Hickory smoked potato salad. Yes. Yup. I sure did. Listen, if you’re the type of potato salad person who has to have it ONE way every single time, you may wanna skip over this post. I’m one of those people who feel you can jazz potato salad up a plethora of ways…just keep the raisins …
You need to make this delicious low-carb keto-friendly creamy cauliflower risotto. I’ll be honest, during this keto diet thing we’ve eaten a lot of the same things because we’re creatures of delicious habits. This keto cauliflower risotto is literally the one thing hubs requests me to make every single week. We are constantly buying frozen …
If you’re on a ketogenic diet and miss mashed potatoes, you’re going to looooove this roasted mashed cauliflower. It’s creamy and rich, yet light and ethereal on the tongue. The mouthfeel is so much lighter than regular potatoes, which can be gummy or heavy. I mean, mashed potatoes are delicious AF, lets not lie to …
Carbs are love, and this cheesy hasselback potato gratin is life. Thinly sliced potatoes get vertically layered with shreds of gruyere, white cheddar, parmigiano reggiano, luscious heavy cream and half and half. Fresh herbs infused all through the dish, with tiny little morsels of sweet shallot and golden bits of garlic. As this bakes away …
Let me introduce you to something amazing. Perfectly roasted sweet potatoes with savory cider caramel. There’s butternut squash in there, too. You probably haven’t had sweet potatoes or butternut squash like this. I’ve never been a fan of overly-candied sweet potatoes (or candied yams) because I’ve always found them to be too sweet! I never …
If you think I’m gonna make a green bean casserole that isn’t bomb AF and worthy of being on my blog, you’ve got me f’d up. For years, I avoided any kind of green bean casserole because it’s notoriously made with canned soup. No shade, but yuck. Then I realized, “Wait a minute…this can be …
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 …
“Duck fat” just sounds sexy. Say it out loud, in your lowest bedroom voice — I’ll wait…see?? Doesn’t it sound naughty 🙂 It’s a wonderful fat. Bacon fat and duck fat are the yin to the potatoes yang. You can’t go wrong with either of them. I have to buy my duck fat because I don’t cook down enough ducks on the regular to make my own. This deliciously sinful tub of bird fat cost me about $6 from Wegmans and a little goes a long way. You only need about 2 tablespoons of it for all of these potatoes. They soak up the duck fat and get amazingly crisp and super golden brown.
Since January 1, 2014, I’ve been focusing on my health and losing weight. I’ve lived off an 80% clean diet with plenty of exercise, and had to part delicious ways with my beloved heavy cream pastas, super cheesy yeast breads, and sugar-laden bowls of dairy. I mean, we still hook up from time to time — but those days of eating them frequently WHILE sitting on my ass in front of a computer for 40 hours a week are long gone. I had to really focus on this. The hard work is continuing to pay off, as I’m down 40lbs and a crazy number of inches and still going strong. Don’t get things twisted, I am still about the comfort foods — I’ve just learned how to keep it cute.
Listen, I love stuffing. I. Love. Stuffing. Nothing beats homemade stuffing. I knew that once I became an adult I’d have to make it from scratch like all of the lovely women in my family. You can seriously take your recipe variations to the moon, the possibilities of flavor are endless. That’s because I truly believe everything tastes tastes with bread. Seriously, it’s the one part of the meal that always fits no matter what. They serve a variation of bread with practically every meal in every cuisine, so when you take that concept and run with it, you get delicious stuffing.