Ready for another cocktail? This week we’re drinking The Texas Sipper cocktail. Texan only because we used Tito’s vodka. But you can use any vodka you’d like as long as you use freshly squeezed grapefruit juice. This drink is part sweet, part tart, and all parts delicious. I imagine it’d be great on a hot,…
Archives for April 2014
Cheese Grits With Black Beans, Avocado, And Pico De Gallo
Grits are definitely not something I grew up eating. No, I grew up in the land of diners and small independent pizza places around every corner. Stephen on the other hand grew up in the land of biscuits and grits. I had never even tried grits until my first visit to Nashville in 2003. We…
Paloma Cocktail
It was a busy three day weekend around here, and I’m just about ready to relax on the porch with a beverage. Continuing with the summer cocktail theme, this week’s drink of the week is the Paloma. A favorite in Mexico, this classic cocktail is a light and refreshing winner. You can make it with…
NUTELLA CHEESECAKE BARS
Work and life have turned out to be quite stressful lately and I have been seriously craving chocolate. That’s not terribly unusual for me, but it’s really been a bit of an obsession for the past few weeks. All day every day I have been constantly thinking about dessert. These decadent nutella cheesecake bars really…
Daiquiri
I’ve spent the last several years trying to avoid rum-based cocktails. All I could think of was the syrupy sweetness of rum and cokes or sweet fruity rum drinks. But well-balanced rum cocktails are growing in popularity these days and with good reason. When paired correctly, rum cocktails do not have to taste syrupy sweet,…
Spice Roasted Chickpeas
Let me introduce you to my new favorite snack. Or more accurately, let me introduce you to my new favorite healthy snack. Because let’s be real, I’d still rather eat chips and dip. But these spice roasted chickpeas are up there! This is actually really shocking to me because chickpeas have never been high on my list…