It’s just a little hocus pocus, y’all. — Ghouls and goblins are great and all, but a cast iron cauldron full of queso cheese dip is what I really want as my Halloween treat. This simple creamy four cheese queso is perfect for your monster bash or movie night in. Without any doubt, Halloween is…
Sides / Appetizers
Beer Battered Jalapeño Hushpuppies
Hushpuppies are a classic southern side, and for good reason. Delicious 4-ingredient hushpuppy recipe with a bit of a bite from jalapeños, cheese, and a rich beer batter makes these a southern side winner. Created with my sponsored partners at House-Autry. Growing up in the south during the end of summer and start of fall…
How I Super Bowl: Snacks Edition
Let’s just be honest… I’m not the biggest football fan. But, what I CAN get behind is a touchdown when it comes to having an entire day dedicated to eating and more eating. Snacks are basically my favorite food group. I often end up accidentally making a meal out of what started as a simple…
Champagne Onion Rings
SPRING is here, y’all! I know I’ve been whiny and complaining about the nasty cold weather, rainy whatever, so I’m here to celebrate the 80 degree days that we have been having in Nashville by popping a few bottles into my glass as well as the fryer. Why not, right? Around here, you can fry just…
Roasted Tomatillo Radish Salsa
I love salsa. You love salsa. We all love salsa. *mic drop* The fresh produce season of summer here in the South brings all kinds of amazing opportunity to create amazingly fresh twists on classic favorites. Salsa isn’t getting ignored in this flavor train. With a box full ‘o goodies, I decided to roast some…
10 Minute Homemade Hummus
This week has been crazy, y’all. Right. I do realize that it is only Tuesday, but it’s summer and hot and humid and sticky and gross out and I just. can’t. deal. with it anymore. Last night, I came home after making the hour-long trek through the crowded streets of Nashville (that should have taken 20…
Blackberry Roasted Plum Preserves
A couple posts back, I made some delicious Plum Glazed Cake Donuts. What you didn’t see was that I was left with a ridiculous amount of plums. I kept procrastinating on what else I could try and make with them. I mean…. I blame Pokémon, really. After a week or so of waiting around, I…
Biscuits 101: The Skinny on a Fatty Biscuit
A couple days ago, I was making the trek through all of my old emails to try and clean house a bit. I start to get a bit crazy when my inbox fills with old messages. It’s sorta like getting those coupon mailers in my physical mailbox at home. I leave them in there until I just…
Crispiest Baked Potato Wedges
Short and sweet– I got tired of people always promising recipes of crispy baked this — crunchy baked that — only to try it out and get the same ehhhhh results. Problem solved! A quick and easy recipe that will give you the crispiest baked wedges that you’ve ever had. The secret is quite literally in…
World’s Best Brussels Sprouts
It may surprise all of you that I was never the kid that just begged for more greens on my plate. I would qualify a couple (literally) green beans as having my share of vegetables that I was required. Logically, I still think I was in the right. I still prefer a plate of monotoned…
