I made this for a quick dinner today, and it was tasty and looked just like the pictures over at damndelicious! I made them for dinner with some fried rice to whip in some veggies, but these would also be perfect as an appetizer! Make the meatballs a little bit smaller for an appetizer, but would be a good small party recipe. If you had more than around 6 people I’d double the recipe (but in either case would still serve another app or two)! Honestly, I don’t even have much to say about this recipe because it’s so straightforward.…
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Continue ReadingSo, as in my other drink post: strawberry shortcake vodka slush, this isn’t really a full-blown recipe, but more just a conglomeration of ingredients in which eyeballing is the key to success. The reason is that for alcoholic drinks, I don’t presume to judge you. You can put as much or as little tequila as you’d like for this one. Basically you grab some triple sec, tequila, limes, and ice! For my guestimates for two it should be about 2-3 shots of tequila, the juice from 1 lime (you can zest it if you’re feelin’ classy, but I don’t usually…
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Here’s recipe two from T’s and my’s Thursday night cinco de mayo dinner! Churro Cookies. Yes, they are just as glamorous as they sound. I promise. And actually, they’re amazingly simple. There’s–count ’em–only 6 ingredients! Now I don’t make these every day just because puff pastry is rather expensive (for cookie making), but let me tell you, they are like little bites of heaven. And while the round cookies are super cute and flaky, I absolutely do not throw away the strangely-shaped pieces! Bake them off and get the kids (or yourself–taste testing is a must!) to om nom the…
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Happy cinco de mayo! Well, happy cinco de siete, technically, but who’s counting? I’ve been a busy pup mom this past week, not to mention work’s been a little crazy. But T and I both had rough weeks, so we decided to go all out for cinco de mayo on Thursday, and had some margaritas (henceforth known as ‘margs’), some yummy enchiladas, and some churro cookies for dessert! So you’re in luck, you get: not one, not two, but THREE posts today! I’m feeling generous. And T’s out of town visiting his family for mother’s day, so I only have the pup…
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Last weekend we had a feast! My parents and my godparents were in town, and we made enough food to feed a small army! I made lamb kebabs (check out the recipe here), roasted broccoli, naan, rice, and then my key lime pie bars and oreo brownies (I have yet to post the recipe!). I ended up making gyros tonight because I had extra lamb, and the recipe I found on pinterest from food.com looked surprisingly easy! That and we picked up our adopted shiba inu Kenichi today!!!! Squeeee! So T and I wanted to spend as much time as possible with him, and I…
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I’ve made this recipe a few times, and while delicious and the top and bottom of the noodle nest are crispy, the noodles are never quiiiiiite crispy enough for me! That said, it’s still amazingly delicious! I’ll bet you need to quickly cook the noodles in water and then add them to the pan, but that’s too much effort for me when you can just add water to the pan you’re already cooking in. Or add more oil to the pan to fry them up, but I prefer to pretend I’m a healthy person. I wouldn’t call this a one-pan…
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Here is my classic turkey burger recipe, with a little dijon thrown in for some flavor! I classify this recipe as a “simple” one since I have most of the ingredients around the house, and the ones I usually need to shop for include: ground turkey, gruyere, and scallions! Less than 5 ingredients, so I call simple. Just toss everything in a bowl, and make sure to mix together thoroughly, but only until just incorporated unless you want some tough burgers! I’ll let you in on my secret for well-cooked burgers when you’re making them on the stove! I like the…
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Corn bread, and beef, and cheese, oh my! This is a great make-ahead meal! We had a game night with a friend coming over, and I was going to try to not actually be in the kitchen making dinner for like half of his visit (like I usually am most times when people visit for dinner). I do love our current place for the fact that it has an open layout, and I can actually be in the kitchen talking to other people in both the living room area and the dining room area, and the kicker–NOT in my kitchen. It’s the…
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These Mediterranean pinwheels are a perfect, EASY appetizer. This is one of our go-to’s because T likes them, and I like them, and he’s less likely to eat half the cheese and salami before they go in the oven. Though maybe more likely to eat half of them coming out of the oven. Plus there’s the added benefit of a short grocery list. There are only 6 ingredients (I’d really say 5…if you don’t have olive oil, you’re doing the kitchen wrong), and all the steps are simple. It’s even better to get some help, especially if you’re making these…
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This recipe is exactly what it sounds like! Pizza dip (though I will say, a little bit more of a white pizza), surrounded by soft and chewy garlic knots! Definitely turn up the garlic on those garlic knots too. Sometimes if I’m feeling extra-garlicky I will add a few pinches of garlic powder and a few pinches of onion powder to the butter mix. My only concern about this recipe is that it’s not quite enough to share with a large party of people. I wanted to make it for a hangout we’re doing this weekend with around 20 people, but with only…
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So coming back from Iceland, I decided to do another round of hello fresh so that I wouldn’t be worried about grocery shopping and cooking and all that jazz when we were back. The first recipe we tried was a Dijon pork meal, that was satisfactory and I might post it at some point, but this juicy Lucy burger is definitely on my to-make-again list! This burger is more than your typical throw-it-on-the-grill burger, and definitely is schmancy enough to be like a restaurant burger, but it’s fairly straight forward to make. I’d pull this one out when you want that…
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This breakfast crescent ring is yumm-ee! It does take a little bit of effort rather early in the morning I’ll admit, with all the different pieces that go together. But it was tasty, that’s for sure! Actually it was tastier than I even expected, but I’m glad it was since it took a little more effort than expected at first glance. The one thing to do next time to make it look even better would be to make the ring a little smaller so that there isn’t quite as large of a hole in the middle. I think that would make…
