We went on a fun trip out to Kentucky a few weeks ago and while we were there toured some of the big Bourbon distilleries. It was interesting to see these (...)
Turnip and potato gnocchi with browned butter and sage
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Why I love it: This meal is easy, cheap, delicious and a great way to use up all the turnips that might be piling up in your vegetable garden. Turnip and (...)
Roasted Cornish Game Hen with Homemade Seasoning Salt
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I wanted to give you at least one recipe with last week’s homemade seasoning salt in action so here is a delicious (and very cute) Cornish game hen. The salt (...)
You know how obsessed I am with salted caramel at the moment so I’m sure you’re not surprised to see yet another variation here. I got the basic recipe for (...)
Here’s a super-quick and easy yet flavorful (and potentially very spicy) shrimp coconut soup recipe. The heat here comes from a bit of chili powder and from (...)
This bread pudding is my absolute favorite dessert of all time. Those of you who know me personally have definitely eaten it at some point or another because (...)
Did you know that you don’t need a special occasion to bake and eat a cake? For the longest time I didn’t. But it turns out that “just because” is a perfectly (...)
This dessert is based on an amazing Charlotte Russe* that my good friend and excellent cook Kate served us a while ago. The actual charlotte recipe is a (...)
Hello my readers, please meet my new favorite cake. The caramel almond cake. The cake that managed to kick my Chocolate Bourbon Bundt Cake down to second place (...)
Ground beef seasoning with basil, paprika and chili powder
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This all-purpose ground beef seasoning has wonderful flavor from basil, smoked hot paprika, chili powder and more. You can use it for ground beef tacos, ground (...)
This bacon aioli makes a delicious condiment for anything from roasted vegetables to shrimp and fried fish. It has a subtle rosemary flavor that adds (...)
I’ve got another chicken sandwich today but this one’s nicely tangy and spicy (as opposed to rich and creamy like the last one). I rubbed some chicken thighs (...)
This apricot marinade yields juicy, melt-in-your-mouth tender pork chops that are full of delicious fruity-sweet and savory flavors. The marinade is easily (...)
S’mores mousse tart with crystallized ginger meringue
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Why I love it: This tart has all the great features that s’mores have and none of the annoying ones, plus it’s subtly flavored with pumpkin spice and (...)
This creamy, spicy chipotle honey cilantro dressing will take any salad from ho-hum to delicious! Chipotle pepper and adobo sauce add plenty of heat and lime (...)
Steak rub recipe with brown sugar and smoked paprika
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This homemade brown sugar steak rub recipe has the perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors. It’s nicely peppery and the brown sugar sweetness is balanced (...)
Happy 2015! I wish all of you a smashingly happy and healthy new year. Let’s start it off properly, with cake and booze. And chocolate. What you see here is a (...)
Pumpkin spice banana bread - perfect for breakfast
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Banana and pumpkin spice are a perfect combo, I’ve come to find. The warm fall flavors of the spice complement the fruitiness perfectly and work really well in (...)
Asian noodle salad with soba noodles and sweet-sour dressing
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I’m a big fan of Asian-style noodles. Udon, rice, ramen, you name it, I love it. Here’s a recipe involving soba noodles, which are made mainly from buckwheat (...)
This cocoa chili rub is sweet, spicy, earthy, a little bit chocolaty and adds a unique and delicious flavor to grilled or pan-seared steaks. The spice rub is (...)
This salmon dry rub takes salmon fillets from delicious to incredibly delicious! The rub has a subtle sweetness from brown sugar, a little bit of heat from (...)
This sugar-free pulled pork dry rub comes together easily with just a handful of common pantry staple spices and adds great flavor to oven-roasted pulled pork. (...)
These slice-and-bake oatmeal coconut cookies are crispy on the edges and thick and chewy in the center. The combination of oat, coconut and Bourbon flavors (...)
I found myself with a big bowl of egg whites again the other day (do you have that problem too? I always seem to use many more yolks than whites…) and figured (...)
This Mexican dry rub for chicken is a little bit spicy, salty and full of the delicious umami flavors typical of Mexican cuisine. Rub it on boneless, skinless (...)
