True story: before The Cheesecake Factory became accessible in my area, I used to drive damn near an hour to the nearest one just to have their insanely delicious crab wontons. Let’s start from the beginning. My whole life, I’d order crab rangoon from local Chinese food spots and they…
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Latte Glazed Mocha-Almond Cinnamon Rolls
Good morning. If you’ve tried ANY of the cinnamon roll recipes posted here, then you already know these are about to be insane as well. These satisfy all of my cravings — buttery, doughy, cinnamon’y, chocolatey, nutty, espresso’y, glaze’y…mmmmm. The one thing you should know about these in particular is that conceptually,…
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Buttery “Buttermilk” Pancakes | A Kitchen Hack
This is a quick recipe that you should keep on hand for those days you want buttery, buttermilk pancakes — but don’t have real buttermilk. Oh noes!! Don’t worry, adding a little acid to whole milk will pretty much give you the same result. I love my pancakes all kinds…
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Sweet-n-Spicy Garlic Ginger Chicken Wings
Happy Saturday! Today I’m gonna show you how to make crispy sweet and spicy garlic-ginger chicken wings in the oven without any added fat. This crisping technique has been around for years, and is very popular amongst those who hate flabby baked chicken wings. This is a wing recipe that can…
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Tempura Fish Tacos with Peach’o de gallo
Those of you who’ve been following me for years, know that tacos are my little hand-held lovers that don’t require batteries. I effing LOVE a good taco, especially a good tempura fish taco. If I could open up a restaurant, I’d serve brunch, burgers, and tacos — I’m so serious.…
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Pomegranate, Garlic and Herb Roasted Chicken
Long time no post! Well, you’ll be seeing a lot more of me because I’ve decided to get my groove on..on Youtube! YAAAAS bitch, YAAAAS! I’ve been wanting to figure out a better, easier way to not only share recipes, but also feel free to be more of my silly-self.…
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Honey Roasted Carrots
Hello! Greetings and such :) Before I get into this recipe, I wanted to share with you all some exciting news. I'll be on the Dr. Oz show January, 19th (today)! They're doing a little segment on food bloggers, weight management, and all that jazz..and I was honored to be…
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The Best Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits
Merry Christmas! This is my gift to those of you who asked. I posted a picture of these biscuits on Instagram and everybody went nuts, so I decided to share my recipe. I like my biscuits many ways -- flaky, not flaky, sometimes cakey, fluffy, sometimes drop'like -- it all…
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Holiday Mac-n-Cheese w/ Roasted Garlic, Caramelized Shallots, and Prosciutto
So, I'm a firm believer that macaroni and cheese should never be diet food. The very thought of a low-cal/fat mac&cheese just pisses me off. First of all, this isn't something you should be eating every day. This is holiday, or special occasion food. I'm sure there are plenty of…
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Baked Brown-Sugar, Apple & Cranberry Oatmeal
It's almost like eating a giant oatmeal cookie for breakfast -- almost. You guys are going to love this recipe. It's amazing, and sooo simple -- it comes together very quickly. Oatmeal is a great foundation to add damn near anything you want, so you will find that this recipe…
















