I think this might be the first time we've ever made pasta without having cheese accompany it. After I mentioned this tidbit to Dustin, he said we should have added some parmesan to the top. But I think we'll leave well enough alone. There was plenty of bacon flavor (the only really unhealthy part of this dish) in this pasta dish to make up for...

Dustin may not remember complaining that he didn't get to try any of my cookie dough ice cream last summer when he was out of town, but he did. So to make up for this "injustice," I made a batch of very similar ice cream (mentioned previously here), except instead of regular chocolate chip cookie dough, I made monster cookie dough ice cream to...

It's been a really long time since we've blogged, but life has been crazy around here while we moved to a new townhouse. For over a week now we've been packing, moving boxes, and unpacking. Cooking, taking pictures, or writing about those things were pretty low on the list of thing we wanted to do after busy days, especially because school and...

This deceptively simple title belies the amazing combination of flavors that live in this dish. We took Dustin's great appetizer from awhile back and turned it into possibly our favorite dinner from Hatch chile week(s)— Hatch Chile Goat Cheese Cakes with Caramelized Bacon and Spinach Salad. To make the delicious goat cheese cakes, I blended...

Remember when I said we ate Hatch chiles in all of our meals, including breakfast? Well this Hatch chile cream cheese on bagels is mostly how we did it. The Hatch chiles are a nice addition to basic cream cheese— way better than your standard veggie or chive cream cheese. There's not much of a recipe to this, but I think it's a good idea that...

We've been making some awesome savory dishes with our Hatch chiles, but the most unique use of the Hatch chiles so far has probably been Hatch chile chocolate chip cookies. Spiciness works well in cookies (seen here), so I figured Hatch chiles could be a good addition to a simple chocolate chip cookie (I haven't made simple chocolate chip...

Replace your standard tomato sauce with pureed roasted Hatch chiles, and you get a slightly spicy and unique base for a pizza. We topped our pizza with pepper Jack cheese to give it a little extra kick, lots of fresh mozzarella (because fresh mozzarella makes all pizzas taste better), caramelized onions to add a hint of sweet to cut the spice,...

We bought 25 lbs worth of Hatch chiles at the grocery store's roasting party. Back in Texas, and even in Washington, the grocery stores we frequented sold them just about every weekend in August, but here in Cali, I had to do a little research and find the one Sunday that a grocery store near us would be hosting a roasting party because I really...

My coworkers and I went out for lunch at a random restaurant we stumbled upon in downtown El Segundo. Second City Bistro offered a grilled cheese and tomato soup lunch special that I ordered. But they had a wonderful twist on their tomato soup— gorgonzola. We recreated the grilled cheese and gorgonzola tomato soup for dinner one night. I made an...

We had some of the best fried chicken—truffle honey laced fried chicken with a most delicious slaw—  I've ever tasted at Manhattan Beach Post for brunch a few weeks ago. I really wanted to try to recreate it– I think it would be the perfect fried chicken for chicken and waffles since it has a hint of sweet to it from the honey or it would taste...