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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 […]

German Chocolate Cake

German Chocolate Cake

For our birthdays growing up, either my mom or grandma made each person a birthday cake from scratch of their choosing. It’s something we all looked forward to because anything either of them made always tasted amazing! My first choice was always German Chocolate Cake. […]

Chorizo & Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

Chorizo & Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash

Chorizo is one of those ingredients that doesn’t look very beautiful, but tastes amazing! If you’ve ever had a chorizo taco, you know what I’m talking about! Chorizo is a Mexican sausage that can be spicy depending on where you get it, but regardless of […]

Mascarpone Stuffed Dates

Mascarpone Stuffed Dates

OK I know when you hear the word “dates” you aren’t jumping for joy and drooling on spot to read the recipe. But just take a risk with me here and make these, because people will RAVE about them! I tested these at a cocktail […]