The eggplant sat lurking in the fridge. It stared at me every time I opened the door to grab something else, begging to be cooked in some way. Half of a small one was used on pizza last weekend. And I thought about making eggplant Parmesan with the other larger...
I was feeling adventurous this weekend and decided to try something totally new. A recent mental inventory of our freezer trunk reminded me we had a bunch of okra I froze and a bag of shrimp that were just begging to be used up. So the following dish emerged: Cajun...
Learn how to make and can your own jalapeño hot sauce at home with fresh peppers. Easy, flavorful, and shelf-stable — the perfect homemade hot sauce recipe.
I’ve been wanting to try a recipe from one of my favorite foodie blogs, Homesick Texan, for a while now but just been putting it off. It turns out that this recipe is incredibly easy and tastes fantastic. It’s sort of like a Mexican lasagna, using tortillas instead of...
I can’t believe I haven’t shared this recipe before because it is one of our absolute favs – and so easy when you freeze one ahead of time, leaving only the mashed potatoes to make for the evening. Serving this with ketchup might seem a bit strange but it really ties...
I’m not sure I’ll try this recipe again. The roast was extremely dry so were were very thankful for the gravy. The onions cooked way down and were a bit too mushy for my liking in the end but they did pick up the wine flavor which was nice. I made some modifications...
We’ve bought quite a few cookbooks in the nearly 8 years we’ve been together…but few have gotten as much use as this one: The Harley Biker’s Cookbook: Big Bites for Hungry Bikers! If you think you can shovel away some food, this is a great cookbook for you because the...
Being a Texas girl, I do not take the subject of chili lightly. I have very specific opinions about what should be in chili and its minimum heat requirements. We have been making chili pretty much since we moved here to Germany but hadn’t really found the “perfect”...
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