Story time! Wait, did you just GROAN? I spent most of my formative years in Hobbs, New Mexico. Way out in the desert with tumbleweeds and dust and sleeveless muscle shirts. So from the ages of 9 to 19, if my family had any major shopping to do, like back-to-school style, we drove two hours […]
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Chicken Enchilada Lasagna
This is basically my version of Lucy’s infamous Vitameatavegamin. But I’ll call mine Chickenchilasagnita. It’s so tasty too! Come hitherly hither. Could we just stop for a moment to discuss what’s happening in the next couple of photos? My cerebral cortex had no idea what was unfolding as my multi-fingered extremeties kept throwing stuff into […]
Creamy Chicken and Broccoli Calzones
You know what they say about wearing white after Labor Day . . . . . . And how creamy white sauces coating human mouthal cavities are the exception? THEY SAY IT, I SWEAR. Can I just tell you how hard I love the fall? I do. I’m not going to get all wax-a-laxy about […]
Italian Sausage and Pepperoni Stromboli
I’m not even a little bit sorry. You know sometimes when you’re just doing your thing, like sweeping the living room floor and singing “Reflections” by the Supremes into the tip of the broom, and a random taste appears in your mouth out of nowhere, and you’re like WHAT IS THAT. WHAT. IS. THAT. And […]
Roasted Garlic Compound Butter and Lemony Risotto
You know how when you get chills little bumps raise up all over your skin? “Goosies” as J-Lo calls them? Okay, when I get the chills, they raise up in little patches. And ONLY on my left arm. Like, random little goosie patches. My right arm is completely normal, chill bumps performing gorgeously in an […]
Loaded Italian Chicken Sub Sandwiches
I heard a weather report not long ago that offered some pretty strong advice for how to handle these insane drought conditions. I did. Yeah, the guy basically said the only solution right now for this national crisis is massive consumption of loaded Italian chicken sub sandwiches. But he laid it out very simply, so […]
Rainbow Pizza and Truffle Fries with a Wine Dipping Sauce
I know. I’ve completely gone off the deep end. What can I say, I HAD A WEAK MOMENT. An incredibly delicious and colorfully cuckoo weak moment. Be honest, you want it. Lawk, bawd. Before your eyeballs attempt to jump out of their sockets because they simply cannot take it anymore, I’ll go ahead and give […]
Homemade Gnocchi with a Roasted Tomato Sauce
Project recipe! You have to pretend that I sounded like Alicia Silverstone in Clueless just then. A lot of what I give ya on this here internet blog website URL www.bevcooks.com is pretty easy. Minimal willy nilly. Light on the rigamaroo. But not today! Actually, making gnocchi from scratch isn’t difficult at all. I’m confusing […]
Bucatini with Chicken Sausages and Garden Veggies
You know what the old saying is, don’t you? “When your garden has a high birthrate, immediately add to carbohydrates.” Oh you didn’t learn that in the school of lessons and life? Yeah, it was right after we learned that throwing empty locust shells on your little sister at bath time would prooooobably land you […]
Cheesy Canapés, Egg Boats and a Rustic Slab Pizza
How annoying am I about to be. I have TROIS BILLION THINGS to show you. But before we go on, I have some good news to share. I got my glasses fixed! And, I’m utterly perplexed at how they managed to make this happen. I go in, I hand my glasses over to the lady, […]