Okay, okay, okay I know. Soup. Hot soup. In August. In my defense, my original intention for this recipe was a "Chilled White Bean Soup," but I liked it so much better hot! I am one of those weird people who eats soup all year round even when its 105 degrees outside. I definitely prefer fall and winter food to summer food. Summer food is good too (who am I kidding...I love it all), but I find ...
Grilled Mexican Street Corn
Hello, gorgeous. Have you guys ever had Mexican street corn before? No? Get in your car and drive to the grocery store. Pronto. Get some corn. Make this...now! This is one of those things that you just want to eat every single day of summer because it is so perfect in every way. The juicy, crisp, grilled (duh) corn kernels; the creamy, lime-y, flavorful spread; the sharp, salty Cotija ...
Thai Meatball Lettuce Wraps
I have a new obsession. And that obsession is Thai food. It all started a few months ago when Seth and I ran in the Spartan Race that I talked a little bit about here, and afterwards went out to eat with his family at a Thai restaurant in Charlotte called Basil. So before eating at this delicious restaurant, I was under the impression that I hated curry with a burning passion. Which still isn't ...
Grilled Salsa Verde
What? Oh...hello. Sorry. I was busy stuffing my face with this salsa. This tangy, bright, spicy, perfect Salsa Verde. Which is made up of deliciously grilled vegetables that are pulsed together in a food processor. SO EASY! And sooooooooooooo good. Hello there fresh vegetables. You are about to be charred and blended into the most heavenly bowl of food in my refrigerator. Or America. Or the ...
Hibachi Soup with Mushrooms and Crispy Onions
You know those Japanese steak houses where they cook on that big flat top in front of you and do the exact same tricks every time? The volcano onion stack, shaping the rice into a big heart, catching the shrimp tails in their jacket pockets, and clanking their spatulas on the flat top to make beautiful Hibachi music for the entire 30 minute cooking process? I love those places. My favorite two ...
Grilled Romaine Salad with Bacon and Blue Cheese
IF YOU ARE A BLUE CHEESE HATER JUST WAIT! Wait ooone second. Because Seth and I hate blue cheese. Really, really hate it. To the point where if I forget to ask the servers to leave it off my salad at a restaurant it ruins the whole thing for me. But we are obsessed with this salad. Oooooobsessed. So it started with an experiment. There is this burger at a sports bar back in our college town ...
Cowfish Copycat “Taste Explosion” Roll
Happy Saturday! How is your weekend going? Seth and I went out to lunch today at a super yummy taco place and then just walked around downtown Columbus for a while - they were having a sidewalk flea market/farmers market type thing. We realized during the walk that we have a slightly irrational obsession with our dog. Literally 80 percent of our conversation was made up of talking about how ...
Perfect Guacamole
Even my guacamole-hating husband loved this. So I'm just sayin'...it's pretty tasty. I actually grew up eating guacamole that uses the little seasoning packet as the only flavor base - just avocados and the guacamole packet. Mash and eat. I still don't mind eating guacamole that way...I don't discriminate. I love guac in all forms. However, I will say that it is no match for this scratch made ...
Caprese Salad Bites with Garlic Balsamic Reduction
Okay...once again I am SO far behind on this post. I am sorry! I hate not being consistent about posting and I never want people to wonder "where the heck did she go?" If you read my last post (on April 30th...whoops), you know how crazy this week has been for me! So far, since that last post, I drove to Atlanta, flew to Charlotte, flew to Denver, and flew back to Charlotte to help my mom ...
Brown Sugar Peppered Bacon
Bacon! I love bacon. I think everyone loves bacon. It's delicious and crispy and salty and perfect. But thiiiis bacon takes regular bacon and slaps it in the face. The combination of salty and sweet is one of those classic things that everyone loves - it's the perfect pairing of flavor. It's why the world is obsessed with salted caramel right now - salty and sweet, people! Salty. And. ...