celebrating (or rather, cooking for Momma Bear) early just to make sure you’ve got this recipe in time. I’ve heard that moms love breakfast in bed. Well, everyone loves breakfast in bed, don’t they? There’s nothing like showing someone how much you care by starting their day with a big,…
Chili Rubbed Steak Tacos with Chimichurri
If you’ve hung around here long enough, you know that I already made Steak Tacos a little over a year ago. And if you’ve ever met my boyfriend, James, you probably know that they were his favorite meal I’ve ever made. That’s really a big deal considering I do this for a living. The man has…
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…
