Food & Recipes, How To, Seafood, Uncategorized |
I am a native Floridian and stone crab claws are a delicacy that I have enjoyed my whole life. Stone crab is the kind of meal that we saved for special occasions especially New Year’s or Valentines day when I was a kid. Stone crab have hard shells but tender rich meat...
Food & Recipes, How To, Soups & Stews |
Beef Bone Broth Recipe Homemade beef bone broth will take your soups and stews to a new level! If you are only using canned or box beef bone broth for your recipes you should give this a try. To get the beef bones that you will need to make beef stock ask your butcher...
Food & Recipes, holidays, In the Kitchen, Kitchen Hints |
Whether this is your first thanksgiving or your twentieth, thanksgiving planning can make or break your holiday. I hosted my first thanksgiving at 19 years old in my college apartment and fed not only a rag-tag bunch of college kids but also a handful of their...
Food & Recipes, How To, Seafood |
Grilling a whole fish is cool, it’s trendy, it’s kind of caveman and it’s easy. I love that bringing a whole fish or two to the table will elicit gasps of appreciation from your dinners in a way few other dishes can. Especially since with my tips you can grill a whole...
Featured, Food & Recipes, How To, Side dishes, Veggies |
My husband has become quite the grill master. I think having me to prep and figure out the best ways to grill something has resulted in him really loving to grill more than ever and he is starting to have some rocking specialties. As simple as it is one of the family...
In the Kitchen, Kitchen Hints, Uncategorized |
So excited!! Next week I am leaving on a girlie bonding cruise with my mom, aunt, and newest cousin: Rachel (she just married my favorite cousin Josh). I will be leaving my husband and the two girls to fend for themselves. I feel a little guilty that while I am...
In the Kitchen, Kitchen Hints, Lifestyle, Uncategorized |
This is the third article (read the first and second stories) about grocery shopping inspired by my post honeymoon restocking trip. I hope my theories on tackling the grocery store help you get more for your money and puts an end to those annoying one-item mid week...
In the Kitchen, Kitchen Hints, Lifestyle, Uncategorized |
Inspired by my grocery store trip after my honeymoon I am sharing a few ideas on visiting the grocery store that I hope will make cooking easier, grocery shopping quicker, and will help you save money too. Here goes part two (read part 1 here). First off I try to...
In the Kitchen, Kitchen Hints, Lifestyle, Uncategorized |
Inspired by my grocery store trip after my honeymoon I am sharing a few ideas on visiting the grocery store that I hope will make cooking easier, grocery shopping quicker, and will help you save money too. Being overwhelmed, overworked, and overexcited for the last...
How To, In the Kitchen, Uncategorized |
Roasting and pealing is appropriate for any thick skinned pepper like poblanos, anaheims, or hatch chilies. Gebberally I have found it’s not worth the effort to roast and peal a cubanelle pepper as the skins are thiner. Roasting peppers takes the tough outer...
Crockpot, Food & Recipes, holidays, How To, In the Kitchen, Soups & Stews |
Almost anytime I make a whole chicken or turkey I will take the ten minutes to throw together a batch of homemade chicken stock in the Crock-pot. I save the liquid and the giblets that were in the bottom of the roasting pan and use it as base for my chicken stock. If...
