I lied yesterday when I said no more hatch chiles, but now I promise this is truly the last one (for the time being). Hatch chile and pepperoni pizza! Match made in heaven! This pizza inspiration also comes from Foodie Bride, and once again, I feel a little stalkerish doing this, but these hatch chile recipes are too good not to post and are a...

As the final hatch chile recipe (until we decide to bust out the frozen ones later on this winter), we made these incredible hatch chile croque monsieurs from Foodie Bride. I really like how this blog did a whole series of recipes using hatch chiles. I also like that this blog is based out of Houston and the fact that they are fellow Texan fans....

I've had shrimp enchiladas on my to-make list for a long while now, but it's been one of those dishes that kept getting pushed to the back burner. I had this great idea of making a healthy enchilada with shrimp and black beans, very little cheese, and a spicy homemade tomatillo and hatch chile sauce. Unfortunately, the grocery store decided not...

Hatch chile season may be over at Whole Foods, but we stocked up and are still putting them in all sort of food, including this yummy, slightly spicy macaroni and cheese baked in individual ramekins. I knew I wanted to make hatch chile and macaroni and cheese and completely just threw together this recipe, winging it all the way. I was...

As promised, here is the other recipe that used up the rest of the oatmeal stout from those delicious oatmeal stout raisin cookies, and it is a good one. So there is this food blog called The Beeroness that I have recently discovered, and it is absolutely amazing. Everything is made with beer, particularly craft beers, and I seriously want to...

Our first attempt at homemade granola bars was a huge success, so when I saw this recipe for Biscoff granola bars I knew they'd be perfect for our trip to Olympic National Park. As fate would have it, I had a jar of Trader Joe's cookie butter in the cabinet, begging to be used. These are pretty much the same as the other granola bars, except I...

You know the saying "98% of statistics are made up on the spot"? Well this is one of those statistics. When it comes to cookies, I'm pretty sure 9 out of 10 people will take an oatmeal cookie then proceed to tell you they prefer chocolate chip. I'm one of those people too. But I do like oatmeal raisin cookies, especially as a change of pace. The...

We spent one of our last summer weekends exploring our northern neighbor, Vancouver, British Columbia. One of the coolest parts of living up in the Seattle area is that we've been able to enjoy some cool new cities, like Portland and Vancouver, that are just a few hours drive from here (unless you decide to cross the Canadian border at a popular...

After buying an entire box of Rice Krispies cereal to use 1/2 cup for making granola bars, I had plenty of leftovers, so what's a girl to do? Make Rice Krispy Treats, of course. But not just any plain ol' Rice Krispy Treats— Birthday Rice Krispy Treats— even though it isn't anybody's birthday! I"m pretty sure everyone and their mom has been...

Our first time making gnocchi was a pretty big failure. This second time around (using ricotta) we did a little better— they actually looked like gnocchi! Success! There are only two words to describe this ricotta gnocchi with brown butter thyme sauce— simple and delicious. There are lots of variations of this pasta— just change the fresh...