Okay, I love these. ???. LOVE. I worked at a sports bar in college, and we served garlic parmesan chicken wings, aaaand they were basically the best things ever. A few months ago, Seth and I went out to eat, and guess what I saw on the menu?? Garlic Parmesan chicken strips. They were just as delicious if not more delicious than the wings from college. So I was determined to recreate this recipe ...
Perfect Bruschetta
I am kind of obsessed with bruschetta. Aaaand by kind of obsessed I mean one hundred percent obsessed. Obviously. Which is really very strange because I don't like tomatoes. I don't despise them but I don't enjoy them. And what is bruschetta? Tomatoes. Ninety percent tomatoes. But for some reason when you add some garlic, salt, pepper, basil, and a touch of balsamic vinegar to the tomatoes they ...
Slow Braised Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Garlic Aioli
Remember a few weeks ago when I posted this recipe and rambled on and on about how amazing the slow roasted pork was? Then I mentioned how I was going on a mission to slow roast a million different types of meat and see what happens. So that brought me to this delicious slow braised pork! I know pork tenderloin is much leaner than the pork shoulder I used in the other recipe, so I decided ...
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 ...
The Best Chicken and Rice Soup
This really is the best Chicken and Rice Soup Ever! At least out of all the ones I've ever tried. What makes it so over-the-top-amazing? Two things in particular. 1. Rather than buying chicken stock, we just cook a whole chicken in water and that becomes the broth. We need cooked chicken anyway for the soup, why waste the flavorful water that the chicken simmers in?? So it has a super, SUPER ...
Butternut Squash Soup with Curry Roasted Chickpeas
Before I begin, I have a tip for this recipe. When you are transferring the leftovers to your Tupperwares after the soup is finished, try as hard as possible not to spill half the soup onto the counter/all over the front of your shirt and jeans and then spend 20 minutes cleaning up as your dog eats half the leftovers. Okay now that we covered that, moving on! This soup tastes as good as it looks! ...
Baby Kale, Farro Salad with Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette
Do you ever watch the show Top Chef? If you do, the name Richard Blais might sound familiar to you. He came in second place on his season (still bitter about that) and came back to compete again on Top Chef All Stars, which he won. Anyway, he is my favorite person that has ever been on that show - I love him. Well I found out that he has a restaurant in Atlanta, which is only an hour and a half ...