I have returned to my obsession with eggplant on this recipe. My boyfriend’s mother recently made this roasted eggplant dip that blew my mind, and the best part about it was the simplicity of it. That’s the thing about eggplant I love… the flavor is so amazing you don’t need to do much to create something really yummy with it. I have also have been craving anchovies lately…. like every day… it’s weird I know… but lately I have been […]
I’ve had a Green Egg grill/smoker for about a year now and only used it 1 time with heavy supervision (i.e. my good friend Kevin came over and did all the work). I’ve just never seen the point of lighting up the grill when I am only cooking for 1 or two. That’s why I was so excited when I had a group over for our Game of Thrones party this weekend and I got to test out a smoking […]
We all have a bit of a nerdy side right? Well mine is pretty big…. luckily my boyfriend’s is too, so obviously when the greatest show ever finally premieres season 5, we have to throw an awesome watch party for it. We spent the entire Saturday buying meats from one of my favorite meat shops in Houston (Pete’s Fine Meats), and then ran to Costco and HEB for the other ingredients. We got everything from lamb, to quail eggs (AKA baby dragon […]
What do you do when you are stuck in the house waiting for a worker to leave and aren’t able to go pickup dinner? (Usually I would get pizza delivery but I’m trying to turn a new, healthier page :). So, I did what I do best and gathered whatever I had around and created a new one pot meal of course! I always have vegetarian stuff on hand – black beans, sweet potato, carrots… so I thought, why not […]
**** This giveaway is now closed, Neil Kogut won! Congrats! Thanks to all who entered! I’ve been walking a ton lately in the evenings with my dog Bailey after a long jiggly and glutenous break of seriously good eating, a lot of cooking, and a new relationship, which makes everything naturally move to the side burner, but that’s where the help of my fitbit comes in – to motivate me after sitting at a desk for 8 hours and only […]
Passover and Thanksgiving – the two holidays I count down to each year, waiting and waiting till I get to taste my step-mom’s matzo balls, eggplant dip, brisket, passover trifle… the list goes on. Then our endless thanksgiving treats – fried turkey, dirty rice, jello salad, apple pie, etc, etc. I could keep going but that would just be mean :). I wish I had the time to make some of this stuff on my own but I just don’t, and […]
Let me start by saying I am a huge gumbo snob/fanatic. I can count only a handful of restaurant gumbos that I have ever really loved and I blame it all on my parents. I grew up eating my moms thinner, chicken and sausage gumbo passed down to by her mother (which I have found is very rare to see a thin gumbo like this but I promise it’s to die for), and my stepmom’s thick, smoky seafood gumbo passed on […]
