Since I discovered that I like guacamole about 8 or so years ago, I’ve become quite attached to avocados. I’ve even expanded my horizons into putting slices of it onto sandwiches and burgers, mashing it on paninis, putting it in tacos, making dressings, etc. All really great things, but the more I expanded my horizons,…
Burgers with Bacon & Onion Compote
It’s Labor Day weekend and to many, the last weekend of summer. When I think of summer, I think of being outside, fun in the sun, backyard barbeques, and grilling. When I think of grilling, I think of burgers. So in a culinary toast to the unofficial end of summer, I want to share this…
Grilled Caprese Chicken
I love fresh mozzarella in any way shape or form I can get it. I love how ooey, gooey it gets when it’s melted on top of pizza or pasta, but I also love it’s creamy, slightly chewy texture when it’s served in a cold caprese salad or let’s face it when I snag a…
Chipotle Flank Steak Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
My husband isn’t really a fan of pineapple, so when he suggested this recipe for flank steak tacos with a grilled pineapple salsa from Eating Well, I wasn’t going to argue. In fact, I put it on the menu and bought all the ingredients before he could change his mind! We’ve made this a few…
Homemade Ginger Beer
I just posted my new favorite drink – the Irish Mule. And to really take this drink over the top, I recommend trying a homemade ginger beer. Actually, my husband insisted that I try to make my own for the drink, so that’s why we tried it the first time. Turns out he was right…
Irish Mule
My favorite drink used to be a Big Ginger. It’s a Twin Cities drink that two local Irish bars (under the same ownership) made famous. The Big Ginger is Jameson, ginger ale and a squeeze of lemon and lime. In fact, I’ve heard (although been able to verify) a rumor that these two bars were…
Cuban-ish Sandwich
My mom’s family has a serious obsession with ketchup. When they were little, they all got a bottle of ketchup in their Christmas stocking (there were 10 of them…) so they didn’t need to share. These days they all go out for brunch after Sunday Mass, and when the restaurant stopped carrying Heinz ketchup (gasp!),…
Chicken Tacos with Grilled Corn & Avocado Salsa
First things first. Happy Anniversary to our parents! They’ve been married 34 year today!! We love tacos. Any kind of tacos. Although we grew up eating classic tacos, I’ve since come to think of tacos as sort of a blank canvas. You need a tortilla, a protein, a sauce, and some sort of veggie or…
Chipotle Mayo
A couple years ago, we found a chipotle mayo at a specialty cooking store we stopped at when we were out and about. We put that stuff on chicken tacos with a fresh salsa and on top of quesadillas. And when the bottle ran out we didn’t want to make a one and a half hour…
How to: remove corn silks
We LOVE corn on the cob. Not only on the cob and slathered with butter, but also grilled in salsas, fresh in salads, turned into cream corn – you get the picture. And this is the time of year where you can start getting locally grown sweet corn, and if you can, buy it from…
