Last year to celebrate St. Patrick’s day I successfully attempted home cured corned beef. I wanted to try something totally new for this year. About this last year I was over in Ireland for work. I had some amazing food while I was there and my cooking to-do list grew exponentially. Loads of dishes…
Category: Recipes
Sandwich into a Meal {Monte Cuban}
When my friend brought me some raspberry Habanero jelly my mind immediately went to sandwiches. I definitely agree with The Sandwich King that you can make any sandwich into a meal. Back in my early days of working I would eat lunch out far too often. My office was near the airport and we went to hot dog…
Cross it off my list! {Lemongrass Syrup}
I had big plans for myself this past weekend. BIG plans. The first thing on my to do list: Lemon Oatmeal Ricotta Pancakes. They did not disappoint. Delicious! Grinding the oatmeal to use in place of flour was a nice trick that I look forward to trying elsewhere. My batter was thin and the pancakes…
Don’t Mess With A Classic {Shamrock Shake}
Why did McDonald’s have to go messing with a good thing? The Shamrock Shake was perfect as it was, the whipped cream and cherry don’t do anything to improve it. The fact that they are no longer premixed but instead combined in the cup leaving them ribboned with green food dye streaks. Don’t get me started…
Cauliflower. It’s what’s for dinner.
Steak again! Totally stole this cauliflower steak idea from Lynn at the Actor’s Diet. I thought it was a genius way to serve cauliflower. I added in my own genius using it as a tool to eat massive amounts of Romesco Sauce. Seriously I can not get enough of Romesco sauce. Or of roasted cauliflower. The…
Sweet Potato Wedges with Lemongrass Dipping Sauce
You know what goes great with cocoa rubbed steak. Potatoes. Sweet potatoes actually. I treated myself to a new cookbook, it has been on my wishlist for some time. I dropped into Anthropolgie a few weeks ago and they had it in person. It reminded how much I miss Borders and bookstores for that…
Steakhouse at Home {Cocoa Rubbed Ribeye}
Making dinner is hard work. Lucky for me I had a fresh squeezed blood orange cocktail sustenance — 2 parts blood orange juice, 2 parts Tequila, 1 part Aperol. Fresh and bright, a delicious cooking companion. On the menu this night was cocoa rubbed steak and sweet potato wedges with lemongrass dipping sauce. My husband…
Fat Tuesday {Gumbo}
Yep, a week late. Actually Tuesday nights I am at my workout so we celebrated Fat Tuesday over the weekend. On the menu, Prosecco hurricanes, crunchy baked shrimp, a cheese tray with my favorite stinky cheese (it’s good to have friends in cheesy places that know what you like), and finally sausage and chicken gumbo. I leave…
Breakfast Cookie
As if chocolate cake for breakfast wasn’t good enough, I moved onto cookies for breakfast. You’d never guess that I really prefer savory over sweet for breakfast. Though honestly neither of these dessert sounding breakfasts are dessert sweet, they are more on the savory side of the scale. As much as I enjoyed the cake I actually prefer these…
Chocolate Cake for Breakfast
I’m here. I’ve been busy failing in the kitchen. My motivation is lacking, it is showing in the outcome. The winter blah perhaps, not that there is much winter to blah about. Actually a few days snowed in would be a welcome change. I guess I have had a few success to speak of. I’ve…