Toasted Tortellini with Pesto Cheese Fondue
So, I’m going to try to make this post a quick one for a couple of reasons: 1) I drank too much coffee this morning, and right now I am literally tensed and shaking at my desk due to what I can only...
View ArticleGarlic-Rubbed Margherita Pizza Grilled Cheese
I’ve been alive for 24 Aprils now (my birthday is this month… yay? boo? I’m not sure how I feel about it), and I’m just finding out that April is National Grilled Cheese Month. I don’t know why...
View ArticleOne Pot Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo
You know that feeling when you’re working on something and you’re like 75% sure it’s not going to turn out well for one reason or another? That’s how I felt about this One Pot Roasted Red Pepper and...
View ArticleCreamy Pesto Pasta Salad
According to the calendar, there are 18 days left until summer. But today I drove to work with my sunglasses on and windows down (I keep saying it, but I really need to get my air conditioner fixed),...
View ArticleCucumber Basil Gin and Tonic
I’m gonna be honest with you– I had a very tame weekend filled with tbs movie marathons, trying to get work done on my laptop, and fried foods. And even though I’m not leaving any crazy spree of...
View ArticleGarlic-Rubbed Margherita Pizza Grilled Cheese
I’ve been alive for 24 Aprils now (my birthday is this month… yay? boo? I’m not sure how I feel about it), and I’m just finding out that April is National Grilled Cheese Month. I don’t know why...
View ArticleOne Pot Roasted Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo
You know that feeling when you’re working on something and you’re like 75% sure it’s not going to turn out well for one reason or another? That’s how I felt about this One Pot Roasted Red Pepper and...
View ArticleCreamy Pesto Pasta Salad
According to the calendar, there are 18 days left until summer. But today I drove to work with my sunglasses on and windows down (I keep saying it, but I really need to get my air conditioner fixed),...
View ArticleCucumber Basil Gin and Tonic
I’m gonna be honest with you– I had a very tame weekend filled with tbs movie marathons, trying to get work done on my laptop, and fried foods. And even though I’m not leaving any crazy spree of...
View ArticleCheesy Bacon Jalapeno Corn Dip
And so it has begun. Every 3 minutes, James has been getting notifications from ESPN about another football player who is injured and out for the season, roster projections, and anything that might...
View ArticleUltimate Herbed Garlic Bread Cheesesteaks
My two guiltiest of guilty pleasures are, without a doubt, toasted or crusty bread and massive amounts of cheese. I once read that Americans eat the weight equivalent of 72 Titanics in cheese in one...
View ArticleFour Cheese Sausage & Spinach Lasanga
This is the last thing I made before burning the ever-loving you-know-what out of my fingers. About two weeks ago, I was making this Four Cheese Sausage and Spinach Lasagna and some Jack Daniels...
View ArticleOne Pot Greek Chicken Pasta with Creamy Feta Wine Sauce
Back when I was in college, my signature dish was Pasta Greco, an easy-to-make Greek-inspired pasta dish that I adapted from a local restaurant. When James and I were in the wee-beginning of our...
View ArticleChicken Cacciatore
When I used to think “date night”, I didn’t think “chicken”. Medium-rare steaks, juicy pork tenderloin, butter-drenched lobster; sure. But chicken? Nah. It’s just too boring. Too bland. Not sexy...
View ArticleSun-Dried Tomato & Feta Pull-Apart Garlic Knots
It’s 2015, so I finally decided I should start using that personal twitter account I created 4 years ago. Now I’m sucked in– I think it was the Foodie Band Name hashtag that sealed my fate. I used to...
View ArticleOne Pot Pesto Carbonara
Looking outside, I can hardly tell it’s spring. The sky is grey, the grass is brownish, and the trees are still barren. O Sunshine, where art thou? We get less and less “spring weather” here in Jersey...
View ArticleThai Basil Limeade
I really don’t feel like I have enough drink recipes on the blog, which is a shame because I love a really good beverage. In fact, I make a lot of drinks at home (and no, they aren’t all boozy) and I...
View ArticleThai Chicken Fajitas
So this is what happens when you decide to go Frankenstein on your favorite flavors. Someone put it in my head that I was on a fusion kick about a month ago, and now my brain refuses to go anywhere...
View ArticleSun-Dried Tomato Basil Chicken Meatballs with Creamy Parmesan Rice
These Sun-Dried Tomato Basil Chicken Meatballs with Creamy Parmesan Rice are a result of what can only be explained as a freak accident on mother nature’s behalf: I’ve managed to keep a basil plant...
View ArticleSun-Dried Tomato Crusted Chicken with Goat Cheese and Herb Sauce
My little brother Mark– or maybe I should say my younger brother, as he’s not very little anymore– doesn’t fit the stereotype of the annoying bratty sibling. In fact, he’s pretty much the coolest kid–...
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