Grilled Zucchini

I don’t like a whole lot of vegetables but the ones that I do enjoy I totally love. And zucchini is one of those vegetables. I could probably eat it every day. I love grilled zucchini but I usually had trouble preparing it. I used to slice it into bite size chunks, place it in

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Roasted Banana Muffins

So if you haven’t noticed by now, I totally have a thing for muffins. They are always my go to option for a quick but delicious breakfast. They can be made up the night before and warmed just a bit in the microwave in the morning if desired. hen slathered with some butter…or not. Don’t

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Brown Butter Ice Cream with Pralined Almonds

It’s time again to break out the ice cream machine! That little fact pretty much makes my entire week. I have a thing for ice cream in a really bad way. It doesn’t really matter how full I am, I can still manage to find room for ice cream. I inherited this love of ice

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Smoked Gouda Risotto

Smoked Gouda Risotto is fancy yet approachable. It’s creamy and cheesy and super simple to make. It is sure to please the whole family. Joel and I enjoy watching Hell’s Kitchen for all the ridiculous yelling and silly punishments and all the risotto they make. We have been watching it the past few seasons and

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New Orleans Food Tour {Part II}

I am going to start the second installment of the food tour with our favorite meal of the whole trip. We were wondering Magazine Street and found ourselves hungry. After trying to go to several places that were closed (since it was Sunday) we finally stumbled upon The Rum House. It’s a Caribbean inspired place that served

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Buffalo Chicken Pizza

I love everything and anything with buffalo sauce! So, whenever we visit a pizzeria I am always on the hunt for a buffalo chicken pizza and am never disappointed. Finally, I decided that I shouldn’t have to go out to have this yummy pizza so I made my own version at home. And I’m so glad I did because

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New Orleans Food Tour {Part I}

We had a great time during our trip to New Orleans! I especially had a great time eating all the local grub! We didn’t get to eat as much Cajun food as we would have liked (because of the times of the games we had to eat at the dome a few times) but still

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Cucumber Dip

This cucumber dip is by far my absolute favorite dip EVER! And I mean it! It’s actually one of my favorite foods/dishes ever. It’s cool, refreshing, creamy and to die for slathered on a cracked pepper and olive oil triscuit. It is always my go to dip when I need a quick and easy crowd

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Whole Lemon Blueberry Walnut Muffins {Crazy Cooking Challenge}

This month’s Crazy Cooking Challenge is blueberry muffins which are pretty much my favorite kind of muffin! This may just be my favorite recipe selection so far from the Challenge. Once I found out what we were making, I quickly went on the hunt for blueberry muffins on all my favorite food blogs. And let

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