Pulled Pork Sandwich AKA The Hot Mess. If you’re having a casual, little dinner party for about six people and want to go all out, let me introduce you. Have plenty of wet towels ready. And snobby beer. And bibs. Other recipes you will need if you choose to build this fabulous sammich from scratch… […]
Homemade hamburger buns can be used for all kinds of sandwiches and, of course, cute, little sliders. Hard ciabatta buns housing chicken salad make the chamber of commerce lunches exceptionally awkward. Don’t ask me how I know, I just do. A corn dog purchased for $9 at the county fair that’s covered in unsweetened, bready […]
Steak Salad. The older I get, the more I have to face the fact that green needs to be the most prominent color on my plate. Gone are the days of pasta and cheese. Enter rainbows of veggies… okay, and blue cheese dressing… and beef. Steak Salad Preheat oven to Serves two. 2 cups fresh, […]
Blue Cheese Dressing. Well-aged, savory, and a wee bit sassy. I present thee with the amazing (very grown-up) dressing for your summer salad. Blue Cheese Dressing 1/4 cup olive oil or grapeseed oil 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 3/4 cup sour cream 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/8 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1/2 teaspoon sea […]
Cheesy Beef and Bean Burritos. Our pre-fourth of July weather has settled in this week. Sunshine doesn’t normally commit in Seattle until July 5th. After that, summer is perfect. But, for now, it is burrito weather. And that ain’t half bad. Things are looking brighter this week, though. I’m convinced it’s because I made a simmer-all-day […]
Cobb Salad. It’s time for summer. It’s time for salads. With bacon. Because, well, bacon. One of the least snobby is the cobby. There are no candied pecans, or fresh berries, lemon dressing, or anything very hobnob. These things are loverly, but sometimes you just want easy-going, casual fixins and cobb is where it’s at. […]
Is there anything that brings Americans and Mexicans together like Queso Cheese Sauce Recipe? And our love of siestas. And fiestas. Well, and margaritas. Yeah, margaritas trump them all. But I have to say, queso sauce has to be runner-up. Just start with a couple bricks of cheese and build from there… Queso Cheese Sauce 3/4 cup […]
I love a dark, moist German Chocolate Cake. The real magic, though, might be the penuche topping. I can still almost see it on top of my great aunt & uncle’s bar… a 9X13 pan of chocolate cake – all messy and perfect and messy. German Chocolate Cake Makes one double-layer 9-inch round cake or […]
Bloody Mary Cocktail. Of all the outlandish, hilarious, and awesome names of cocktails, the one that bothers me the most is my very favorite drink… the Bloody Mary. You know what. We’ll just call her Mary. After trying Marys out in various locations, I have found one common ingredient which makes or breaks my Mary. […]
Pineapple Upside Down Cake. I collect old church cookbooks. I figure if you can’t trust the old recipes of good, Christian women trying to show off to their congregation, who can you trust? One day I went hunting for a pineapple upside-down cake that would not harm any boxed cake mixes. I, of course, started […]
