This didn’t really photograph well being all white, but it actually came out really good. It sort of blew people minds having a cheesecake as an appetizer instead of a dessert, but it didn’t seem that weird to me. Honestly if you think about it, cheese seems weirder as a dessert, doesn’t it? I stole this recipe from Giada, but I added some spinach to it, to make it red and green for Christmas.
Making simple tzatziki or raita is my favorite way to take recipes to the next level. Sometimes I will be coming up with a recipe idea but it just isnt there yet, and once I realize that it needs a cooling yogurt sauce the whole things comes together easily! When I make these in posts,…
I’ve been making sauce for many years now. The process started with my mom’s recipe then altering it as I learned new techniques and flavor ideas. Some of these changes were based on tips from Mario, Giada, and other TV chefs back when I was learning how to cook, but a lot of it just came…
Making white people style tacos for my friends in college is what originally formed my love of cooking. I started with the taco kit, and got so excited seeing my friends enjoy the food so much. After a while, I started playing around with the recipe. Add some onions, add some garlic. How about adding…
I can’t lie to my loyal readers, making fresh pasta has a learning curve. The first 2 times you make it, you won’t enjoy the process. It will probably take you a long time too, and you will make a mess, but you WILL enjoy the results. The next few times, you will start to…
This recipe has been in my head for about a month. When I come up with ideas of what to cook, I usually write them down in my phone to make sure that later when I am not as inspired, I can just look in my phone to figure out what to make. With this soup, I didn’t even need my phone. The idea has been swirling around in my brain non stop. Should I add this? Take out this? Would it pair with this? When I finally made the soup, it was everything I had hoped for. This is my favorite recipe from at least the last month on the site, and i urge everyone to try it.
This is one of thoes recipes I totally wish I came up with, but unfortunately I saw it in food network magazine a couple weeks ago. You guys may know that Ace of Cakes is one of my favorite shows on the channel. This was an article with Duff and Mary Alice’s favorite tailgating recipes. Duff making savory food? Yes, and there was some pretty good other stuff in that article too, but the second I saw this Hoagie dip I knew I had to make it soon. It combines all the greatness of an Italian sandwich in small sized snack bites! I served it as an appetizer at my sisters engagement party.
3 Pies in a row? This is an over the top version of shepherds pie I made this past weekend. The idea was to combine the flavors of an end of summer backyard BBQ, pulled pork sandwiches, and shepherds pie. It was a complete success and I suggest anyone to try this update on an old recipe. My only complaint was that I didn’t get to keep the leftovers!
A pasta timpano filled up with meatballs, sausage, chicken parm, and mozzarella sticks!
I was looking up ideas for a grilled scallop dish when I saw a picture that had scallops on a skewer that looked like marshmallows. This got my mind rolling in a ton of different ways that involved scallops as a marshmallow replacement. The problem with this dish is that s’mores are pretty much the best thing on the earth. When you make one thing look like another, you need to be sure that the new thing is just as tasty as the old. These scallop s’mores were pretty incredible, but there is nothing that can contend with real s’mores in the flavor department. I am not even that big on sweets but I still think they are the best. I recommend having some marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers ready to go for dessert after you make these scallop apps.
I have wanted to make a timpano for a long time. I have seen Mario Batali make a few, and hmm where else have I seen one? These Italian pies are made for special occasions. There are a few different varieties, but really you could throw anything you want in there! I think I will probably make another one soon and just throw anything I can think of in. This dish is totally worth the effort, and honestly it isn’t even that much work! More time consuming than anything. When you unveil the pie from its baking container, it is just as much of an event as it is in that movie… So what was our special occasion? Mandi’s sister visiting of course!
So what topic am I skirting around in that first paragraph? What other time have I seen one? What movie? Well Big Night of course. Apparently on the internet, you can’t cook a timpano without talking about big night! (yes every word is a different website) So what do I have to say about it? Nothing that hasn’t been said already, just that if you haven’t seen it, watch it because it is great.
I was sitting at a relative’s house in Rhode Island this past weekend enjoying the New England summer and (comparatively to Bermuda) low humidity. We were having a bit of a post wedding hang out and grill session, exchanging stories from the night before, All my cousins being sure not to take their sunglasses off. As the burgers were on the grill, I couldn’t stop staring at the basil plant behind it. My mouth was salivating for basil! I have a basil plant in my own yard, but for some reason when I see one I have the need to eat basil immediately. Of course I snuck over and grabbed a few leaves to put on my burger only to be called out 3 seconds later. I thought I had been sneaky! The burger was fantastic and I don’t know why I have never thought to put basil on one. This got me thinking, we already have a tomato, the addition of basil means I only need to switch the cheese to mozzarella and we have a caprese burger. A Hamburger Today in 2006 says caprese burger is a bad idea, but after making one, I disagree! The picture on that post looks awful, any burger that looked like that, caprese or not, would be gross! The key to this burger is nice fresh thick summer tomatoes.
