I’ll forever be thankful to my mother-in-law for introducing me to the easiest appetizer I’ve ever served: marinated artichoke hearts. You’re probably thinking, wow, isn’t it kind of tricky to trim artichokes? And wouldn’t you have to marinate them for a few hours before serving? Wait a minute, wouldn’t you have to cook them, too? [...]
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Simply open a jar to impress guests — or just treat yourself
Posted in Eats, Photographs, tagged appetizers, artichoke appetizer, artichoke hearts, artichoke marinade, artichokes, cooking, easy appetizers, marinated artichoke hearts, marinated artichokes, Vigo's on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Roasted chickpeas are worth multiple attempts
Posted in Eats, Photographs, tagged baked chickpeas, baked garbanzo beans, baked garbanzos, Chachere's, chickpeas, cooking, creole seasoning, Greek seasoning, oven, parchment paper, Pinterest recipe, roasted chickpeas, roasted garbanzo beans, roasted garbanzos, Tony Chachere on February 7, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Rarely do I give a failed Internet-based recipe a second chance. There are simply too many other recipes to try, and unless I can point to something I know I did wrong (it happens), I’ll usually just write off such failures as lessons learned. Roasted chickpeas, though? I WANTED the roasted chickpeas to work. So [...]
Discovering guacamole: better late than never
Posted in Eats, tagged authentic guacamole, avocado, avocados, California Avocado Commission, Cantina Laredo, Cantina Laredo guacamole, cilantro, cooking, cutting avocados, Earth Fare, easy guacamole, fresh guacamole, guacamole, Guacamole Autentico, homemade guacamole, mashing avocado, mediocre guacamole, Mexican food, Mexican restaurants, Super Bowl on February 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Why in the world have I NOT been making guacamole all my life? The answer, of course, is that I spent most of my life eating (or, more specifically, not eating) the mediocre guacamole served in so many Mexican restaurants. Overprocessed into a perfectly smooth paste and refrigerated well past the point of freshness, restaurant [...]
Sensational salsa packs a subtle heat
Posted in Eats, tagged canned tomatoes salsa, Chili's copycat salsa, Chili's salsa, cooking, cumin, jalapenos, kitchen, Mexican food, pico de gallo, Pinterest, Pinterest recipes, salsa, salsa recipes, spicy salsa on January 31, 2012 | 3 Comments »
First, an admission: I don’t think I’ve ever eaten Chili’s salsa, so I can’t tell you whether this Chili’s Copycat Salsa recipe that I found via Pinterest tastes like the real thing or not. As a certified salsa junkie, I CAN tell you that I’ll be making this recipe again. I love making fresh pico [...]
Menacing mandoline produces delectable potato dish
Posted in Eats, tagged baking, cooking, cooking for two, individual pommes Anna, Kevlar gloves, kitchen, kitchen injury, mandoline, mandoline dangers, mashed potato alternatives, mini pommes Anna, miniature pommes Anna, OXO, OXO mandoline, Pinterest, pommes Ana, pommes Anna, potato recipes, potato slicer, potatoes Anna, slicing potatoes, Yukon potatoes on January 30, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Slow cooker marinara sauce: the new household standard
Posted in Eats, tagged Budget Bytes, calzones, cooking, cooking for two, freezer sauce, homemade, marinara sauce, meat sauce, pasta, pasta sauce, Pinterest, processed foods, Real Food Movement, recipes, slow cooker, tomatoes on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
That was fast. Just a week after I took up the pursuit of an easy homemade alternative to store-bought pasta sauce, I think I’ve found my go-to recipe. Over at Budget Bytes, Beth posted a recipe for a slow cooker marinara sauce in November (gotta give kudos to Pinterest for helping me find it). She noted [...]
A simple New Year’s Resolution: Eat more real food
Posted in Eats, Family, tagged AL, cooking, diet, exercise, Huntsville, maintaining weight, New Year's resolution, nutrition, peanut butter, processed foods, Real Food Movement, salad spinner, weight loss, workouts on January 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
How weird to be in the middle of a food trend and not realize it. I’ve been trying to reduce the amount of processed food in my family’s diet for the past few years. I was unemployed for a few months when we first moved to Huntsville, so I started cooking a lot to try [...]
2012′s first culinary pursuit: the perfect Bloody Mary
Posted in Eats, Photographs, Travel, tagged asparagus, Bloody Mary, brunch, cocktails, corned beef, corned beef hash, Las Vegas, poached eggs, rooster sauce, sriracha sauce, Tabasco sauce, The Oatmeal, the Strip, Todd English, Todd English P.U.B., Todd's Sssinful Bloody Mary, travel, vacation on December 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Not that I’ve spent my life in search of the perfect Bloody Mary, but I found it at the Todd English P.U.B. in Vegas. A mix of tomato juice, horseradish root, sriracha sauce and olive juice, Todd’s Sssinful Bloody Mary had the perfect amount of kick to it. Meaning that it’ll be too spicy for some [...]
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