Beef Stew

Confession time: I didn’t like stew as a child.  I was more about soup.  But now I loooooove stew.  Especially when it’s cold out.  OMG yes.  Here’s a pretty basic recipe that you can make on the stovetop if you have an hour or two until dinner.  If you have longer, go ahead and assemble…

Finger Foods of Epicness

I must hate me.  Seriously, because why else would I make a dinner consisting of only finger foods?  While I loooooooove finger foods something fierce, they are one of the harder things to assemble when there’s an assortment.  But here’s what I made for movie night on January 31 (sorry it’s late… been busy with…

Food Porn: Greek Yogurt

I’ve been kind of addicted to plain Greek yogurt lately.  It’s so good in the morning with a little ground ginger and some local raw honey.  Seriously, just look at this stuff…

Food Porn: Farmhouse Eatery and Bar

So how ’bout brunch, huh? Yeah, that’s a bacon mushroom omelet with a side of truffle fries.  We stopped at the Farmhouse Eatery & Bar for brunch the other day and this is what I ended up with.  OMG.  It was so glorious, but I’m glad that we walked 5 miles that day.  Check out…

Lost Movie Night Noms: Arc’s Birthday Dinner

It was Archaellys’ birthday not that long ago and somehow I forgot to post the coordinating movie night nom for that celebration. Oops. I don’t know how it happened, but the week must have gotten away from me. It’s always kind of my thing to let the birthday celebrant pick whatever they want and I’ll…

Jerk Chicken Stew with Coconut Rice

Archaellys has fallen in love with Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and I have to admit, it is a gorgeous game!  This, of course, influenced our last movie night and we had a pirate theme.  Treasure Island (1950) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.  Naturally I wanted our noms to…

Snarfy’s Secret Spicy Sriracha Sauce

Okay, it’s not really a secret if I’m posting the recipe, right?  I don’t know why I haven’t made this more to put on things.  Well…. I *DO* know why and it involves not eating as much mayonnaise anymore.  But.  Well.  Hmmm. I needed something to dip my fries in last night and I didn’t…

Flourless Chocolate Cake

It was Archaellys’ birthday the other day and I wanted to do something special for him.  I let him pick the movie night noms for that week, but I definitely wanted to add an element of surprise.  I used to bake people homemade cakes from scratch, but of course, with me being gluten free, birthday…

Food Porn: Carnitas

I know I tweeted this pic out the other night when I was eating it, but I just had to post the delicious carnitas here too.  You know, for safe keeping.  Good grief, La Piñata, you make some AMAZING carnitas.

Spicy Iranian Chicken Stew

I love my chiropractor.  She’s totally like a big sister to me, and being an only, I’ve always wanted a big sister.  Lauren is one of the most supportive people I know – she’s always willing to listen and help steer or give advice.  In fact, she’s one of my biggest cheerleaders and gave me…

Sukiyaki

I was trying to figure out what to make that would go along with our Miyazaki night of Howl’s Moving Castle and Ponyo…  There are so many delicious Japanese noms that I could make work.  At first I thought about trying to figure out a gluten friendly version of ramen, since that’s what they eat…

Movie Night Noms: Scrapple and Eggs

Our movie night for December 27 is Christmas Observed in The Rumpus Room.  Arc and I really wanted to have a Christmas celebration with our Twitch family, and this is the best way that we could do it.  At first, I really wanted to go all out and make another Christmas dinner.  I thought about…