Italian Christmas Cookies An original recipe from The Tasty Page I gotta say, for a Filipino I make a pretty good Italian cookie. It also helps to be married to my taste-tester, who is half Italian, grew up eating this type of cookie, and sports a sweet tooth. I made multiple batches before finally getting…
Toffee Squares
Toffee Squares An original recipe from The Tasty Page These are seriously addictive. I’ve always called them Toffee Squares, though technically they are more like brittle or bark. I’ve even heard them referred to as crack, which is a more accurate description. Honestly, it doesn’t matter what you call these. Your mouth will be too…
Paleo Coconut Flour Biscuits
Paleo Coconut Flour Biscuits Adapted from Just Paleo Food http://www.justpaleofood.com/coconut-flour-biscuits-dairy-gluten-free/ Thanksgiving is next week and I’m so excited! This is the only time of year that I can look down at my plate and see not only turkey, but stuffing, mashed potatoes (like these bad boys http://www.thetastypage.com/baked-mashed-potatoes-with-mozzarella-and-parmesan-bread-crumbs/) , and macaroni and cheese. Oh yeah, and…
Baked Mashed Potatoes with Mozzarella and Parmesan Bread Crumbs
Baked Mashed Potatoes with Mozzarella and Parmesan Bread Crumbs Adapted from Giada De Laurentis http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/baked-mashed-potatoes-with-parmesan-cheese-and-bread-crumbs-recipe.html You know one of the things that makes this world wonderful? Carbs. And you know what makes it especially wonderful? Carbs with cheese. And this is what we have here. Mashed potatoes on their own is pretty spectacular, but when…
Absolutely Perfect Roast Chicken
Absolutely Perfect Roast Chicken Adapted from Ina Garten http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/perfect-roast-chicken-recipe.html I said it in my last post and I’ll say it again, I think Ina Garten is the Beyoncé of the food world. And this roast chicken is why I believe that. And after you try it out, you will too. Ina’s roast chicken perfectly slays….
Chicken Milanese Two Ways
Chicken Milanese Two Ways Adapted from Ina Garten https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/parmesan-chicken To get the chicken in this recipe nice and thin, you have to pound the crap out of six chicken breasts until they’re ¼” thick. I’ve read instructions in other recipes and on cooking shows that say that pounding the chicken is a good way to…
Witch Brooms
Witch Brooms This is dedicated to all people like me on Halloween: non-crafty and saving Halloween stuff until the last minute. I made the mistake of searching “Halloween Food” on Pinterest – and even though I saw some really cool things, I kept asking myself, “Could I actually make this?” And it was followed by…
Marble Sheet Cake with Mocha Icing
Marble Sheet Cake with Mocha Icing Adapted from Southern Living http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-marble-sheet-cake Yesterday was my husband, Jon’s, birthday and my sons and I decided to surprise him by making him his favorite birthday cake: marble sheet cake with chocolate frosting. For so many years we would always order it from a grocery store or Costco. And…
Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma
Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma Adapted from The New York Times http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017161-oven-roasted-chicken-shawarma I can’t remember the last time I had chicken shawarma. I’m talking about real, from a sky-high, spinning rotisserie spit kind of chicken shawarma. It had to have been from the 90s because I remember following the OJ trial and then having a shawarma after….
Sweet Potato Hash Browns
Sweet Potato Hash Browns Adapted from Bravo for Paleo http://bravoforpaleo.com/2014/10/12/paleo-sweet-potato-hash-browns/ If I could kiss a recipe because it is so good this would definitely be one of them. For real. I just made the first batch and taste-tested one and it was so delicious and crispy. I don’t quite believe in love at first…