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June 2013

Parmesan Garlic Zucchini Whole Wheat Focaccia Buns
June 30, 2013
Parmesan Garlic Zucchini Whole Wheat Focaccia Buns

I figured I should post these soon. I mean the Fourth of July is Thursday, and that’s got to be one of the most popular days of the year for a bun. Plus these buns are better than any of those store-bought buns.

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June 29, 2013
Things I am going Crazy For This Week + 4th Of July Eats

[Summer!] These Blueberry-Oat Bars. Fueling my fruit problem. This Coconut Bread. Fueling my coconut problem. This Chicken Potato Whipped Feta Salad. Really? Whipped feta instead of mayo? YES! This Chicken Beer and Summer Stew. Summertime stew never looked so good. These Peanut Butter Swirl Chocolate Chip Blondies. I need these and all the other treats that […]

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S’more Doughnut Sandwich With Easy Homemade Beer Marshmallows
June 28, 2013
S’more Doughnut Sandwich With Easy Homemade Beer Marshmallows

Did you guess this was coming? Making doughnut s’mores was honestly the whole reason why I made the Graham Crackers Doughnuts. The minute the idea popped into my head, I knew I had to make them.

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Mini Brown Sugar Glazed Graham Cracker Doughnuts
June 27, 2013
Mini Brown Sugar Glazed Graham Cracker Doughnuts

Can we talk about vacations?   Just for a second. I promise cause I am sure one of my brothers will need a sandwich, some buffalo sauce for their chicken dogs, a glass of milk, chocolate milk or more likely a cold beer within the half hour. Ah huh, that is what my vacation looks […]

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Healthy Loaded Cheddar + Blue Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dogs
June 26, 2013
Healthy Loaded Cheddar + Blue Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dogs

How do you guys feel about hot dogs? Personally, my family is not all that into them. See, I love idea of hots dogs. Grilling them over fire and all the endless toppings. I mean these loaded cheddar hots dogs and these CajunAndouille hot dogs are pretty awesome. It’s the dog part we don’t really like. 

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Blistered Tomato Grilled Toast Caprese Nachos with Balsamic Glaze
June 25, 2013
Blistered Tomato Grilled Toast Caprese Nachos with Balsamic Glaze

Yes, this is real. Caprese nachos are a real thing. A real, cheesy, hot, crunchy, tomatoey, fresh basily thing. Also a twenty-minute thing. Also a no oven, no heating up the house thing too, if you choose.

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French Fry Bourbon Burgers
June 24, 2013
French Fry Bourbon Burgers

I am so serious right now. And on a Monday too. Here is the thing, I have had these burgers just sitting on my computer for way too long. Like getting close to a month, but I wanted to wait and post them a little closer to the fourth of July cause well, I mean […]

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Grilled Blackberry, Strawberry, Basil and Brie Pizza Crisps
June 23, 2013
Grilled Blackberry, Strawberry, Basil and Brie Pizza Crisps

Summer is finally here. I think I have probably said this twenty times since Memorial Day, but it officially arrived on Friday and to celebrate I made us pizza crisps. Hopefully by the time you guys read this post I will be in hot, hopefully sunny, South Carolina. Currently though? I am sitting in Cleveland. […]

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Sugared Brown Butter Vanilla Bean Popcorn Chocolate Cupcakes
June 21, 2013
Sugared Brown Butter Vanilla Bean Popcorn Chocolate Cupcakes

It’s crunch time. Literally. I have got less than twenty-four house till I leave on a 6:00am flight tomorrow morning. That means I need to be up and out of here by 3:00am for the hour and half drive down to Denver, where I then have to park the car and catch a shuttle to […]

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Chopped Asian BBQ Chicken Salad with Honey-Sesame Crackers
June 20, 2013
Chopped Asian BBQ Chicken Salad with Honey-Sesame Crackers

Today, I have so many thoughts. Thoughts about this salad, thoughts about summer, thoughts about South Carolina, thoughts about Oregon, thoughts about my photos, thoughts about my thoughts. Okay and thoughts about fruit, but that’s a given.

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Blackened Salmon with Cheesy Polenta and Spicy Peach + Chard Corn Salsa
June 19, 2013
Blackened Salmon with Cheesy Polenta and Spicy Peach + Chard Corn Salsa

You guys I love my fruit salsas. To be honest I have not always been a fan of salsa. Before this year I never even went near the stuff. I was a “don’t let that lime juice, cheese, or whatever else, come near my fruit”, kind of girl. If I wanted a peach, I just […]

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Giant Hot Fudge Ice Cream Sundae Cookies
June 18, 2013
Giant Hot Fudge Ice Cream Sundae Cookies

These cookies owned me. They whooped my little butt. They beat me down till I just could not make another batch. This is the third batch you are looking at. Yes, I made three full batches of these cookies in less than twenty-four hours. Twenty-four hours! And no, it was not because I ate them […]

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