Sweet Potato Fries & Pepper Lime Mayo

I love love love sharing recipes like this with you. I love them because they take something as simple and humble as baked sticks of sweet potatoes and elevates them to a side dish or snack that you remember.  Like the difference between wearing a little black dress on a date with…

Roasted Garlic Sandwich Spread & Mason Jars In The Fridge

I was mixing up this spread and found myself telling my husband this story: When I was a kid, there was always a quart mason jar in the back of the fridge filled with what looked like mayonnaise, but that I knew was really filled with a strong smelling garlic concoction my…

Tangy Chicken Salad w/ Avocado

Chicken salad and I have a funny kind of relationship.  I have mentioned before that our family never made it when I was a kid but I make it all the time now.  I rarely, if ever order it when at a restaurant because…well…it always tastes terrible.  You know what I mean?…

Homemade Ranch Dressing

The first time I had homemade ranch dressing, it wasn’t really homemade.  It was one of those spice packets from the grocery store mixed with sour cream and it was actually required of me for a college class.  Long story.  But even so, the flavor was superior to the bottled stuff.  Fresh, tangy,…

Flank Steak W/Tangy Sauce & Sisters

“I think this is my favorite meal,” said my sister, Hannah, as she inhaled the plate you see above. I mentioned earlier that my youngest sister was here to run a half-marathon, but she also came back through here on her way to the east coast for work.  She stayed a few…

Parmesan Dip & Butternut Squash Crostini

Well, it is done.  A fast and furious hour and a half long cocktail party that I have been pondering the menu for for the last year, came and went.  As Selma from Night Court once said, “I laughed.  I cried.  It became a part of me.” OK.  So I didn’t cry.  But…

Sun-Dried Tomato Dip

This post has been in the works for several days now.  I had planned on posting it Friday, but just ran out of time.  No, I was not out shopping at 3am.  I don’t do the whole ‘Black Friday’ thing and usually get most of my shopping done long before the end…

Caramelized Onion Dip

It has been kind of crazy at my house this last week.  Suffice to say that work, school, and the health of all parties involved lead up to one big vacuum of time.  Not to mention that we are presently trying to pack for a family trip; quite the task in itself…

Cobb Potato Salad: Weird, but good!

Yes, its green potato salad.  I’ll explain in a minute. About a year ago, I decided to start a blog.  I had been asked over and over for recipes, input, sometimes advice, and I thought that if I started putting it all in one place, I could share with everyone about everything-all at…

Chicken Salad

My soon to be famous chicken salad.  At least, I think so. Chicken salad, I assume, is a staple in most homes, gracing the lunch boxes and sack lunches of American children everywhere.  I make it quite regularly in my own home, but I can’t recall eating it even once when I was…

Remoulade Sauce

I am so full. We have had a good three days of eatin’!  You know how sometimes you just eat to stay alive and you have no memory or interest in what you have tasted?  Well, I hate that.  I want to remember my food.  I want to love every bite sooo much…