biscuits

Chicken Pot Pie Salad

October 8, 2019

The classic and ever-comforting chicken pot pie (one of my all time favorite fall dishes) meets chicken salad with this deliciously addicting recipe. I know that I should be thinking about warming soups and stews right now, but we’re having hot weather here in Los Angeles yet again, and so my brain is still in summer mode. The great thing about this Chicken Pot Pie Salad though is that you can make it all year long. It’s comforting, but light at the same time, thanks to the homemade tarragon dressing. Serve warm, room temperature or cold right from the fridge. Did I mention that biscuits are involved? It’s always a good day when biscuits are involved.

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Strawberry Pistachio Biscuit Cobbler

August 16, 2019

If you’ve never eaten strawberry and pistachio together in same way, shape or form, then I’m afraid to inform you, that you my friend, have been missing out on something extraordinary. The sweetness from the strawberry along with the saltiness from the pistachio is a match made in heaven. A couple years ago I made these cupcakes which really brought the two ingredients together into a tasty dessert. This time, I’m bringing you this amazing Strawberry Pistachio Biscuit Cobbler. I don’t make as many cobblers as I would like in my regular day to day life and I think with this recipe, I’m going to change that. The real star of the show, in my humble opinion, is the pistachio biscuits on top. I could eat them by themselves all day long.

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BBQ Fried Chicken Sandwiches

January 13, 2016

Today, January 13, happens to be Julian’s birthday. This is important for a lot of reasons. The first one being, it’s his big dirty thirty. Three. Zero. And that means that it’s kind of a big deal because it’s one of those big deal birthdays that should be made a big deal of. The second thing is that because of this special occasion, we all get to eat and enjoy these BBQ Fried Chicken Sandwiches. So let’s all say thanks to my fiancé because of his birth. (Thanks for being born Julian). We have you to thank for breaking our New Year’s resolutions so early on. Sure, we could be eating healthy right now, and yeah we probably should be sticking to our diets, but why would we do something like that? Especially when these fried chicken sammies are here calling out our names. That sounds like total madness.

While we’re on the topic of complete and utter madness, let’s talk about these biscuits for a hot minute. I think it’s important to single them out right at the beginning of this post, because they’re one of the greatest sandwich vessels ever created. This is what you get when you combine cornbread (everyone’s favorite) with biscuits (also everyone’s favorite). Cornbread biscuits. That’s right, cornbread biscuits. Biscuits that are cornbread. I really love my cornbread with lots of cheddar cheese, jalapeño, scallions, and corn. So I made sure to include these flavors into these biscuits, along with cornmeal, so that the biscuits have that same quality and taste of cornbread that we all know and love. Did you mind just explode?! Not yet? Well, don’t worry, there’s plenty still to explode your head about late on in the post. Like creamy coleslaw and fried chicken dipped in BBQ sauce. Did I mention that they’re all sandwiched together to create the best sandwich you’ll ever have?!

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Blueberry Cobbler Biscuits

August 13, 2014

The thing about biscuits is that you don’t know whether to eat them in the morning for breakfast or devour them at dinner as a roll to sop up all of the yummy sauce left behind. I’m getting off track…what was I saying? Oh, do you lean them towards something sweet or something savory? I don’t really care because just as long as biscuits are involved I’m not complaining. Whoever invented biscuits should get a huge monument built in their honor. Like a big statue or something, at least. I know that in different parts of the world, biscuits are completely different. It’s more of a cookie or a cracker of some kind. But here in the states, for the most part, we’re talking about buttery fluffy quick breads that I just want to stuff my face with.

These are a cross between a few different desserts. It’s like blueberry crumble meets blueberry cobbler—because cobblers are usually topped with biscuits—meets blueberry streusel muffins meets buttermilk biscuits. I chose blueberries because they’re currently in season and are on sale everywhere I turn. Literally, everywhere. They’re practically giving them away. So I thought it would be a good idea to come up with something sweet to use up all those free blueberries. Here we are now, knee deep in blueberry cobbler biscuits. Not really knee deep, but how cool (and delicious) would that be?! I’m making a mental note right now, as I type this, to make that fantasy a reality. Jonathan Melendez: Making dreams come true since August 2014.

True fact: My mamma’s favorite berry is a blueberry. She also shares my love (and passion) for biscuits so this recipe actually goes out to her as a BTW, FYI, and P.S. It’s the least I could do after she gave birth to me and fed me and clothed me and provided a roof over my head for all those years. I mean, biscuits pretty much makes us even. Right mom? You don’t have to answer because I know they do. That’s how magical biscuits are. Get in on all this magic.

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BLT Biscuit Sliders

May 1, 2014

Let’s discuss a few things, yeah? Let’s talk about how my love for biscuits knows no end. Biscuits are like the equivalent to what doughnuts are to me on the sweet end. If you didn’t know already I happen to love doughnuts (I’d kill for one), but that’s neither here nor there. We’re talking about biscuits. Biscuits is the name of the game. We can also chat it up all day long about the many things you’d have to do to get me to eat bacon. I’ll let you in on a secret though, it doesn’t take much for me to eat a few slices of crispy bacon. And by a few I of course me, a ton of. I’d do unspeakable things for bacon. It’s okay, you can judge me. I can tell you all about my undying obsession with avocado anything and I’ll share the story about the one time I ate nothing but avocados for dinner and it was awesome. I have no regrets. We can brush up on such topics as BLT’s, sandwiches and sliders. All of which are very near and dear to my heart. Mostly because I love the idea of little hamburgers and tiny sandwiches because it means you can eat a lot more of them without feeling guilty. What? They’re tiny!

The only time I’ll eat a BLT is when I can assure myself that I’ll get a sandwich loaded with bacon. More bacon than anything else. I’ve encountered a few sad BLT’s where there’s like one slice of bacon amidst a thousand slices of tomato and a million pieces of lettuce. What kind of sandwich is that?! That’s more like a salad, if you ask me. I don’t want a salad! I want a big stacked up bacon, bacon, bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. With super toasted bread, of course. That goes without saying.

So I’m brainstorming recipe ideas one day and I, for some unknown reason, keep getting an incessant craving for a BLT sandwich. It’s weird, because like I said earlier, that never happens to me. I contemplated different ways I could make it for you (for me). I knew it had to be something awesome because you need an awesome recipe. I owe it to you. I also knew there needed to be a ridiculous amount of bacon involved. It all sort of avalanched together. I had a vision to make them into sliders because sliders are just so awesome. I was eating toast with jam that day and the biscuit idea sort of called out to me like a light from the sky. Okay, so it might not have been that dramatic and magical, but for the sake of the story let’s say that it was. Anyhow biscuit BLT sliders were born. Avocado wanted to be included so I invited it to the party and called it a day. So now here we are, making and eating and talking about BLT biscuit sliders. Who would have thought? Oh, I totally did my friends. I totally did.

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