Does anything make you sound like more of a pretentious jerk than describing something as “deconstructed?” I don’t think so. In fairness, my intention for this dish was to just make regular old pesto. But a certain married couple that I live with is a liiiiiittle bit possessive over their Ninja blender and took it…
Tag: Dinner
shrimp salad
This weekend my best friends got married! To each other! It was a beautiful wedding and so much fun to have some of the Loyola crew back together again. A couple of days before the wedding I went to get my nails done. I had purchased a Groupon to a new nail studio in Canton…
caprese burgers
Enter: my new favorite burger. This is such a simple concept I can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner. I think these would also be adorable as appetizers at a summer party in slider form. In this case, the four of us ate them for Sunday dinner at like 9PM after playing 9 holes…
smoky shrimp burgers
This week the GS and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary! It’s kind of crazy that he’s tolerated me for this long. I said something outrageous on Sunday and he just looked at me and said “Sometimes I wonder about the things that go through your brain that you choose NOT to say.” He doesn’t…
mediterranean chicken burgers
I seem to recall a cute little saying in elementary school, “April showers bring May flowers!” Was that just a way to make children growing up in Syracuse, NY feel better about the fact that even once it stops snowing, the weather is still going to be crappy for a few more weeks? Is there…
jalapeno chip crusted salmon
Enter: excuses for being MIA for the last two weeks. Enter: recipe for your next dinner party! This was the one meal I made while I was briefly back at home in between jet setting. I was in Chicago for a week, and I’ve since been to Florida and now in Virginia Beach. I’m ready…
kale caesar
Don’t hate me for the most basic of all basic posts. I mean that in both ways, as in “I’m giving you directions for assembling a salad” and also the 2016 vernacular “this is soooo #basic.” I made these a few weeks ago for dinner, with the promise to myself that if I was going…
zuppa toscana
Does this title immediately make you think “Olive Garden,” or is that just me? Don’t let it scare you. This is one of my favorite soups I’ve ever made and it is 100% the easiest one. Like, 20 minutes easy. I saw something similar on Pinterest recently and if I could find the link I…
easy at-home pho
I’m so excited to share this as my first recipe of 2016. Remember in the 60s when fondue parties were a big thing? I mean, I don’t. Because I wasn’t alive. But I’ve heard this was the case. I also imagine these to be swinger parties for some reason. I’m convinced that pho parties are…
slow cooker cioppino
This weekend I went to my first Ravens game ever! Which is kind of surprising given that I’ve lived in Baltimore for the better part of eight years. Aaron had four tickets so he invited the GS and I to go. We had amazing seats, but I still kept finding myself watching the Jumbo-tron even though…
spill the beans 