Making queso at home is way easier, (and tastier!) than you think! Jalapeño corn queso is sweet, spicy, and totally addicting. Oh my lord, THIS STUFF. I had all intentions of making this jalapeño corn queso as an appetizer for Taylor and I, and then...
Margarita braised carrots are the perfect healthy side dish for Cinco de Mayo or Taco Tuesday! To say I’m obsessed with these carrots is the understatement of the century. I’ve been making a non-margarita version of them with just a...
Fresh, seasonal cheesy orecchiette pasta with peas and asparagus is the perfect, simple springtime meal. Fast, easy, and vegetarian too! This cheesy orecchiette pasta is the perfect reminder that the best food is sometimes the simplest. Fresh, in...
There is not a more amazing smell in the whole wide world than onions cooking in bacon fat. There’s your whole rationale for making this recipe; goodnight and goodbye, thank you for listening. But in all seriousness, I can’t imagine a...
Roasting a whole chicken is one of the scary, intimidating things that doesn’t have to be so scary. In fact, if you “spatchcock” your chicken, (cut out the backbone and lay it flat) it cooks faster and more evenly, aka less room...
I totally sucked at making rice until I discovered the Instant Pot. No joke, I’d screw it up somehow every time and just accept the fact I would eat instant rice forever. No more, friends!! The Instant Pot will make absolutely perfect rice for...
This spring roasted veggie bowl with sunshine sauce is clean, seasonal eating at its finest! Packed with roasted asparagus and beets, spring greens, shallots, beans, chicken, and cucumber, then topped with a creamy, lemony sunflower butter dressing...
This month, I’m doing the Whole30 , (I’m actually on Day 3 right now) and this Loaded Whole30 Poblano Lime Taco Soup officially saved my life last night on Day 2. I was so hungry, cranky, and headache-y, that I ate a baked potato at 5pm...
I just got back from my annual girls’ weekend in Steamboat Springs, CO with my college friends. It’s always the best time, and this time was no exception. We skied, we tubed, we shopped, we sipped red wine by the fire, and we ate. Oh, we...
One of my favorite restaurants in Alpharetta, GA, (where we live) is called Atlantic Seafood. It’s one of those places that you pick to go to on your birthday; it’s a little fancy with incredible seafood like African prawns the size of...
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