Garlic is one of those staple ingredients that is a must have in your kitchen. In the past, I would mince it up fresh and use it in a recipe. But after going to a dinner party a couple weeks back, I can no longer look at garlic in the same way…
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How To: Instant Pot Chickpeas
Whenever I would make a recipe that required chickpeas, I always used canned chickpeas. But then I realized that cooking dried chickpeas in the Instant Pot is easier, cheaper, and tastier…
Easy Cheesy Pasta
This Easy Cheesy Pasta is as simple as it sounds! With one pot and a few ingredients you have a quick and easy side dish ready to go…
Avocado Baked Eggs
Eggs, the essential component of any American breakfast! You’ve had them every which way: scrambled, sunny side up, over easy, over medium…
2016 Holiday Gift Guide
It’s the holiday season, which means one thing. Buying gifts for all your friends and family, while avoiding the crowds this month. Oh, the weather outside might be frightful, but online shopping is SO delightful…
Yellow Rice with Vegetables
Yellow Rice has always been my go to side dish when in a pinch. I think it goes back to as a kid my family would use the Saffron Yellow Rice packet all the time for a quick and easy side. Ever since I realized that making it from scratch was tastier and cheaper, I never went back…
Crawfish Cornbread
I was digging through the chest freezer this week when I came across some crawfish tails leftover from a crawfish boil in June. I was thinking about making Crawfish Bread again, but I remembered I had this killer Crawfish Cornbread recipe I got from a Christmas party some years back…
How To: Hard Boiled Eggs
Hard boiled eggs are one of the simplest things to cook to perfection but very few people take the time to learn how. The biggest mistake is over cooking the eggs…
French Toast
French toast is a guilty pleasure of mine for breakfast. It’s more of a dessert than a breakfast, but I guess the same can be said for pancakes after you drown them with syrup. This recipe was a childhood favorite of mine and brings back memories of a simpler time…
Strawberry Milkshake
I have been on a mission to try to eat healthier. Try is the keyword here… A perfect example of trying to clean up my diet is the Kale Smoothie recipe from a while back. But the problem is I buy my strawberries in bulk at Costco, which is friendly on my wallet. But then I end up throwing out a handful of strawberries as they get moldy in the back the fridge. That’s where this “semi-healthy” Strawberry Milkshake recipe came from…