roasted garlic & chile encrusted pork loin
the main dish from our fist-pumping dinner party was this fabulous pork loin. it was full of flavor & looked very cool thanks to the garlic stuffed inside. we doubled the recipe for our crowd of twelve, but the one listed below should easily feed 6 hungry people. from the dinosaur bar b que cookbook [...]
spicy tortilla soup
Ok. First, let’s talk about how our soup looks nothing like the one from food network magazine. (theirs vs ours) I don’t know where theirs got that rich red color, but I’m guessing it has something to do with food stylists, because ours sure as hell didn’t have that intense red broth (yes, it [...]
chicken chilaquiles
I used to hate chipotle peppers and the smoky flavor of the adobo sauce, but now I can’t get enough. Weird, huh? I saw this chicken stew on another food blog I enjoy, Voila!, and needed to try it. I refused to go to the grocery store, so my ingredients were slightly off, aka canned [...]
chipotle tomato rice
Whenever Tom and I don’t have any dinner inspiration, we make fajitas. They’re quick, easy, and relatively healthy. We also have a ton of rice in the pantry, and I am not a fan of plain rice at all, so I found a little something to jazz it up and go with our fajitas. from [...]
pink mayo
It’s tasty, and pink! Perfect! Typically a topping for fish tacos, but we used it to spice up our thrown-together shrimp fajitas. a Tyler Florence recipe featured on Living in the Kitchen with Puppies 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup mayo 1 1/2 chipotle peppers, in adobo (found in a can on the international aisle) [...]
jalapeno poppers
I know that we have posted jalapeno poppers before, but I really can’t get enough of them. Tom has finally gotten me to quit buying the ones from the freezer section, stuffed with processed cheddar (even though I still love them), but that hasn’t stopped me! This recipe is based loosely on one a good [...]
penne with tomato chile cream sauce and shrimp
Before my vegetarian and shellfish allergy readers shy away from this one…hear me out, I think this would be just as tasty without the shrimp. adapted from The Essence of Emeril 1 lb penne pasta 2 tbs unsalted butter 1 tbs EVOO 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined 2 tbs Emeril’s Bayou Blast Essence (recipe [...]
drunken chicken
Well, we have been holding on to this recipe for almost two weeks now…I think it’s been about that long since we whipped up anything new. Typically, this would be a good summer dish, but we threw caution to the wind because there was a large bunch of cilantro in the fridge that was screaming [...]
jalapeno poppers
I was so excited after flipping through last month’s issue of Gourmet. I found a recipe that I was willing to try and actually wanted to eat! I know that Gourmet is a very popular magazine, but a lot of the recipes seem a little pretentious to me. Anyway, I LOVE LOVE LOVE jalapeno poppers, [...]
spitfire shrimp & hasselback potatoes with herbed sour cream
This meal was inspired by having waaaaaay too much frozen shrimp in the freezer (we always buy it when it goes on sale), red potatoes on the counter, and Tom catching a couple minutes of the new show on Food Network: Cooking For Real with Sunny Anderson: Spitfire Shrimp (Rachael Ray) Ingredients: 1 lime, juiced [...]
