Fire up your grill, memorial day party-goers: these treasures will be the chocolate to your peanut butter; the bonnie to your clyde; or… the spicy shrimp bites to your coronas (yes, plural). Yup, we’ll stick to that third one. These are seriously a perfect appetizer – but we went wild and even had them for…
Appetizer
Warm Goat Cheese Salad with Bacon, Candied Pecans and a Balsamic Glaze
I love warm goat cheese. It’s ooey-gooey melt-in-your-mouth delicious with a perfect crunch to contrast from the creamy goodness. And with bacon? Well, we all know everything is better than bacon. And as a not-so-recovering goat cheese and bacon addict, this beauty of a salad certainly gave me my fix. Not to mention, a perfect…
Old Bay Salmon-Corn Cakes with a Cayenne-Horseradish Remoulade
These are uh-maze-ing. Nothing short of it. Seriously brilliant. When I first suggested the idea of making salmon cakes my sous chef was completely averse: he was dead-set on crab cakes and wasn’t looking back. While we’ve made amazing crab cakes, there is no harm in experimenting – and friends, these babies are proof. Now,…
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with Bell Peppers and Red Onion
These past couple of weeks I’ve been bogged down in school work leaving little time for cooking; luckily, it’s all over Saturday – I’ll be graduating – and will happily return to the kitchen to share more yummy creations with you. Now don’t be fooled, while I couldn’t make cooking a priority, I assure you…
Chipotle Shrimp Tacos with Cilantro-Lime Crema
Hello, Cinco de Mayo! Maybe my favorite holiday only second to Christmas. Simply because I’m unabashedly obsessed with tex-mex food (always have been, always will be) and it’s the perfect excuse to make exorbitant amounts of it. Perhaps it’s because everything is served with a sinful amount of condiments or perhaps it’s the spice of…
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
It was a gorgeous weekend and I was so looking forward to a beerfest-filled weekend with my sous chef and his brother who was in town for a few days; and nevertheless, Saturday morning welcomed me with the joys of a stomach virus. Luckily, it was short lived and by 3 p.m. or so I…
Applewood Smoked Bacon-Wrapped Scallops with Chipotle Chili Butter
Bacon wrapped scallops have been on my to-do list for quite sometime now – and when my sous chef found gorgeous U/10 scallops at the grocery store, it was time. And these sweet little jewels did not disappoint 1) because they’re wrapped in bacon (of course) but 2) they’re pan seared creating a divine golden-brown…
Deviled Eggs
Brought to you in honor of Easter, I present to you the most delicious deviled eggs ever. Like, ever. As I mentioned when I posted about the Tomato Mozzarella and Basil Frittata, breakfast just isn’t my favorite meal of the day; that being said, deviled eggs are undoubtedly an exception. Perhaps because these delectable nuggets are…
Louisiana Spiced Shrimp and Guacamole Tostada Bowls
Now, I’m pretty excited to share this with you. Mostly because these gorgeous little treasures were magical. The guacamole on it’s own was delicious, but the kick from the shrimp was simple perfection. Of course, there may be a clear question of how to attack these beauties. The answer? Very carefully. My philosophy on most…
Guacamole
Welp, the title says it all. Plain ol’ heavenly guacamole. The brightness of the lime juice with the freshness of vine-ripened tomatoes… red onion… cilantro… excuse me for one moment while I re-live the delicious, creamy guacamole from last night. But seriously. It was just that good. Now, I truly believe it’s very difficult to…