Is Perfection Ever an Achievable Goal? – Thoughts on Nachos
My friend’s sister was visiting New York from Texas and shared with me her technique for making nachos. A steady go-to dish of my own, I was amazed to hear her explain how she lays out chips in rows and places identical proportions of ingredients on each chip one at a time. One jalapeno slice per chip. One black olive per chip. One scoop of diced onion per chip. Each chip is a perfect bite of nacho she explained to me. The perfect bite of nacho… hm. That’s a... Read More
The Breakfast/Dinner Love Child – Fresh Corn Pancakes
Santana: Breakfast confuses you. Brittany: Sometimes it’s sweet, sometime it’s salty. What if I have eggs for dinner? What is that? What if you have pancakes for dinner?!?! It’s not just my favorite Glee quote, it’s true – it is confusing. Binner? Breakner? Brinner? …whatever it is – it’s clearly not as catchy as brunch and it doesn’t get nearly enough creative attention. I may be of the school of thought that says the best... Read More
The 3 Bean Posts – #3 Refried Beans: try these and you’ll never turn back
So by popular demand (aka one roommate’s insistence on having this recipe) I have picked an old favorite to finish ranting about beans with. Black beans: the little black dress for any pantry. For many of my friends who never thought about cooking beans at home this has been their introductory bean of choice. These tasty treats will win you over. Flexible and approachable, you can rinse them straight from the can and pour them over a salad or nachos and be done. You can... Read More
If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don’t Want To Be Right – stuffed jalapeños
In a classic romantic comedy style – I didn’t even like them when I first met them. They had such potential to be loved, but fell flat of any of the excitement that their name built them up to be. What’s not to love about stuffed jalapeños? At the beginning of this story – plenty. I had just moved to the east coast and was being introduced to wonderful world of fried snack foods. They sounded sexy. Starting with a scooped out shell of loveliness,... Read More
Lies, Lies, Lies… and a little guacamole
So the other day when I posted that I was okay with getting snowed in every week this winter …I maybe, possibly, accidentally lied to you. I was really trying to be positive and give out a good energy – I was even lying to myself. Truth is – I didn’t even want to get out of bed this morning looking out the window. I grew up in California and I’m convinced I need 10xs more vitamin D than your average east-coaster. Where is the sunshine? People... Read More
