Let’s eat some fish! I hardly ever eat fish. And then I see people eating fish in the world and I’m like, “Oh yeah, fish. I want some fish.” So, I made you fish! And it’s wild-caught, so delete that hate email you started, ‘MKAY. This is a total weeknight recipe. But the funny thing […]
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Pork Meatballs and Penne with a Creamy Mustard Butter Sauce
Best strand of words in the history of ever. I got this wild hair the other day when I came up with the idea for this recipe. Me, “I want to make a creamy mustard butter sauce!” Aaron, “A what?” Me, “A creamy mustard butter sauce.” Aaron, “Mustard with cream and butter?” Me, “Yes! Over […]
Puffed Rice Bars
It’s still after school snack season, right? It totally is. I’ve been wanting to make something like these FOREEEVERRRR. (<–sandlot style) Little quick snack bars made with REAL BUTTER, honey, brown sugar, pinch of cinny, puffed rice, salty sunflower seeds, my entire face. Serious after school snack. They’re insano easy to pull together, too! Lemme […]
A Simple Honey Thyme Butter
Let’s start summer with butter, ‘mkay? A HONEY THYME BUTTER. It’s almost not even a recipe. It’s more like, a way of life. I’m basically giving you this recipe as a springboard into your future. It will take you places you’ve never dreamed. You’ll see things you never imagined. You’ll dance like you never danced […]
Simple Squid Piccata
If I break out in “UNDA DA SEA,” are you going to punch me? Look at those tentacles! I’ve never had tentacles on my plate before. I like tentacles on my plate. Don’t tell Ariel I said that. This dish is something ELSE, y’all. I know it might seem a smidge unapproachable, but a) you […]
Gnocchi with Roasted Cauliflower, Garlic and Pan-Seared Chicken
t h i s i s g o i n g t o f r e a k y o u r l i f e . You know when you make a recipe, or test a recipe, or play with a recipe, and in your head it comes out a certain way, and then […]
Seared Scallops and Steak Tacos (With Wine Pairings!)
We’re totally changing things up today! And by “changing things up,” I mean we’re drinking wine. Oops? I’ve never actually thought about posting wine pairings on this here internet website url, so when the fine folks at Noble Vines wrote, asking if I’d like to sample a couple of wines and possibly pair them with […]
Compound Butter: Three Ways!
You do know that butter is the universal summer staple food, right? Don’t try and look it up because I think the internet is down right now. And books don’t work today. And your friends won’t know this week. Just trust me. These may be my three favorite compound butters of all time! Well, actually […]
Chicken Piccata
So this is totally not Mexican food. My bad! But it’s linguine with chicken and obscene amounts of butter and lemon. Will you forgive me? So, Chicken Piccata. Is this a regular meal for you? A longggggaaaa time ago it was something that was surprisingly a bit intimidating for me. I’m not sure why. It’s […]
Quick Garlicky Parmesan Crostini
Happy New Yeaaaaarrrrr! . . .ish. I gotsta be straight up with you right now. This isn’t my recipe. I did not come up with this perfectly simple, satisfying, knock-your-face-off-to-yummy-town appetizer. No, no. Not me. Not I. Not myself. Not even Irene. (who IS Irene?) This appie is actually brought to you by my super […]