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Smoked Cherry BBQ Sauce

September 7, 2018 Leave a Comment

I know you're looking for something to do with that bag of cherries in your fridge before they go bad. May I suggest you smoke them and make an incredible smoked cherry BBQ sauce? Nothing beats the infusion of sweet cherrywood laced all through meat, veggies, and in this case...cherries. Smoked cherries take about 2 hours on a very low 225-250 degrees, and they go from bright deep red to dull ...

Buttermilk Fried Chicken with Thyme Cheddar Waffles

September 4, 2018 1 Comment

Buttermilk fried chicken is one of those things people always want to know how to make. I get it, it's seemingly so simple, but it's also just as easy to screw up. There are several factors that need to be on point in order for your buttermilk fried chicken to be stellar. First, oil temperature. Nobody wants a golden brown stunner that's bloody and raw inside. Salmonella doesn't taste good, I'd ...

Creamy Garlic and Tomato Shrimp and Fontina Grits

September 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

Not too many people breathing free oxygen dislike shrimp and grits. If there's anyone out there who doesn't love this southern classic (for reasons other than allergies, and even then, I'm still skeptical), I want nothing to do with them. Shrimp and grits just go so well together. I'm not a fan of bland grits, or bland anything -- so both components need to be good AF. If you've made anything of ...

The Best Homemade Smash Burgers

June 2, 2018 Leave a Comment

If I were to open a small restaurant or food truck, it would be centered around burgers. I literally love burgers so much, it's not even remotely funny. Guys...seriously...I have a problem. I love burgers more than anything else. They're just handfuls of perfection. They hit every textural note I'm craving. If I go to a restaurant, the first area I scan is the burger selection. Burgers are my ...

Crispy Smashed Garlic and Herb Potatoes

May 31, 2018 Leave a Comment

I think every household should keep a tub of duck fat in their fridge or freezer. The stuff is just luxurious. It's like butter's bougie cousin who shows up to family functions in a fur coat and kitten heels while everyone else is in jeans and flip flops. I do understand that it's not as widely available as it should be, so if you absolutely cannot find duck fat, just keep it a butter thing. These ...

Broiled Crab and Corn Cakes

May 24, 2018 Leave a Comment

The worst thing you could ever do is go to a restaurant, pay about $20 for crab cakes, bite into them just to see that they're full of bread. Did you just pay for crab flavored stuffing? No, you didn't. You're mad, you're seething inside. You might even complain to the manager, and you'd be well within your rights to do so. It's a shame how much bread folks stuff into their crab cakes. Sure, a ...

Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes | Baby Food Basics

April 21, 2018 Leave a Comment

When I found out I was pregnant, I said "I'm gonna feed this kid GOOD!". As soon as my precious little boy turned 5 months, we slowly introduced solids to his diet. He's breastfed still, but his pediatrician recommended we start with rice and oatmeal cereal, so we did. He loved it, and didn't have any reaction to it at all -- thank God! I was kinda nervous about that, but glad it worked out. Then ...

Chocolate Sheet Cake with Milk Chocolate Ganache Frosting

April 21, 2018 4 Comments

I had an intense craving for chocolate, so I made a chocolate sheet cake. I didn't want anything too cloyingly sweet, so no candy. Nothing so sugary it would make my teeth hurt, so again, no candy. I didn't want to eat the chocolate and just taste "sweet". Enter this wonderful cake! The contrast of the less sweet semi-sweet, and the full-on sweet milk chocolate just makes me wanna sing. Perfect ...

Aglio Cacio e Pepe with Shrimp

April 19, 2018 Leave a Comment

Pasta is comfort food. You will not debate me on this fact. You can make something so comforting with just a couple ingredients, and it will be guaranteed delicious. Pasta aglio e olio, and cacio e pepe are two of my favorite most simplest pasta dishes ever created. They both need very little to be so delicious and satisfying. Both are perfect for a late night craving fix, as they come together in ...

Citrus Bundt Cake with Buttermilk Lemon Glaze

April 17, 2018 Leave a Comment

I buy so much citrus on a weekly basis, and I love sweets, so naturally...we've got a flavorful, moist citrus bundt cake. This is a slight rift on my previous lemon bundt cake, but this time I just wanted to add more citrusy notes. I suggest you do whatever is in your sweet little heart. If you've got blood oranges, cara cara oranges, meyer lemons, key limes -- whatever. Make this your own! If ...

Garlic Ginger and Soy Braised Chicken Thighs

April 12, 2018 2 Comments

Thighs again? Yes, dammmit. Thighs again! If you can't tell by now that we are thigh lovers, then you haven't been paying attention. There's nothing more succulent, flavorful, and satisfying than a fat juicy thigh with skin rendered so crisp, it shatters in your mouth. Perfection! These gingery-garlic soy braised chicken thighs are pretty dang tasty. The sauce? Oh man! It's just so good. We served ...

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