This broccoli cheddar soup is a luscious, creamy cheddar cheese based soup with chunky broccoli and vegetables, or smooth and creamy–it’s up to you!
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Continue ReadingEverything you know and love from a jalapeno popper, but in a dippable, delicious form! Plus this recipe has added some sweet corn to balance out the kick of spice. Try with pita chips or crackers.
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A healthy risotto chock full of broccoli and cauliflower with all of the flavor and none of the guilt! Throw in some cheddar cheese for a broccoli and cheddar taste, or a truffle cheese to add some fancy to your dish! – – I have been super excited to try out this dish! I love risotto, but I don’t love the guilt of all the butter and cheese, even if it’s delicious! One of the keys of getting that full punch of flavor is to use a nice cheese. A nicely aged cheddar means that you can use far less…
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Tri-colored quinoa mixed with chopped broccoli in a cheesy cheddar casserole, perfect as a weeknight side dish! – – Broccoli cheddar quinoa is one of my go-to side dishes! I typically have all ingredients on hand on a given day, so when I have nothing else planned as a side dish, it’s perfect and easy to whip up! Broccoli is a pretty good staple in my home, since it’s one off my favorite vegetables–don’t get me wrong, I’ll still take twix cookies (recipe) over vegetables any day. But when coupled with the quinoa, it’s actually a pretty decently healthy side-dish! Plus, cheese…
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Up front: this recipe has nothing to do with me! It came completely and utterly from T, and I’m not actually sure if he pulled the idea off the intermanets, or came up with this tasty concoction on his own! My role in making this was twofold: 1) make the garlic mayo, and 2) grate the cheese. That’s it! My boy doeeees know how to take care of me in the food department. He even made a take on roasted caesar broccoli swapping out the caesar dressing for Italian dressing! T’s parents would be impressed–thinking about vegetables all by himself! And everything turned…
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I feel like I’ve been on a spicy kick recently. Between my jalapeño popper bread and trying some spicy BBQ sauces at Smoqued in Chicago (see my culinary adventure), I’ve been eating a bit more spicy food than I normally do, and I made buffalo mac ‘n cheese for dinner tonight! So I’m coming up in the spice world, apparently. I like this recipe because it’s really easy and simple, adapted from andiemitchell.com Perfect for making around playing Pokemon Go! Hahaha, yes, I am newly obsessed with the game, like pretty much everyone everywhere. I got a sweet vaporeon last…
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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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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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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…
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Just look at these pictures! Tell me that’s not making you want some pizza. This is the perfect recipe to use up some of that leftover pulled pork from the previous recipe I posted. And it’s pretty delicious, if I do say so myself. Now I definitely recommend a pre-made dough, whether that be from a box, or just the frozen or refrigerated dough from the grocery. You can always make your own, but it does make the whole process a lot easier. So here’s the assembly process! Roll out the pizza dough and pre-bake for a few minutes. First goes on…
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I have a little story for you all. A young girl graduated college and moved in with one of her friends. Moved to a new state, and in the evenings when they didn’t feel like cooking some nights….they would eat baked potato rounds! Really it’s just a means to get cheese and bacon to our mouths. We were having a snowed-in game night last night with some friends that live within walking distance of our place (to trudge through the snow), and I whipped out this ol’ recipe to relive the past. And it’s always amazing. Though because of the snow, I…
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This recipe worked out great because I had pretty much everything in my fridge. It actually worked out great, one of those clean-out-the-fridge recipes! In general, though, I wouldn’t really call it that. This recipe is adapted from Holly’s Jalapeno Cheddar Burgers recipe on Spend with Pennies. Definitely tasty, though I had a few twists to the original. Firstly, I ended up using vegetable cream cheese. Now you only need regular cream cheese, but I think you could spruce this recipe up, or change out the center for something different! A chive cream cheese with some roasted garlic would make a great stuffer, or you could…
