I’ve been holding on to this post for a few weeks because the picture doesn’t do these potatoes justice. Yes, these are just potatoes. But these are SALT and VINEGAR potatoes. In caps because as with salt and vinegar potato chips, the flavor is overwhelmingly strong but delicious. Imagine the strong smell of vinegar coming…
Thai Noodle Salad (Yum Woon Sen)
It’s only May and it’s already too humid for me to want to cook anything. This could be a problem. What I need are more dishes like this Thai noodle salad. Things that are easy and don’t require the oven. Any ideas?? While you think about that, let me tell you about this dish. It’s…
Overnight Oatmeal
Much as I would love to eat pancakes or an egg and cheese sandwich or breakfast pizza every day, I usually end up eating oatmeal for breakfast 5 days a week, week after week. It’s easy and good for me, but it definitely gets a little boring. Enter overnight oatmeal. I know, it still looks like boring…
Chocolate + Peanut Butter + Butterscotch Bars
These bars are so good, just one bite can make even the worst day seem better. Lucky for me, I’ve been making these for the last 15-ish years. When I was in college, my housemate’s sister used to send her care packages filled with delicious baked goods. She was generous enough to share her goodies,…
Orange Creamsicle Float
Most people who know me know that I have a time of the year that I refer to as “baking season”. We don’t have central air in our place and I really can’t handle being hot, so only turning on the oven when it’s cool out makes perfect sense. Right? Well, I’m sad to report…
THE TEXAS SIPPER COCKTAIL
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,…
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,…
