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Tex-Mex Shrimp and Grits

Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby land on the same day this year, which apparently only happens every seven years. So because of this very special occasion, I think it's important, no necessary, for us to celebrate accordingly. It's our civic duty. Whether you want  to call it Cinco de Derby or Mexi-Derby Day, it doesn't really matter because the one important thing I do know is that you need to make this Tex-Mex Shrimp and Grits on Saturday. It's the Southern classic, shrimp and grits, with ...

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Stovetop Mac and Cheese

Mac and Cheese is one of those recipes that everyone should know how to make. It's like a great roasted chicken (I definitely need to post a roasted chicken on here), a really perfect hamburger or a classic apple pie. If there's a definitive recipe you should keep up your sleeve, I feel like it's mac and cheese. I grew up eating the artificial stuff from the blue box, and I loved it. I'm pretty sure I was the only one that liked it as a kid in my house, but I couldn't get enough of it. At the ...

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Fish Taco Bowls

I'm all for a weekly Taco Tuesday celebration. Mainly because I could literally live off chips and salsa and guacamole, and of course endless margaritas with salt. There's just something about tacos that make me very happy. With that being said though, if you're like me and constantly eating tacos week after week, you might want to switch things up a bit. Reignite your love of the stuffed tortillas. That's where these Fish Taco Bowls come into the picture. Honestly though, these could easily be ...

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Simple Chicken Salad

I've never really been a big fan of chicken salad. Mainly because it's always loaded up on mayonnaise and has too many veggies, and grapes, and you know how I feel about savory and sweet combinations. I've never been a fan. So I was somewhat hesitant to try out this recipe, but as I was flipping through Amber Wilson's gorgeous cookbook, For the Love of the South, I came across this recipe and the photo alone made me want to make it immediately. It's the simplest of chicken salad, flavored with ...

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Breakfasts To Start Your Day

Shakshuka Bread Bowls

I just recently got into making (and eating) shakshuka. I’ve been seeing it all over the internets and social medias for a while now, and definitely all of last year, and yet I never tried it because I’m the type of person that goes against the things that seem like they’re being pushed down my…

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The Classics: Sour Cream Coffee Cake

My thought is that you can never have too many coffee cake recipes. It’s that ultimate breakfast cake that you can get away with eating first thing in the morning. It always reminds me of elementary school. Getting a giant square slice of crumb cake with a carton of milk. It’s what dreams are made…

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BLT Eggs Benedict

BLT Eggs Benedict is what you get when you want brunch but also lunch, which is basically what brunch is I guess, but still, you know what I mean. It’s when you want a sandwich, but an open-faced sandwich. When you can’t decide between a Breakfast BLT or eggs benedict first thing in the morning….

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Sausage Egg and Cheese English Muffins

When I was a kid, I would BEG my mother for a sausage egg mcmuffin (from you know where) because they were, and I’m sure still are if we’re honest with ourselves, very delicious. Every now and then she’d give in and let me have one and I swear I never wanted it to end….

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Cuban Sandwich Dutch Baby

Forget everything you think you know about Dutch Babies and throw it out the window. You won’t need it here. This isn’t your ordinary Dutch Baby. A large sweet pancake topped with berries and sweetened cream is nowhere to be found today. That’s because I’ve turned the classic Dutch Baby on it’s head and converted…

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Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

Torta della Nonna

So I’m still on this Italian kick, and I can’t seem to shake it off. Last week I shared a recipe for a classic and simple Tiramisu, and if you read that post and felt like you just needed some more traditional Italian treats in your life, then you’re in luck. In that post I also…

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A Classic and Simple Tiramisu

I think I’ve mention on here already that I’m taking an Italian class at the local community college down the street from my house, just for fun. I ride my bike down there twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and it’s so much fun. I really needed something to do that wasn’t related to…

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Tres Leches Cake Ice Cream

To me, tres leches cake is just screaming to be turned into ice cream. I mean all of those different types of milks soaked into a soft sponge cake and topped with fresh whipped cream with cherries and sprinkles on top; it’s basically what ice cream dreams are made of. I’ve had this idea to…

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New York Cheesecake Doughnuts

New York cheesecake meets doughnut and there’s honestly nothing better than this moment right here, right now, and us discussing this incredible creation. I have to admit that the idea came to me last week when I saw a photo on America’s Test Kitchen’s Instagram account. The photo in question was for their cherry cheesecake…

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The Classics: Sour Cream Coffee Cake

My thought is that you can never have too many coffee cake recipes. It’s that ultimate breakfast cake that you can get away with eating first thing in the morning. It always reminds me of elementary school. Getting a giant square slice of crumb cake with a carton of milk. It’s what dreams are made…

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Cheers to the Weekend: Chocolate Almond Tres Leches Cake

Once upon a time, like back in 2014 to be precise, I shared a recipe for a decadent, family favorite, Tres Leches Cake. It happens to be the cake my middle sister always requests for her birthday. It’s a great dessert that takes us all out of our traditional birthday cake comfort zone. It’s not…

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Let’s Cheers to the Weekend!

Cheers to the Weekend: One Skillet Cuban Chicken and Rice

Do you know how sometimes you just really don’t feel like washing dishes? Mostly because you’ve been working all day, but also because you’ve just slaved away for hours cooking dinner, and so the last thing you want to do is stand in front of the sink scrubbing away at the mess you just made….

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Cheers to the Weekend: Caramel Apple Slab Pie

The last slab pie I made on the blog, S’mores Slab Pie, was such a big hit that I decided I needed to try my hand on another variation. It just had to be done (but I’m most definitely not complaining about it). If there’s one thing I’ve learned through the years of blogging, it’s…

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Cheers to the Weekend: Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake

I’m always so adamant and a firm believer that we all need a weekend cooking and/or baking project that’s a bit more labor intensive. Something that we wouldn’t really try during the week because we don’t have the time or patience after a long day’s work. The weekend is for trying out those new recipes…

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Cheers to the Weekend: No-Bake Orange Creamsicle Bars

One of my mamma’s all time favorite treats has been, and will always be a fifty-fifty bar, or as some of you might know it as an orange creamsicle. It’s basically a vanilla ice cream popsicle center with an orange ice cream covering it. Hence a 50/50 popsicle. My sisters and I had them a…

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Cheers to the Weekend: Mini S’mores Galettes

Do you know how sometimes your eyes are bigger than your stomach? You just buy a bunch of stuff at the grocery store because you think to yourself, “Oh I’m totally going to eat all of this. In one sitting no less.” Then when it comes time to show off your all you can eat…

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Cheers to the Weekend: S’mores Slab Pie

The way I look at it, the sole purpose of making a slab pie is to either A). feed a crowd or B). have an excuse to eat a giant pie all by yourself. Let’s be honest though, If I was given the option, I would definitely choose the latter because when it comes to…

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