Month: September 2019

Carrot Cake with Buttermilk Glaze

Carrot Cake with Buttermilk Glaze

If you have a Carrot Cake fan in your family, they will love you forever if you make this cake! My sister-in-law’s favorite cake is carrot and before she left me and moved to Atlanta, I used to make this for her birthday every year! […]

Greek Lamb Meatball Bowls

Greek Lamb Meatball Bowls

I make bowls for dinner during the week like nobody’s business. I’ve talked about this before on my Chili Garlic Shrimp Bowl recipe, but they are great for customizing and generally a healthy option! I start off this recipe by making my own tzatziki sauce. […]

Crispy Smashed Potatoes with Smoked Tomato Aioli

Crispy Smashed Potatoes with Smoked Tomato Aioli

If you’ve never had smashed potatoes, you are missing out! Smashed potatoes are a cooking method where you boil baby potatoes first till they are soft, then smash them with the bottom of a glass (or other utensil) and roast them in the oven. The […]

Raspberry Lemon Overnight French Toast

Raspberry Lemon Overnight French Toast

Ya’ll, this french toast is heavenly. There is no other way to describe it. The top is crunchy and the inside is gooey and delicious. The best part is, there is minimal work involved and you can make it the night before! Or if you’re […]

Strawberry Basil Mule

Strawberry Basil Mule

Here in North Carolina it might be late September but we’re still hitting temps in the 90’s. As much as I want to jump on the fall flavor train, I still prefer a cold fruity cocktail when it’s hot outside. When it comes to cocktails, […]

Chocolate Fluffernutter Cupcakes

Chocolate Fluffernutter Cupcakes

In case you’re wondering what a “fluffernutter” is, it’s a sandwich made with marshmallow fluff and peanut butter! I have combined this idea with chocolate to create the most drool worthy cupcakes. Everything is better with chocolate, right? I had a feeling these would taste […]

Sweet Potato Cornbread with Candied Bacon Crumble

Sweet Potato Cornbread with Candied Bacon Crumble

I can say without a doubt this is one of my best recipes yet. It’s hard to describe this cornbread without using foul language, but let me just say this ain’t ya momma’s cornbread! I don’t know what I like more – the soft, fluffy […]

Smoked Baby Back Ribs

Smoked Baby Back Ribs

Baby Back Ribs are the perfect thing to serve at a cookout watching football or anytime during the summer. Even if you don’t watch football, these ribs are KILLER! Honestly, is there anything better than smoked pork? I’ll wait…. ok then! Now that we have […]

Chicken & Vegetable Lo Mein

Chicken & Vegetable Lo Mein

I love Asian food, but I used to shy away from cooking it at home because it usually didn’t turn out well! For some reason, I just couldn’t get things to taste as good or better than I what I bought at a restaurant, so […]