
Roast Turkey for Thanksgiving, Part 1
THANKSGIVING IS PRACTICALLY HERE!!! And it’s been a minute since I posted my turkey recipe, which I have improved since my original turkey recipe post. Now rather than dry brining the outside skin of the turkey, I make a delicious herbed butter that I stuff under the skin. If you want to make my old […]
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Gluten-Free Tiramisu from Scratch (Mostly)
Since the last things we made were homemade Kahlua and vanilla sugar, the obligatory recipe for today should be a dish that uses both. Today we’re making tiramisu with those ingredients, plus some eggs, mascarpone, and storebought ladyfingers. Tiramisu is a traditional Italian dessert with conflicting origin stories as to the original date, city, and […]
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Homemade Kahlua and Vanilla Sugar
A white Russian is one of my favorite non-whiskey cocktails, and for good reason: they’re delicious. However, I make mine with homemade Kahlua made with vanilla sugar, which sounds bougie for an ingredient within an ingredient. I swear it’s actually an important pantry staple once you make it for the first time and begin incorporating […]
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Gyro Burgers: All the Goodness of a Gyro in a Burger!
Welcome back! I didn’t post last week because I needed to plan for some upcoming content, including this week’s recipe. Today I’m showing you guys how I make my gyro burger, as well as how I make the tzatziki that I use to dress my burger. What’s a gyro burger? Well it’s all the best […]
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Banana Bread with Rum Caramel Glaze Recipe
Oh, it’s been a while since I’ve made banana bread! I now bake this recipe by weight since volume measures aren’t always accurate. Also, I recently started baking my banana bread in a bundt pan so I can easily cover it in a rum caramel glaze that is delectable. The glaze is optional, but if […]
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Key Lime Pie
I have returned with one of my favorite pie recipes! Key lime pie, to be exact. For those readers not “in the know,” key lime pie is popular throughout the American South, though it originated in Florida. Key limes are small, tart limes first discovered in The Keys, as opposed to the Persian limes that […]
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Waffle Recipe (for Chicken & Waffles)
In my last post, I covered the “chicken” part of “chicken and waffles,” meaning today I’m going to visit the waffles part! Note that I only eat waffles as part of chicken and waffles. I think they’re a little heavy to just have some waffles for breakfast with butter and syrup. I like the addition […]
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Homemade Fridge Pickles
I have made my triumphant return to blogging with a recipe for one my favorite snacks! Salty, sour, crunchy, sometimes sweet, sometimes spicy, I’m talking about pickles! I know what you’re thinking… “Aren’t pickles difficult to make and require special equipment?” That’s what I thought for the longest time, and then I learned about refrigerator […]
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