This was yet another Pinterest recipe that I stumbled upon. Fair warning, while it’s pretty easy to make, the ingredients aren’t super easy to find. I had to order the Lebanese 7-spice and the nuts were tough to track down in the grocery store.
Read MoreThe only thing that I would change is adding more vegetables to it to round out the meal. But otherwise it was so tasty that we didn’t leave any behind for leftovers.
Read MoreI was looking for another way to make catfish besides blackened catfish or frying the hell out of it. I was also looking for a recipe on the healthier side and Pinterest, as always delivered.
Read MoreWe treat ourselves with rice (my husband’s favorite) or noodle (my favorite) dishes on Saturday nights. So when it was my turn to pick, I looked in my trusty Pinterest recipe board for some inspiration and found this gem.
Read MoreI couldn’t tell you what rabbit hole I fell down to come across this recipe. But once I stumbled upon it, my eyes were opened to a treasure trove of recipes across the diaspora. My people really know how to flavor some food.
Read MoreWhile prepping to celebrate Diwali with our family, I was looking for some new Indian recipes for dishes I could contribute, and came across this gem. When I say that this meal made all sections of my palette happy…
Read MoreAaron has been making this recipe for what feels like ages at this point. And when I realized that I’d never shared it with the world, I put it on the top of my list. Please note, we got it from Emeril and didn’t write it ourselves. Maybe you all can enjoy it for Mardis Gras. Bon temps roulet!
Read MoreWhile going through our cookbooks I came across several booklets that came along with our appliances, and in the booklets were suggested recipes. In the one for our InstaPot, there was a recipe for coconut fish curry. I decided to zjuzj it up with several different spices and landed upon this recipe here.
Read MoreWe’ve been trying to consolidate our recipe books and getting rid of ones whose recipes no longer serve us. While thumbing through one of our cooking lite books, we came across this recipe that we’d flagged, literally years ago as something we wanted to make. Aaron has a natural aversion to putting anything other than spices on salmon since it has its own natural flavor. But I loves me a good sauce. So we figured we’d give it a try. I only made a few small modifications to it. But it was a bonified hit!
Read MoreThis was the experiment of all experiments for several reasons. Usually, brisket is smoked. But we live in an apartment so that wasn’t going to happen. Therefore, we had to figure out how to make it in the oven without being dry AF. Also, you’re usually cooking 5+ pounds of brisket. I got the 2-pound brisket on managers special (look, the entertainment industry is on strike and times are hard). And a smaller cut of meat runs a higher risk of, once again, being dry AF. The Black-eyed peas were an experiment too. The hubby and I both hate black eye peas. Or I should say, hated black eyed peas. When we went to Louisiana for my father’s funeral, family there made black eyed peas like I’ve NEVER eaten before.
Read MoreOnce of our sister friends, Vicky, breezes into town like once a year and throws down for three straight days in the kitchen. One of our favorite dishes of hers is salmon stew. We’ve been trying to perfect it for years and still haven’t gotten it right. But damnit if our version isn’t a decent version.
Read MoreAaron and I have been running our way through every southern recipe that we can get our hands on. And the only way to make ourselves feel less guilt about it is to make sure to have a hearty green on the side. So without further ado, I present smothered chicken with Asian citrus brussels sprout slaw.
Read MoreAaron and I were planning to make something else with the chicken that we’d taken out to thaw. However, we were missing several key ingredients, so we had to shift. He, after consulting our pal @AndreaMakesDinner and searching through our refrigerator, came up with this delish dish.
Read MoreThis recipe came from my husband’s love of southern food. While in Louisiana for my father’s funeral, we grieved with full plates in front of us. Aaron said, Babe, I need to learn how to make all this stuff. So he bought Bludso’s Cookbook, consulted the interwebs and let the ancestors guide his hand. This is what he came up with.
Read MoreThis recipe is a combo of a lot of old versions of chicken curry stew and a few new versions of roti bread. It’s time intensive, but not particularly difficult.
Read MoreOn a hangry whim, Aaron bought a package of lamb burger patties. But they sat in the freezer for weeks because we weren’t sure what to do with them. Then I got the idea to make lamb gyros…but in burger form. And here we are…
Read MoreRecently we’ve been trying to cut down on eating out and reserve our takeout meals for Saturday nights. That means that there’s no taco Tuesday orders for us. So we decided to try and recreate some of the shrimp tacos that we’ve had from various places here in the valley. Seriously, we’ve never been done wrong. It’s literally impossible to have a bad taco in LA.
Read MoreThis recipe came about because I randomly found some lamb chops on sale at Ralph’s. They were suspiciously cheap. But as long as the meat ain’t green, I’m not asking questions.
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