Best cheeseburgers ever. For the last few weeks of August, we are able to stock up on freshly roasted Hatch Chiles at our Whole Foods shipped in from New Mexico. We've pretty much been putting Hatch Chiles on everything we eat from our bagels and cream cheese at breakfast to sandwiches at lunch to these cheeseburgers for dinner. The...

Here's another simple dish-transformed-to-burger recipe. This time around, it's buffalo wings! All you need to do is combine lean ground chicken breast with some garlic powder, salt, pepper, crumbled blue cheese, and a touch of hot sauce. Add an egg to the mixture if it is too dry. Form into patties and grill. Place on a bun and liberally top...

Pizza dip is a delicious party snack and really incorporates all of the flavors of pizza. I saw a million different recipes last year and remembered that basically this dip is a creamy bottom layer topped with marinara sauce, cheese, and any pizza toppings you wish. Of course I chose pepperoni as my main pizza topping. If I was just making this...

If we decided to open a fancy-ish, non-traditional, Mexican restaurant, these green chile crab cakes with tomatillo salsa and a side of truffled black beans with caramelized onions would definitely be on the menu. This is another savory recipe from the Pastry Queen Cookbook, which I am officially in love with. This is another rather expensive...

Corn crème brûlée was a great success, so we figured it was time to pull out the torch again when Dustin's parents visited us and make a traditional, sweet vanilla crème brûlée— a restaurant dessert menu staple. Here is the recipe I used as the base for an incredibly basic and super easy crème brûlée. All you have to do is whisk two cups of...

I love taking the flavors of one dish— like chicken parmesan— and turning them into a burger. This burger is so simple— take lean ground chicken, add in some spices like oregano, dried basil, garlic with some salt and pepper, some shredded parmesan cheese, olive oil and breadcrumbs (there's no magic ingredient amount— just until everything...

Football season is right around the corner, and we are so excited in this house. We are actually going to be able to watch a few of the Texans games at our house this year (instead of having to go out to a place with NFL Direct Ticket for brunch every Sunday) since they will be featured in some nationally televised games this season (Jets,...

I'm not going to lie. Ever since I bought The Cookie Dough Lover's Cookbook, I've been itching to make nearly every single recipe. But this recipe really stood out to me. The one I knew I had to try first. I've just been waiting for the right time. And the time is now. Chocolate chip cookie dough sandwiched between two chocolate chip cookies. Oh...

I have been completely smitten with this recipe ever since I first saw it in the Pastry Queen cookbook. Savory cheesecake made with cream cheese and mascarpone, filled with Dungeness crab and shrimp? Sounds exactly like my kind of thing and another great excuse to use my springform pan. The first step is to make a saltine cracker crust by...

The combination of white beans, bacon, and zucchini fritters from 20 Something Cupcakes (quickly becoming one of my favorite blogs for delicious and creative recipes), lightly fried and drenched in basil aioli seemed like a perfect complement to a simply grilled flank steak marinated in a mixture of basic spices, olive oil, and soy...