Shrimp cocktail with a twist I love Ina Garten, aka The Barefoot Contessa. One of biggest take aways from reading her cookbooks is to roast shirmp vs boil them for shrimp cocktail. What? Now, hear me out. I love the traditional steak house style shrimp cocktail with that sauce laced with horseradish as much as […]
Why should I invest in oils and vinegars? Great question! Well, my friend let me tell you why. I like to control the ingredients in my food and that is especially true when it comes to salad dressings. They are notorious for having a lot of sodium and chemicals in them to make them shelf […]
Let’s start with salt & pepper! Salt n Pepa’s here and we’re in effect. Sorry, I automatically broke into song as soon as I thought about salt and pepper. Salt and pepper to me are the basic seasonings that I use in almost every single dish I make. Now I am not talking about a […]
Well at least what I think are staples I recently did a lot of Instagram stories (they are saved in my highlights) on what I think are staples in your dry goods pantry plus a few extra things that I like to always have around. I had a lot of people request that I do […]
A touch of Italy I love tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes are one of my favorites. I remember as a child being in the garden and pulling a ripe tomato off of the vine, wiping it on my pants and popping that warm burst of flavor into my mouth. I love all tomatoes but I do not […]
Scallops. Candy from the sea. My husband loves seafood. Being from New England he has eaten it all of his life. I, on the other hand, grew up where our ocean was corn fields and my grandpa would smoke fish a la Norwegian style. I don’t love fresh water fish, it is not my cup […]
The Italian Mac and Cheese There is something so comforting about a bowl of pasta with cheese. It can be in the form of mac and cheese, like my childhood favorite or my adult favorite, Cacio e Pepe. I am not Italian but I have studied a lot about Italy and it’s food. It is […]
It’s football season y’all! Let’s throw a party! It’s here! My favorite time of year, fall. In my house we call it Clifford season from September 1-December 31. My husband’s birthday is mid-September and mine is in December so why not celebrate all 4 months, right? That is exactly what we decided to do when […]
Poppers – the perfect party bite I remember the first time I had my friend Izzie’s Jalapeno Poppers. We were at her New Year’s Eve party and the smell of spice and bacon floated across my nose. I had to have one. I put the first (of many) in my mouth and knew there was […]
Chili. It feeds my soul. Why is chili such a comfort food for me? I didn’t really grow up eating it, but I love it. There are all styles to choose from including with beans (don’t come at me Texas friends!). I love Chicken Chili, Three-Bean Chili, Silver Palates Chili for a Crowd and my […]