Well, ladies and gentlemen, I was planning on cooking and posting an awesome Chicken Tikka Masala recipe today, buuuuutttt through the process of moving AND getting ready for our trip, I just didn't get around to it. So instead, I wanted to write a super quick post just letting you all know that I will be MIA for the next week and a half or so because we are going to Cancun!!! ...
Archives for July 2016
Brown Sugar Maple Baked Beans
I am very upset with myself for never trying homemade baked beans before. My vast experience with them has been the following: open can of baked beans. Dump can into pot. Turn on heat. Cook until beans are warm. Consume. Are you judging me because I'm a food blogger and have only ever eaten canned baked beans? DON'T JUDGE ME I'M SORRRYYYYY. Better late than never, though, amIright? Can I just ...
30 Minute One Pot Hamburger Helper
Do you have any meals that you used to eat growing up that, despite their unhealthy and processed-ness (?), you love because they're nostalgic? Or even if it's not nostalgia, you like eating them now because you never were allowed to eat them when you were a kid? My parents were pretty healthy people, so we NEVER had sugary cereals, bags of chips, or lunchables laying around our house. And of ...
5 Must Have Apps for Bloggers
Apps are bae, nahmean? I would like to point out that within one four-word sentence, one abbreviation, one very strange slang word, and one mashup word (?) were all used. I'm the hippest. But seriously, apps make me happy. Sometimes when I get bored, I just scroll through the newest apps on my phone and look for random things that might be useful. For example...on my phone RIGHT now, I have ...
Perfect 30 Minute Red Curry
Oh my gosh. Hold the phone. HOLD. THE. PHONE. This is quite possibly the best thing I have ever consumed in my entire life. Food, drink, anything. First of all...allow me to preface... Up until a few years ago, I had never tried Thai curry. I had tried Indian curry, and I wasn't a big fan of that, so I thought that meant that I wouldn't like any curry. Then I went to a Thai restaurant, someone ...
Herbed Pea and Orzo Salad
Remember that time we made an amazing herb condiment packed with basil, cilantro, parsley, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, and olive oil and then folded it into pasta? OH WAIT. That happened today ????. And holy delicious, it was a big bowl of wow-it's-hot-outside-so-let's-make-easy-food-with-bright-flavors-and-be-happy-forever. You pickin' up what I'm puttin' down? Good. So...those herbs. That ...
My 4th of July Fail
I mean...what happened. Oh, that's right, my baking skills are that of a six week old infant. Keep any dessert materials away from me, because I will - WILL - ruin it. I decided that, hey, I am going to make a 4th of July themed dessert, and brownie truffles are a foolproof recipe! Especially if I used boxed brownie mix! I am going back in time and laughing in my own face. Silly Annie. The ...
Cajun Style Shrimp and Grits – Lightened Up
If you grew up in/have ever lived in/have ever visited the South, you know that shrimp and grits are just one of those thangs. Everyone knows what it is, everyone has had it, everyone loooooves it (if you don't...come live with me and let me feed you various shrimp and grits recipes until you do), and many people have their own favorite version. The best shrimp and grits I ever had while living in ...