This pesto chicken lasagna is probably my favorite lasagna we've made. In fact, this could be one of my favorite all-around dishes we've made in the recent past. I was sure it would be good (the main ingredient is pesto...), but my expectations were definitely exceeded. The texture of the noodles came out great, but the flavor is what blew me...

Making a chocolate pie with a potato chip crust has been on the forefront of my mind for awhile now. I threw around using pretzels instead, or maybe a combo of the two, but straight potato chips seemed more fun in my head. When I told Dustin my idea, he was actually a little weirded out, which I found surprising because he's usually on board for...

For the last two Super Bowl Sundays, we attended a party where the attendees had a long-standing tradition of eating Super Bowl Sundaes. We kept the tradition alive this year, although our spread might not have been quite as impressive as the one from back in Washington. I had totally forgotten about Super Bowl Sundaes, so after I was reminded,...

If the Texans weren't going to make it to the Super Bowl, and let's face it, we realized quite early on this season that that wasn't going to happen, there is no team other than the Seahawks we would have rather picked to win it all. Since the Texans were usually the early game and the Seahawks the late game, when we lived in Seattle we'd...

I'm most definitely not a morning person. Fortunately my schedule as a grad student changes and I only have a couple of what I consider to be early mornings. When you do have to leave the house pre 8 AM, these muffins are the best way to convince yourself to get out of bed. Peanut butter stuffed in the middle of a chocolate muffin— it's like...

Back at Rice, Erin and I used to eat Barry's Pizza pretty often. Their pizza was pretty excellent but whenever we ordered cheese bread, we knew we were in for a treat. It was the most ridiculously large layer of mozzarella you could imagine. Even though I specifically put "Mozarella (LOTS)" on the grocery list this week, Erin didn't buy enough...

It's been a long time since I've made dessert for us. Not since the crystallized ginger chocolate chip cookies three weeks ago, which is indeed, a really long time in our life. Yeah, this quarter of grad school has found me so much busier than last quarter. But I had an extra sheet of puff pastry in the freezer, and I really wanted to make a...

This is has been on my list to make for so long now. I have the fondest memory of ordering a wedge salad with my mom at a fish house back in San Antonio. I was never the child to order salads, but my mom convinced me to have the wedge, and we both couldn't stop eating all the blue cheese and bacon (and the lettuce). Erin wasn't enthusiastic...

One of our favorite Seattle places was a burger joint called Lunchbox Laboratory. Once they opened a location in downtown Bellevue, you better believe we were eating there way more often than we should have been. We tried many different versions, but by far their standout burger was "The Dork," with a duck-pork hybrid patty covered with garlic...

Erin mentioned this meal idea, and I had already agreed before she got to "sloppy". I love Philly cheesesteaks, and the idea of turning it into sloppy joe style was really interesting. Cooking this up, the kitchen started to smell so good. You have onions, bell peppers, ground beef, mushrooms cooking and emitting such a tasty scent. This...